# Swimming at the 1958 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo, Japan from 28 to 31 May 1958.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Manabu Koga Japan | 58.3 | Kao Chia-hung Republic of China | 58.8 | Shintaro Yokochi Japan | 59.1 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Makoto Fukui Japan | 2:08.2 GR | Tatsuo Fujimoto Japan | 2:08.3 | Habib Nasution Indonesia | 2:11.7 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | 4:23.9 WR | Nagatoshi Maruyama Japan | 4:36.1 | Bana Sailani Philippines | 4:40.9 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | 18:00.3 GR | Hiroshi Ishii Japan | 18:28.8 | Bana Sailani Philippines | 18.45.9 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Keiji Hase Japan | 1:05.6 GR | Hideo Ninomiya Japan | 1:07.4 | Rodolfo Agustin Philippines | 1:09.5 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Kazuo Tomita Japan | 2:22.3 GR | Kazuo Watanabe Japan | 2:26.8 | Lorenzo Cortez Philippines | 2:32.6 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Masaru Ota Japan | 1:14.8 GR | Akio Sugiyama Japan | 1:16.8 | Li Che-sheng Republic of China | 1:17.1 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Masaru Furukawa Japan | 2:44.0 | Hsu Hsing-tai Republic of China | 2:47.3 | Hajime Waki Japan | 2:47.9 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Takashi Ishimoto Japan | 1:01.4 GR | Fumiaki Masunaga Japan | 1:02.0 | Walter Brown Philippines | 1:06.9 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Takashi Ishimoto Japan | 2:21.4 GR | Koichi Hirakida Japan | 2:24.2 | Freddie Elizalde Philippines | 2:47.7 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Makoto Fukui Tatsuo Fujimoto Toshizo Umemoto | 8:29.5 GR | Philippines Agapito Lozada Ulpiano Babol Bana Sailani Dakula Arabani | 9:06.7 | Republic of China Lin Min-shan Sun Ke-chun Li Che-sheng Kao Chia-hung | 9:39.0 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Keiji Hase Masaru Furukawa Takashi Ishimoto Manabu Koga | 4:17.2 WR | Philippines Rodolfo Agustin Jacinto Cayco Freddie Elizalde Dakula Arabani | 4:37.7 | Indonesia Tio Tjoe Hong Abdul Rasjid Lie Tjoan Kiet Habib Nasution | 4:48.0 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Yoshiko Sato Japan | 1:06.0 GR | Haydee Coloso-Espino Philippines | 1:06.4 | Hitomi Jinno Japan | 1:06.7 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Yoshiko Sato Japan | 2:26.9 GR | Haydee Coloso-Espino Philippines | 2:32.2 | Ryoko Omiya Japan | 2:36.5 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Emiko Shibahara Japan | 5:15.8 GR | Gertrudes Lozada Philippines | 5:16.3 | Eiko Wada Japan | 5:30.6 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Satoko Tanaka Japan | 1:15.3 GR | Setsuko Okamoto Japan | 1:19.3 | Sylvia von Giese Philippines | 1:20.0 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Yoshiko Takamatsu Japan | 1:24.1 GR | Masayo Aoki Japan | 1:27.7 | Ria Tobing Indonesia | 1:28.3 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Yoshiko Takamatsu Japan | 2:55.6 GR | Noriko Odagiri Japan | 3:02.6 | Victoria Cagayat Philippines | 3:09.3 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Shizue Miyabe Japan | 1:13.1 GR | Sandra von Giese Philippines | 1:17.9 | Tatsuyo Teragaito Japan | 1:19.6 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Japan Yoshiko Sato Setsuko Shimada Shigeyo Nakaoki Hitomi Jinno | 4:27.3 GR | Philippines Victoria Cullen Corazon Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Haydee Coloso-Espino | 4:50.4 | Republic of China Wang Song-yu Fung Ying-chu Leung Chiu-bing Ou Yuen-ling | 5:31.5 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Philippines Jocelyn von Giese Victoria Cagayat Sandra von Giese Haydee Coloso-Espino | 5:22.2 GR | Republic of China Fung Ying-chu Chang Zoe-chee Leung Chiu-bing Ou Yuen-ling | 5:50.7 | None awarded | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 20 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 2 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Republic of China (ROC) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 21 | 21 | 20 | 62 |