Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | 1:56.64 | Berlin, Germany | 3 August 2002 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Lü Bin (CHN) | 1:56.89 | Rome, Italy | 6 September 1994 |
| Games Record | Le Ying (CHN) | 1:59.77 | Hiroshima, Japan | 4 October 1994 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Yang Yu (CHN) | 2:00.53 |
| 2 | 2 | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 2:01.89 |
| 3 | 1 | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 2:02.28 |
| 4 | 2 | Kim Hyun-joo (KOR) | 2:02.71 |
| 5 | 1 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 2:03.04 |
| 6 | 1 | Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA) | 2:03.64 |
| 7 | 2 | Ha Eun-ju (KOR) | 2:04.97 |
| 8 | 1 | Chorkaew Choompol (THA) | 2:07.91 |
| 9 | 1 | Pang Shuk Mui (HKG) | 2:11.21 |
| 10 | 2 | Võ Thị Thanh Vy (VIE) | 2:12.80 |
| 11 | 1 | Heidi Ong (PHI) | 2:15.55 |
| 12 | 2 | Christel Bouvron (SIN) | 2:21.11 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Yang Yu (CHN) | 1:58.43 | GR |
| | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 1:59.42 | |
| | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 2:00.52 | |
| 4 | Kim Hyun-joo (KOR) | 2:01.10 | |
| 5 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 2:02.42 | |
| 6 | Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA) | 2:02.98 | |
| 7 | Ha Eun-ju (KOR) | 2:05.53 | |
| 8 | Chorkaew Choompol (THA) | 2:07.98 | |
