title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 100m backstroke 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 | 11:00 | Heats |
  | Tuesday, 5 December 2006 | 18:43 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 53.17 | Indianapolis, United States | 2 April 2005 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Junichi Miyashita (JPN) | 53.85 | Tokyo, Japan | 21 April 2006 |
  | Games Record | Atsushi Nishikori (JPN) | 55.06 | Busan, South Korea | 3 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Junichi Miyashita (JPN) | 55.95 |
  | 2 | 2 | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 56.40 |
  | 3 | 4 | Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) | 56.58 |
  | 4 | 3 | Alex Lim (MAS) | 57.39 |
  | 5 | 2 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 57.58 |
  | 6 | 4 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 57.99 |
  | 7 | 4 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 58.27 |
  | 8 | 3 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 58.81 |
  | 9 | 3 | Geoffrey Cheah (HKG) | 58.83 |
  | 10 | 3 | Danil Bugakov (UZB) | 58.95 |
  | 11 | 2 | Yuan Ping (TPE) | 59.16 |
  | 12 | 4 | Lin Yu-an (TPE) | 59.30 |
  | 13 | 4 | Oleg Rabota (KAZ) | 59.55 |
  | 14 | 2 | Đỗ Huy Long (VIE) | 1:00.58 |
  | 15 | 2 | Shahin Baradaran (IRI) | 1:01.14 |
  | 16 | 3 | Antonio Tong (MAC) | 1:01.29 |
  | 17 | 4 | Suriya Suksuphak (THA) | 1:01.54 |
  | 18 | 4 | Ryan Arabejo (PHI) | 1:01.57 |
  | 19 | 3 | Arjun Muralidharan (IND) | 1:01.64 |
  | 20 | 2 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 1:01.91 |
  | 21 | 2 | Aiman Al-Kulaibi (OMA) | 1:02.05 |
  | 22 | 4 | Zainalabdeen Qali (KUW) | 1:02.24 |
  | 23 | 1 | Ahmed Salamoun (QAT) | 1:02.59 |
  | 24 | 2 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) | 1:02.76 |
  | 25 | 1 | Lei Chi Lon (MAC) | 1:03.00 |
  | 26 | 1 | Rubel Rana (BAN) | 1:04.43 |
  | 27 | 1 | Lkhagvadorjiin Mönkhtüvshin (MGL) | 1:15.80 |
  | 28 | 1 | Amir Adnan (IRQ) | 1:18.10 |
  | — | 3 | Sergey Pankov (UZB) | DNS |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Junichi Miyashita (JPN) | 54.67 | GR |
  | | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 54.92 | |
  | | Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) | 55.78 | |
  | 4 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 56.68 | |
  | 5 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 57.43 | |
  | 6 | Alex Lim (MAS) | 57.55 | |
  | 7 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 58.46 | |
  | 8 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 59.08 | |
  