title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 200m 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 | 11:02 | Heats |
  | Monday, 4 December 2006 | 19:10 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:54.44 | Victoria, Canada | 19 August 2006 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Takashi Nakano (JPN) | 1:57.17 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 September 2006 |
  | Games Record | Fu Yong (CHN) | 1:59.30 | Bangkok, Thailand | 7 December 1998 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Takashi Nakano (JPN) | 2:01.42 |
  | 2 | 1 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 2:02.27 |
  | 3 | 2 | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 2:04.09 |
  | 4 | 2 | Sergey Pankov (UZB) | 2:05.44 |
  | 5 | 3 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 2:06.19 |
  | 6 | 2 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 2:06.97 |
  | 7 | 1 | Geoffrey Cheah (HKG) | 2:07.08 |
  | 8 | 1 | Oleg Rabota (KAZ) | 2:07.55 |
  | 9 | 3 | Yuan Ping (TPE) | 2:08.67 |
  | 10 | 2 | Lin Yu-an (TPE) | 2:09.20 |
  | 11 | 1 | Danil Bugakov (UZB) | 2:10.98 |
  | 12 | 2 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 2:11.53 |
  | 13 | 3 | Đỗ Huy Long (VIE) | 2:13.21 |
  | 14 | 2 | Shahin Baradaran (IRI) | 2:13.61 |
  | 15 | 1 | Antonio Tong (MAC) | 2:14.19 |
  | 16 | 3 | Aiman Al-Kulaibi (OMA) | 2:16.11 |
  | 17 | 3 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) | 2:17.07 |
  | 18 | 1 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 2:18.85 |
  | 19 | 3 | Cheong Kin Wa (MAC) | 2:25.00 |
  | 20 | 2 | Amir Adnan (IRQ) | 2:47.28 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:58.85 | GR |
  | | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 1:59.15 | |
  | | Takashi Nakano (JPN) | 1:59.34 | |
  | 4 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 2:00.84 | |
  | 5 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 2:05.23 | |
  | 6 | Sergey Pankov (UZB) | 2:06.65 | |
  | 7 | Oleg Rabota (KAZ) | 2:06.81 | |
  | 8 | Geoffrey Cheah (HKG) | 2:07.65 | |
  