# Swimming at the 1986 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1986 Asian Games in Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, Seoul, South Korea from 21 September to 26 September 1986.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Katsunori Fujiwara Japan | 51.56 GR | Shen Jianqiang China | 51.69 | Ang Peng Siong Singapore | 52.27 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Katsunori Fujiwara Japan | 1:52.32 GR | Shigeo Ogata Japan | 1:53.26 | Shen Jianqiang China | 1:53.36 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Xie Jun China | 4:00.35 GR | Shigeo Ogata Japan | 4:01.57 | Wang Dali China | 4:03.35 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Wang Dali China | 15:50.93 GR | Shigeo Ogata Japan | 15:51.33 | He Runhua China | 16:17.03 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Daichi Suzuki Japan | 57.39 GR | Shigemori Maruyama Japan | 57.98 | Wang Hao China | 58.67 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Kazuya Ikeda Japan | 2:05.13 GR | Lin Laijiu China | 2:07.15 | Shigemori Maruyama Japan | 2:07.11 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Jin Fu China | 1:04.02 GR | Hisashi Fuwa Japan | 1:04.13 | Kenji Watanabe Japan | 1:04.99 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kenji Watanabe Japan | 2:20.07 GR | Naritoshi Matsuda Japan | 2:20.34 | Wirmandi Sugriat Indonesia | 2:22.02 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Hiroshi Miura Japan | 54.64 GR | Zheng Jian China | 55.13 | Hiroshi Sato Japan | 55.37 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Hiroshi Sato Japan | 2:01.06 GR | Khajan Singh India | 2:02.38 | Yukinori Tanaka Japan | 2:02.99 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Naritoshi Matsuda Japan | 2:05.48 GR | Chen Qin China | 2:08.83 | Satoshi Takeda Japan | 2:09.07 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Naritoshi Matsuda Japan | 4:27.99 GR | Satoshi Takeda Japan | 4:31.35 | Tian Liang China | 4:42.06 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | China Shen Jianqiang Yang Qing Mu Lati Feng Qiangbiao | 3:27.51 GR | Japan Keisuke Okuno Shigeo Ogata Hiroshi Miura Katsunori Fujiwara | 3:29.78 | Singapore Ang Peng Siong David Lim Tay Khoon Hean Oon Jin Gee | 3:31.36 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Keisuke Okuno Shigeo Ogata Tomohiro Noguchi Katsunori Fujiwara | 7:36.07 GR | China Chen Suwei He Runhua Xie Jun Wang Dali | 7:49.38 | Singapore Oon Jin Gee David Lim Oon Jin Teik Tay Khoon Hean | 7:56.27 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Daichi Suzuki Hisashi Fuwa Hiroshi Miura Katsunori Fujiwara | 3:46.55 GR | China Wang Hao Jin Fu Zheng Jian Shen Jianqiang | 3:48.72 | Indonesia Lukman Niode Wirmandi Sugriat Sabeni Sudiono Daniel Arief Budiman | 3:55.85 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Yoko Shimao Japan | 57.62 GR | Xia Fujie China | 58.23 | Huang Hong China | 58.42 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Chikako Nakamori Japan | 2:05.21 GR | Miki Saito Japan | 2:05.30 | Nurul Huda Abdullah Malaysia | 2:06.24 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Yan Ming China | 4:15.61 GR | Nurul Huda Abdullah Malaysia | 4:20.49 | Miki Wakahoi Japan | 4:21.05 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Yan Ming China | 8:43.42 GR | Nurul Huda Abdullah Malaysia | 8:50.44 | Miki Wakahoi Japan | 8:50.45 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 1:04.62 GR | Kaoru Ono Japan | 1:05.11 | Naomi Sekido Japan | 1:05.96 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 2:18.33 GR | Naomi Sekido Japan | 2:19.75 | Hiroyo Harada Japan | 2:21.19 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Huang Xiaomin China | 1:12.70 GR | Hiroko Nagasaki Japan | 1:12.71 | Xia Fujie China | 1:13.11 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Hiroko Nagasaki Japan | 2:34.01 | Asako Natsume Japan | 2:37.62 | Park Seong-won South Korea | 2:38.62 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Qian Hong China | 1:01.36 GR | Yoko Kawahigashi Japan | 1:01.56 | Kiyomi Takahashi Japan | 1:02.37 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Izumi Kawahara Japan | 2:12.83 GR | Kiyomi Takahashi Japan | 2:13.53 | Lee Eun-hee South Korea | 2:16.56 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Naomi Sekido Japan | 2:21.02 GR | Hiroyo Harada Japan | 2:21.23 | Choi Yun-hui South Korea | 2:22.30 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Yan Ming China | 4:52.43 GR | Naomi Sekido Japan | 4:57.30 | Nurul Huda Abdullah Malaysia | 4:57.73 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | China Xia Fujie Huang Hong Zhou Xun Qian Hong | 3:52.21 GR | Japan Yoko Shimao Miki Wakahoi Miki Saito Chikako Nakamori | 3:55.62 | Hong Kong Fenella Ng Celeste Hung Fu Mui Suzanna Lee | 4:03.65 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Kaoru Ono Hiroko Nagasaki Yoko Kawahigashi Yoko Shimao | 4:16.07 GR | China Zhou Xun Huang Xiaomin Qian Hong Xia Fujie | 4:16.75 | South Korea Choi Yun-hui Park Seong-won Lee Hong-mi Kim Jin-suk | 4:22.76 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 17 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |