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
I1951New Delhi, India Singapore
II1954Manila, Philippines Japan
III1958Tokyo, Japan Japan
IV1962Jakarta, Indonesia Japan
V1966Bangkok, Thailand Japan
VI1970Bangkok, Thailand Japan
VII1974Tehran, Iran Japan
VIII1978Bangkok, Thailand Japan
IX1982New Delhi, India Japan
X1986Seoul, South Korea Japan
XI1990Beijing, China China
XII1994Hiroshima, Japan China
XIII1998Bangkok, Thailand Japan
XIV2002Busan, South Korea China
XV2006Doha, Qatar China
XVI2010Guangzhou, China China
XVII2014Incheon, South Korea China
XVIII2018JakartaPalembang, Indonesia Japan
XIX2022Hangzhou, China China

Events

Men's events

Event51545862667074788286909498020610141822Games
50 metre freestyle9
100 metre freestyle19
200 metre freestyle17
400 metre freestyle19
800 metre freestyle3
1500 metre freestyle19
50 metre backstroke5
100 metre backstroke19
200 metre backstroke17
50 metre breaststroke5
100 metre breaststroke17
200 metre breaststroke19
50 metre butterfly5
100 metre butterfly17
200 metre butterfly18
200 metre individual medley14
400 metre individual medley15
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay14
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay18
4 × 100 metre medley relay17
3 × 100 metre medley relay1
Events871212131415151515161616161919192020

Women's events

Event51545862667074788286909498020610141822Games
50 metre freestyle9
100 metre freestyle18
200 metre freestyle17
400 metre freestyle18
800 metre freestyle12
1500 metre freestyle2
50 metre backstroke5
100 metre backstroke18
200 metre backstroke12
50 metre breaststroke5
100 metre breaststroke17
200 metre breaststroke18
50 metre butterfly5
100 metre butterfly18
200 metre butterfly12
200 metre individual medley15
400 metre individual medley12
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay18
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay7
4 × 100 metre medley relay17
Events699101010141414151516161919192020

Mixed

Event1822Games
4 × 100 metre medley relay2
Events11

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

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