# Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 4, 2006, at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

## Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Monday, 4 December 2006 | 11:15 | Heats |
| Monday, 4 December 2006 | 19:25 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | Australia | 7:04.66 | Fukuoka, Japan | 21 July 2001 |
| Asian Record | Japan | 7:13.60 | Montreal, Canada | 29 July 2005 |
| Games Record | Japan | 7:20.59 | Busan, South Korea | 30 September 2002 |

## Results
### Legend

* DSQ — Disqualified

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Team | Time |
| 1 | 1 | China (CHN) | 7:24.05 |
| | | Zhang Enjian | 1:51.67 |
| | | Chen Zuo | 1:50.99 |
| | | Yu Chenglong | 1:49.81 |
| | | Wu Peng | 1:51.58 |
| 2 | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 7:26.01 |
| | | Yuji Sakurai | 1:52.09 |
| | | Hiroaki Yamamoto | 1:50.32 |
| | | Kenichi Doki | 1:52.52 |
| | | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:51.08 |
| 3 | 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 7:35.62 |
| | | Chung Yong | 1:56.17 |
| | | Lim Nam-gyun | 1:53.83 |
| | | Kang Yong-hwan | 1:52.44 |
| | | Han Kyu-chul | 1:53.18 |
| 4 | 1 | Singapore (SIN) | 7:42.74 |
| | | Sng Ju Wei | 1:56.73 |
| | | Bryan Tay | 1:55.47 |
| | | Gary Tan | 1:54.93 |
| | | Marcus Cheah | 1:55.61 |
| 5 | 1 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 7:44.88 |
| | | Timur Irgashev | 1:57.28 |
| | | Ibrahim Nazarov | 1:56.23 |
| | | Petr Romashkin | 1:55.71 |
| | | Petr Vasiliev | 1:55.66 |
| 6 | 1 | Philippines (PHI) | 7:44.98 |
| | | Miguel Molina | 1:53.21 |
| | | Enchong Dee | 1:59.41 |
| | | James Walsh | 1:55.62 |
| | | Ryan Arabejo | 1:56.74 |
| 7 | 2 | Kuwait (KUW) | 7:45.26 |
| | | Waleed Al-Qahtani | 1:56.69 |
| | | Mohammad Madwa | 1:56.42 |
| | | Nawaf Al-Wazan | 1:56.17 |
| | | Marzouq Al-Salem | 1:55.98 |
| 8 | 2 | Iran (IRI) | 7:45.54 |
| | | Emin Noshadi | 1:56.97 |
| | | Mohammad Bidarian | 1:56.97 |
| | | Saeid Maleka Ashtiani | 1:55.23 |
| | | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani | 1:56.37 |
| 9 | 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 7:50.03 |
| | | Tang Sheng-chieh | 1:55.64 |
| | | Tsai Kuo-chuan | 1:56.07 |
| | | Chen Te-tung | 1:56.20 |
| | | Yuan Ping | 2:02.12 |
| 10 | 1 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 7:51.22 |
| | | Cheung Siu Hang | 1:56.22 |
| | | Philip Yee | 1:58.83 |
| | | Kevin Chu | 1:59.04 |
| | | David Wong | 1:57.13 |
| 11 | 2 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 8:04.66 |
| | | Vasilii Danilov | 1:56.22 |
| | | Iurii Zakharov | 1:59.62 |
| | | Timur Kartabaev | 2:06.81 |
| | | Rashid Iunusov | 2:02.01 |
| 12 | 1 | India (IND) | 8:10.12 |
| | | Virdhawal Khade | 1:56.31 |
| | | Rehan Poncha | 2:09.72 |
| | | Arjun Muralidharan | 2:02.86 |
| | | Ankur Poseria | 2:01.23 |
| 13 | 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 8:17.27 |
| | | Anas Abu Yousuf | 1:58.72 |
| | | Moyssara El-Aarag | 2:02.41 |
| | | Osama El-Aarag | 2:08.29 |
| | | Ahmed Salamoun | 2:07.85 |
| 14 | 2 | Macau (MAC) | 8:21.69 |
| | | Victor Wong | 1:58.85 |
| | | Lei Chi Lon | 2:09.39 |
| | | Lao Kuan Fong | 2:04.11 |
| | | Antonio Tong | 2:09.34 |

### Final

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| | Japan (JPN) | 7:14.86 | GR |
| | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:47.83 | |
| | Yuji Sakurai | 1:48.73 | |
| | Takamitsu Kojima | 1:49.94 | |
| | Daisuke Hosokawa | 1:48.36 | |
| | China (CHN) | 7:15.13 | |
| | Yu Chenglong | 1:50.13 | |
| | Zhang Enjian | 1:48.64 | |
| | Chen Zuo | 1:49.45 | |
| | Zhang Lin | 1:46.91 | |
| | South Korea (KOR) | 7:23.61 | |
| | Lim Nam-gyun | 1:51.51 | |
| | Han Kyu-chul | 1:51.46 | |
| | Kang Yong-hwan | 1:50.85 | |
| | Park Tae-hwan | 1:49.79 | |
| 4 | Singapore (SIN) | 7:39.61 | |
| | Bryan Tay | 1:52.15 | |
| | Sng Ju Wei | 1:56.69 | |
| | Gary Tan | 1:55.29 | |
| | Marcus Cheah | 1:55.48 | |
| 5 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 7:43.07 | |
| | Petr Romashkin | 1:56.19 | |
| | Timur Irgashev | 1:55.41 | |
| | Danil Bugakov | 1:56.26 | |
| | Petr Vasiliev | 1:55.21 | |
| 6 | Philippines (PHI) | 7:44.93 | |
| | Miguel Molina | 1:53.39 | |
| | Ryan Arabejo | 1:57.06 | |
| | Enchong Dee | 1:59.27 | |
| | James Walsh | 1:55.21 | |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 7:50.10 | |
| | Emin Noshadi | 1:57.71 | |
| | Mohammad Bidarian | 1:57.72 | |
| | Saeid Maleka Ashtiani | 1:56.85 | |
| | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani | 1:57.82 | |
| — | Kuwait (KUW) | DSQ | |
| | Waleed Al-Qahtani | | |
| | Mohammad Madwa | | |
| | Nawaf Al-Wazan | | |
| | Marzouq Al-Salem | | |