title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 400m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 5, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tuesday, 5 December 2006 | 10:22 | Heats |
  | Tuesday, 5 December 2006 | 18:10 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 3:40.08 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 30 July 2002 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 3:45.72 | Victoria, Canada | 20 August 2006 |
  | Games Record | Shunichi Fujita (JPN) | 3:50.41 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 3:54.09 |
  | 2 | 3 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 3:55.36 |
  | 3 | 4 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 3:56.46 |
  | 4 | 3 | Kang Yong-hwan (KOR) | 3:57.42 |
  | 5 | 2 | Kenichi Doki (JPN) | 3:58.20 |
  | 6 | 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 3:59.62 |
  | 7 | 2 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 4:01.17 |
  | 8 | 3 | Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA) | 4:01.92 |
  | 9 | 3 | Marcus Cheah (SIN) | 4:03.94 |
  | 10 | 4 | Naeem Al-Masri (SYR) | 4:05.17 |
  | 11 | 4 | Tang Sheng-chieh (TPE) | 4:05.18 |
  | 12 | 3 | Ryan Arabejo (PHI) | 4:05.60 |
  | 13 | 2 | Nawaf Al-Wazan (KUW) | 4:06.93 |
  | 14 | 2 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 4:07.72 |
  | 15 | 4 | Timur Irgashev (UZB) | 4:08.86 |
  | 16 | 4 | Ibrahim Nazarov (UZB) | 4:09.40 |
  | 17 | 4 | Chen Te-tung (TPE) | 4:10.42 |
  | 18 | 2 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) | 4:13.71 |
  | 19 | 3 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 4:15.14 |
  | 20 | 2 | Rashid Iunusov (KGZ) | 4:25.25 |
  | 21 | 1 | Jamil Yamout (LIB) | 4:25.42 |
  | 22 | 4 | Timur Kartabaev (KGZ) | 4:31.23 |
  | 23 | 3 | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani (IRI) | 4:31.66 |
  | 24 | 1 | Ali Adel (IRQ) | 4:38.86 |
  | 25 | 1 | Ali Majeed (IRQ) | 4:51.69 |
  | — | 3 | Sng Ju Wei (SIN) | DNS |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 3:48.44 | GR |
  | | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 3:49.03 | |
  | | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 3:49.38 | |
  | 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 3:53.49 | |
  | 5 | Kenichi Doki (JPN) | 3:53.61 | |
  | 6 | Kang Yong-hwan (KOR) | 3:53.66 | |
  | 7 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 3:57.34 | |
  | 8 | Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA) | 4:03.52 | |
  