Rowing at the 2006 Asian Games
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]
Medalists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls |
 Shin Eun-chulSouth Korea (KOR) |
 Bajrang Lal TakharIndia (IND) |
 Mikhail GarnikKazakhstan (KAZ) |
| Double sculls |
 Uzbekistan (UZB)Vladimir Chernenko Ruslan Naurzaliev |
South Korea (KOR) Kim Dal-ho Ham Jung-wook |
 China (CHN)Su Hui Cui Yonghui |
| Coxless four |
 Japan (JPN)Yu Kataoka Yuya Higashiyama Rokuroh Okumura Yoshinori Sato |
India (IND) Dharmesh Sangwan Jenil Krishnan Sukhjeet Singh Satish Joshi |
 Indonesia (INA)Thomas Hallatu Sumardi Jamaluddin Iswandi |
| Lightweight single sculls |
Wu Chongkui China (CHN) |
Daisaku Takeda Japan (JPN) |
 Ruthtanaphol TheppibalThailand (THA) |
| Lightweight double sculls |
Japan (JPN) Takahiro Suda Hideki Omoto |
Thailand (THA) Ruthtanaphol Theppibal Anupong Thainjam |
India (IND) Kiran Yalamanchi Bijender Singh |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls |
Jin Ziwei China (CHN) |
Ai Fukuchi Japan (JPN) |
Pere Karoba Indonesia (INA) |
| Double sculls |
China (CHN) Tian Liang Li Qin |
South Korea (KOR) Kim Ok-kyung Shin Yeong-eun |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) Mariya Filimonova Inga Dudchenko |
| Coxless four |
China (CHN) Cheng Ran Yu Chengxi Gao Yanhua Mu Suli |
 North Korea (PRK)Kang Kum-sun Kim Ok-bun Kim Ryon-ok Yu Sun-ok |
South Korea (KOR) Kim Soon-rye Im Eun-seon Eom Mi-seon Min Su-hyoun |
| Lightweight single sculls |
Xu Dongxiang China (CHN) |
 Lee Ka ManHong Kong (HKG) |
Phuttharaksa Neegree Thailand (THA) |
| Lightweight double sculls |
Uzbekistan (UZB) Sevara Ganieva Zarrina Ganieva |
Japan (JPN) Akiko Iwamoto Eri Wakai |
Thailand (THA) Phuttharaksa Neegree Bussayamas Phaengkathok |
Medal table
| 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 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Participating nations
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)
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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)
References
- ↑ "Rowing team treats Asian Games as high-intensity training". China Daily. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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