Swimming at the Asian Games

Swimming at the Asian Games
Governing bodies	AQUA (World) / AA (Asia)
Events	41 (men: 20; women: 20; mixed: 1)
Games
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Medalists Records

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 fourth in terms of gold medals won.

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
XIX	2022	Hangzhou, China	China

Events

Event	51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26	Years
Men
50 m freestyle											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
100 m freestyle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
200 m freestyle			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
400 m freestyle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
800 m freestyle	X																	X	X	X	4
1500 m freestyle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
50 m backstroke															X	X	X	X	X	X	6
100 m backstroke	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
200 m backstroke			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
50 m breaststroke															X	X	X	X	X	X	6
100 m breaststroke			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
200 m breaststroke	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
50 m butterfly															X	X	X	X	X	X	6
100 m butterfly			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
200 m butterfly		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 m individual medley							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
400 m individual medley					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	X					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
4 × 200 m freestyle relay		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
4 × 100 m medley relay	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
10 km marathon																			X		1
Women
50 m freestyle											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
100 m freestyle		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 m freestyle			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
400 m freestyle		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
800 m freestyle								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
1500 m freestyle																		X	X	X	3
50 m backstroke															X	X	X	X	X	X	6
100 m backstroke		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 m backstroke								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
50 m breaststroke															X	X	X	X	X	X	6
100 m breaststroke			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
200 m breaststroke		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
50 m butterfly															X	X	X	X	X	X	6
100 m butterfly		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 m butterfly								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
200 m individual medley					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
400 m individual medley								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
4 × 100 m freestyle relay		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
4 × 200 m freestyle relay													X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
4 × 100 m medley relay			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
10 km marathon																			X		1
Mixed
4 × 100 m medley relay																		X	X	X	3
Total	8	13	21	21	23	24	25	29	29	29	31	31	32	32	38	38	38	41	43	41

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	282	271	176	729
2	China (CHN)	195	171	100	466
3	South Korea (KOR)	28	22	70	120
4	Singapore (SGP)	12	17	33	62
5	Philippines (PHI)	10	31	54	95
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	5	15	25
7	Thailand (THA)	4	3	10	17
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	4	15	21
9	Syria (SYR)	2	1	1	4
10	Myanmar (MYA)	2	0	1	3
11	Malaysia (MAS)	1	5	3	9
12	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	4	14	19
13	Israel (ISR)	1	4	6	11
14	India (IND)	1	2	6	9
15	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	2	3
16	Indonesia (INA)	0	6	30	36
17	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	0	2
18	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	5	6
19	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	2	2
Totals (19 entries)		547	549	543	1,639

List of records

Further information: List of Asian Games records in swimming

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in swimming

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games

External links

• Olympic Council of Asia - Games