title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 200m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 2, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Saturday, 2 December 2006 | 10:00 | Heats |
  | Saturday, 2 December 2006 | 18:00 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | 1:56.64 | Berlin, Germany | 3 August 2002 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Lü Bin (CHN) | 1:56.89 | Rome, Italy | 6 September 1994 |
  | Games Record | Yang Yu (CHN) | 1:58.43 | Busan, South Korea | 30 September 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Maki Mita (JPN) | 2:00:44 |
  | 2 | 3 | Pang Jiaying (CHN) | 2:01:60 |
  | 3 | 1 | Yang Yu (CHN) | 2:02:75 |
  | 4 | 1 | Lee Ji-eun (KOR) | 2:03:10 |
  | 5 | 3 | Yang Chin-kuei (TPE) | 2:03:22 |
  | 6 | 2 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 2:03:23 |
  | 7 | 3 | Jiratida Phinyosophon (THA) | 2:05:46 |
  | 8 | 1 | Nieh Pin-chieh (TPE) | 2:05:71 |
  | 9 | 2 | Quah Ting Wen (SIN) | 2:07:51 |
  | 10 | 3 | Mylene Ong (SIN) | 2:08:33 |
  | 11 | 2 | Ng Ka Man (HKG) | 2:08:49 |
  | 12 | 1 | Ong Ming Xiu (MAS) | 2:08:81 |
  | 13 | 2 | Erica Totten (PHI) | 2:08:83 |
  | 14 | 3 | Natthanan Junkrajang (THA) | 2:09:12 |
  | 15 | 1 | Marichi Gandionco (PHI) | 2:09:72 |
  | 16 | 3 | Fung Wing Yan (HKG) | 2:11:94 |
  | 17 | 1 | Fong Man Wai (MAC) | 2:18.29 |
  | 18 | 2 | Valentina Nagornaia (KGZ) | 2:22:06 |
  | 19 | 2 | Kiran Khan (PAK) | 2:23:00 |
  | 20 | 3 | Ekaterina Mamatkulova (UZB) | 2:27:93 |
  | 21 | 1 | Imara Fahim (SRI) | 2:28:89 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Pang Jiaying (CHN) | 1:59.26 |
  | | Yang Yu (CHN) | 2:00.73 |
  | | Maki Mita (JPN) | 2:00.78 |
  | 4 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 2:01.61 |
  | 5 | Yang Chin-kuei (TPE) | 2:02.21 |
  | 6 | Lee Ji-eun (KOR) | 2:02.89 |
  | 7 | Jiratida Phinyosophon (THA) | 2:04.91 |
  | 8 | Nieh Pin-chieh (TPE) | 2:07.35 |
  