The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.
Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes | 1 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Yoshihiro Okumura|JPN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:50.48 |
2 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Ko Yun-ho|KOR|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:52.58 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Yosuke Ichikawa|JPN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:52.93 |
4 | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Liu Yu|CHN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.49 |
5 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Miguel Molina|PHI|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.51 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Gary Tan|SGP|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.84 |
7 | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Yu Cheng|CHN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.88 |
8 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Han Kyu-chul|KOR|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:54.18 |
9 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Mark Kwok|HKG|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:54.22 | Withdrew}} |
10 | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Wu Nien-pin|TPE|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:54.32 |
11 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Mark Chay|SGP|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:54.44 |
12 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Petr Vasiliev|UZB|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:55.86 |
13 | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Dulyarit Phuangthong|THA|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:58.17 |
14 | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Naeem Al-Masri|SYR|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:58.33 |
15 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Fung Hok Him|HKG|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:58.78 |
16 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Wong Tuck Kar|MAS|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:02.02 | Withdrew}} |
17 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Anas Abu-Yousuf|QAT|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:08.13 | Advanced}} |
18 | 3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Omar Daaboul|LBN|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:09.26 | Advanced}} |
19 | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Muhammad Khan|PAK|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:09.93 |
20 | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Imran Abdul Rahman|MDV|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:33.65 |
— | 2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Maher Al-Motar|KSA|2002 Asian Games}} | DNS |
Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes | 1 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Wu Nien-pin|TPE|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.60 |
2 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Petr Vasiliev|UZB|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:55.85 |
3 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Mark Chay|SGP|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:55.93 |
4 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Dulyarit Phuangthong|THA|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:56.33 |
5 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Naeem Al-Masri|SYR|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:57.87 |
6 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Fung Hok Him|HKG|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:58.37 |
7 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Anas Abu-Yousuf|QAT|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:05.58 |
8 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Omar Daaboul|LBN|2002 Asian Games}} | 2:08.87 |
Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes | {{Gold1}} | {{flagIOC2athlete|Liu Yu|CHN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:49.29 | swimming}} |
{{Silver2}} | {{flagIOC2athlete|Yoshihiro Okumura|JPN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:49.36 |
{{Bronze3}} | {{flagIOC2athlete|Yosuke Ichikawa|JPN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:50.66 |
4 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Han Kyu-chul|KOR|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:50.97 |
5 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Miguel Molina|PHI|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:52.99 |
6 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Ko Yun-ho|KOR|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.24 |
7 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Yu Cheng|CHN|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:53.91 |
8 | {{flagIOC2athlete|Gary Tan|SGP|2002 Asian Games}} | 1:54.25 |