Asian Swimming Championships

The Asian Swimming Championships are a major aquatics event, held every four years among the athletes from Asian countries. It is conducted under the governance of the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation,^[1] the governing body of aquatics in Asia.

The next edition of the Championships will the tenth; they will be held in 2016 in Japan.^[2]

Editions

Year	Championship	Host City	Dates
1980	1st	Dhaka, Bangladesh[1]	June 4–
1984	2nd	Seoul, South Korea	May 28 – June 5
1988	3rd	Guangzhou, China	April 2 – 12
1992	4th	Hiroshima, Japan
1996	5th	Bangkok, Thailand	April 12 – 15
2000	6th	Busan, South Korea	March 28 – April 2
2006	7th	Singapore	March 5–10[3]
2009	8th	Foshan, China	November 25–28
2012	9th	Dubai, UAE	November 15–25[4]
2016	10th	Tokyo, Japan	TBD

Championships records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.55		Cai Li	China	28 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China	[5]
100m freestyle	49.27		Lü Zhiwu	China	17 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[6]
200m freestyle	1:45.49		Sun Yang	China	15 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[7]
400m freestyle	3:42.49		Sun Yang	China	16 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[8]
800m freestyle	7:53.25	†	Sun Yang	China	17 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1500m freestyle	14:44.10		Sun Yang	China	17 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[6]
50m backstroke	25.25		Cheng Feiyi	China	17 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[6]
100m backstroke	54.24		Xu Jiayu	China	18 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[9]
200m backstroke	1:56.38		Zhang Fenglin	China	16 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[8]
50m breaststroke	28.03		Parker Lam	Singapore	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
100m breaststroke	1:01.26		Wang Shuai	China	26 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m breaststroke	2:12.13		Kohinata, KozukiKozuki Kohinata	Japan	17 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[6]
50m butterfly	23.76		Shi Feng	China	26 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
100m butterfly	52.04		Zhou Jiawei	China	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m butterfly	1:56.71		Wu Peng	China	27 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m individual medley	1:58.66		Wang Shun	China	18 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[9]
400m individual medley	4:16.59		Wang Shun	China	15 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[10]
4×100m  freestyle relay	3:20.28		(49.64) Shi Tengfei  (50.09) Ban Bao  (52.09) Xin Tong  (49.46) He Jianbin	China	28 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
4×200m  freestyle relay	7:21.32		(1:49.74) Wang Shun  (1:50.31) Pu Wenjie  (1:52.37) Lü Zhiwu  (1:48.90) Hao Yun	China	16 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[11]
4×100m  medley relay	3:38.26		(55.87) Cheng Feiyi  (1:01.13) Zhang Guoying  (51.80) Shi Feng  (49.46) Lü Zhiwu	China	November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by AASF; WR – World record; AS – Asian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.98		Yang Wenyi	China	11 April 1988	1988 Championships	Guangzhou, China
100m freestyle	54.84		Li Zhesi	China	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m freestyle	1:58.76		Liu Jing	China	26 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
400m freestyle	4:05.75		Xu Danlu	China	17 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[6]
800m freestyle	8:22.24		Xu Danlu	China	18 November 2012	2012 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[9]
1500m freestyle	16:36.46		Yu Rui	China	6 March 2006	2006 Championships	Singapore, Singapore
50m backstroke	27.38		Gao Chang	China	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
100m backstroke	59.96		Gao Chang	China	26 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m backstroke	2:09.58		Zhao Jing	China	10 March 2006	2006 Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[3]
50m breaststroke	31.37		Chen Huijia	China	28 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
100m breaststroke	1:07.77		Chen Huijia	China	27 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m breaststroke	2:25.37		Sun Ye	China	26 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
50m butterfly	26.09		Jiao Liuyang	China	26 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
100m butterfly	57.12		Jiao Liuyang	China	27 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m butterfly	2:06.23		Liu Zige	China	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
200m individual medley	2:12.55		Cheng Wan Jung	Chinese Taipei	28 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
400m individual medley	4:41.29		Liu Jing	China	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
4×100m  freestyle relay	3:43.40		(56.44) Guo Fan  (55.51) Zhang Jiaqi  (55.95) Li Jiaxing  (55.50) Zheng Rongrong	China	27 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
4×200m  freestyle relay	8:09.01		(2:01.02) Wang Xinyu  (2:02.98) Ren Junni  (2:02.52) Guo Junjun  (2:02.49) Ha Sinan	China	25 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China
4×100m  medley relay	4:02.86		(1:00.43) Xu Tian Longzi  (1:07.85) Sun Ye  (58.87) Hong Wenwen  (55.71) Yu Yao	China	28 November 2009	2009 Championships	Foshan, China

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by AASF; WR – World record; AS – Asian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

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