Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100m backstroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	6 December
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Medalists
Reiko Nakamura    Japan   Xu Tianlongzi    China   Zhao Jing    China

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 6 December 2006	10:56	Heats
	18:44	Final

Records

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

World Record	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	59.58	Fort Lauderdale, United States	13 August 2002
Asian Record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.16	Rome, Italy	10 September 1994
Games Record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.71	Hiroshima, Japan	5 October 1994

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	1:00.83
2	1	Xu Tianlongzi (CHN)	1:02.23
3	2	Zhao Jing (CHN)	1:02.34
4	3	Jung Yoo-jin (KOR)	1:02.72
5	2	Lee Nam-eun (KOR)	1:02.79
6	3	Takami Igarashi (JPN)	1:03.03
7	1	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:04.10
8	2	Cheung Ho Yi (HKG)	1:05.60
9	2	Lin Man-hsu (TPE)	1:05.71
10	1	Lynette Ng (SIN)	1:06.81
11	3	He Hsu-jung (TPE)	1:07.35
12	3	Wenika Kaewchaiwong (THA)	1:07.53
13	1	Chui Lai Kwan (MAS)	1:08.12
14	2	Kuan Weng I (MAC)	1:09.44
15	1	Mireille Hakimeh (SYR)	1:10.82
16	1	Fong Man Wai (MAC)	1:11.09
17	2	Olga Gnedovskaya (UZB)	1:11.32
18	3	Kiran Khan (PAK)	1:16.27
—	3	Nora Al-Awam (QAT)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	1:00.82
	Xu Tianlongzi (CHN)	1:01.22
	Zhao Jing (CHN)	1:01.72
4	Lee Nam-eun (KOR)	1:02.35
5	Jung Yoo-jin (KOR)	1:02.70
6	Takami Igarashi (JPN)	1:03.06
7	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:03.85
8	Cheung Ho Yi (HKG)	1:05.01

References

• Results