Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
# Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 20 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 09:58 | Heats |
| Monday, 20 August 2018 | 19:16 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | 2:19.11 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2013 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Rie Kaneto (JPN) | 2:19.65 | Tokyo, Japan | 9 April 2016 |
| Games Record | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 2:21.82 | Incheon, South Korea | 22 September 2014 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 2:27.05 |
| 2 | 2 | Zhang Xinyu (CHN) | 2:28.48 |
| 3 | 3 | Reona Aoki (JPN) | 2:29.16 |
| 4 | 1 | Yu Jingyao (CHN) | 2:29.76 |
| 5 | 3 | Back Su-yeon (KOR) | 2:30.63 |
| 6 | 3 | Jamie Yeung (HKG) | 2:32.05 |
| 7 | 3 | Samantha Yeo (SGP) | 2:33.74 |
| 8 | 1 | Lin Pei-wun (TPE) | 2:35.16 |
| 9 | 2 | Anandia Evato (INA) | 2:35.33 |
| 10 | 2 | Azzahra Permatahani (INA) | 2:35.71 |
| 11 | 1 | Kim Hye-jin (KOR) | 2:36.26 |
| 12 | 2 | Wang Chin Lam (HKG) | 2:40.52 |
| 13 | 1 | Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh (VIE) | 2:44.84 |
| 14 | 3 | Cheang Weng Lam (MAC) | 2:48.37 |
| 15 | 2 | Nooran Ba Matraf (YEM) | 2:53.11 |
| 16 | 1 | Mera Abushammaleh (PLE) | 2:55.44 |
| 17 | 3 | Aishath Hulva Khulail (MDV) | 3:34.83 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 2:23.05 |
| | Yu Jingyao (CHN) | 2:23.31 |
| | Reona Aoki (JPN) | 2:23.33 |
| 4 | Zhang Xinyu (CHN) | 2:26.24 |
| 5 | Back Su-yeon (KOR) | 2:28.48 |
| 6 | Jamie Yeung (HKG) | 2:29.81 |
| 7 | Lin Pei-wun (TPE) | 2:33.39 |
| 8 | Samantha Yeo (SGP) | 2:33.75 |
