Swimming at the Asian Games

Summary

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 edit

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 edit

Men's events edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Medal table edit

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 edit

List of medalists edit

References edit

  • Sports 123: Asian Games

External links edit

  • Olympic Council of Asia - Games