| Men's Mistral heavy at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Doha Sailing Club | |||||||||
| Date | 5–11 December 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 2006 Asian Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Mistral | women | |
| Mistral light | men | |
| Mistral heavy | men | |
| Optimist | men | women |
| Laser 4.7 | open | |
| Laser | men | |
| Laser Radial | open | |
| 420 | men | women |
| 470 | men | women |
| Hobie 16 | open | |
| Match racing | open | |
The men's Mistral heavy competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha was held from 5 to 11 December 2006. [1]
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 5 December 2006 | 11:00 | Race 1 |
| 11:00 | Race 2 | |
| Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 11:00 | Race 3 |
| Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 11:00 | Race 4 |
| 11:00 | Race 5 | |
| Friday, 8 December 2006 | 11:00 | Race 6 |
| 11:00 | Race 7 | |
| Monday, 11 December 2006 | 11:00 | Race 8 |
| 11:00 | Race 9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Race | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
 |  Yao Xinhao (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
 |  Ho Chi Ho (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |
 |  Oka Sulaksana (INA) | OCS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 |  Phanuthat Ruamsap (THA) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 26 | |
| 5 |  Moon Chang-sung (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 36 | |
| 6 |  Reneric Moreno (PHI) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 47 | |
| 7 |  Priyantha Gunawardene (SRI) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 55 | |
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