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

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

Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women

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.

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

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

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

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

• Results