2014 Asian Games – Day Two Prelims

2014 ASIAN GAMES – SWIMMING

• Sunday, September 21st-Friday, September 26th
• Incheon, South Korea
• Prelims/Finals: 9AM/7PM local time
• Event website
• Entry lists
• Meet results

Schedule

• Women’s 50 butterfly
• Men’s 50 backstroke
• Women’s 100 freestyle
• Men’s 200 IM
• Women’s 200 breaststroke

Women’s 50 butterfly

• World record – 24.43 – Sarah Sjostrom – SWE (2014)
• Asian record – 25.42 – Lu Ying – CHN (2013)
• Asian Games record – 26.10 – Li Tao – SIN (2010)

In the first event of the evening the Asian record holder Lu Ying of China and the Asian Games record holder Li Tao of Singapore tied with the top qualifying time of 26.46. Misaki Yamaguchi of Japan had the next fastest qualifying time of 27.11.

Tonight’s final will also include Hang Yu Sze of Hong Kong (27.12), An Sehyeon of South Korea (27.16),  Elmira Aigaliyeva of Kazakhstan (27.19) and Liu Lan of China (27.22).

The final spot will be decided by a swim-off as Miho Teramura of Japan and Hwang Seojin of South Korea both recorded a time of 27.50.

Men’s 50 backstroke

• World record – 24.04 – Liam Tancock – GBR (2009)
• Asian record – 24.24 – Junya Koga – JPN (2009)
• Asian Games record – 25.08 – Junya Koga – JPN (2010)

Coming into the evening Junya Koga of Japan held the Asian Games record with a time of 25.08, a record which his teammate Ryosuke Irie took away from him after winning the second heat in a time of 25.07. Irie did not hold the record for very long as Koga took it right back winning the very next heat in a time of 24.46.

Xu Jiayu of China also went under Koga’s 2010 record posting a 25.04 to take the final heat.

Tonight’s final will also include Gede Siman Sudartawa of Indonesia (25.40), Park Seon Kwan of South Korea (25.60), Alexandr Tarabrin of Kazakhstan and Sun Xiaolei of China who both touched in a time of 25.68.

The final spot will be decided in a swim-off between Danill Bukin of Uzbekistan and Merdan Atayev of Turkmenistan who both finished in a time of 26.31.

Women’s 100 freestyle

• World record – 52.07 – Britta Steffen – GER (2009)
• Asian record – 53.13 – Pang Jiaying – CHN (2009)
• Asian Games record – 54.12 – Tang Yi – CHN (2010)

Shen Duo of China was the fastest qualifier in the women’s 100 freestyle posting a time of 55.25. The swim was an easy one of Shen, who posted a 53.84 at the Youth Olympics, setting the Junior World record.

Her teammate and Asian Games record holder Tang Yi was the next fastest qualifier recording a time of 55.35 followed by Miki Uchida of Japan who finished in a time of 55.48.

Tonight’s final will also include Yayoi Matsumoto of Japan (56.09), Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong (56.12), Camille Lily Mei Cheng of Hong Kong (56.68), Ko Miso of South Korea (56.69) and Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand (56.73).

Men’s 200 IM

• World record – 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte – USA (2011)
• Asian record – 1:55.38 – Kosuke Hagino – JPN (2014)
• Asian Games record – 1:58.31 – Ken Takakuwa – JPN (2010)

Hiromasa Fujimori of Japan was the top qualifier in the men’s 200 IM posting a time of 2:00.75. He finished just ahead of Joseph Schooling of Singapore who touched in a time of 2:00.78. Favourite and 200 freestyle champion Kosuke Hagino of Japan was the next fastest qualifier touching in a time of 2:00.85.

Tonight’s final will also include Wang Shun of China (2:02.39), Triady Fauzi Sidiq of Indonesia (2:02.47), Feillian Mao of China (2:03.26), Jung Wonyong of South Korea (2:03.91) and Aleksey Derlyugov of Uzbekistan (2:04.00).

Women’s 200 breaststroke

• World record – 2:19.11 – Rikke Moeller Pedersen – DEN (2013)
• Asian record – 2:20.72 – Satomi Suzuki – JPN (2012)
• Asian record – 2:20.72 – Rie Kaneto – JPN (2009)
• Asian Games record – 2:23.93 – Qi Hui – CHN (2006)

Rie Kaneto of Japan was the top qualifier in the women’s 200 breaststroke recording a time of 2:25.42. Her teammate Kanako Watanabe was the next fastest qualifier posting a time of 2:27.17. The race tonight should be a good as Watanabe currently ranks second in the world with a season’s best of 2:21.09 while Kaneto is ranked third with a season’s best of 2:21.58.

Suyeon Back of South Korea was the third fastest qualifier touching in a time of 2:28.57.

Tonight’s final will also include; Shi Jinglin of China (2:29.43), Zhang Xinyu of China (2:30.70), Kwon Minji of South Korea (2:33.11), Phiangkhuran Pawapotako of Thailand (2:33.28) and Lin Pei Wun of Chinese Taipei.