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.

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	2 December 2006
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Hidemasa Sano    Japan   Shinya Taniguchi    Japan   Han Kyu-chul    South Korea

Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 2 December 2006	10:52	Heats
	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	Notes
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	Notes
	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

References

• Results