# Swimming at the 1962 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1962 Asian Games at the Senayan Swimming Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia from 29 August to 1 September 1962.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Keigo Shimizu Japan | 56.6 GR | Tadaharu Goto Japan | 56.7 | Achmad Dimyati Indonesia | 57.2 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Toshizo Umemoto Japan | 2:06.0 GR | Tadaharu Goto Japan | 2:08.2 | Tin Maung Ni Burma | 2:09.4 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Tin Maung Ni Burma | 4:33.0 | Toshizo Umemoto Japan | 4:33.5 | Masami Nakabo Japan | 4:34.1 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Tin Maung Ni Burma | 18:17.6 | Tohachiro Matsuki Japan | 18:27.3 | Toshiaki Sahara Japan | 18:32.3 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kazuo Tomita Japan | 1:04.3 GR | Keisuke Ito Japan | 1:04.8 | Sampang Hassan Philippines | 1:09.2 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Keisuke Ito Japan | 2:21.1 GR | Kazuo Tomita Japan | 2:22.6 | Poo Boen Tiong Indonesia | 2:31.7 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Kenji Ishikawa Japan | 1:12.3 GR | Kiyoshi Nakagawa Japan | 1:12.8 | Jin Jang-rim South Korea | 1:15.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kiyoshi Nakagawa Japan | 2:40.1 GR | Kenji Ishikawa Japan | 2:41.9 | Rolando Landrito Philippines | 2:44.4 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Kenzo Izutsu Japan | 1:02.4 | Koji Iwamoto Japan | 1:03.1 | Amir Hussin Hamsain Philippines | 1:03.6 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kenzo Izutsu Japan | 2:19.1 GR | Koji Iwamoto Japan | 2:23.0 | Amir Hussin Hamsain Philippines | 2:23.6 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Akikazu Takemoto Tadaharu Goto Keigo Shimizu Toshizo Umemoto | 8:38.2 | Indonesia | 8:53.3 | Philippines Roosevelt Abdulgafur Bana Sailani Haylil Said Victorino Marcelino | 8:54.3 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Kazuo Tomita Kenji Ishikawa Kenzo Izutsu Keigo Shimizu | 4:15.7 GR | Philippines Sampang Hassan Antonio Saloso Amir Hussin Hamsain Roosevelt Abdulgafur | 4:28.9 | Indonesia Kemal Lubis Abdul Rasjid Sudarman Achmad Dimyati | 4:29.0 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Yoshiko Sato Japan | 1:06.0 =GR | Toyoko Kimura Japan | 1:06.1 | Haydee Coloso-Espino Philippines | 1:07.3 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Yoshiko Sato Japan | 2:24.5 GR | Yumiko Kobayashi Japan | 2:30.4 | Corazon Lozada Philippines | 2:35.1 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Toyoko Kimura Japan | 5:01.8 GR | Kazue Hayakawa Japan | 5:02.6 | Corazon Lozada Philippines | 5:30.4 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Satoko Tanaka Japan | 1:11.0 GR | Hiromi Yotsumoto Japan | 1:13.9 | Oey Lian Nio Indonesia | 1:19.3 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Noriko Yamamoto Japan | 1:23.9 GR | Iris Tobing Indonesia | 1:24.5 | Sachiko Aoki Japan | 1:24.9 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Noriko Yamamoto Japan | 2:59.6 | Sachiko Aoki Japan | 3:00.5 | Iris Tobing Indonesia | 3:05.7 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Eiko Takahashi Japan | 1:12.6 GR | Michiyo Nakanishi Japan | 1:14.4 | Gertrudes Lozada Philippines | 1:15.8 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Japan Toyoko Kimura Kimiko Ezaka Taeko Tsujimoto Yoshiko Sato | 4:27.6 | Philippines Connie Paredes Corazon Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Haydee Coloso-Espino | 4:43.8 | Indonesia Enny Nuraeni Lie Lan Hoa Lie Mu Lhan Lie Ying Hoa | 4:53.8 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Satoko Tanaka Noriko Yamamoto Eiko Takahashi Yoshiko Sato | 4:53.7 GR | Indonesia Oey Lian Nio Iris Tobing Lie Lan Hoa Enny Nuraeni | 5:13.1 | Philippines Tessie Lozada Dolores Agustin Gertrudes Lozada Haydee Coloso-Espino | 5:20.1 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 19 | 16 | 3 | 38 |
| 2 | Burma (BIR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |