| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 5 December 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20022010 → | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 400m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 5, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 5 December 2006 | 10:22 | Heats |
| 18:10 | Final |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS) |
3:40.08 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 30 July 2002 |
| Asian Record |  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
3:45.72 | Victoria, Canada | 20 August 2006 |
| Games Record |  Shunichi Fujita (JPN) |
3:50.41 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
Results
- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Zhang Lin (CHN)
|
3:54.09 | |
| 2 | 3 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)
|
3:55.36 | |
| 3 | 4 |  Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
|
3:56.46 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kang Yong-hwan (KOR)
|
3:57.42 | |
| 5 | 2 | Kenichi Doki (JPN)
|
3:58.20 | |
| 6 | 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN)
|
3:59.62 | |
| 7 | 2 |  Daniel Bego (MAS)
|
4:01.17 | |
| 8 | 3 |  Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA)
|
4:01.92 | |
| 9 | 3 |  Marcus Cheah (SIN)
|
4:03.94 | |
| 10 | 4 |  Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)
|
4:05.17 | |
| 11 | 4 |  Tang Sheng-chieh (TPE)
|
4:05.18 | |
| 12 | 3 |  Ryan Arabejo (PHI)
|
4:05.60 | |
| 13 | 2 |  Nawaf Al-Wazan (KUW)
|
4:06.93 | |
| 14 | 2 |  Rehan Poncha (IND)
|
4:07.72 | |
| 15 | 4 |  Timur Irgashev (UZB)
|
4:08.86 | |
| 16 | 4 | Ibrahim Nazarov (UZB)
|
4:09.40 | |
| 17 | 4 | Chen Te-tung (TPE)
|
4:10.42 | |
| 18 | 2 |  Chung Kwok Ting (HKG)
|
4:13.71 | |
| 19 | 3 |  Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)
|
4:15.14 | |
| 20 | 2 |  Rashid Iunusov (KGZ)
|
4:25.25 | |
| 21 | 1 |  Jamil Yamout (LIB)
|
4:25.42 | |
| 22 | 4 | Timur Kartabaev (KGZ)
|
4:31.23 | |
| 23 | 3 |  Soheil Maleka Ashtiani (IRI)
|
4:31.66 | |
| 24 | 1 |  Ali Adel (IRQ)
|
4:38.86 | |
| 25 | 1 | Ali Majeed (IRQ)
|
4:51.69 | |
| — | 3 | Sng Ju Wei (SIN)
|
DNS |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
3:48.44 | GR |
 |
Zhang Lin (CHN) |
3:49.03 | |
 |
Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) |
3:49.38 | |
| 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) |
3:53.49 | |
| 5 | Kenichi Doki (JPN) |
3:53.61 | |
| 6 | Kang Yong-hwan (KOR) |
3:53.66 | |
| 7 | Daniel Bego (MAS) |
3:57.34 | |
| 8 | Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA) |
4:03.52 |