Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50m backstroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 4, 2006, at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	4 December 2006
Competitors	23 from 15 nations
Medalists
Zhao Jing    China   Gao Chang    China   Reiko Nakamura    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 4 December 2006	10:00	Heats
	18:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Janine Pietsch (GER)	28.19	Berlin, Germany	25 May 2005
Asian Record	Zhao Jing (CHN)	28.50	Singapore	10 March 2006
Games Record	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	29.65	Doha, Qatar	2 December 2006

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	28.94	GR
2	2	Zhao Jing (CHN)	29.18
3	3	Gao Chang (CHN)	29.20
4	3	Tao Li (SIN)	29.40
5	2	Lee Nam-eun (KOR)	29.44
6	1	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	29.49
7	1	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	29.55
8	1	Jung Yoo-jin (KOR)	29.79
9	2	Lynette Ng (SIN)	30.31
10	3	Cheung Ho Yi (HKG)	31.14
11	3	Lin Man-hsu (TPE)	31.38
12	2	Chui Lai Kwan (MAS)	31.46
13	3	Wenika Kaewchaiwong (THA)	31.49
14	1	Kuan Weng I (MAC)	32.08
15	2	Olga Gnedovskaya (UZB)	32.28
16	1	Mireille Hakimeh (SYR)	32.61
17	1	He Hsu-jung (TPE)	32.79
18	3	Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB)	33.40
19	2	Kiran Khan (PAK)	33.49
20	2	Fong Man Wai (MAC)	34.01
21	1	Jennifer Kabalan (LIB)	35.18
22	3	Nora Al-Awam (QAT)	35.65
23	2	Soulamngeun Khetla (LAO)	42.73

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Zhao Jing (CHN)	28.69	GR
	Gao Chang (CHN)	28.88
	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	28.89
4	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	28.90
5	Lee Nam-eun (KOR)	29.12
6	Tao Li (SIN)	29.20
7	Jung Yoo-jin (KOR)	29.68
8	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	29.97

References

• Results