| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 6 December 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 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 100 m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006, at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 10:13 | Heats |
| 18:06 | Final |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) |
47.84 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 |
| Asian Record |  Chen Zuo (CHN) |
49.56 | Nanjing, China | 17 October 2005 |
| Games Record |  Huang Shaohua (CHN) |
50.36 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Chen Zuo (CHN) |
49.06 | AR |
 |
 Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
50.02 | |
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 Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) |
50.25 | |
| 4 | Huang Shaohua (CHN) |
50.32 | |
| 5 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) |
50.47 | |
| 6 |  Vitaliy Khan (KAZ) |
51.05 | |
| 7 | Alexandr Sklyar (KAZ) |
51.07 | |
| 8 |  Bryan Tay (SIN) |
51.44 |