title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 11:06 | Final 1 |
  | Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 19:08 | Final 2 |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Sachiko Yamada (JPN) | 8:23.68 | Tokyo, Japan | 23 April 2004 |
  | Games Record | Chen Hua (CHN) | 8:25.36 | Busan, South Korea | 5 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 2 | Yurie Yano (JPN) | 8:29.51 |
  | | 2 | Yang Jieqiao (CHN) | 8:38.35 |
  | | 2 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 8:42.31 |
  | 4 | 2 | Jung Ji-yeon (KOR) | 8:44.46 |
  | 5 | 2 | Li Mo (CHN) | 8:52.42 |
  | 6 | 2 | Lee Ji-eun (KOR) | 8:53.60 |
  | 7 | 2 | Quah Ting Wen (SIN) | 9:01.01 |
  | 8 | 1 | Carmen Nam (HKG) | 9:03.72 |
  | 9 | 2 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) | 9:05.88 |
  | 10 | 1 | Ong Ming Xiu (MAS) | 9:12.26 |
  | 11 | 1 | Marichi Gandionco (PHI) | 9:14.80 |
  | 12 | 1 | Tan Pei Shan (SIN) | 9:21.10 |
  | 13 | 1 | Imara Fahim (SRI) | 10:18.89 |
  