# Swimming at the 1966 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1966 Asian Games in Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok, Thailand from December 13 to December 17, 1966.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Kunihiro Iwasaki Japan | 56.1 GR | Teruhiko Kitani Japan | 56.8 | Roosevelt Abdulgafur Philippines | 57.1 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Kunihiro Iwasaki Japan | 2:00.7 GR | Tan Thuan Heng Singapore | 2:04.8 | Roosevelt Abdulgafur Philippines | 2:05.3 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Etsujiro Takase Japan | 4:28.0 | Tan Thuan Heng Singapore | 4:29.9 | Tony Asamli Philippines | 4:30.0 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Etsujiro Takase Japan | 17:36.0 GR | Katsuji Ito Japan | 17:56.6 | Tony Asamli Philippines | 18:16.4 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Yushiro Hayashi Japan | 1:03.2 GR | Kishio Tanaka Japan | 1:03.8 | Michael Eu Singapore | 1:07.1 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Shigeo Fukushima Japan | 2:18.0 GR | Yushiro Hayashi Japan | 2:24.8 | Alex Chan Singapore | 2:27.1 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Kenji Ishikawa Japan | 1:10.0 GR | Koichi Yamanami Japan | 1:10.1 | Amman Jalmaani Philippines | 1:12.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Koichi Yamanami Japan | 2:35.0 GR | Kenji Ishikawa Japan | 2:35.4 | Gershon Shefa Israel | 2:39.7 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Isao Nakajima Japan | 1:00.1 GR | Avraham Melamed Israel | 1:00.4 | Yasuo Takada Japan | 1:00.7 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Yasuo Takada Japan | 2:12.7 GR | Shinji Yamanouchi Japan | 2:14.5 | Leroy Goff Philippines | 2:17.1 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Shigeo Fukushima Japan | 5:04.9 GR | Gershon Shefa Israel | 5:09.5 | Tony Asamli Philippines | 5:13.9 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Kunihiro Iwasaki Teruhiko Kitani Katsuji Ito Haruo Yoshimuta | 8:27.7 GR | Philippines Leroy Goff Haylil Said Tony Asamli Roosevelt Abdulgafur | 8:46.2 | Thailand Anant Pleanboonlert Duang Kongchareon Narong Chokumnuay Somchai Limpichat | 9:03.4 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Shigeo Fukushima Kenji Ishikawa Isao Nakajima Kunihiro Iwasaki | 4:11.1 GR | Israel Joram Shnider Gershon Shefa Avraham Melamed Moshe Gertel | 4:18.4 | Philippines Eduardo Abreu Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Roosevelt Abdulgafur | 4:20.6 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Michiko Kihara Japan | 1:03.2 GR | Helen Elliott Philippines | 1:04.2 | Yvonne Tobis Israel | 1:05.5 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Michiko Kihara Japan | 2:18.6 GR | Helen Elliott Philippines | 2:18.9 | Kazue Hayakawa Japan | 2:19.4 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Kazue Hayakawa Japan | 4:53.0 GR | Helen Elliott Philippines | 4:55.8 | Miwako Kobayashi Japan | 5:00.9 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Satoko Tanaka Japan | 1:09.5 GR | Kimiko Gabe Japan | 1:11.4 | Pat Chan Singapore | 1:15.2 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Yoshiko Morizane Japan | 1:22.9 GR | Sakiko Yamashita Japan | 1:23.6 | Umbhai Inphang Thailand | 1:25.3 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Sakiko Yamashita Japan | 2:58.7 | Yoshiko Morizane Japan | 2:58.8 | Chintana Thongrat Thailand | 3:03.8 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Masako Ishii Japan | 1:08.5 GR | Eiko Takahashi Japan | 1:08.6 | Gertrudes Lozada Philippines | 1:13.4 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Yasuko Fujii Japan | 2:38.5 GR | Yvonne Tobis Israel | 2:28.8 | Pat Chan Singapore | 2:42.2 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Japan Ryoko Urakami Kazue Hayakawa Miwako Kobayashi Michiko Kihara | 4:22.6 GR | Philippines Helen Elliott Tessie Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Corazon Lozada | 4:37.4 | Singapore Tay Chin Joo Jovina Tseng Molly Tay Pat Chan | 4:50.6 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Kimiko Gabe Yoshiko Morizane Masako Ishii Michiko Kihara | 4:51.9 GR | Philippines Rosalina Abreu Hedy Garcia Gertrudes Lozada Helen Elliott | 5:07.7 | Indonesia Winny Han Fay Loa Liem Hong Ing Enny Nuraeni | 5:18.3 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 23 | 11 | 3 | 37 |
| 2 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |