Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Asian Games
Women's 100 metre freestyle ; at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	6 December
Competitors	28 from 18 nations
Medalists
	← 2002 2010 →

The women's 100m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 6 December 2006	10:00	Heats
Wednesday, 6 December 2006	18:00	Final

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time
1	3	Kaori Yamada (JPN)	56.74
2	4	Lee Keo-ra (KOR)	56.75
3	2	Maki Mita (JPN)	56.92
3	4	Pang Jiaying (CHN)	56.92
5	3	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	57.37
6	3	Hannah Wilson (HKG)	57.43
7	4	Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR)	57.44
8	2	Yang Chin-kuei (TPE)	57.78
9	2	Nieh Pin-chieh (TPE)	58.02
10	3	Lee Leong Kwai (HKG)	58.78
11	4	Jiratida Phinyosophon (THA)	58.83
12	3	Pannika Prachgosin (THA)	59.05
13	2	Mylene Ong (SIN)	59.29
14	4	Lynette Ng (SIN)	59.39
15	2	Erica Totten (PHI)	59.44
16	2	Irina Shlemova (UZB)	59.59
17	4	Chui Lai Kwan (MAS)	1:00.13
18	3	Ma Cheok Mei (MAC)	1:00.15
19	4	Shikha Tandon (IND)	1:00.68
20	4	Galina Dukhanova (UZB)	1:02.99
21	3	Valentina Nagornaia (KGZ)	1:03.05
22	2	Jennifer Kabalan (LIB)	1:04.70
23	3	Kiran Khan (PAK)	1:05.52
24	1	Sameera Al-Bitar (BRN)	1:05.88
25	1	Batjargalyn Telmen (MGL)	1:06.55
26	2	Debora Mac (MAC)	1:06.63
27	1	Ameena Fakhro (QAT)	1:06.77
28	1	Nora Al-Awam (QAT)	1:07.54

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	55.02
	Pang Jiaying (CHN)	55.17
	Kaori Yamada (JPN)	56.29
4	Lee Keo-ra (KOR)	56.42
5	Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR)	56.62
6	Hannah Wilson (HKG)	56.77
7	Maki Mita (JPN)	56.78
8	Yang Chin-kuei (TPE)	57.25