# 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 11–12 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Gennadiy Chernovol Kazakhstan | Fawzi Al-Shammari Kuwait | Sittichai Suwonprateep Thailand |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 21.27 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | Thailand | 21.29 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Prasanna Amarasekara | Sri Lanka | 21.30 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 21.33 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mohamed Al-Houti | Oman | 21.44 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Ekkachai Janthana | Thailand | 21.50 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Anand Menezes | India | 21.50 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Abdulla Khamis Al-Hamad | Qatar | 21.57 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Tsai Meng-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 21.59 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Sulaiman Hamid Aosman | Qatar | 21.63 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 21.64 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Jon Dhanuska Perera | Sri Lanka | 21.71 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 21.75 | |
| 13 | 5 | Ahmad Sakeh Sumarsono | Indonesia | 21.75 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Suminda Mendis | Sri Lanka | 21.77 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Tatsuya Ito | Japan | 21.78 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Hamood Al-Dalhami | Oman | 21.78 | |
| 18 | 4 | Chang Po-Chih | Chinese Taipei | 21.94 | |
| 19 | 3 | Nguyen Thanh Hai | Vietnam | 21.97 | |
| 20 | 2 | Clifford Joshua | India | 22.21 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Wang Peng | China | 22.24 | |
| 22 | 2 | Nazmizan Mohamad | Malaysia | 22.30 | |
| 23 | 4 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 22.61 | |
| 24 | 2 | Ho Kwan Lung | Hong Kong | 22.67 | SB |
| 25 | 3 | Lu Ka Pun | Hong Kong | 23.15 | PB |
| 26 | 2 | Ang Fu Hong | Singapore | 23.26 | PB |
| 27 | 4 | Piphop Rasme Prum Keo | Cambodia | 23.60 | PB |
| 28 | 5 | Mohamed Amir | Maldives | 23.77 | PB |
| 29 | 3 | Abdullah Ibrahim | Maldives | 24.21 | PB |
| 30 | 5 | Bona Kong | Cambodia | 24.23 | PB |
| | 1 | Zakaria Messaiké | Lebanon | DNF | |
| | 1 | Mohd Shameer Ayub | Singapore | DNS | |
| | 2 | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: 2.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 21.00 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | Thailand | 21.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 21.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Prasanna Amarasekara | Sri Lanka | 21.28 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Anand Menezes | India | 21.37 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ekkachai Janthana | Thailand | 21.44 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 21.48 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Tatsuya Ito | Japan | 21.54 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Sulaiman Hamid Aosman | Qatar | 21.57 | SB |
| 9 | 2 | Jon Dhanuska Perera | Sri Lanka | 21.57 | |
| 11 | 2 | Tsai Meng-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 21.61 | |
| 12 | 1 | Suminda Mendis | Sri Lanka | 21.62 | |
| 12 | 2 | Clifford Joshua | India | 21.62 | |
| 14 | 2 | Abdulla Khamis Al-Hamad | Qatar | 21.78 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ahmad Sakeh Sumarsono | Indonesia | 21.81 | |
| | 1 | Mohamed Al-Houti | Oman | DQ | |

### Final

Wind: +1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 20.73 |
| | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 20.92 |
| | Sittichai Suwonprateep | Thailand | 21.04 |
| 4 | Prasanna Amarasekara | Sri Lanka | 21.32 |
| 5 | Anand Menezes | India | 21.32 |
| 6 | Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 21.32 |
| 7 | Tatsuya Ito | Japan | 21.54 |
| 8 | Ekkachai Janthana | Thailand | 21.74 |