Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200m individual medley swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 10:10 | Heats |
| Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 18:05 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | 17 October 1997 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:09.72 | Shanghai, China | 17 October 1997 |
| Games Record | Lin Li (CHN) | 2:13.16 | Beijing, China | 27 September 1990 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:17.18 |
| 2 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo (SIN) | 2:17.60 |
| 3 | 1 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 2:17.62 |
| 4 | 2 | Asami Kitagawa (JPN) | 2:17.96 |
| 5 | 3 | Zhang Xin (CHN) | 2:19.17 |
| 6 | 2 | Siow Yi Ting (MAS) | 2:19.56 |
| 7 | 3 | Lin Man-hsu (TPE) | 2:20.35 |
| 8 | 2 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) | 2:20.97 |
| 9 | 1 | Jung Ji-yeon (KOR) | 2:21.70 |
| 10 | 2 | Nam Yoo-sun (KOR) | 2:22.42 |
| 11 | 3 | Hannah Wilson (HKG) | 2:22.66 |
| 12 | 1 | Natthanan Junkrajang (THA) | 2:23.70 |
| 13 | 3 | Maftunabonu Tukhtasinova (UZB) | 2:33.08 |
| 14 | 2 | Ma Cheok Mei (MAC) | 2:37.27 |
| 15 | 1 | Choi Sin Hong (MAC) | 2:38.66 |
| 16 | 1 | Miniruwani Samarakoon (SRI) | 2:48.73 |
| — | 2 | Ameena Fakhro (QAT) | DNS |
| — | 3 | Nivine El-Achi (LIB) | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:11.92 | GR |
| | Asami Kitagawa (JPN) | 2:14.51 | |
| | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 2:15.21 | |
| 4 | Joscelin Yeo (SIN) | 2:17.11 | |
| 5 | Zhang Xin (CHN) | 2:17.16 | |
| 6 | Siow Yi Ting (MAS) | 2:17.57 | |
| 7 | Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) | 2:20.38 | |
| 8 | Lin Man-hsu (TPE) | 2:20.41 | |
