Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 4, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	4 December
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Medalists
Yang Jieqiao    China   Zhu Wenrui    China   Lee Ji-eun    South Korea

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 4 December 2006	10:19	Heats
	18:10	Final

Records

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

World Record	Laure Manaudou (FRA)	4:02.13	Budapest, Hungary	6 August 2006
Asian Record	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:05.00	Shanghai, China	17 October 1997
Games Record	Sachiko Yamada (JPN)	4:07.23	Busan, South Korea	3 October 2002

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Yang Jieqiao (CHN)	4:15:29
2	2	Zhu Wenrui (CHN)	4:16:59
3	2	Haruka Ueda (JPN)	4:18:68
4	3	Lee Ji-eun (KOR)	4:19:64
5	1	Yang Chin-kuei (TPE)	4:21:56
6	2	Carmen Nam (HKG)	4:22:02
7	1	Quah Ting Wen (SIN)	4:22:72
8	3	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)	4:26:74
9	2	Erica Totten (PHI)	4:27:98
10	1	Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA)	4:28:43
11	2	Marichi Gandionco (PHI)	4:28:68
12	3	Ong Ming Xiu (MAS)	4:29:13
13	3	Tan Pei Shan (SIN)	4:30:07
14	1	Ng Ka Man (HKG)	4:33:55
15	3	Choi Sin Hong (MAC)	4:58:54
16	1	Fong Man Wai (MAC)	5:00:69
17	2	Imara Fahim (SRI)	5:10:58

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yang Jieqiao (CHN)	4:12.75
	Zhu Wenrui (CHN)	4:14:45
	Lee Ji-eun (KOR)	4:14.95
4	Haruka Ueda (JPN)	4:16:62
5	Yang Chin-kuei (TPE)	4:17.15
6	Carmen Nam (HKG)	4:20:76
7	Quah Ting Wen (SIN)	4:21:00
8	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)	4:26:28

References

• Results