Swimming at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games took place on 16 December 2013 at Wunna Theikdi Aquatics Centre.

There were 15 competitors from 8 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held, and the swimmers with the top eight times from both field qualified for the finals.

## Schedule

All times are Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+06:30)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 16 December 2013 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Monday, 16 December 2013 | 18:11 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 1:44.47 | Shenyang, China | 6 September 2013 |
| Games Record | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:49.22 | Vientiane, Laos | 14 December 2009 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:57.10 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Quah Zheng Wen (SIN) | 1:57.25 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Lim Ching Hwang (MAS) | 1:57.32 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Alexis Wijaya Ohmar (INA) | 1:57.38 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Hoang Quy Phuoc (VIE) | 1:57.48 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Sarit Tiewong (THA) | 1:57.91 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Jessie Khing Lacuna (PHI) | 1:58.02 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 1:58.28 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Pham Thanh Nguyen (VIE) | 1:59.00 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Win Htet Oo (MYA) | 2:00.89 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Tanakrit Kittiya (THA) | 2:02.34 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Min Thu Kha (MYA) | 2:05.89 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Chamraen Youri Maximov (CAM) | 2:13.79 | |
| — | 2 | 7 | Fahad Al-Khaldi (PHI) | DNS | |
| — | 1 | 5 | Danny Yeo (SIN) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2 | Hoang Quy Phuoc (VIE) | 1:50.64 |
| | 4 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:51.10 |
| | 5 | Quah Zheng Wen (SIN) | 1:51.66 |
| 4 | 1 | Jessie Khing Lacuna (PHI) | 1:52.33 |
| 5 | 7 | Sarit Tiewong (THA) | 1:53.29 |
| 6 | 3 | Lim Ching Hwang (MAS) | 1:54.03 |
| 7 | 8 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 1:54.82 |
| 8 | 6 | Alexis Wijaya Ohmar (INA) | 1:55.02 |
