# Swimming at the 1982 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1982 Asian Games in Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi, from 21–29 November 1982.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Ang Peng Siong Singapore | 53.00 GR | Wan Qiang China | 54.12 | Lukman Niode Indonesia | 54.18 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Billy Wilson Philippines | 1:57.41 | Wu Jinhuang China | 1:58.16 | Huang Guohua China | 1:58.23 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ikuhiro Terashita Japan | 4:08.71 | Billy Wilson Philippines | 4:10.05 | Wu Jinhuang China | 4:10.30 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Kimihiro Anzai Japan | 16:21.82 | Keisuke Okuno Japan | 16:31.89 | Billy Wilson Philippines | 16:38.30 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kenji Ikeda Japan | 59.91 GR | Hidetoshi Takahashi Japan | 1:00.28 | Lukman Niode Indonesia | 1:00.51 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Hidetoshi Takahashi Japan | 2:08.33 GR | Yang Xintian China | 2:11.31 | Lukman Niode Indonesia | 2:13.06 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Ye Runcheng China | 1:05.93 | Shigehiro Takahashi Japan | 1:05.97 | Jin Fu China | 1:06.45 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Naritoshi Matsuda Japan | 2:25.99 | Jin Fu China | 2:26.66 | Shigehiro Takahashi Japan | 2:27.99 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Taihei Saka Japan | 57.27 GR | Chen Chao China | 58.35 | Ang Peng Siong Singapore | 58.37 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Taihei Saka Japan | 2:04.97 GR | Bang Jun-young South Korea | 2:06.82 | Masakazu Hirata Japan | 2:07.06 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Li Zhongyi China | 2:10.93 | Keiichi Ohata Japan | 2:11.87 | Shinji Ito Japan | 2:16.12 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Keiichi Ohata Japan | 4:39.86 GR | Pan Jiazhang China | 4:45.26 | Shinji Ito Japan | 4:52.52 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | China Huang Guohua Huang Guangliang Wan Qiang Li Zhongyi | 3:33.74 GR | Japan Satoshi Sumida Takuya Osumi Ikuhiro Terashita Taihei Saka | 3:38.40 | Indonesia Zain Chaidir John David Item Gerald Item Lukman Niode | 3:41.05 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Ikuhiro Terashita Takuya Osumi Akifumi Nishimuta Taihei Saka | 7:49.76 | China Huang Guohua Wu Jinhuang Pan Jiazhang Li Zhongyi | 7:50.74 | Indonesia Ridwan Muis John David Item Gerald Item Lukman Niode | 8:15.03 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Kenji Ikeda Shigehiro Takahashi Taihei Saka Satoshi Sumida | 3:56.48 GR | China Yang Xintian Ye Runcheng Chen Chao Li Zhongyi | 3:57.02 | Indonesia Lukman Niode Faezal Mulyawan John David Item Gerald Item | 4:03.69 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Kaori Yanase Japan | 57.88 GR | Chikako Nakamori Japan | 1:00.39 | Li Sha China | 1:01.15 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Kaori Yanase Japan | 2:06.12 GR | Mika Saito Japan | 2:09.75 | Li Miaohe China | 2:11.34 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Mika Saito Japan | 4:25.72 GR | Junko Sakurai Japan | 4:27.67 | Lee See-eun South Korea | 4:34.02 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Naomi Sekido Japan | 9:03.05 GR | Junko Sakurai Japan | 9:10.47 | Lee See-eun South Korea | 9:20.92 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 1:06.39 GR | Choi Yun-jung South Korea | 1:06.98 | Koto Maeda Japan | 1:08.24 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 2:21.96 GR | Choi Yun-jung South Korea | 2:22.85 | Hisae Asari Japan | 2:27.36 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Hiroko Nagasaki Japan | 1:12.73 GR | Kim Myong-suk North Korea | 1:14.85 | Shao Hong China | 1:15.15 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Hiroko Nagasaki Japan | 2:33.78 GR | Kim Myong-suk North Korea | 2:43.22 | Liang Weifen China | 2:45.46 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Takemi Ise Japan | 1:02.22 GR | Kiyomi Takahashi Japan | 1:02.69 | Lin Fan China | 1:04.81 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kiyomi Takahashi Japan | 2:16.63 | Takemi Ise Japan | 2:16.81 | Kim Kum-hee South Korea | 2:21.79 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 2:24.32 GR | Hideka Koshimizu Japan | 2:25.45 | Shared silver | |
| 200 m individual medley details | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 2:24.32 GR | Choi Yun-jung South Korea | 2:25.45 | Shared silver | |
| 400 m individual medley details | Hideka Koshimizu Japan | 5:02.79 GR | Naomi Sekido Japan | 5:07.09 | Lee See-eun South Korea | 5:08.26 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Japan Yumi Okazaki Chikako Nakamori Mika Saito Kaori Yanase | 3:59.27 GR | China Li Miaohe Bao Hong Lin Fan Li Sha | 4:05.82 | Singapore Lai May May Gillian Chee Mavis Ee Chan Mui Pin | 4:12.02 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Koto Maeda Hiroko Nagasaki Takemi Ise Kaori Yanase | 4:21.32 GR | China Zhang Zhixin Shao Hong Lin Fan Bao Hong | 4:32.46 | South Korea Choi Yun-hui Kwen Woo-jung Kim Kum-hee Choi Yun-jung | 4:34.05 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 21 | 13 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 29 | 30 | 28 | 87 |