Swimming at the Asian Games

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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.

As of the last edition of the Games held in 2023, China is the most successful team in this sport event, with South Korea following in second place. Singapore was the best nation in the inaugural event, and are now fifth overall.

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 JakartaPalembang, Indonesia  Japan
XIX 2022 Hangzhou, China  China

Events

Men's events

Event 51 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Games
50 metre freestyle 9
100 metre freestyle 19
200 metre freestyle 17
400 metre freestyle 19
800 metre freestyle 3
1500 metre freestyle 19
50 metre backstroke 5
100 metre backstroke 19
200 metre backstroke 17
50 metre breaststroke 5
100 metre breaststroke 17
200 metre breaststroke 19
50 metre butterfly 5
100 metre butterfly 17
200 metre butterfly 18
200 metre individual medley 14
400 metre individual medley 15
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 14
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 18
4 × 100 metre medley relay 17
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 20

Women's events

Event 51 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Games
50 metre freestyle 9
100 metre freestyle 18
200 metre freestyle 17
400 metre freestyle 18
800 metre freestyle 12
1500 metre freestyle 2
50 metre backstroke 5
100 metre backstroke 18
200 metre backstroke 12
50 metre breaststroke 5
100 metre breaststroke 17
200 metre breaststroke 18
50 metre butterfly 5
100 metre butterfly 18
200 metre butterfly 12
200 metre individual medley 15
400 metre individual medley 12
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 18
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 7
4 × 100 metre medley relay 17
Events 6 9 9 10 10 10 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 19 19 19 20 20

Mixed

Event 18 22 Games
4 × 100 metre medley relay 2
Events 1 1

Medal table

Updated after the day 12 of 2022 Asian Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)280268184732
2 China (CHN)19016998457
3 South Korea (KOR)282068116
4 Singapore (SGP)12173362
5 Philippines (PHI)10315495
6 Kazakhstan (KAZ)551525
7 Thailand (THA)431017
8 Hong Kong (HKG)241420
9 Syria (SYR)2114
10 Myanmar (MYA)2013
11 Malaysia (MAS)1539
12 Israel (ISR)14611
13 Chinese Taipei (TPE)131418
14 India (IND)1269
15 Uzbekistan (UZB)1023
16 Indonesia (INA)063036
17 North Korea (PRK)0202
18 Vietnam (VIE)0145
19 Cambodia (CAM)0022
Totals (19 entries)5405415451626

List of records

List of medalists

References

External links