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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 21 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 09:34 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 21 August 2018 | 18:40 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) | 2:06.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 January 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) | 2:06.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 January 2017 |
| Games Record | Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ) | 2:07.67 | Incheon, South Korea | 23 September 2014 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) | 2:11.92 |
| 2 | 3 | Yan Zibei (CHN) | 2:12.45 |
| 3 | 2 | Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) | 2:12.77 |
| 4 | 3 | Denis Petrashov (KGZ) | 2:12.89 |
| 5 | 1 | Qin Haiyang (CHN) | 2:13.51 |
| 6 | 2 | Cho Sung-jae (KOR) | 2:14.05 |
| 7 | 2 | Chao Man Hou (MAC) | 2:15.34 |
| 8 | 3 | Amro Al-Wir (JOR) | 2:16.15 |
| 9 | 3 | Phạm Thanh Bảo (VIE) | 2:16.51 |
| 10 | 1 | Kim Jae-youn (KOR) | 2:16.83 |
| 10 | 2 | Boris Yang (HKG) | 2:16.83 |
| 12 | 1 | Zachary Tan (SGP) | 2:17.01 |
| 13 | 1 | Marcus Mok (HKG) | 2:17.18 |
| 14 | 3 | Lionel Khoo (SGP) | 2:17.62 |
| 15 | 1 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:18.17 |
| 16 | 2 | Vladislav Mustafin (UZB) | 2:19.02 |
| 17 | 3 | Batyr Täçmyradow (TKM) | 2:29.15 |
| 18 | 2 | Abdelrahman Hesham Mohamed (QAT) | 2:31.22 |
| 19 | 1 | Batmönkhiin Jürmed (MGL) | 2:40.71 |
| 20 | 1 | Muhammad Hamza Malik (PAK) | 2:40.72 |
| 21 | 2 | Gotsbayaryn Tengis (MGL) | 3:11.23 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) | 2:07.81 |
| | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) | 2:07.82 |
| | Qin Haiyang (CHN) | 2:08.07 |
| 4 | Yan Zibei (CHN) | 2:11.07 |
| 5 | Denis Petrashov (KGZ) | 2:12.19 |
| 6 | Cho Sung-jae (KOR) | 2:13.86 |
| 7 | Chao Man Hou (MAC) | 2:15.82 |
| 8 | Amro Al-Wir (JOR) | 2:17.43 |
