Swimming at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Asian Games took place on 29 September 2023 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center.^[1][2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 Asian Games
Venue	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center
Date	29 September 2023
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Xu Jiayu    China   Lee Ju-ho    South Korea   Hidekazu Takehara    Japan
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Schedule

All times are Chinese Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 29 September 2023	10:48	Heats
	19:56	Final

Records

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

World Record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Asian Record	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:52.52	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Games Record	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:53.26	Incheon, South Korea	25 September 2014

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Hidekazu Takehara (JPN)	1:59.78
2	1	Lee Ju-ho (KOR)	1:59.82
3	3	Xu Jiayu (CHN)	2:00.04
4	2	Tao Guannan (CHN)	2:00.44
5	3	Daiki Yanagawa (JPN)	2:01.31
6	1	Hayden Kwan (HKG)	2:02.58
7	1	Advait Page (IND)	2:03.01
8	2	Farrel Armandio Tangkas (INA)	2:03.19
9	1	Tonnam Kanteemool (THA)	2:03.89
10	2	Chuang Mu-lun (TPE)	2:04.10
11	1	Thammananthachote (THA)	2:04.57
12	3	Zachary Ian Tan (SGP)	2:04.99
13	2	Zackery Tay Quan Long (SGP)	2:05.29
14	3	Tran Hung Nguyen (VIE)	2:06.81
15	3	Srihari Nataraj (IND)	2:07.19
16	2	Hii Puong Wei (MAS)	2:07.55
17	3	Yazan Bawwab (PLE)	2:08.01
18	3	Chan Tsz Chiu (HKG)	2:11.81
19	1	Abdalla Elghamry (QAT)	2:13.92
20	3	Khash-Erdene Tselmeg (MGL)	2:17.32
21	2	Chan Si Chon (MAC)	2:19.51
22	1	Ali Imaan (MDV)	2:22.88	NR

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Xu Jiayu (CHN)	1:55.37
	Lee Ju-ho (KOR)	1:56.54	NR
	Hidekazu Takehara (JPN)	1:57.63
4	Daiki Yanagawa (JPN)	1:58.37
5	Tao Guannan (CHN)	1:59.25
6	Farrel Armandio Tangkas (INA)	2:02.40
7	Advait Page (IND)	2:02.67
8	Hayden Kwan (HKG)	2:03.18