| Rowing at the 2006 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | West Bay Lagoon |
| Dates | 3–7 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 172 from 20 nations |
Rowing competed at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Men's and women's singles, doubles, and fours competition took place at the West Bay Lagoon from December 3 to December 7. Since Doha was scarce of water the distance had to be shortened from standard 2000 meters to 1000 metres. [1]
| H | Heats | R | Repechages | S | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 3rd Sun | 4th Mon | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 7th Thu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's single sculls | H | R | S | F | |
| Men's double sculls | H | R | S | F | |
| Men's coxless four | H | R | S | F | |
| Men's lightweight single sculls | H | R | S | F | |
| Men's lightweight double sculls | H | R | S | F | |
| Women's single sculls | H | R | S | F | |
| Women's double sculls | H | R | F | ||
| Women's coxless four | H | R | S | F | |
| Women's lightweight single sculls | H | R | S | F | |
| Women's lightweight double sculls | H | R | F |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Shin Eun-chul  South Korea | Bajrang Lal Takhar  India | Mikhail Garnik  Kazakhstan |
| Double sculls |  Uzbekistan Vladimir Chernenko Ruslan Naurzaliev |  South Korea Kim Dal-ho Ham Jung-wook |  China Su Hui Cui Yonghui |
| Coxless four |  Japan Yu Kataoka Yuya Higashiyama Rokuroh Okumura Yoshinori Sato |  India Dharmesh Sangwan Jenil Krishnan Sukhjeet Singh Satish Joshi |  Indonesia Thomas Hallatu Sumardi Jamaluddin Iswandi |
| Lightweight single sculls | Wu Chongkui  China | Daisaku Takeda  Japan | Ruthtanaphol Theppibal  Thailand |
| Lightweight double sculls | Japan Takahiro Suda Hideki Omoto |  Thailand Ruthtanaphol Theppibal Anupong Thainjam | India Kiran Yalamanchi Bijender Singh |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Jin Ziwei China | Ai Fukuchi Japan | Pere Karoba  Indonesia |
| Double sculls | China Tian Liang Li Qin | South Korea Kim Ok-kyung Shin Yeong-eun |  Kazakhstan Mariya Filimonova Inga Dudchenko |
| Coxless four | China Cheng Ran Yu Chengxi Gao Yanhua Mu Suli |  North Korea Kang Kum-sun Kim Ok-bun Kim Ryon-ok Yu Sun-ok | South Korea Kim Soon-rye Im Eun-seon Eom Mi-seon Min Su-hyoun |
| Lightweight single sculls | Xu Dongxiang China | Lee Ka Man  Hong Kong | Phuttharaksa Neegree Thailand |
| Lightweight double sculls | Uzbekistan Sevara Ganieva Zarrina Ganieva | Japan Akiko Iwamoto Eri Wakai | Thailand Phuttharaksa Neegree Bussayamas Phaengkathok |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
A total of 172 athletes from 20 nations competed in rowing at the 2006 Asian Games:
China (16)
Chinese Taipei (11) Hong Kong (8) India (12) Indonesia (6)
Iran (8)
Iraq (2) Japan (13) Kazakhstan (15)
Kuwait (5) North Korea (19)
Pakistan (7)
Philippines (4)
Qatar (2)
Singapore (1) South Korea (14)
Sri Lanka (3) Thailand (4) Uzbekistan (12)
Vietnam (10)
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