title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke
text: # 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.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Monday, 4 December 2006 | 10:00 | Heats |
  | Monday, 4 December 2006 | 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 | |
  