| Final 18:59 | time |   | L |  | 1. Wang Shun |  China | 1:56.52 |   | 3 |  | 2. Kosuke Hagino |  Japan | 1:56.75 |   | 4 |  | 3. Qin Haiyang |  China | 1:57.09 |   | 5 |  | 4. Daiya Seto |  Japan | 1:57.13 |   | 6 |  | 5. Kenneth To |  Hong Kong | 2:01.76 |   | 7 |  | 6. Triady Fauzi Sidiq |  Indonesia | 2:02.09 |   | 8 |  | 7. Wang Hsing-hao |  Taipei | 2:02.68 |   | 2 |  | 8. Pang Sheng Jun |  Singapore | 2:03.08 |   | 1 |   
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| Venue: GBK Aquatic Center. |   
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  Heats - Monday 20.08 Morning session 09:45 |   
| Ranking | time |   | L | H |  | 1. Kosuke Hagino |  Japan | 1:59.76 | Q | 4 | 3 |  | 2. Qin Haiyang |  China | 2:00.40 | Q | 4 | 1 |  | 3. Wang Shun |  China | 2:01.34 | Q | 4 | 2 |  | 4. Daiya Seto |  Japan | 2:01.57 | Q | 5 | 3 |  | 5. Wang Hsing-hao |  Taipei | 2:02.18 | Q | 6 | 3 |  | 6. Kenneth To |  Hong Kong | 2:02.50 | Q | 5 | 2 |  | 7. Pang Sheng Jun |  Singapore | 2:02.64 | Q | 6 | 2 |  | 8. Triady Fauzi Sidiq |  Indonesia | 2:03.32 | Q | 5 | 1 |  |  eliminated in Heats |  | 9. Joo Jae-gu |  South Korea | 2:04.05 |   | 3 | 1 |  | 10.Kim Min-suk |  South Korea | 2:04.02 |   | 3 | 3 |  | 11.Lê Nguyễn Paul |  Vietnam | 2:05.08 |   | 3 | 2 |  | 12.Lionel Khoo |  Singapore | 2:06.12 |   | 6 | 1 |  | 13.Raymond Mak |  Hong Kong | 2:07.13 |   | 2 | 2 |  | 14.Neel Roy |  India | 2:08.07 |   | 8 | 3 |  | 15.Nuttapong Ketin |  Thailand | 2:09.08 |   | 2 | 3 |  | 16.Abdul Rahman Al-Kulaibi |  Oman | 2:13.95 |   | 7 | 3 |  | 17.Mohamed Abdelrahman |  Qatar | 2:16.84 |   | 7 | 2 |  | 18.Muhammad Yahya Khan |  Pakistan | 2:20.31 |   | 1 | 3 |  | 19.Jurmed Batmunkh |  Mongolia | 2:21.28 |   | 7 | 1 |  | 20.Demuul Erdenemunkh |  Mongolia | 2:26.46 |   | 1 | 2 |  | 21.Mubal Azzam Ibrahim |  Maldives | 2:32.87 |   | 1 | 1 |  | -. Khader Baqlah |  Jordan | DNS |   | 2 | 1 |   
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