Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200m backstroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 4, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 4 December 2006 | 11:02 | Heats |
| Monday, 4 December 2006 | 19:10 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:54.44 | Victoria, Canada | 19 August 2006 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Takashi Nakano (JPN) | 1:57.17 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 September 2006 |
| Games Record | Fu Yong (CHN) | 1:59.30 | Bangkok, Thailand | 7 December 1998 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Takashi Nakano (JPN) | 2:01.42 |
| 2 | 1 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 2:02.27 |
| 3 | 2 | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 2:04.09 |
| 4 | 2 | Sergey Pankov (UZB) | 2:05.44 |
| 5 | 3 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 2:06.19 |
| 6 | 2 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 2:06.97 |
| 7 | 1 | Geoffrey Cheah (HKG) | 2:07.08 |
| 8 | 1 | Oleg Rabota (KAZ) | 2:07.55 |
| 9 | 3 | Yuan Ping (TPE) | 2:08.67 |
| 10 | 2 | Lin Yu-an (TPE) | 2:09.20 |
| 11 | 1 | Danil Bugakov (UZB) | 2:10.98 |
| 12 | 2 | Rehan Poncha (IND) | 2:11.53 |
| 13 | 3 | Đỗ Huy Long (VIE) | 2:13.21 |
| 14 | 2 | Shahin Baradaran (IRI) | 2:13.61 |
| 15 | 1 | Antonio Tong (MAC) | 2:14.19 |
| 16 | 3 | Aiman Al-Kulaibi (OMA) | 2:16.11 |
| 17 | 3 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) | 2:17.07 |
| 18 | 1 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 2:18.85 |
| 19 | 3 | Cheong Kin Wa (MAC) | 2:25.00 |
| 20 | 2 | Amir Adnan (IRQ) | 2:47.28 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:58.85 | GR |
| | Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) | 1:59.15 | |
| | Takashi Nakano (JPN) | 1:59.34 | |
| 4 | Zhang Bodong (CHN) | 2:00.84 | |
| 5 | Lee Seung-hyeon (KOR) | 2:05.23 | |
| 6 | Sergey Pankov (UZB) | 2:06.65 | |
| 7 | Oleg Rabota (KAZ) | 2:06.81 | |
| 8 | Geoffrey Cheah (HKG) | 2:07.65 | |
