Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
# 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 | |
