2006 Doha Asian Games

2006 Doha Asian Games
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City	Doha, Qatar
Team Gold Medalist	China Cheng Fei Han Bing He Ning Pang Panpan Zhang Nan Zhou Zhuoru
All-Around Gold Medalist	He Ning (CHN)
Vault Gold Medalist	Cheng Fei (CHN)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Hong Su-Jong (PRK)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Zhang Nan (CHN)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Cheng Fei (CHN)
Preceded by	2002 Busan Asian Games
Succeeded by	2010 Guangzhou Asian Games

The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia (following Tehran in 1974) to host the games. There were 46 disciplines from 39 events scheduled to be contested.

It was the first time that all 45 member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia took part in this event. Also, Eurosport broadcast the event, marking the first time that the European continent could watch this Asian sporting event.

Format of Competition

All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of six gymnasts could only have five gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and the top four scores counted toward the team total.
• The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	China Cheng Fei Han Bing He Ning Pang Panpan Zhang Nan Zhou Zhuoru	Japan Ishizaka Manami Kuroda Mayu Mizoguchi Erika Oshima Kyoko Sahara Ayaka Uemura Miki	South Korea Bae Mu-Leum Han Eun-Bi Kang Ji-Na Kim Hyo-Bin Yeo Su-Jung Yu Han-Sol
All-Around	He Ning China (CHN)	Zhou Zhuoru China (CHN)	Hong Su-Jong North Korea (PRK)
Vault	Cheng Fei China (CHN)	Hong Su-Jong North Korea (PRK)	Hong Un-Jong North Korea (PRK)
Uneven Bars	Hong Su-Jong North Korea (PRK)	He Ning China (CHN)	Uemura Miki Japan (JPN)
Balance Beam	Zhang Nan China (CHN)	Han Bing China (CHN)	Uemura Miki Japan (JPN)
Floor Exercise	Cheng Fei China (CHN)	Pang Panpan China (CHN)	Oshima Kyoko Japan (JPN)

Controversy

• In September 2014, Cha Yong-Hwa was discovered to be underage in 2006, and her results were canceled. She was stripped of her individual bronze on uneven bars, and the North Korean team were stripped of their team silver medal.

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	China	5	4	0	9
2	North Korea	1	1	2	4
3	Japan	0	1	3	4
4	South Korea	0	0	1	1