title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre butterfly
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre butterfly
  
  The women's 50m butterfly swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 10:40 | Heats |
  | Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 18:37 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) | 25.57 | Berlin, Germany | 30 July 2002 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Zhou Yafei (CHN) | 26.30 | Hangzhou, China | 4 September 2006 |
  | Games Record | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 27.38 | Doha, Qatar | 2 December 2006 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Zhou Yafei (CHN) | 26.78 | GR |
  | 2 | 2 | Tao Li (SIN) | 26.87 | |
  | 3 | 4 | Yuka Kato (JPN) | 26.91 | |
  | 4 | 3 | Ayako Doi (JPN) | 27.32 | |
  | 5 | 3 | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 27.33 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Joscelin Yeo (SIN) | 27.63 | |
  | 7 | 3 | Shin Hae-in (KOR) | 27.79 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Sze Hang Yu (HKG) | 27.95 | |
  | 9 | 3 | Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR) | 28.29 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Natnapa Prommuenwai (THA) | 28.65 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Yang Chin-kuei (TPE) | 29.07 | |
  | 12 | 4 | Hannah Wilson (HKG) | 29.12 | |
  | 13 | 4 | Tsai I-chuan (TPE) | 29.35 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Irina Shlemova (UZB) | 29.59 | |
  | 15 | 4 | Ma Cheok Mei (MAC) | 29.73 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Erica Totten (PHI) | 30.87 | |
  | 17 | 4 | Mariya Bugakova (UZB) | 30.91 | |
  | 18 | 3 | Marichi Gandionco (PHI) | 31.50 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Lam Sin I (MAC) | 31.55 | |
  | 20 | 4 | Mireille Hakimeh (SYR) | 31.72 | |
  | 21 | 3 | Mayumi Raheem (SRI) | 31.78 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Miniruwani Samarakoon (SRI) | 32.36 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Nivine El-Achi (LIB) | 33.13 | |
  | 24 | 1 | Ameena Fakhro (QAT) | 33.16 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Nora Al-Awam (QAT) | 33.48 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tao Li (SIN) | 26.73 | GR |
  | | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 26.95 | |
  | | Yuka Kato (JPN) | 26.98 | |
  | 4 | Zhou Yafei (CHN) | 26.99 | |
  | 5 | Ayako Doi (JPN) | 27.07 | |
  | 6 | Sze Hang Yu (HKG) | 27.53 | |
  | 7 | Joscelin Yeo (SIN) | 27.69 | |
  | 8 | Shin Hae-in (KOR) | 27.74 | |
  