Swimming at the Asian Games
Aquatics · Olympic Council of Asia, with Asia Aquatics
Swimming has been held at all 20 Asian Games, from New Delhi 1951 to Aichi–Nagoya 2026. Aichi–Nagoya 2026 held 41 events.
- Next
- Doha 2030
- Most golds (nation)
- Japan, 289; then China, 225
- India
- 9 medals: 1 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze; the gold was Sachin Nag's in 1951
- Cycle
- Every four years
India at the Asian Games
Incheon 20141 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 50 m breaststroke Bronze Sandeep Sejwal Guangzhou 20101 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 50 m butterfly Bronze Virdhawal Khade Seoul 19861 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 200 m butterfly Silver Khajan Singh New Delhi 19511 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's medley relay Bronze Kanti Shah, Jehangir Naegamwalla, Sachin Nag New Delhi 19511 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Bronze Isaac Mansoor, Bimal Chandra, Sambhu Saha, Sachin Nag New Delhi 19511 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 200 m breaststroke Bronze Jehangir Naegamwalla New Delhi 19511 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 400 m freestyle Bronze Bimal Chandra New Delhi 19511 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 100 m backstroke Silver Kanti Shah New Delhi 19511 event
Event Medal Swimmers Men's 100 m freestyle Gold Sachin Nag
Six of India's nine medals came at the first Games, at home in New Delhi. The list calls the 1951 medley relay a 4 × 100 m race but names three swimmers for each team.
More about this tournament
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 champions (individual events)
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Kim Young-beom (South Korea) | Wu Qingfeng (China) |
| 100 m freestyle | Pan Zhanle (China) | Siobhán Haughey (Hong Kong) |
| 200 m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (China) | Siobhán Haughey (Hong Kong) |
| 400 m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (China) | Li Bingjie (China) |
| 800 m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (China) | Li Bingjie (China) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (China) | Li Bingjie (China) |
| 50 m backstroke | Xu Jiayu (China) | Wan Letian (China) |
| 100 m backstroke | Xu Jiayu (China) | Peng Xuwei (China) |
| 200 m backstroke | Kodai Nishiono (Japan) | Peng Xuwei (China) |
| 50 m breaststroke | Qin Haiyang (China) | Tang Qianting (China) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Dong Zhihao (China) and Shin Ohashi (Japan), tied | Tang Qianting (China) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Shin Ohashi (Japan) | Kotomi Kato (Japan) |
| 50 m butterfly | Mikhail Arkhangelskiy (Bahrain) | Zhang Yufei (China) |
| 100 m butterfly | Shoon Mitsunaga (Japan) | Yu Yiting (China) |
| 200 m butterfly | Wang Kuan-hung (Chinese Taipei) | Yu Zidi (China) |
| 200 m individual medley | Tomoyuki Matsushita (Japan) | Yu Zidi (China) |
| 400 m individual medley | Yumeki Kojima (Japan) | Yu Zidi (China) |
Zhang Zhanshuo won all four freestyle races from 200 m to 1500 m. The relays are in the data file.
Medal table (1951 to 2026, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 289 | 286 | 191 | 766 |
| 2 | China | 225 | 184 | 111 | 520 |
| 3 | South Korea | 29 | 28 | 83 | 140 |
| 4 | Singapore | 12 | 20 | 33 | 65 |
| 5 | Philippines | 10 | 31 | 54 | 95 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 8 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Syria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
History
How it began
New Delhi 1951 held eight men's events. Women's events began at Manila 1954, and mixed relays at Jakarta–Palembang 2018.
Champions by era
Singapore won the most golds at New Delhi 1951, with four. Japan then won the most at every Games from 1954 to 1986, and again in 1998. China has won the most at every other Games from 1990, and 30 at each of the last two [from the rows].
Firsts and facts
- First Games: New Delhi, 1951.
- Women's events: from Manila 1954.
- Mixed relays: from Jakarta–Palembang 2018.
- India's only gold: Sachin Nag, men's 100 m freestyle, 1951.