# Swimming at the 2016 South Asian Games

Swimming at the 2016 South Asian Games were held in Guwahati, India from 10 – 15 February 2016.

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 23.33 GR | Virdhawal Khade India | 23.54 | Mahfizur Rahman Bangladesh | 23.95 |
| 100 m freestyle | Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 51.23 GR | Cherantha de Silva Sri Lanka | 52.11 | Mahfizur Rahman Bangladesh | 52.34 |
| 200 m freestyle | Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 1:52.28 GR | Saurabh Sangvekar India | 1:53.03 | Mahfizur Rahman Bangladesh | 1:56.19 |
| 400 m freestyle | Saurabh Sangvekar India | 3:58.84 | Sajan Prakash India | 4:03.79 | Kyle Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 4:11.07 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Sajan Prakash India | 15:55.34 | Saurabh Sangvekar India | 16:13.15 | Mahfizur Rahman Bangladesh | 17:11.95 |
| 50 m backstroke | P.S Madhu India | 26.86 | M Arvind India | 27.18 | Matthew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 27.49 |
| 100 m backstroke | P.S Madhu India | 57.94 | Sethu Manickavel India | 59.47 | Syed Tariq Pakistan | 1:01.04 |
| 200 m backstroke | M Arvind India | 2:08.00 | Kavindra Nugaweh Sri Lanka | 2:14.94 | Naveed Hussain Pakistan | 2:19.57 |
| 50 m breastroke | Sandeep Sejwal India | 28.79 | Puneet Rana India | 29.11 | MD Shajahan Ali Bangladesh | 30.41 |
| 100 m breastroke | Sandeep Sejwal India | 1:03.14 | Puneet Rana India | 1:03.80 | Kiran Jasinghe Sri Lanka | 1:05.86 |
| 200 m breastroke | Sandeep Sejwal India | 2:20.66 GR | Kiran Jasinghe Sri Lanka | 2:26.17 | MD Shariful Islam Bangladesh | 2:26.99 |
| 50 m butterfly | Virdhawal Khade India | 24.54 | Anshul Kothari India | 25.24 | Cherantha de Silva Sri Lanka | 25.45 |
| 100 m butterfly | Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 55.42 GR | Supriyo Mondal India | 55.86 | Cherantha de Silva Sri Lanka | 56.00 |
| 200 m butterfly | Sajan Prakash India | 2:03.02 | Cherantha de Silva Sri Lanka | 2:11.10 | MD Juwel Ahmed Bangladesh | 2:13.02 |
| 200 m individual medley | Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 2:09.63 GR | Sanu Debnath India | 2:11.65 | MD Juwel Ahmed Bangladesh | 2:15.05 |
| 400 m individual medley | Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka | 4:40.47 | Sanu Debnath India | 4:40.85 | MD Juwel Ahmed Bangladesh | 4:52.50 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) Cherantha De Silva Kyle Abeysinghe Shehan De Silva Mathew Abeysinghe | 3:30.11 GR | India (IND) Neil Contractor Nair Sharma Sahil Chopra Anshul Kothari | 3:30.78 | Bangladesh (BAN) Rafiqul Islam MD Mahfizur MD Anik Islam MD Ashief Riza | 3:39.72 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | India (IND) Neil Contractor Raj Bhanwadia Saurabh Sangvekar Sajan Prakash | 7:43.42 | Sri Lanka (SRI) Cherantha de Silva Kyle Abeysinghe Shehan De Silva Mathew Abeysinghe | 7:58.99 | Bangladesh (BAN) MD Juwel Ahmed MD Mahfizur MD Anik Islam MD Ashief Riza | 8:31.08 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | India (IND) PS Madhu Sandeep Sejwal Anshul Kothari Supriyo Mondal | 3:49.78 | Sri Lanka (SRI) Cherantha de Silva Kyle Abeysinghe Kiran Jasinghe Mathew Abeysinghe | 3:58.11 | Bangladesh (BAN) MD Juwel Ahmed MD Mahfizur MD Mahamudun MD Kamal Hossain | 4:01.03 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Kimiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 26.49 | Machiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 27.40 | Maana Patel India | 27.44 |
| 100 m freestyle | Kimiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 57.20 GR | Machiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 59.64 | Shivani Kataria India | 1:00.14 |
| 200 m freestyle | Shivani Kataria India | 2:08.68 GR | Machiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 2:09.02 | Ishani Senanayake Sri Lanka | 2:11.63 |
| 400 m freestyle | V Malvika India | 4:30.08 | Shivani Kataria India | 4:38.43 | Gaurika Singh Nepal | 4:40.93 |
| 800 m freestyle | V Malvika India | 9:19.48 | Ishani Senanayake Sri Lanka | 9:48.62 | Aminath Shajan Maldives | 10:41.41 |
| 50 m backstroke | Kimiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 29.75 | Maana Patel India | 30.06 | Bisma Khan Pakistan | 31.95 |
| 100 m backstroke | Kimiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 1:03.78 | Maana Patel India | 1:06.00 | Gaurika Singh Nepal | 1:07.31 |
| 200 m backstroke | Kimiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 2:18.09 GR | Maana Patel India | 2:22.06 | Gaurika Singh Nepal | 2:26.93 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Mahfuza Khatun Bangladesh | 34.88 | Hasanthi Nugawela Sri Lanka | 35.69 | Ramudi Samarakoon Sri Lanka | 35.99 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Mahfuza Khatun Bangladesh | 1:17.86 | Lianna Swan Pakistan | 1:18.58 | Chatat Arora Bangladesh | 1:18.77 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Lianna Swan Pakistan | 2:48.85 | Hasanthi Nugawela Sri Lanka | 2:49.17 | Romana Akter Bangladesh | 2:49.60 |
| 50 m butterfly | Jyotsna Pansare India | 29.19 | Avantika Chavan India | 29.67 | Hiruni Perera Sri Lanka | 30.21 |
| 100 m butterfly | Damini Gowda India | 1:04.92 | Hiruni Perera Sri Lanka | 1:06.89 | Machiko Raheem Sri Lanka | 1:07.24 |
| 200 m butterfly | Damini Gowda India | 2:21.12 | Ridmi Rankothge Sri Lanka | 2:39.10 | Sonia Aktar Bangladesh | 2:45.17 |
| 200 m individual medley | Shraddha Sudhir India | 2:31.18 | Gaurika Singh Nepal | 2:33.26 | Uthama Silva Sri Lanka | 2:40.07 |
| 400 m individual medley | Sayani Ghosh India | 5:14.51 | Shraddha Sudhir India | 5:23.32 | J U I Silva Sri Lanka | 5:44.20 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | India (IND) Avantika Chavan V Malvika Maana Patel Shivani Kataria | 4:01.95 GR | Sri Lanka (SRI) Machiko Raheem Kimiko Raheem Ishani Senanayake Sandu Savindi | 4:05.07 | Pakistan (PAK) Kiran Khan Bisma Khan Areeba Shaikh Lianna Swan | 4:22.38 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | India (IND) Shraddha Sudhir V Malvika Damini Gowda Shivani Kataria | 8:55.98 | Sri Lanka (SRI) Machiko Raheem Himani Vithanage Ishani Senanayake Uthama Silva | 9:26.47 | Pakistan (PAK) Kiran Khan Bisma Khan Areeba Shaikh Lianna Swan | 9:48.04 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | India (IND) Damini Gowda Chahat Arora Maana Patel Shivani Kataria | 4:30.91 | Pakistan (PAK) Kiran Khan Bisma Khan Areeba Shaikh Lianna Swan | 4:48.01 | Bangladesh (BAN) Naima Akter Sonia Aktar Najma Khatun Mahfuza Khatun | 4:50.36 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India (IND) | 23 | 19 | 3 | 45 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 12 | 16 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17 |
| 4 | Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Maldives (MDV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |