List of Asian records in swimming
Men
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Asian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

List of Asian records in swimming

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Asian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Event	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref

50m freestyle	21.16	r	Katsumi Nakamura	Japan	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

100m freestyle	46.14	Ning Zetao	China	19 August 2017	Queensland Championships	Brisbane, Australia

200m freestyle	1:41.03	Park Tae-hwan	South Korea	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada

400m freestyle	3:34.59	Park Tae-hwan	South Korea	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada

800m freestyle	7:37.01	†	Park Tae-hwan	South Korea	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada

1500m freestyle	14:15.51	Park Tae-hwan	South Korea	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada

50m backstroke	22.70	Xu Jiayu	China	3 November 2018	World Cup	Beijing, China

100m backstroke	48.88	WR	Xu Jiayu	China	11 November 2018	World Cup	Tokyo, Japan

200m backstroke	1:48.25	Masaki Kaneko	Japan	17 January 2016	Tokyo New Year Championships	Tokyo, Japan

50m breaststroke	26.02	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	28 October 2018	Japanese World Championship Trials	Tokyo, Japan

100m breaststroke	56.13	Yasuhiro Koseki	Japan	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

200m breaststroke	2:01.15	Qin Haiyang	China	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

50m butterfly	22.40	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	17 November 2018	World Cup	Singapore, Singapore

100m butterfly	49.25	Li Zhuhao	China	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

200m butterfly	1:48.24	WR	Daiya Seto	Japan	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

100m individual medley	51.30	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar

200m individual medley	1:50.47	Kosuke Hagino	Japan	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar

400m individual medley	3:56.33	Daiya Seto	Japan	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar

4×50m freestyle relay	1:24.51	(21.81)Kosuke Matsui (20.96)Kenta Ito (20.60)Shinri Shioura (21.14)Junya Koga	Japan	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada

4×100m freestyle relay	3:07.79	(47.05)Katsumi Nakamura (46.39)Shinri Shioura (47.12)Reo Sakata (47.23)Kosuke Hagino	Japan	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar

4×200m freestyle relay	6:47.53	(1:42.67)Ji Xinjie (1:41.68)Xu Jiayu (1:41.25)Sun Yang (1:41.93)Wang Shun	China	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

4×50m medley relay	1:32.62	(22.98)Junya Koga (26.63)Yoshiki Yamanaka (22.15)Takeshi Kawamoto (20.86)Kenta Ito	Japan	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada

4×100m medley relay	3:21.07	(49.95)Ryosuke Irie (55.91)Yasuhiro Koseki (49.58)Takeshi Kawamoto (45.63)Katsumi Nakamura	Japan	16 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China

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