Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200m backstroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 4, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	4 December
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Medalists
Ryosuke Irie    Japan   Ouyang Kunpeng    China   Takashi Nakano    Japan

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 4 December 2006	11:02	Heats
	19:10	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:54.44	Victoria, Canada	19 August 2006
Asian Record	Takashi Nakano (JPN)	1:57.17	Tokyo, Japan	1 September 2006
Games Record	Fu Yong (CHN)	1:59.30	Bangkok, Thailand	7 December 1998

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Takashi Nakano (JPN)	2:01.42
2	1	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	2:02.27
3	2	Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN)	2:04.09
4	2	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:05.44
5	3	Zhang Bodong (CHN)	2:06.19
6	2	Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR)	2:06.97
7	1	Geoffrey Cheah (HKG)	2:07.08
8	1	Oleg Rabota (KAZ)	2:07.55
9	3	Yuan Ping (TPE)	2:08.67
10	2	Lin Yu-an (TPE)	2:09.20
11	1	Danil Bugakov (UZB)	2:10.98
12	2	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:11.53
13	3	Đỗ Huy Long (VIE)	2:13.21
14	2	Shahin Baradaran (IRI)	2:13.61
15	1	Antonio Tong (MAC)	2:14.19
16	3	Aiman Al-Kulaibi (OMA)	2:16.11
17	3	Chung Kwok Ting (HKG)	2:17.07
18	1	Heshan Unamboowe (SRI)	2:18.85
19	3	Cheong Kin Wa (MAC)	2:25.00
20	2	Amir Adnan (IRQ)	2:47.28

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:58.85	GR
	Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN)	1:59.15
	Takashi Nakano (JPN)	1:59.34
4	Zhang Bodong (CHN)	2:00.84
5	Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR)	2:05.23
6	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:06.65
7	Oleg Rabota (KAZ)	2:06.81
8	Geoffrey Cheah (HKG)	2:07.65

References

• Results