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

The women's 200m backstroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	3 December
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Medalists
Reiko Nakamura    Japan   Zhao Jing    China   Takami Igarashi    Japan

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 3 December 2006	10:49	Heats
	18:40	Final

Records

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

World Record	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:06.62	Athens, Greece	25 August 1991
Asian Record	He Cihong (CHN)	2:07.40	Rome, Italy	11 September 1994
Games Record	He Cihong (CHN)	2:09.46	Hiroshima, Japan	8 October 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	Bai Anqi (CHN)	2:12.94
2	1	Takami Igarashi (JPN)	2:13.37
3	2	Jung Yoo-jin (KOR)	2:13.57
4	2	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	2:15.22
5	2	Zhao Jing (CHN)	2:16.37
6	1	Lee Nam-eun (KOR)	2:17.97
7	2	He Hsu-jung (TPE)	2:21.62
8	2	Cheung Ho Yi (HKG)	2:22.30
9	1	Ong Ming Xiu (MAS)	2:24.74
10	1	Maftunabonu Tukhtasinova (UZB)	2:28.38
11	2	Kuan Weng I (MAC)	2:29.98
12	2	Wenika Kaewchaiwong (THA)	2:31.33
13	1	Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB)	2:33.93
14	1	Fong Man Wai (MAC)	2:36.66
15	2	Kiran Khan (PAK)	2:41.09
16	1	Nora Al-Awam (QAT)	2:51.10

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	2:10.33
	Zhao Jing (CHN)	2:11.54
	Takami Igarashi (JPN)	2:12.55
4	Bai Anqi (CHN)	2:12.63
5	Jung Yoo-jin (KOR)	2:13.00
6	Lee Nam-eun (KOR)	2:17.85
7	He Hsu-jung (TPE)	2:21.89
8	Cheung Ho Yi (HKG)	2:24.56

References

• Results