title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 50m backstroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 10:00 | Heats |
  | Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 18:00 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | 24.80 | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 2003 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 25.18 | Macau | 4 November 2005 |
  | Games Record | Junichi Miyashita (JPN) | 26.44 | Doha, Qatar | 5 December 2006 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 25.74 | GR |
  | 2 | 3 | Sung Min (KOR) | 25.98 | |
  | 3 | 3 | Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) | 26.06 | |
  | 4 | 4 | Alex Lim (MAS) | 26.16 | |
  | 5 | 4 | Junya Koga (JPN) | 26.17 | |
  | 6 | 4 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 26.86 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 27.00 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Danil Bugakov (UZB) | 27.12 | |
  | 9 | 3 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 27.22 | |
  | 10 | 3 | Geoffrey Cheah (HKG) | 27.57 | |
  | 11 | 4 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 27.58 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Lin Yu-an (TPE) | 27.78 | |
  | 13 | 4 | Yuan Ping (TPE) | 27.82 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Sanhawat Charoonsri (THA) | 27.87 | |
  | 15 | 3 | Arjun Muralidharan (IND) | 28.15 | |
  | 16 | 4 | Suriya Suksuphak (THA) | 28.29 | |
  | 16 | 3 | Đỗ Huy Long (VIE) | 28.29 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Philip Yee (HKG) | 28.50 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 28.57 | |
  | 20 | 2 | Lei Chi Lon (MAC) | 28.62 | |
  | 21 | 4 | Ryan Arabejo (PHI) | 28.69 | |
  | 22 | 2 | Shahin Baradaran (IRI) | 28.74 | |
  | 23 | 1 | Ahmed Salamoun (QAT) | 29.04 | |
  | 24 | 4 | Obaid Al-Jasmi (UAE) | 29.10 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Aiman Al-Kulaibi (OMA) | 29.14 | |
  | 26 | 3 | Zainalabdeen Qali (KUW) | 29.36 | |
  | 27 | 2 | Rubel Rana (BAN) | 29.90 | |
  | 28 | 1 | Cheong Kin Wa (MAC) | 30.17 | |
  | 29 | 1 | Fadi Awesat (PLE) | 31.74 | |
  | 30 | 1 | Lkhagvadorjiin Mönkhtüvshin (MGL) | 35.18 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Junya Koga (JPN) | 25.40 | GR |
  | | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 25.47 | |
  | | Sung Min (KOR) | 25.57 | |
  | 4 | Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) | 25.91 | |
  | 5 | Alex Lim (MAS) | 26.06 | |
  | 6 | Danil Bugakov (UZB) | 26.69 | |
  | 7 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 26.75 | |
  | 8 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 26.80 | |
  