Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10 and 11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 10 December 2006 | 19:15 | 1st round |
| Monday, 11 December 2006 | 16:20 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.32 | Atlanta, United States | 1 August 1996 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) | 20.03 | Yokohama, Japan | 7 June 2003 |
| Games Record | Koji Ito (JPN) | 20.25 | Bangkok, Thailand | 18 December 1998 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNF — Did not finish
* DNS — Did not start

### 1st round

* Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

**Heat 1**

* Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yang Yaozu (CHN) | 20.88 | Q |
| 2 | Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | Yaser Omar El-Haj (QAT) | 21.28 | q |
| 4 | Lim Hee-nam (KOR) | 21.57 | |
| 5 | Yi Wei-chen (TPE) | 21.71 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Zolotukhin (KGZ) | 22.15 | |
| 7 | Zahir Naseer (MDV) | 23.80 | |
| 8 | Sittichai Suwonprateep (THA) | 23.87 | |

**Heat 2**

* Wind: −0.2 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) | 21.04 | Q |
| 2 | Adel Aseeri (KSA) | 21.75 | Q |
| 3 | Lim Jae-youl (KOR) | 22.01 | |
| 4 | Areef Ibrahim Badar (QAT) | 22.25 | |
| 5 | Taweesak Pooltong (THA) | 22.29 | |
| 6 | Taha Thabit (YEM) | 23.09 | |
| — | Mohamed Al-Rashedi (BRN) | DNS | |

**Heat 3**

* Wind: −1.3 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shinji Takahira (JPN) | 21.19 | Q |
| 2 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) | 21.49 | Q |
| 3 | Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) | 21.57 | q |
| 4 | Tang Yik Chun (HKG) | 21.68 | |
| 5 | Masoud Azizi (AFG) | 23.33 | |
| — | Ali Shareef (MDV) | DNF | |
| — | Hareth Mohammed (IRQ) | DNS | |

### Final

* Wind: +0.7 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) | 20.60 |
| | Yang Yaozu (CHN) | 20.71 |
| | Shinji Takahira (JPN) | 20.81 |
| 4 | Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) | 20.83 |
| 5 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) | 21.32 |
| 6 | Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) | 21.61 |
| 7 | Adel Aseeri (KSA) | 21.61 |
| 8 | Yaser Omar El-Haj (QAT) | 21.79 |
