# 2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 12–13.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Omar Jouma Al-Salfa United Arab Emirates | Shinji Takahira Japan | Hitoshi Saito Japan |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Omar Jouma Al-Salfa | United Arab Emirates | 21.03 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Hamed Hamdan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 21.16 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Vyacheslav Muravyev | Kazakhstan | 21.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Suppachai Chimdee | Thailand | 21.21 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Shinji Takahira | Japan | 21.23 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman | 21.33 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Yeo Hosu-ah | South Korea | 21.34 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Lahmediu Al-Marjabi | Oman | 21.34 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Adel Jaber Mahbub | Saudi Arabia | 21.43 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Hitoshi Saito | Japan | 21.48 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Leung Ki Ho | Hong Kong | 21.50 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Shehan Ambepitiya | Sri Lanka | 21.51 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Sivadasan Arunjith | India | 21.54 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Wang Chengliang | China | 21.54 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Jeon Deok-hyung | South Korea | 21.58 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Tang Yik Chun | Hong Kong | 21.60 | |
| 17 | 4 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | Thailand | 21.71 | |
| 18 | 1 | Pan Po-yu | Chinese Taipei | 21.73 | |
| 19 | 2 | Apip Dwi Cahyono | Indonesia | 21.97 | |
| 20 | 3 | Liu Yung | Chinese Taipei | 22.05 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Mohamad Noor Imrah A Hadi | Malaysia | 22.19 | |
| 22 | 1 | Riski Latip | Indonesia | 22.54 | |
| 22 | 4 | Battulgyn Achitbileg | Mongolia | 22.54 | PB |
| 24 | 3 | Liang Jiahong | China | 22.79 | |
| 25 | 2 | Tilak Ram Tharu | Nepal | 23.39 | F1 |
| 25 | 3 | Kilakone Sophonexay | Laos | 23.39 | |
| | 1 | Weerasuriya Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | DNF | |
| | 2 | Femi Seun Ogunode | Qatar | DNS | |
| | 3 | Ao Chan Hong | Macau | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Omar Jouma Al-Salfa | United Arab Emirates | 21.07 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Hitoshi Saito | Japan | 21.17 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Shinji Takahira | Japan | 21.28 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hamed Hamdan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 21.29 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yeo Hosu-ah | South Korea | 21.36 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Suppachai Chimdee | Thailand | 21.47 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Vyacheslav Muravyev | Kazakhstan | 21.52 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Leung Ki Ho | Hong Kong | 21.54 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Shehan Ambepitiya | Sri Lanka | 21.57 | |
| 10 | 1 | Jeon Deok-hyung | South Korea | 21.60 | F2 |
| 11 | 2 | Wang Chengliang | China | 21.61 | |
| 12 | 1 | Sivadasan Arunjith | India | 21.62 | F1 |
| 13 | 1 | Liu Yung | Chinese Taipei | 21.94 | |
| 14 | 1 | Lahmediu Al-Marjabi | Oman | 22.03 | |
| | 2 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman | DQ | F1, F2 |
| | 2 | Adel Jaber Mahbub | Saudi Arabia | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Omar Jouma Al-Salfa | United Arab Emirates | 21.07 |
| | 3 | Shinji Takahira | Japan | 21.08 |
| | 6 | Hitoshi Saito | Japan | 21.10 |
| 4 | 7 | Hamed Hamdan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 21.11 |
| 5 | 5 | Yeo Hosu-ah | South Korea | 21.36 |
| 6 | 2 | Vyacheslav Muravyev | Kazakhstan | 21.51 |
| 7 | 1 | Leung Ki Ho | Hong Kong | 21.63 |
| 8 | 8 | Suppachai Chimdee | Thailand | 22.67 |