Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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

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

World Record	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:10.16	Barcelona, Spain	29 July 1992
Asian Record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:10.64	Tokyo, Japan	14 June 2002
Games Record	Wang Yiwu (CHN)	2:14.56	Hiroshima, Japan	6 October 1994

Legend

• DNS — Did not start
• DSQ — Disqualified

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:14.36	GR
2	2	Daisuke Kimura (JPN)	2:15.55
3	1	Ratapong Sirisanont (THA)	2:17.98
4	2	Wang Haibo (CHN)	2:19.02
5	3	Cheng Hao (CHN)	2:21.48
6	3	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ)	2:22.08
7	3	Tam Chi Kin (HKG)	2:22.26
8	1	Raphael Matthew Chua (PHI)	2:23.82
9	1	Ahmed Al-Kudmani (KSA)	2:25.53
10	2	Yang Shang-hsuan (TPE)	2:25.84
11	3	Son Sung-uk (KOR)	2:27.14
12	2	Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE)	2:30.36
13	1	Niaz Ali (BAN)	2:31.70
14	3	Alaa Feshtok (QAT)	2:47.75
15	2	Wasseim Surey (PLE)	2:48.80
16	3	Hamdan Feraidon (QAT)	2:52.85
17	1	Omar Daaboul (LIB)	2:54.89
—	2	Chen Cho-yi (TPE)	DSQ
—	1	Elvin Chia (MAS)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:09.97	WR
	Daisuke Kimura (JPN)	2:13.60
	Ratapong Sirisanont (THA)	2:15.81
4	Cheng Hao (CHN)	2:16.65
5	Wang Haibo (CHN)	2:18.06
6	Tam Chi Kin (HKG)	2:23.52
7	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ)	2:25.75
8	Raphael Matthew Chua (PHI)	2:26.90

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 188–189
• Results