Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

## Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 10:28 | Heats |
| Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 18:13 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2001 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:47.51 | Victoria, Canada | 17 August 2006 |
| Games Record | Liu Yu (CHN) | 1:49.29 | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:49.75 |
| 2 | 5 | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 1:50.14 |
| 3 | 3 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 1:50.71 |
| 4 | 4 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 1:50.96 |
| 5 | 3 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) | 1:51.07 |
| 6 | 4 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 1:51.47 |
| 7 | 4 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 1:53.04 |
| 8 | 5 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:54.37 |
| 9 | 3 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 1:54.44 |
| 10 | 3 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 1:54.62 |
| 11 | 4 | Tang Sheng-chieh (TPE) | 1:55.32 |
| 12 | 4 | Cheung Siu Hang (HKG) | 1:55.57 |
| 13 | 4 | Timur Irgashev (UZB) | 1:55.73 |
| 14 | 5 | Mohammad Madwa (KUW) | 1:55.86 |
| 15 | 4 | Marcus Cheah (SIN) | 1:55.99 |
| 16 | 3 | Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA) | 1:56.23 |
| 17 | 1 | Vyacheslav Titarenko (KAZ) | 1:56.39 |
| 18 | 5 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 1:56.66 |
| 19 | 3 | Mohammad Bidarian (IRI) | 1:56.84 |
| 20 | 3 | Waleed Al-Qahtani (KUW) | 1:56.99 |
| 21 | 5 | Chen Te-tung (TPE) | 1:57.96 |
| 22 | 5 | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani (IRI) | 1:58.17 |
| 23 | 5 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) | 1:58.55 |
| 24 | 3 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 1:58.87 |
| 25 | 2 | Daniel Lee (SRI) | 2:01.02 |
| 26 | 2 | Moyssara El-Aarag (QAT) | 2:01.03 |
| 27 | 2 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 2:01.60 |
| 28 | 2 | Jamil Yamout (LIB) | 2:01.89 |
| 29 | 2 | Rashid Iunusov (KGZ) | 2:02.48 |
| 30 | 2 | Antonio Tong (MAC) | 2:03.19 |
| 31 | 4 | Kendrick Uy (PHI) | 2:04.80 |
| 32 | 2 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 2:06.72 |
| 33 | 2 | Ali Adel (IRQ) | 2:10.87 |
| 34 | 1 | Ali Majeed (IRQ) | 2:17.00 |
| 35 | 1 | Ali Mohamed Raaidh (MDV) | 2:30.12 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:47.12 | AR |
| | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 1:47.85 | |
| | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 1:49.62 | |
| 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 1:49.92 | |
| 5 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 1:50.37 | |
| 6 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) | 1:51.67 | |
| 7 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 1:52.09 | |
| 8 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:56.25 | |
