title: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
  
  The men's 200 metre individual medley swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Monday, 30 September 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
  | Monday, 30 September 2002 | 19:00 | Finals |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 1:58.16 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Takahiro Mori (JPN) | 2:00.61 | Yokohama, Japan | 29 August 2002 |
  | Games Record | Xiong Guoming (CHN) | 2:03.34 | Bangkok, Thailand | 12 December 1998 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Takahiro Mori (JPN) | 2:03.03 | GR |
  | 2 | 3 | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 2:03.79 | |
  | 3 | 3 | Jiro Miki (JPN) | 2:04.27 | |
  | 4 | 1 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 2:05.19 | |
  | 5 | 1 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 2:05.97 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Kim Bang-hyun (KOR) | 2:06.64 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 2:06.74 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 2:07.09 | |
  | 9 | 2 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 2:07.65 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Kim Sung-tae (KOR) | 2:07.73 | |
  | 11 | 3 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 2:08.21 | |
  | 12 | 3 | Gerald Koh (SIN) | 2:08.53 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Oleg Pukhnatiy (UZB) | 2:09.33 | |
  | 14 | 3 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA) | 2:11.76 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Mohammed Al-Yousef (KSA) | 2:14.65 | |
  | 16 | 3 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 2:14.80 | |
  | 17 | 3 | Rubel Rana (BAN) | 2:19.51 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 2:23.32 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Zulfiqar Ali (PAK) | 2:23.87 | |
  | 20 | 2 | François Ghattas (LIB) | 2:28.60 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 2:06.24 |
  | 2 | Kim Sung-tae (KOR) | 2:08.35 |
  | 3 | Gerald Koh (SIN) | 2:09.25 |
  | 4 | Oleg Pukhnatiy (UZB) | 2:10.10 |
  | 5 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA) | 2:11.42 |
  | 6 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 2:14.17 |
  | — | Mohammed Al-Yousef (KSA) | DNS |
  | — | Mark Kwok (HKG) | DNS |
  
  **Final A**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Takahiro Mori (JPN) | 2:00.53 | AR |
  | | Jiro Miki (JPN) | 2:02.07 | |
  | | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 2:03.34 | |
  | 4 | Kim Bang-hyun (KOR) | 2:05.12 | |
  | 5 | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 2:05.18 | |
  | 6 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 2:06.45 | |
  | 7 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 2:06.81 | |
  | 8 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 2:07.22 | |
  