Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly
# Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 21 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 20:00 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 1:52.97 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 |
| Games Record | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 1:54.02 | Guangzhou, China | 13 November 2010 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Daiya Seto (JPN) | 1:57.18 |
| 2 | 1 | Kenta Hirai (JPN) | 1:59.74 |
| 3 | 2 | Hao Yun (CHN) | 1:59.76 |
| 4 | 1 | Wang Pudong (CHN) | 1:59.83 |
| 5 | 1 | Joseph Schooling (SIN) | 1:59.92 |
| 6 | 2 | Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE) | 2:01.38 |
| 7 | 2 | Chang Gyu-cheol (KOR) | 2:01.81 |
| 8 | 2 | Ling Tin Yu (HKG) | 2:03.89 |
| 9 | 1 | Aaron D'Souza (IND) | 2:04.74 |
| 10 | 1 | David Wong (HKG) | 2:11.09 |
| 11 | 2 | Ali Ashkanani (KUW) | 2:12.84 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Daiya Seto (JPN) | 1:54.08 |
| | Kenta Hirai (JPN) | 1:55.47 |
| | Joseph Schooling (SIN) | 1:57.54 |
| 4 | Wang Pudong (CHN) | 1:57.80 |
| 5 | Hao Yun (CHN) | 1:58.82 |
| 6 | Chang Gyu-cheol (KOR) | 1:59.93 |
| 6 | Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE) | 1:59.93 |
| 8 | Ling Tin Yu (HKG) | 2:03.24 |
