title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 100 m freestyle 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 | 10:13 | Heats |
  | Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 18:06 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 47.84 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Chen Zuo (CHN) | 49.56 | Nanjing, China | 17 October 2005 |
  | Games Record | Huang Shaohua (CHN) | 50.36 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 50.83 |
  | 2 | 6 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 50.99 |
  | 3 | 5 | Chen Zuo (CHN) | 51.13 |
  | 4 | 6 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 51.15 |
  | 5 | 5 | Vitaliy Khan (KAZ) | 51.30 |
  | 6 | 5 | Huang Shaohua (CHN) | 51.38 |
  | 7 | 4 | Alexandr Sklyar (KAZ) | 51.45 |
  | 8 | 5 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 51.75 |
  | 9 | 4 | Rafed Al-Masri (SYR) | 52.11 |
  | 10 | 4 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 52.12 |
  | 11 | 6 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 52.17 |
  | 12 | 3 | Mohammad Bidarian (IRI) | 52.44 |
  | 13 | 6 | Wang Shao-an (TPE) | 52.62 |
  | 14 | 5 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 52.67 |
  | 15 | 4 | Sung Min (KOR) | 52.77 |
  | 16 | 5 | Kendrick Uy (PHI) | 52.83 |
  | 17 | 5 | Mohammad Madwa (KUW) | 53.06 |
  | 18 | 6 | Ankur Poseria (IND) | 53.22 |
  | 19 | 4 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 53.30 |
  | 20 | 6 | Ravil Nachaev (UZB) | 53.43 |
  | 21 | 6 | Macgyver Tse (HKG) | 53.47 |
  | 22 | 6 | Waleed Al-Qahtani (KUW) | 53.68 |
  | 23 | 4 | Pasha Vahdati (IRI) | 53.89 |
  | 24 | 3 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 53.94 |
  | 24 | 3 | Obaid Al-Jasmi (UAE) | 53.94 |
  | 26 | 4 | Philip Yee (HKG) | 54.41 |
  | 27 | 3 | Moyssara El-Aarag (QAT) | 54.56 |
  | 28 | 3 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 55.01 |
  | 29 | 2 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 55.02 |
  | 30 | 2 | Daniel Lee (SRI) | 55.39 |
  | 31 | 3 | Jamil Yamout (LIB) | 56.17 |
  | 32 | 2 | Andryein Tamir (MGL) | 56.41 |
  | 33 | 3 | Mohammed Al-Khudhori (OMA) | 56.47 |
  | 34 | 3 | Rashid Iunusov (KGZ) | 57.56 |
  | 35 | 2 | Fadi Awesat (PLE) | 59.08 |
  | 36 | 2 | Ali Adel (IRQ) | 1:00.12 |
  | 37 | 2 | Mendbayaryn Batchuluun (MGL) | 1:00.15 |
  | 38 | 2 | Issam Halawani (PLE) | 1:01.20 |
  | 39 | 1 | Ali Majeed (IRQ) | 1:02.99 |
  | 40 | 1 | Hassan Ashraf (MDV) | 1:04.42 |
  | 41 | 1 | Ali Mohamed Raaidh (MDV) | 1:06.37 |
  | 42 | 5 | Victor Wong (MAC) | 1:07.67 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Chen Zuo (CHN) | 49.06 | AR |
  | | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 50.02 | |
  | | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 50.25 | |
  | 4 | Huang Shaohua (CHN) | 50.32 | |
  | 5 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 50.47 | |
  | 6 | Vitaliy Khan (KAZ) | 51.05 | |
  | 7 | Alexandr Sklyar (KAZ) | 51.07 | |
  | 8 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 51.44 | |
  