# Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 19 to 24 August 2018.
The winning team Japan collected almost quarter of its total gold medals in this edition from swimming events only.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 19th Sun | 19th Sun | 20th Mon | 20th Mon | 21st Tue | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 24th Fri |
| Men's 50 m freestyle | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 200 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 400 m freestyle | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 800 m freestyle | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | F | F |
| Men's 50 m backstroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 100 m backstroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Men's 100 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 50 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 200 m butterfly | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 200 m individual medley | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 100 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 400 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| Women's 1500 m freestyle | F | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 50 m backstroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 100 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 200 m backstroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 50 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 100 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 400 m individual medley | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Yu Hexin China | 22.11 | Katsumi Nakamura Japan | 22.20 | Shunichi Nakao Japan | 22.46 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shinri Shioura Japan | 48.71 | Katsumi Nakamura Japan | 48.72 | Yu Hexin China | 48.88 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 1:45.43 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto Japan | 1:46.50 | Ji Xinjie China | 1:46.68 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 3:42.92 | Naito Ehara Japan | 3:47.14 | Kosuke Hagino Japan | 3:47.20 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 7:48.36 | Shogo Takeda Japan | 7:53.01 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Vietnam | 7:54.32 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 14:58.53 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Vietnam | 15:01.63 | Ji Xinjie China | 15:06.18 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Xu Jiayu China | 24.75 | Ryosuke Irie Japan | 24.88 | Kang Ji-seok South Korea | 25.17 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Xu Jiayu China | 52.34 =GR | Ryosuke Irie Japan | 52.53 | Lee Ju-ho South Korea | 54.52 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Xu Jiayu China | 1:53.99 | Ryosuke Irie Japan | 1:55.11 | Keita Sunama Japan | 1:55.54 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Yasuhiro Koseki Japan | 27.07 | Yan Zibei China | 27.25 | Dmitriy Balandin Kazakhstan | 27.46 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Yasuhiro Koseki Japan | 58.86 GR | Yan Zibei China | 59.31 | Dmitriy Balandin Kazakhstan | 59.39 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Yasuhiro Koseki Japan | 2:07.81 | Ippei Watanabe Japan | 2:07.82 | Qin Haiyang China | 2:08.07 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Joseph Schooling Singapore | 23.61 | Wang Peng China | 23.65 | Adilbek Mussin Kazakhstan | 23.73 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Joseph Schooling Singapore | 51.04 GR | Li Zhuhao China | 51.46 | Yuki Kobori Japan | 51.77 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Daiya Seto Japan | 1:54.53 | Nao Horomura Japan | 1:55.58 | Li Zhuhao China | 1:55.76 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Wang Shun China | 1:56.52 | Kosuke Hagino Japan | 1:56.75 | Qin Haiyang China | 1:57.09 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Daiya Seto Japan | 4:08.79 | Kosuke Hagino Japan | 4:10.30 | Wang Shun China | 4:12.31 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Japan Shinri Shioura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Katsumi Nakamura Juran Mizohata | 3:12.68 GR | China Yang Jintong Cao Jiwen Sun Yang Yu Hexin Hou Yujie Qian Zhiyong Ma Tianchi Ji Xinjie | 3:13.29 | Singapore Quah Zheng Wen Joseph Schooling Darren Chua Darren Lim Danny Yeo Jonathan Tan | 3:17.22 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Naito Ehara Reo Sakata Kosuke Hagino Katsuhiro Matsumoto Juran Mizohata Ayatsugu Hirai Yuki Kobori | 7:05.17 GR | China Ji Xinjie Shang Keyuan Wang Shun Sun Yang Qiu Ziao Hong Jinlong Hou Yujie Qian Zhiyong | 7:05.45 | Singapore Quah Zheng Wen Joseph Schooling Danny Yeo Jonathan Tan Darren Chua Glen Lim | 7:14.15 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | China Xu Jiayu Yan Zibei Li Zhuhao Yu Hexin Li Guangyuan Qin Haiyang Zheng Xiaojing He Junyi | 3:29.99 AR | Japan Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Yuki Kobori Shinri Shioura Masaki Kaneko Ippei Watanabe Nao Horomura Katsumi Nakamura | 3:30.03 | Kazakhstan Adil Kaskabay Dmitriy Balandin Adilbek Mussin Alexandr Varakin | 3:35.62 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Rikako Ikee Japan | 24.53 GR | Liu Xiang China | 24.60 | Wu Qingfeng China | 24.87 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Rikako Ikee Japan | 53.27 GR | Zhu Menghui China | 53.56 | Yang Junxuan China | 54.17 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Li Bingjie China | 1:56.74 | Yang Junxuan China | 1:57.48 | Chihiro Igarashi Japan | 1:57.49 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Wang Jianjiahe China | 4:03.18 GR | Li Bingjie China | 4:06.46 | Chihiro Igarashi Japan | 4:08.48 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Wang Jianjiahe China | 8:18.55 GR | Li Bingjie China | 8:28.14 | Waka Kobori Japan | 8:30.65 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Wang Jianjiahe China | 15:53.68 GR | Li Bingjie China | 15:53.80 | Waka Kobori Japan | 16:18.31 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Liu Xiang China | 26.98 WR | Fu Yuanhui China | 27.68 | Natsumi Sakai Japan | 27.91 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Natsumi Sakai Japan | 59.27 | Anna Konishi Japan | 59.67 | Chen Jie China | 1:00.28 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Liu Yaxin China | 2:07.65 | Natsumi Sakai Japan | 2:08.13 | Peng Xuwei China | 2:09.14 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Satomi Suzuki Japan | 30.83 GR | Roanne Ho Singapore | 31.23 | Feng Junyang China | 31.24 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Satomi Suzuki Japan | 1:06.40 GR | Reona Aoki Japan | 1:06.45 | Shi Jinglin China | 1:07.36 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kanako Watanabe Japan | 2:23.05 | Yu Jingyao China | 2:23.31 | Reona Aoki Japan | 2:23.33 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Rikako Ikee Japan | 25.55 GR | Wang Yichun China | 26.03 | Lin Xintong China | 26.39 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Rikako Ikee Japan | 56.30 GR | Zhang Yufei China | 57.40 | An Se-hyeon South Korea | 58.00 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Zhang Yufei China | 2:06.61 | Sachi Mochida Japan | 2:08.72 | Suzuka Hasegawa Japan | 2:08.80 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Kim Seo-yeong South Korea | 2:08.34 GR | Yui Ohashi Japan | 2:08.88 | Miho Teramura Japan | 2:10.98 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Yui Ohashi Japan | 4:34.58 | Kim Seo-yeong South Korea | 4:37.43 | Sakiko Shimizu Japan | 4:39.10 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Japan Rikako Ikee Natsumi Sakai Tomomi Aoki Chihiro Igarashi Mayuka Yamamoto Rio Shirai | 3:36.52 GR | China Zhu Menghui Wu Yue Wu Qingfeng Yang Junxuan Wang Jingzhuo Lao Lihui Liu Xiaohan | 3:36.78 | Hong Kong Camille Cheng Stephanie Au Tam Hoi Lam Sze Hang Yu Ho Nam Wai | 3:41.88 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | China Li Bingjie Wang Jianjiahe Zhang Yuhan Yang Junxuan Shen Duo Ai Yanhan Wu Yue | 7:48.61 GR | Japan Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee Yui Ohashi Rio Shirai Waka Kobori Sachi Mochida | 7:53.83 | Hong Kong Ho Nam Wai Camille Cheng Katii Tang Sze Hang Yu Jamie Yeung Natalie Kan Chan Kin Lok | 8:07.17 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Natsumi Sakai Satomi Suzuki Rikako Ikee Tomomi Aoki Anna Konishi Reona Aoki Ai Soma Sakiko Shimizu | 3:54.73 GR | Hong Kong Stephanie Au Jamie Yeung Chan Kin Lok Camille Cheng Toto Wong Rainbow Ip Sze Hang Yu Tam Hoi Lam | 4:03.15 | Singapore Hoong En Qi Samantha Yeo Quah Jing Wen Quah Ting Wen Cherlyn Yeoh | 4:09.65 |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | China Xu Jiayu Yan Zibei Zhang Yufei Zhu Menghui Li Guangyuan Shi Jinglin Zheng Xiaojing Yang Junxuan | 3:40.45 AR | Japan Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Rikako Ikee Tomomi Aoki Masaki Kaneko Ippei Watanabe Mayuka Yamamoto | 3:41.21 | South Korea Lee Ju-ho Moon Jae-kwon An Se-hyeon Ko Mi-so Kang Ji-seok Kim Jae-youn Park Ye-rin Kim Min-ju | 3:49.27 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 19 | 20 | 13 | 52 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 19 | 17 | 14 | 50 |
| 3 | Singapore (SGP) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |

## Participating nations

A total of 366 athletes from 39 nations competed in swimming at the 2018 Asian Games:
* Afghanistan (1)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Cambodia (3)
* China (52)
* Chinese Taipei (16)
* Hong Kong (32)
* India (11)
* Indonesia (19)
* Iran (4)
* Japan (38)
* Jordan (3)
* Kazakhstan (7)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Laos (3)
* Lebanon (2)
* Macau (14)
* Malaysia (6)
* Maldives (8)
* Mongolia (14)
* Nepal (4)
* North Korea (2)
* Oman (2)
* Pakistan (7)
* Palestine (5)
* Philippines (2)
* Qatar (8)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Singapore (25)
* South Korea (27)
* Sri Lanka (5)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (5)
* Thailand (12)
* Timor-Leste (1)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Uzbekistan (5)
* Vietnam (10)
* Yemen (2)