Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
# Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 2 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
| Wednesday, 2 October 2002 | 19:00 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Mike Barrowman (USA) | 2:10.16 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 1992 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:10.64 | Tokyo, Japan | 14 June 2002 |
| Games Record | Wang Yiwu (CHN) | 2:14.56 | Hiroshima, Japan | 6 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start
* DSQ — Disqualified

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:14.36 | GR |
| 2 | 2 | Daisuke Kimura (JPN) | 2:15.55 | |
| 3 | 1 | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 2:17.98 | |
| 4 | 2 | Wang Haibo (CHN) | 2:19.02 | |
| 5 | 3 | Cheng Hao (CHN) | 2:21.48 | |
| 6 | 3 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 2:22.08 | |
| 7 | 3 | Tam Chi Kin (HKG) | 2:22.26 | |
| 8 | 1 | Raphael Matthew Chua (PHI) | 2:23.82 | |
| 9 | 1 | Ahmed Al-Kudmani (KSA) | 2:25.53 | |
| 10 | 2 | Yang Shang-hsuan (TPE) | 2:25.84 | |
| 11 | 3 | Son Sung-uk (KOR) | 2:27.14 | |
| 12 | 2 | Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE) | 2:30.36 | |
| 13 | 1 | Niaz Ali (BAN) | 2:31.70 | |
| 14 | 3 | Alaa Feshtok (QAT) | 2:47.75 | |
| 15 | 2 | Wasseim Surey (PLE) | 2:48.80 | |
| 16 | 3 | Hamdan Feraidon (QAT) | 2:52.85 | |
| 17 | 1 | Omar Daaboul (LIB) | 2:54.89 | |
| — | 2 | Chen Cho-yi (TPE) | DSQ | |
| — | 1 | Elvin Chia (MAS) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:09.97 | WR |
| | Daisuke Kimura (JPN) | 2:13.60 | |
| | Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) | 2:15.81 | |
| 4 | Cheng Hao (CHN) | 2:16.65 | |
| 5 | Wang Haibo (CHN) | 2:18.06 | |
| 6 | Tam Chi Kin (HKG) | 2:23.52 | |
| 7 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 2:25.75 | |
| 8 | Raphael Matthew Chua (PHI) | 2:26.90 | |
