Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400m individual medley swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 10:13 | Heats |
| Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 18:05 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 4:33.59 | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Chen Yan (CHN) | 4:34.79 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| Games Record | Lin Li (CHN) | 4:39.88 | Beijing, China | 23 September 1990 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 4:43.52 |
| 2 | 2 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 4:45.27 |
| 3 | 1 | Yu Rui (CHN) | 4:54.39 |
| 4 | 1 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) | 4:55.56 |
| 5 | 1 | Jung Ji-yeon (KOR) | 4:56.26 |
| 6 | 1 | Lin Man-hsu (TPE) | 4:58.00 |
| 7 | 2 | Carmen Nam (HKG) | 4:59.82 |
| 8 | 2 | Nam Yoo-sun (KOR) | 5:00.53 |
| 9 | 2 | Siow Yi Ting (MAS) | 5:06.93 |
| 10 | 1 | Choi Sin Hong (MAC) | 5:34.90 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Qi Hui (CHN) | 4:38.31 | GR |
| | Yu Rui (CHN) | 4:39.51 | |
| | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 4:42.70 | |
| 4 | Jung Ji-yeon (KOR) | 4:51.27 | |
| 5 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) | 4:52.31 | |
| 6 | Lin Man-hsu (TPE) | 4:55.88 | |
| 7 | Nam Yoo-sun (KOR) | 4:56.56 | |
| 8 | Carmen Nam (HKG) | 5:00.78 | |
