Swimming was one of the marquee sports of the 20th Asian Games, Aichi–Nagoya 2026. The pool programme ran from 20 to 25 September 2026 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with 41 gold medals decided across six days of finals. This page is the hub for the swimming competition: the full schedule, the event list, final results for every event, the swimming-only medal table, the participating nations, the venue, and the history and records that put it all in context.
Final: Swimming at Aichi–Nagoya 2026 is complete. China topped the swimming medal table with 30 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze (54 medals), passing its 28 pool golds from Hangzhou 2022. Japan finished second with 7 gold and 37 medals, both better than three years ago. China’s 19-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo won seven golds (200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle plus three relays), the most by any swimmer at a single Asian Games. Japan’s Shin Ohashi, 17, set the only world record of the meet, 2:04.83 in the men’s 200m breaststroke, the first swim under 2:05 in history. 13-year-old Yu Zidi won three individual golds for China, Zhang Yufei became the most decorated woman in Asian Games swimming history, and Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan and Chinese Taipei (first men’s gold) all made history on the podium. Full results for all six days and the final medal table are below.
Quick Facts
| Event | Swimming (pool) |
| Games | 20th Asian Games — Aichi–Nagoya 2026 |
| Host | Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan |
| Swimming dates | 20–25 September 2026 |
| Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo |
| Events | 41 (individual and relay) |
| Format | Heats and finals (no semifinals) |
| Timezone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) |
| Status | Complete — all 41 events decided |
| Top nation | China (30 gold, 54 medals) |
| World records | 1 (Shin Ohashi, men’s 200m breaststroke, 2:04.83) |
| Official results | results.asiangames2026.org |
Note: swimming is one of several aquatic disciplines at the Games. Diving is also held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre; artistic swimming (Hamamatsu) and water polo (Nagoya) run separately and are not covered on this page.
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Asian Games Swimming 2026 Schedule
The swimming competition ran across six days, 20–25 September, with morning heats and evening finals each day (Japan Standard Time). The Games used a prelims-finals format with no semifinals, so every event was decided by an evening final after the morning heats, apart from the 800m and 1500m freestyle, which were swum as timed finals in the morning session. Below is the finals programme by day.
Result status: All six days complete.
Day 1 — Sunday 20 September ✅ Complete
- Women’s 50m breaststroke
- Women’s 1500m freestyle
- Women’s 200m butterfly
- Women’s 4×100m freestyle relay
- Men’s 100m freestyle
- Men’s 100m backstroke
- Men’s 200m individual medley
Day 2 — Monday 21 September ✅ Complete
- Men’s 50m backstroke
- Women’s 50m backstroke
- Men’s 50m freestyle
- Women’s 200m freestyle
- Men’s 100m breaststroke
- Women’s 200m individual medley
- Men’s 4×200m freestyle relay
Day 3 — Tuesday 22 September ✅ Complete
- Women’s 100m freestyle
- Men’s 400m individual medley
- Women’s 200m backstroke
- Men’s 1500m freestyle
- Women’s 400m freestyle
- Men’s 4×100m medley relay
Day 4 — Wednesday 23 September ✅ Complete
- Women’s 100m butterfly
- Men’s 100m butterfly
- Women’s 100m backstroke
- Men’s 200m freestyle
- Women’s 100m breaststroke
- Women’s 400m individual medley
- Mixed 4×100m medley relay
Day 5 — Thursday 24 September ✅ Complete
- Women’s 50m freestyle
- Men’s 50m butterfly
- Women’s 200m breaststroke
- Men’s 200m breaststroke
- Men’s 800m freestyle
- Men’s 4×100m freestyle relay
- Women’s 4×200m freestyle relay
Day 6 — Friday 25 September ✅ Complete
- Women’s 50m butterfly
- Men’s 50m breaststroke
- Women’s 800m freestyle
- Men’s 200m backstroke
- Men’s 400m freestyle
- Men’s 200m butterfly
- Women’s 4×100m medley relay
Schedule source: Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Organising Committee via Swimming World and Olympics.com.
Asian Games Swimming Results 2026
Final results for all 41 events, with medallists and the winning time. Record abbreviations: WR = world record, AR = Asian record, GR = Games record, WJR = world junior record. Full heat-by-heat results are on the official portal at results.asiangames2026.org.
Day 1 — Sunday 20 September
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s 50m Breaststroke | Tang Qianting (CHN) | Satomi Suzuki (JPN) | Yang Chang (CHN) | 29.45 GR |
| Women’s 1500m Freestyle | Li Bingjie (CHN) | Gan Ching Hwee (SGP) | Ichika Kajimoto (JPN) | 15:53.52 |
| Women’s 200m Butterfly | Yu Zidi (CHN) | Chang Mohan (CHN) | Misa Okuzono (JPN) | 2:05.08 GR |
| Women’s 4×100m Freestyle Relay | China | Hong Kong | Japan | 3:33.10 GR |
| Men’s 100m Freestyle | Pan Zhanle (CHN) | Kim Youngbeom (KOR) | Hwang Sunwoo (KOR) | 47.61 |
| Men’s 100m Backstroke | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | Takehara Hidekazu (JPN) | Lee Juho (KOR) | 51.98 GR |
| Men’s 200m Individual Medley | Tomoyuki Matsushita (JPN) | Yumeki Kojima (JPN) | Wang Shun (CHN) | 1:55.30 |
Day 2 — Monday 21 September
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s 50m Backstroke | XU Jiayu (CHN) | WANG Zicheng (CHN) | YOON Jihwan (KOR) | 24.04 GR |
| Women’s 50m Backstroke | WAN Letian (CHN) | WANG Xueer (CHN) | KIM Seungwon (KOR) | 27.47 |
| Men’s 50m Freestyle | KIM Youngbeom (KOR) | HO Ian Yentou (HKG) | JI Yuchan (KOR) | 21.66 GR |
| Women’s 200m Freestyle | HAUGHEY Siobhan (HKG) | LI Jiaping (CHN) | LIU Yaxin (CHN) | 1:54.96 |
| Men’s 100m Breaststroke | DONG Zhihao (CHN) / OHASHI Shin (JPN) (tie) | Not awarded | QIN Haiyang (CHN) | 58.64 |
| Women’s 200m Individual Medley | YU Zidi (CHN) | YU Yiting (CHN) | NARITA Mio (JPN) | 2:06.10 WJR AR GR |
| Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | China | Japan | Korea | 7:00.17 AR GR |
Day 3 — Tuesday 22 September
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s 100m Freestyle | HAUGHEY Siobhan (HKG) | YU Yiting (CHN) | CHENG Yujie (CHN) | 52.45 |
| Men’s 400m Individual Medley | KOJIMA Yumeki (JPN) | MATSUSHITA Tomoyuki (JPN) | WANG Shun (CHN) | 4:07.02 WJR GR |
| Women’s 200m Backstroke | PENG Xuwei (CHN) | SUN Mingxia (CHN) | SHIRAI Rio (JPN) | 2:05.77 AR GR |
| Men’s 1500m Freestyle | ZHANG Zhanshuo (CHN) | TABUCHI Kaito (JPN) | IMAFUKU Kazushi (JPN) | 14:42.42 |
| Women’s 400m Freestyle | LI Bingjie (CHN) | GAN Ching Hwee (SGP) | KAJIMOTO Ichika (JPN) | 4:02.71 |
| Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay | China | Japan | Korea | 3:27.89 |
Day 4 — Wednesday 23 September
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s 100m Butterfly | YU Yiting (CHN) | ZHANG Yufei (CHN) | KAN Natalie (HKG) | 56.41 |
| Men’s 100m Butterfly | MITSUNAGA Shoon (JPN) | XU Fang (CHN) | MATSUMOTO Katsuhiro (JPN) | 50.56 GR |
| Women’s 100m Backstroke | PENG Xuwei (CHN) | SHIRAI Rio (JPN) | KIM Seungwon (KOR) | 59.30 |
| Men’s 200m Freestyle | ZHANG Zhanshuo (CHN) | HWANG Sunwoo (KOR) | MURASA Tatsuya (JPN) | 1:43.49 AR GR |
| Women’s 100m Breaststroke | TANG Qianting (CHN) | SUZUKI Satomi (JPN) | KATO Kotomi (JPN) | 1:04.98 GR |
| Women’s 400m Individual Medley | YU Zidi (CHN) | KE Wenxi (CHN) | NARITA Mio (JPN) | 4:28.56 GR |
| Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay | China | Japan | Korea | 3:40.38 |
Day 5 — Thursday 24 September
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s 50m Freestyle | WU Qingfeng (CHN) | HAUGHEY Siobhan (HKG) | CHENG Yujie (CHN) | 23.98 GR |
| Men’s 50m Butterfly | ARKHANGELSKIY Michel (BRN) | MITSUNAGA Shoon (JPN) | WANG Changhao (CHN) | 22.91 =AR GR |
| Women’s 200m Breaststroke | KATO Kotomi (JPN) | PARK Sieun (KOR) | ZHU Leiju (CHN) | 2:22.57 |
| Men’s 200m Breaststroke | OHASHI Shin (JPN) | PETRASHOV Denis (KGZ) | CHO Sungjae (KOR) | 2:04.83 WR |
| Men’s 800m Freestyle | ZHANG Zhanshuo (CHN) | TABUCHI Kaito (JPN) / KIM Junwoo (KOR) (tie) | Not awarded | 7:42.49 GR |
| Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | China | Korea | Japan | 3:10.60 AR |
| Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | China | Japan | Korea | 7:49.37 |
Day 6 — Friday 25 September
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s 50m Butterfly | ZHANG Yufei (CHN) | WU Qingfeng (CHN) | IKEE Rikako (JPN) | 25.41 |
| Men’s 50m Breaststroke | QIN Haiyang (CHN) | LIU Junjie (CHN) | OHASHI Shin (JPN) | 26.68 |
| Women’s 800m Freestyle | LI Bingjie (CHN) | GAN Ching Hwee (SGP) | KAJIMOTO Ichika (JPN) | 8:24.02 |
| Men’s 200m Backstroke | NISHIONO Kodai (JPN) | LEE Juho (KOR) | XU Jiayu (CHN) | 1:56.42 |
| Men’s 400m Freestyle | ZHANG Zhanshuo (CHN) | IMAFUKU Kazushi (JPN) | FEI Liwei (CHN) | 3:41.28 GR |
| Men’s 200m Butterfly | WANG Kuan-hung (TPE) | XU Fang (CHN) | KIM Minseop (KOR) | 1:55.05 |
| Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay | China | Japan | Korea | 3:54.55 GR |
Key moments from the meet:
Shin Ohashi (JPN), 200m breaststroke, 2:04.83 — the 17-year-old broke Qin Haiyang’s world record of 2:05.48 by 0.65 and became the first swimmer in history under 2:05. It was also a world junior, Asian and Games record.
Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN), seven golds — the 19-year-old won the 200m (1:43.49, Asian record), 400m (3:41.28, Games record), 800m (7:42.49, Games record) and 1500m freestyle, plus the 4×200m freestyle, 4×100m freestyle and 4×100m medley relays. No swimmer had won seven golds at one Asian Games before. His 1:42.92 anchor in the 4×200m freestyle relay is the fastest split ever swum in that event.
Yu Zidi (CHN), three individual golds at 13 — the 200m butterfly (2:05.08), 200m IM (2:06.10, the second-fastest swim in history and 0.40 off the world record) and 400m IM (4:28.56, making her the fifth-fastest performer of all time), all in Games records.
Peng Xuwei (CHN), 200m backstroke, 2:05.77 — broke Zhao Jing’s Asian record of 2:06.46, which had stood since 2010, and added the 100m backstroke title.
Zhang Yufei (CHN) — won the 50m butterfly and three relay golds plus 100m butterfly silver, becoming the most decorated woman in Asian Games swimming history.
Firsts — Michel Arkhangelskiy won Bahrain’s first ever Asian Games swimming medal (gold, 50m butterfly), Denis Petrashov won Kyrgyzstan’s first (silver, 200m breaststroke), and Wang Kuan-hung won Chinese Taipei’s first men’s swimming gold (200m butterfly).
Ties — Shin Ohashi and Dong Zhihao shared gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke (58.64), and Kaito Tabuchi and Kim Junwoo shared silver in the men’s 800m freestyle (7:43.86).
National records also fell for Japan’s Satomi Suzuki (50m breast, 29.91 — her first sub-30 swim at age 35), Singapore’s Gan Ching Hwee (400m, 800m and 1500m free — three silvers, three national records), Hong Kong in the women’s 4×100m freestyle relay (with a 52.22 second leg from Siobhán Haughey), Japan’s Shoon Mitsunaga and China’s Xu Fang (both in the men’s 100m fly), Japan in the men’s 4×100m medley and 4×100m freestyle relays, Korea in the mixed 4×100m medley relay, and both Kaito Tabuchi and Kim Junwoo in the men’s 800m freestyle.
China’s winning women’s 4×100m freestyle relay: Yu Yiting (53.39), Zhang Yufei (52.99), Cheng Yujie (53.79), Wu Qingfeng (52.93).
Placings follow the official Aichi-Nagoya 2026 results feed.
Asian Games Swimming Events 2026
There were 41 events: individual races across the four strokes plus individual medley, and seven relays including a mixed medley relay. This was a pool-only programme — open-water (marathon) swimming, which debuted at Hangzhou 2022, was not on the 2026 schedule.
Freestyle
Men: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m
Women: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m
Backstroke
Men: 50m, 100m, 200m
Women: 50m, 100m, 200m
Breaststroke
Men: 50m, 100m, 200m
Women: 50m, 100m, 200m
Butterfly
Men: 50m, 100m, 200m
Women: 50m, 100m, 200m
Individual Medley
Men: 200m, 400m
Women: 200m, 400m
Relays
Men: 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle, 4×100m medley
Women: 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle, 4×100m medley
Mixed: 4×100m medley
Asian Games Swimming Medal Table 2026
This table counts swimming medals only — not the overall Asian Games medal tally, and not diving, artistic swimming or water polo.
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 30 | 13 | 11 | 54 |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Hong Kong, China | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Singapore | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 42 | 41 | 40 | 123 |
Final. All 41 events decided. There are 42 golds because of the tie for gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke, and 41 silvers and 40 bronzes because of the tie for silver in the men’s 800m freestyle (no bronze awarded).
For reference, China has won the swimming medal table at every recent Asian Games except 2018, when Japan edged them in Jakarta. China’s 30 pool golds in Tokyo are two more than the 28 it won in the pool at Hangzhou 2022. The full 2022 breakdown is in the “Past Asian Games Swimming Results” section below.
Swimming Entries / Start Lists
Official entries, heat start lists and full results for every session are published on the official results portal at results.asiangames2026.org. National federations finalised their squads through their own selection standards — most Asian teams use A/B time standards and place limits per event, with the fastest qualifiers named to the team.
As expected, the traditional powers — China, Japan and South Korea — entered the deepest squads, while Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan all reached the podium through individual swimmers.
Participating Countries in Swimming
Swimming drew one of the widest fields at the Games, as it does at every edition — 37 nations competed in the pool at Hangzhou 2022, and 37 again at Aichi–Nagoya 2026, spanning East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia.
Nations that entered swimmers in 2026: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
Eight of them won medals: China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Bahrain, Chinese Taipei, Singapore and Kyrgyzstan.
Asian Games Swimming Venue 2026
Pool swimming was held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo — the same purpose-built venue used for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Completed in early 2020, it seats roughly 5,000 spectators and has a competition pool certified to international standards.
Using Tokyo put swimming outside the Aichi–Nagoya core, and that was a deliberate fix rather than the original plan. Some aquatic events were first slated for Nagoya’s Rainbow Pool, but the Olympic Council of Asia found the facility did not meet World Aquatics’ regulations for the pool programme. After discussions, swimming and diving were moved to the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, while water polo was staged at Nagoya’s Nippon Gaishi Hall. The Tokyo venue also hosts the diving competition during the Games.
How Swimming Works at the Asian Games
The format is straightforward and, for 2026, streamlined:
Heats (morning): every entered swimmer races in the morning preliminaries. The fastest times across all heats — not the winners of each heat — determine who advances.
No semifinals: unlike the Olympic Games or the World Championships, the 2026 Asian Games ran a prelims-finals format. The eight fastest swimmers from the heats go straight through to the final.
Finals (evening): the top eight contest the medals that evening. Gold, silver and bronze are decided on the clock; ties for a medal are shared. Two medals were shared in 2026: gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke and silver in the men’s 800m freestyle.
Distance events: the longest races (the 800m and 1500m freestyle) were swum as timed finals in the morning session — seeded heats with medals awarded on time, and no separate evening final.
Relays: each nation enters a team of four. Squads may swim different swimmers in the heats and the final; under Asian Games and World Aquatics rules, swimmers who race only the heats of a medal-winning relay also receive medals.
This format is a permanent feature of how the meet is run.
Asian Games Swimming Records
Games records are the fastest times ever recorded in each event at the Asian Games. Aichi–Nagoya 2026 was one of the fastest Asian Games meets on record, with one world record, seven Asian records (one equaled) and 20 Games records.
New Games records set at Aichi–Nagoya 2026:
| Day | Event | Athlete | Country | Time | Previous record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Women’s 200m butterfly | Yu Zidi | China | 2:05.08 GR | 2:05.57 (Zhang Yufei, 2022) |
| 1 | Women’s 50m breaststroke | Tang Qianting | China | 29.45 GR | 29.50 (Tang Qianting, 2026 heats) |
| 1 | Men’s 100m backstroke | Xu Jiayu | China | 51.98 GR | 52.23 (Xu Jiayu, 2022) |
| 1 | Women’s 4×100m freestyle relay | — | China | 3:33.10 GR | — |
| 2 | Men’s 50m backstroke | Xu Jiayu | China | 24.04 GR | — |
| 2 | Men’s 50m freestyle | Kim Youngbeom | Korea | 21.66 GR | 21.71 (Kim Youngbeom, 2026 heats) |
| 2 | Women’s 200m individual medley | Yu Zidi | China | 2:06.10 WJR AR GR | 2:07.75 (Yu Yiting, 2022) |
| 2 | Men’s 4×200m freestyle relay | — | China | 7:00.17 AR GR | 7:01.73 (Korea, 2022) |
| 3 | Men’s 400m individual medley | Yumeki Kojima | Japan | 4:07.02 WJR GR | — |
| 3 | Women’s 200m backstroke | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:05.77 AR GR | — |
| 4 | Men’s 100m butterfly | Shoon Mitsunaga | Japan | 50.56 GR | 51.04 (Joseph Schooling, 2018) |
| 4 | Men’s 200m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo | China | 1:43.49 AR GR | 1:44.40 (Hwang Sun-woo, 2022) |
| 4 | Women’s 100m breaststroke | Tang Qianting | China | 1:04.98 GR | — |
| 4 | Women’s 400m individual medley | Yu Zidi | China | 4:28.56 GR | — |
| 5 | Women’s 50m freestyle | Wu Qingfeng | China | 23.98 GR | 24.26 (Zhang Yufei, 2022) |
| 5 | Men’s 50m butterfly | Michel Arkhangelskiy | Bahrain | 22.91 =AR GR | 23.19 (Shoon Mitsunaga, 2026 heats) |
| 5 | Men’s 200m breaststroke | Shin Ohashi | Japan | 2:04.83 WR WJR AR GR | 2:07.03 (Qin Haiyang, 2022) |
| 5 | Men’s 800m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo | China | 7:42.49 GR | 7:46.03 (Kim Woo-min, 2022) |
| 6 | Men’s 400m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo | China | 3:41.28 GR | 3:41.53 (Park Tae-hwan, 2010) |
| 6 | Women’s 4×100m medley relay | — | China | 3:54.55 GR | — |
China’s men’s 4×100m freestyle relay also set an Asian record of 3:10.60 on Day 5, beating China’s own 3:10.88 from 2023.
Selected Games records set at Hangzhou 2022 (still standing after Aichi–Nagoya 2026):
| Event | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s 100m breaststroke | Qin Haiyang | China | 57.76 |
| Men’s 200m butterfly | Tomoru Honda | Japan | 1:53.15 |
| Women’s 200m freestyle | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 1:54.12 |
| Women’s 400m freestyle | Li Bingjie | China | 4:01.96 |
| Women’s 100m butterfly | Zhang Yufei | China | 55.86 |
This is a representative list, not the complete Games-record schedule, which is maintained by the organising committee and World Aquatics.
Past Asian Games Swimming Results
A snapshot of recent editions of the pool competition:
| Year | Host | Venue | Dates | Events | Leading nation (swimming) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Aichi–Nagoya, Japan | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | 20–25 Sep 2026 | 41 | China |
| 2022 | Hangzhou, China | Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Aquatics Centre | 24–29 Sep 2023* | 41 pool (+2 open water) | China |
| 2018 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium | 19–24 Aug 2018 | 41 | Japan |
| 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center | 21–26 Sep 2014 | 38 | China |
| 2010 | Guangzhou, China | Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre | Nov 2010 | 38 | China |
*The 2022 Games were postponed to 2023 because of the COVID-19 pandemic but kept the “2022” name.
Hangzhou 2022 — final swimming medal table (top nations):
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 30 | 22 | 10 | 62 |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
The 2022 table above includes the two open-water marathon events held that year; the 2026 programme was pool-only.
Asian Games Swimming Champions
China has been the defining force in Asian Games swimming for a generation, and Hangzhou 2022 was emphatic: 30 of the 43 golds. Zhang Yufei was the meet’s standout, sweeping the women’s butterfly events and the 50m freestyle, while Qin Haiyang completed a clean sweep of the men’s breaststroke. Pan Zhanle announced himself in the sprint freestyle before going on to break the world 100m freestyle record in Paris.
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 brought a new generation to the top. Zhang Zhanshuo’s seven golds broke the single-Games record of six shared by Rikako Ikee (2018) and Zhang Yufei (2022), and Shin Ohashi’s 200m breaststroke world record was the swim of the meet. Yu Zidi won three individual titles at 13, and Yumeki Kojima (400m IM) and Tomoyuki Matsushita (200m IM) split the medley titles for Japan. Several champions defended their titles: Pan Zhanle (100m freestyle), Siobhán Haughey (100m and 200m freestyle), Zhang Yufei (50m butterfly), Li Bingjie (1500m and 800m freestyle), Peng Xuwei (200m backstroke) and Qin Haiyang (50m breaststroke).
2026 individual champions:
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | Kim Youngbeom (KOR) | Wu Qingfeng (CHN) |
| 100m freestyle | Pan Zhanle (CHN) | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) |
| 200m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) |
| 400m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) | Li Bingjie (CHN) |
| 800m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) | Li Bingjie (CHN) |
| 1500m freestyle | Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) | Li Bingjie (CHN) |
| 50m backstroke | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | Wan Letian (CHN) |
| 100m backstroke | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | Peng Xuwei (CHN) |
| 200m backstroke | Kodai Nishiono (JPN) | Peng Xuwei (CHN) |
| 50m breaststroke | Qin Haiyang (CHN) | Tang Qianting (CHN) |
| 100m breaststroke | Dong Zhihao (CHN) / Shin Ohashi (JPN) | Tang Qianting (CHN) |
| 200m breaststroke | Shin Ohashi (JPN) | Kotomi Kato (JPN) |
| 50m butterfly | Michel Arkhangelskiy (BRN) | Zhang Yufei (CHN) |
| 100m butterfly | Shoon Mitsunaga (JPN) | Yu Yiting (CHN) |
| 200m butterfly | Wang Kuan-hung (TPE) | Yu Zidi (CHN) |
| 200m individual medley | Tomoyuki Matsushita (JPN) | Yu Zidi (CHN) |
| 400m individual medley | Yumeki Kojima (JPN) | Yu Zidi (CHN) |
China won all seven relays.
Swimming at the Asian Games — History
Swimming has been part of the Asian Games since the very first edition in New Delhi in 1951, and it has grown alongside the Games themselves from a modest regional gathering into one of the strongest continental swimming competitions in the world. For much of the mid-20th century, Japan set the standard in Asian pool swimming, a legacy that stretches back to its dominance at the pre-war and early post-war Olympics. As the Games expanded, the balance of power shifted.
From the 1990s onward, China emerged as the continent’s swimming superpower, investing heavily in the sport and producing a steady line of world- and Olympic-class swimmers. Chinese teams have topped the Asian Games swimming medal table at almost every edition since, occasionally interrupted — most memorably at Jakarta 2018, when a young Japanese team led by Rikako Ikee edged China for the overall swimming lead for the first time in two decades.
The programme has broadened over the years to match the Olympic template: the sprint 50m stroke events, the mixed medley relay and, briefly at Hangzhou 2022, an open-water marathon discipline. The competition has also become a reliable launchpad to the global stage. Swimmers who make their name at the Asian Games — Kosuke Hagino, Daiya Seto, Zhang Yufei, Siobhán Haughey, Hwang Sun-woo, Pan Zhanle — have gone on to win Olympic and World Championship medals, and the meet is often used as a late-season form guide before the following year’s major internationals.
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 continued that arc, and it did so with a symbolic twist: the pool competition returned to Japan, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, more than three decades after the country last hosted the Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994. It also produced a world record and a new benchmark for golds by one swimmer, giving the 2026 edition a lasting place in the meet’s history.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was swimming at the Asian Games 2026? The pool swimming programme ran from 20 to 25 September 2026, over six days of finals.
Where was Asian Games swimming held? At the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo — the venue built for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Swimming was moved there after the original Nagoya pool was found not to meet World Aquatics’ regulations.
Which country won the most swimming medals at the Asian Games 2026? China, with 30 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze (54 medals). Japan was second with 7 gold and 37 medals, and Hong Kong third with 2 gold and 6 medals.
Who won the most gold medals in swimming at the Asian Games 2026? China’s Zhang Zhanshuo, with seven — the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle plus three relays. It is the most golds won by any swimmer at a single Asian Games.
Was a world record broken at the Asian Games 2026? Yes, one. Japan’s Shin Ohashi won the men’s 200m breaststroke in 2:04.83 on 24 September, the first swim under 2:05 in history.
How many swimming events were there at the Asian Games 2026? There were 41 gold-medal events — individual races across freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley, plus seven relays including a mixed medley relay.
Was there open-water swimming at the Asian Games 2026? No. Open-water (marathon) swimming, which debuted at Hangzhou 2022, was not on the 2026 programme. This page covers the pool competition only.
Does Asian Games swimming have semifinals? No. The 2026 meet used a prelims-finals format: morning heats decided the eight finalists, who raced for the medals the same evening.
Where can I find the full Asian Games swimming results? Every medallist and winning time is listed above. Full heat-by-heat results are on the official portal at results.asiangames2026.org.
Which countries are strongest in Asian Games swimming? China, Japan and South Korea are the traditional powers, with Hong Kong, Singapore and Chinese Taipei among the other regular medal contenders. China won the swimming medal table at Aichi–Nagoya 2026 and Hangzhou 2022; Japan topped it at Jakarta 2018.
How many swimming medals were awarded? With 41 events, there were 41 sets of medals. Because of two ties, the final count was 42 gold, 41 silver and 40 bronze — 123 medals in total.
Sources & Updates
Schedule, venue and event information is drawn from the official Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Organising Committee (aichi-nagoya2026.org) and its results portal, with cross-reference to the Olympic Council of Asia, Olympics.com and Swimming World. Historical results are from the official Asian Games records for each edition. Results and the medal table on this page follow the official Aichi-Nagoya 2026 feed.
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Last updated: 26 September 2026.
