Sailing at the 2006 Asian Games

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Sailing
at the 2006 Asian Games
Sailing pictogram.svg
VenueDoha Sailing Club
Dates5–13 December 2006
Competitors168 from 19 nations
  2002
2010  

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]

Contents

Schedule

RoundLast roundPPreliminaryFFinals
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 PPPPPPF

Medalists

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Mistral light
details
Chan King Yin
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Zeng Xiaohong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Arun Homraruen
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Mistral heavy
details
Yao Xinhao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ho Chi Ho
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Oka Sulaksana
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Optimist
details
Ni Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Navee Thamsoontorn
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Sean Lee
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Laser
details
Maximilian Soh
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Yoichi Iijima
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kim Ho-kon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
420
details
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Justin Liu
Sherman Cheng
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Shibuki Iitsuka
Shingen Furuya
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Nay La Kyaw
Min Min
470
details
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Kim Dae-young
Jung Sung-ahn
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Xu Yuan Zhen
Terence Koh
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kan Yamada
Kenichi Nakamura

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Mistral
details
Chen Lina
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chan Wai Kei
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Napalai Tansai
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Optimist
details
Rufina Tan
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Haruka Komiya
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Benjamas Poonpat
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
420
details
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Sarah Tan
Lim Tze Ting
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Yumi Takahashi
Kae Tsugaya
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Su Sandar Wai
Zin April Aung
470
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Ai Kondo
Naoko Kamata
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Toh Liying
Elizabeth Tan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yu Chunyan
Wen Yimei

Open

EventGoldSilverBronze
Laser 4.7
details
Colin Cheng
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Waleed Al-Sharshani
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Nurul Elia Anuar
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Laser Radial
details
Xu Lijia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Koh Seng Leong
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Rajesh Choudhary
Flag of India.svg  India
Hobie 16
details
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Damrongsak Vongtim
Sakda Vongtim
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Park Kyu-tae
Sung Chang-il
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Melcolm Huang
Chung Pei Quan
Match racing
details
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Ivan Tan
Justin Wong
Renfred Tay
Teo Wee Chin
Roy Tay
Flag of India.svg  India
Sanjeev Chauhan
Girdhari Yadav
Nitin Mongia
Mahesh Ramchandran
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Yoon Cheul
Kim Tae-jung
Kim Hyeong-tae
Kim Sang-suk

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)53210
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)4116
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1416
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)1203
5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)1135
6Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1124
7Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)1012
8Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)0112
9Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)0101
10Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar  (MYA)0022
11Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)0011
Totals (11 entries)14141442

Participating nations

A total of 168 athletes from 19 nations competed in sailing at the 2006 Asian Games:

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References

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