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.

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	Jakarta–Palembang, 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	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 14 of 2022 Asian Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	280	269	184	733
2	China (CHN)	192	170	99	461
3	South Korea (KOR)	28	20	69	117
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	14	20
9	Syria (SYR)	2	1	1	4
10	Myanmar (MYA)	2	0	1	3
11	Malaysia (MAS)	1	5	3	9
12	Israel (ISR)	1	4	6	11
13	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	3	14	18
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	4	5
19	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	2	2
Totals (19 entries)		542	543	547	1,632

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

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