| Sailing at the 2006 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Doha Sailing Club |
| Dates | 5–13 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 168 from 19 nations |
Sailing was contested at the 2006 Asian Games from December 5 to December 13. Competition took place in various sailing disciplines at the Doha Sailing Club. [1]
| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 12th Tue | 13th Wed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Mistral light | ●● | ● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ||||
| Men's Mistral heavy | ●● | ● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ||||
| Men's Optimist | ● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ● | ● | ||
| Men's Laser | ●● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Men's 420 | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●●● | ● | ● | |||
| Men's 470 | ● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ● | ● | ||
| Women's Mistral | ●● | ● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ||||
| Women's Optimist | ● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ● | ● | ||
| Women's 420 | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●●● | ● | ● | |||
| Women's 470 | ● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ● | ● | ||
| Open Laser 4.7 | ● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ● | ●● | ● | ||
| Open Laser Radial | ● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ● | ●● | ● | ||
| Open Hobie 16 | ●● | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ● | |||
| Open match racing | P | P | P | P | P | P | F |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral light | Chan King Yin  Hong Kong | Zeng Xiaohong  China | Arun Homraruen  Thailand |
| Mistral heavy | Yao Xinhao China | Ho Chi Ho Hong Kong | Oka Sulaksana  Indonesia |
| Optimist | Ni Wei China | Navee Thamsoontorn Thailand | Sean Lee  Singapore |
| Laser | Maximilian Soh Singapore | Yoichi Iijima  Japan | Kim Ho-kon  South Korea |
| 420 |  Singapore Justin Liu Sherman Cheng |  Japan Shibuki Iitsuka Shingen Furuya |  Myanmar Nay La Kyaw Min Min |
| 470 |  South Korea Kim Dae-young Jung Sung-ahn | Singapore Xu Yuan Zhen Terence Koh | Japan Kan Yamada Kenichi Nakamura |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | Chen Lina China | Chan Wai Kei Hong Kong | Napalai Tansai Thailand |
| Optimist | Rufina Tan  Malaysia | Haruka Komiya Japan | Benjamas Poonpat Thailand |
| 420 | Singapore Sarah Tan Lim Tze Ting | Japan Yumi Takahashi Kae Tsugaya | Myanmar Su Sandar Wai Zin April Aung |
| 470 | Japan Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata | Singapore Toh Liying Elizabeth Tan |  China Yu Chunyan Wen Yimei |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore (SIN) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
A total of 168 athletes from 19 nations competed in sailing at the 2006 Asian Games:
Bahrain (9) China (13)
Chinese Taipei (1) Hong Kong (7) India (9) Indonesia (2) Japan (12)
Kazakhstan (4)
Kuwait (6) Malaysia (7) Myanmar (8)
Oman (3)
Pakistan (13)
Philippines (4) Qatar (14) Singapore (20) South Korea (18)
Sri Lanka (6) Thailand (12)
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