Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	30 September
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Medalists
Yang Yu    China   Xu Yanwei    China   Tomoko Nagai    Japan

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 30 September 2002	10:00	Heats
	19:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:56.64	Berlin, Germany	3 August 2002
Asian Record	Lü Bin (CHN)	1:56.89	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994
Games Record	Le Ying (CHN)	1:59.77	Hiroshima, Japan	4 October 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Yang Yu (CHN)	2:00.53
2	2	Tomoko Nagai (JPN)	2:01.89
3	1	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	2:02.28
4	2	Kim Hyun-joo (KOR)	2:02.71
5	1	Norie Urabe (JPN)	2:03.04
6	1	Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA)	2:03.64
7	2	Ha Eun-ju (KOR)	2:04.97
8	1	Chorkaew Choompol (THA)	2:07.91
9	1	Pang Shuk Mui (HKG)	2:11.21
10	2	Võ Thị Thanh Vy (VIE)	2:12.80
11	1	Heidi Ong (PHI)	2:15.55
12	2	Christel Bouvron (SIN)	2:21.11

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yang Yu (CHN)	1:58.43	GR
	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	1:59.42
	Tomoko Nagai (JPN)	2:00.52
4	Kim Hyun-joo (KOR)	2:01.10
5	Norie Urabe (JPN)	2:02.42
6	Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA)	2:02.98
7	Ha Eun-ju (KOR)	2:05.53
8	Chorkaew Choompol (THA)	2:07.98

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Page 211
• Results