Swimming at the Asian Games

Swimming has been a regular Asian Games sport since the first edition in 1951. Swimming has been the most gold medal sport event next to Athletics, with 41 of 465 gold medals in 2018 edition.

Japan is the most successful team in this sport event with China following in the second place.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
I	1951	New Delhi, India	Singapore
II	1954	Manila, Philippines	Japan
III	1958	Tokyo, Japan	Japan
IV	1962	Jakarta, Indonesia	Japan
V	1966	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan
VI	1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan
VII	1974	Tehran, Iran	Japan
VIII	1978	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan
IX	1982	New Delhi, India	Japan
X	1986	Seoul, South Korea	Japan
XI	1990	Beijing, China	China
XII	1994	Hiroshima, Japan	China
XIII	1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan
XIV	2002	Busan, South Korea	China
XV	2006	Doha, Qatar	China
XVI	2010	Guangzhou, China	China
XVII	2014	Incheon, South Korea	China
XVIII	2018	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia	Japan

Events

Men's events

Event	51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Games
50 metre freestyle											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
100 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
200 metre freestyle			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
400 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
800 metre freestyle	•																	•	2
1500 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
50 metre backstroke															•	•	•	•	4
100 metre backstroke	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
200 metre backstroke			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
50 metre breaststroke															•	•	•	•	4
100 metre breaststroke			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
200 metre breaststroke	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
50 metre butterfly															•	•	•	•	4
100 metre butterfly			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
200 metre butterfly		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
200 metre individual medley						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
400 metre individual medley					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	•						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
4 × 100 metre medley relay			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
3 × 100 metre medley relay	•																		1
Events	8	7	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	19	19	19	20

Women's events

Event	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Games
50 metre freestyle										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
100 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
200 metre freestyle		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
400 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
800 metre freestyle							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
1500 metre freestyle																	•	1
50 metre backstroke														•	•	•	•	4
100 metre backstroke	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
200 metre backstroke							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
50 metre breaststroke														•	•	•	•	4
100 metre breaststroke		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
200 metre breaststroke	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
50 metre butterfly														•	•	•	•	4
100 metre butterfly	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
200 metre butterfly							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
200 metre individual medley				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
400 metre individual medley							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay												•	•	•	•	•	•	6
4 × 100 metre medley relay		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Events	6	9	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	19	19	19	20

Mixed

Event	18	Games
4 × 100 metre medley relay	•	1
Events	1

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	277	260	161	698
2	China (CHN)	165	149	90	404
3	South Korea (KOR)	22	16	59	97
4	Singapore (SGP)	12	16	33	61
5	Philippines (PHI)	10	31	54	95
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	5	13	23
7	Thailand (THA)	4	3	10	17
8	Syria (SYR)	2	1	1	4
9	Myanmar (MYA)	2	0	1	3
10	Malaysia (MAS)	1	5	3	9
11	Israel (ISR)	1	4	6	11
12	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	3	14	18
13	India (IND)	1	2	6	9
14	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	2	3
15	Indonesia (INA)	0	6	30	36
16	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	2	12	14
17	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	0	2
18	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	3	4
19	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	2	2
Totals (19 nations)		504	506	500	1510

List of records

List of medalists

References

Sports 123: Asian Games

External links

Olympic Council of Asia - Games

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