Swimming at the 2006 South Asian Games

The swimming competition at the 2006 South Asian Games happened between August 19–23, 2006, at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Swimming at the 2006 South Asian Games

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sri Lanka)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	32	18	3	53
2	Sri Lanka*	5	9	10	24
3	Bangladesh	1	6	9	16
4	Pakistan	0	5	15	20
5	Nepal	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		38	38	38	114

Results

India dominated the competition winning 32 out of a possible 38 gold medals, while hosts Sri Lanka won five gold medals with Bangladesh the only other country to win a gold medal.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Varun Divgikar India	23.97	Daniel Lee Sri Lanka	25.07	Nazrul Islam Bangladesh	25.41
100 m freestyle	Virdhawal Khade India	52.71 GR	Daniel Lee Sri Lanka	55.75	Rezaul Bangladesh	55.83
200 m freestyle	Virdhawal Khade India	1:59.07 GR	Amar Muralidharan India	1:59.23	Heshan Unamboowe Sri Lanka	2:02.74
400 m freestyle	Rehan Poncha India	4:05.94	Rohit Havaldar India	4:05.08	Mehboob Ali Pakistan	4:25.30
1500 m freestyle	Mandar Divase India	16:17.58 GR	Rohit Havaldar India	16:43.59	Mehboob Ali Pakistan	17:48.31
50 m backstroke	Arjun Muralidharan India	28.28	Rubel Rana Bangladesh	28.40	Heshan Unamboowe Sri Lanka	28.86
100 m backstroke	Andrew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka	1:00.11 GR	Arjun Muralidharan India	1:00.50	Sandeep Sejwal India	1:00.76
200 m backstroke	Andrew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka	2:07.97	Rehan Poncha India	2:11.33	Rohit Havaldar India	2:13.40
50 m breaststroke	Shajahan Ali Bangladesh	30.43	Sandeep Sejwal India	30.46	Mohammad Niaz Ali Bangladesh	31.52
100 m breaststroke	Sandeep Sejwal India	1:07.73	Shajahan Ali Bangladesh	1:08.08	Mohammad Niaz Ali Bangladesh	1:10.34
200 m breaststroke	Arjun Jayaprakash India	2:27.12	Sandeep Sejwal India	2:27.43	Mohammad Niaz Ali Bangladesh	2:34.90
50 m butterfly	Virdhawal Khade India	25.97	Ahmed Jewel Bangladesh	26.60	Milinda de Silva Sri Lanka	26.89
100 m butterfly	Arjun Muralidharan India	56.67	Ahmed Jewel Bangladesh	58.89	Nasir Ali Pakistan	59.37
200 m butterfly	Arjun Muralidharan India	2:05.06 GR	Rehan Poncha India	2:07.33	Nasir Ali Pakistan	2:12.97
200 m individual medley	Rehan Poncha India	2:11.22 GR	Nisar Ahmed Pakistan	2:16.26	Rubel Rana Bangladesh	2:16.62
400 m individual medley	Rehan Poncha India	4:37.04 GR	Arjun Jayaprakash India	4:48.84	Nisar Ahmed Pakistan	4:52.25
4×100 m freestyle relay	Arjun Muralidharan Virdhawal Khade Sandeep Sejwal Rohit Havaldar India	3:37.41	Rezaul Kamal Hossain Nazrul Islam Rafiq Bangladesh	3:44.64	Andrew Abeysinghe Heshan Unamboowe Milinda de Silva Daniel Lee Sri Lanka	3:44.92
4×200 m freestyle relay	Arjun Muralidharan Virdhawal Khade Aaron D'Souza Rohit Havaldar India	8:07:56	Nisar Ahmed Firdous Khan Adil Baig Mehboob Ali Pakistan	8:18:82	Nilmin Arsacularatne Heshan Unamboowe Milinda de Silva Daniel Lee Sri Lanka	8:23:26
4×100 m medley relay	India	4:00.42	Sri Lanka	4:11.67	Nepal	4:53.92

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Lekha Kamath India	27.70	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	28.87	Rubab Raza Pakistan	29.18
100 m freestyle	Lekha Kamath India	1:00.76	B. Neeraja India	1:02.17	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	1:02.85
200 m freestyle	Pooja Alva India	2:14.65	B. Neeraja India	2:15.96	Kiran Khan Pakistan	2:18.67
400 m freestyle	Kishipra Mahajan India	4:40.72	Pooja Alva India	4:42.98	Kiran Khan Pakistan	4:54.56
800 m freestyle	Surabhi Tipri India	9:39.60	Pooja Alva India	9:41.93	Imara Fahim Sri Lanka	10:21.95
50 m backstroke	Fariha Zaman India	31.70	Kiran Khan Pakistan	32.25	Rubab Raza Pakistan	33.41
100 m backstroke	Fariha Zaman India	1:09.05 GR	Kiran Khan Pakistan	1:09.76	Kishipra Mahajan India	1:11.79
200 m backstroke	Fariha Zaman India	2:31.49 GR	Madhavi Giri India	2:32.45	Kiran Khan Pakistan	2:40.49
50 m breaststroke	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	34.97	Doli Akhter Bangladesh	36.14	Mahfuza Khatun Bangladesh	36.87
100 m breaststroke	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	1:15.84 GR	V. Tejaswani India	1:18:91	Mahfuza Khatun Bangladesh	1:20.90
200 m breaststroke	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	2:45.24 GR	V. Tejaswani India	2:46.72	Doli Akhter Bangladesh	2:58.17
50 m butterfly	Lekha Kamath India	29.71	Sana Wahid Pakistan	32.87	Miniruwani Samarakoon Sri Lanka	33.06
100 m butterfly	Lekha Kamath India	1:04.51 GR	Miniruwani Samarakoon Sri Lanka	1:11.85	Miniruwani Samarakoon Pakistan	1:16.29
200 m butterfly	Pooja Alva India	2:24:82	Madhavi Giri India	2:26:07	Miniruwani Samarakoon Sri Lanka	2:40:81
200 m individual medley	V. Tejaswini India	2:28.78	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	2:30.98	Rida Sabahat Pakistan	2:51.18
400 m individual medley	V. Tejaswini India	5:16.21	Madhavi Giri India	5:21.72	Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka	5:26.21
4×100 m freestyle relay	India	4:08.72	Sri Lanka	4:25.20	Pakistan	4:35.08
4×200 m freestyle relay	India	9:18.76	Sri Lanka	9:38.41	Pakistan	9:53.40
4×100 m medley relay	India	4:40.42	Sri Lanka	4:49.12	Pakistan	4:57.99