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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2006 Asian Games
Women's 100 metre backstroke ; at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	6 December
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Medalists
	← 2002 2010 →

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.

Schedule[]

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

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

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

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time
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	(KOR)	1:02.72
5	2	(KOR)	1:02.79
6	3	(JPN)	1:03.03
7	1	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:04.10
8	2	(HKG)	1:05.60
9	2	Lin Man-hsu (TPE)	1:05.71
10	1	(SIN)	1:06.81
11	3	(TPE)	1:07.35
12	3	(THA)	1:07.53
13	1	Chui Lai Kwan (MAS)	1:08.12
14	2	(MAC)	1:09.44
15	1	(SYR)	1:10.82
16	1	(MAC)	1:11.09
17	2	Olga Gnedovskaya (UZB)	1:11.32
18	3	Kiran Khan (PAK)	1:16.27
—	3	(QAT)	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	1:00.82
	Xu Tianlongzi (CHN)	1:01.22
	Zhao Jing (CHN)	1:01.72
4	(KOR)	1:02.35
5	(KOR)	1:02.70
6	(JPN)	1:03.06
7	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:03.85
8	(HKG)	1:05.01