Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 9 and 10 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 9 December 2006 | 16:10 | 1st round |
| Sunday, 10 December 2006 | 17:30 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 47.53 | Sydney, Australia | 27 September 2000 |
| Games Record | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 48.42 | Busan, South Korea | 8 October 2002 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### 1st round

* Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kenji Narisako (JPN) | 50.69 | Q |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) | 51.27 | Q |
| 3 | Bandar Sharahili (KSA) | 52.10 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksey Pogorelov (KGZ) | 52.31 | q |
| 5 | Ali Hazer (LIB) | 55.55 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Naohiro Kawakita (JPN) | 50.44 | Q |
| 2 | Meng Yan (CHN) | 50.64 | Q |
| 3 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 50.87 | Q |
| 4 | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | 51.28 | q |
| 5 | Allah Ditta (PAK) | 53.16 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Kenji Narisako (JPN) | 48.78 |
| | Meng Yan (CHN) | 49.26 |
| | Naohiro Kawakita (JPN) | 50.19 |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) | 50.57 |
| 5 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 50.69 |
| 6 | Aleksey Pogorelov (KGZ) | 52.20 |
| 7 | Bandar Sharahili (KSA) | 1:07.94 |
| — | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | DNS |
