Swimming at the Asian Games

Swimming has been an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition.

Editions

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

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

Event	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	Games
50 metre freestyle										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
100 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
200 metre freestyle		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
400 metre freestyle	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
800 metre freestyle							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
50 metre backstroke														•	•	•	3
100 metre backstroke	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
200 metre backstroke							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
50 metre breaststroke														•	•	•	3
100 metre breaststroke		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
200 metre breaststroke	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
50 metre butterfly														•	•	•	3
100 metre butterfly	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
200 metre butterfly							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
200 metre individual medley				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
400 metre individual medley							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay												•	•	•	•	•	5
4 × 100 metre medley relay		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
Events	6	9	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	19	19	19

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	258	239	149	646
2	China (CHN)	146	132	74	352
3	South Korea (KOR)	21	16	60	97
4	Philippines (PHI)	10	31	54	95
5	Singapore (SIN)	10	15	29	54
6	Thailand (THA)	4	3	10	17
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	5	9	19
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	1	2
15	Indonesia (INA)	0	6	30	36
16	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	0	2
17	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	9	10
18	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	2	2
18	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	2	2
Total		463	465	460	1388

Sports at the Asian Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Bowling Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Kabaddi Karate Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby union Sailing Sepaktakraw Shooting Soft tennis Softball Squash Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Short track speed skating Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Past sports	Bandy Board games Bodybuilding Cue sports Dancesport Dragon boat Roller sports Ski orienteering

Swimming at the Asian Games

	1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

List of medalists List of records

International swimming

Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games World Championships Short Course Worlds Junior Worlds Masters Worlds World Cup Achievements by nation All-Africa Games Asian Games European Games Pan American Games Commonwealth Games Pan Pacific Championships Universiade Geography

Asia	AASF – Asian Championships

Africa	CANA – African Championships

Americas	UANA (AFC CCCAN CONSANAT USAS) – Caribbean Islands Championships Central American & Caribbean Championships South American Championships

Europe	LEN – European Championships European Short Course Championships European Junior Championships

Oceania	OSA – Oceania Championships

Fédération Internationale de Natation