Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre butterfly

The women's 50m butterfly swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Women's 50 metre butterfly at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	7 December 2006
Competitors	25 from 14 nations
Medalists
Tao Li    Singapore   Xu Yanwei    China   Yuka Kato    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 7 December 2006	10:40	Heats
	18:37	Final

Records

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

World Record	Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE)	25.57	Berlin, Germany	30 July 2002
Asian Record	Zhou Yafei (CHN)	26.30	Hangzhou, China	4 September 2006
Games Record	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	27.38	Doha, Qatar	2 December 2006

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	4	Zhou Yafei (CHN)	26.78	GR
2	2	Tao Li (SIN)	26.87
3	4	Yuka Kato (JPN)	26.91
4	3	Ayako Doi (JPN)	27.32
5	3	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	27.33
6	2	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	27.63
7	3	Shin Hae-in (KOR)	27.79
8	3	Sze Hang Yu (HKG)	27.95
9	3	Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR)	28.29
10	2	Natnapa Prommuenwai (THA)	28.65
11	2	Yang Chin-kuei (TPE)	29.07
12	4	Hannah Wilson (HKG)	29.12
13	4	Tsai I-chuan (TPE)	29.35
14	2	Irina Shlemova (UZB)	29.59
15	4	Ma Cheok Mei (MAC)	29.73
16	1	Erica Totten (PHI)	30.87
17	4	Mariya Bugakova (UZB)	30.91
18	3	Marichi Gandionco (PHI)	31.50
19	2	Lam Sin I (MAC)	31.55
20	4	Mireille Hakimeh (SYR)	31.72
21	3	Mayumi Raheem (SRI)	31.78
22	4	Miniruwani Samarakoon (SRI)	32.36
23	2	Nivine El-Achi (LIB)	33.13
24	1	Ameena Fakhro (QAT)	33.16
25	1	Nora Al-Awam (QAT)	33.48

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Tao Li (SIN)	26.73	GR
	Xu Yanwei (CHN)	26.95
	Yuka Kato (JPN)	26.98
4	Zhou Yafei (CHN)	26.99
5	Ayako Doi (JPN)	27.07
6	Sze Hang Yu (HKG)	27.53
7	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	27.69
8	Shin Hae-in (KOR)	27.74

References

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