title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley
  
  The Men's 400m Individual Medley swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 2, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Saturday, 2 December 2006 | 10:52 | Heats |
  | Saturday, 2 December 2006 | 18:43 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 4:08.26 | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Jiro Miki (JPN) | 4:14.79 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 April 2004 |
  | Games Record | Wu Peng (CHN) | 4:15.38 | Busan, South Korea | 4 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Hidemasa Sano (JPN) | 4:25.21 |
  | 2 | 2 | Shinya Taniguchi (JPN) | 4:25.62 |
  | 3 | 1 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR) | 4:27.33 |
  | 4 | 1 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 4:28.99 |
  | 5 | 1 | Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ) | 4:32.98 |
  | 6 | 3 | Park Beom-ho (KOR) | 4:34.08 |
  | 7 | 3 | Vasilii Danilov (KGZ) | 4:34.79 |
  | 8 | 2 | Lim Zhi Cong (SIN) | 4:35.27 |
  | 9 | 1 | Iurii Zakharov (KGZ) | 4:38.99 |
  | 10 | 3 | Tsai Kuo-chuan (TPE) | 4:39.95 |
  | 11 | 3 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 4:40.69 |
  | 12 | 2 | Kevin Chu (HKG) | 4:41.23 |
  | 13 | 2 | Lin Yu-an (TPE) | 4:42.11 |
  | 14 | 1 | Shahin Baradaran (IRI) | 4:43.61 |
  | 15 | 2 | Abdulrahman Al-Bader (KUW) | 4:44.14 |
  | 16 | 3 | Saeid Maleka Ashtiani (IRI) | 4:45.13 |
  | 17 | 2 | Lei Hong Nam (MAC) | 5:08.93 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Hidemasa Sano (JPN) | 4:16.18 |
  | | Shinya Taniguchi (JPN) | 4:17.91 |
  | | Han Kyu-chul (KOR) | 4:21.78 |
  | 4 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 4:28.44 |
  | 5 | Park Beom-ho (KOR) | 4:29.47 |
  | 6 | Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ) | 4:29.77 |
  | 7 | Lim Zhi Cong (SIN) | 4:35.56 |
  | 8 | Vasilii Danilov (KGZ) | 4:35.81 |
  