Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 25 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 25 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 25 September 2014 | 20:03 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:52.51 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Games Record | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:55.45 | Guangzhou, China | 15 November 2010 |

## Results

### Legend

* DSQ — Disqualified

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 1:58.50 |
| 2 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:58.93 |
| 3 | 2 | Im Tae-jeong (KOR) | 1:59.23 |
| 4 | 1 | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 2:00.34 |
| 5 | 1 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 2:02.45 |
| 6 | 2 | Lin Shih-chieh (TPE) | 2:04.13 |
| 7 | 1 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 2:05.55 |
| 8 | 2 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 2:05.99 |
| 9 | 2 | Trần Duy Khôi (VIE) | 2:06.30 |
| 10 | 2 | Lau Shiu Yue (HKG) | 2:07.29 |
| 11 | 1 | Daniil Bukin (UZB) | 2:08.39 |
| 12 | 1 | Rainer Ng (SIN) | 2:09.10 |
| 13 | 1 | P. S. Madhu (IND) | 2:10.13 |
| 14 | 2 | Tsung Chao-lin (TPE) | 2:12.93 |
| — | 1 | Li Guangyuan (CHN) | DSQ |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:53.26 | GR |
| | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 1:55.05 | |
| | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 1:56.36 | |
| 4 | Im Tae-jeong (KOR) | 1:58.82 | |
| 5 | Lin Shih-chieh (TPE) | 2:03.02 | |
| 6 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 2:04.54 | |
| 7 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 2:06.41 | |
| 8 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 2:06.67 | |
