Swimming at the 1966 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1966 Asian Games in Wisutarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok, Thailand from December 13 to December 17, 1966.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kunihiro Iwasaki Japan (JPN)	56.1 GR	Teruhiko Kitani Japan (JPN)	56.8	Roosevelt Abdulgafur Philippines (PHI)	57.1
200 m freestyle	Kunihiro Iwasaki Japan (JPN)	2:00.7 GR	Tan Thuan Heng Singapore (SIN)	2:04.8	Roosevelt Abdulgafur Philippines (PHI)	2:05.3
400 m freestyle	Etsujiro Takase Japan (JPN)	4:28.0	Tan Thuan Heng Singapore (SIN)	4:29.9	Tony Asamli Philippines (PHI)	4:30.0
1500 m freestyle	Etsujiro Takase Japan (JPN)	17:36.0 GR	Katsuji Ito Japan (JPN)	17:56.6	Tony Asamli Philippines (PHI)	18:16.4
100 m backstroke	Yushiro Hayashi Japan (JPN)	1:03.2 GR	Kishio Tanaka Japan (JPN)	1:03.8	Michael Eu Singapore (SIN)	1:07.1
200 m backstroke	Shigeo Fukushima Japan (JPN)	2:18.0 GR	Yushiro Hayashi Japan (JPN)	2:24.8	Alex Chan Singapore (SIN)	2:27.1
100 m breaststroke	Kenji Ishikawa Japan (JPN)	1:10.0 GR	Koichi Yamanami Japan (JPN)	1:10.1	Amman Jalmaani Philippines (PHI)	1:12.4
200 m breaststroke	Koichi Yamanami Japan (JPN)	2:35.0 GR	Kenji Ishikawa Japan (JPN)	2:35.4	Gershon Shefa Israel (ISR)	2:39.7
100 m butterfly	Isao Nakajima Japan (JPN)	1:00.1 GR	Avraham Melamed Israel (ISR)	1:00.4	Yasuo Takada Japan (JPN)	1:00.7
200 m butterfly	Yasuo Takada Japan (JPN)	2:12.7 GR	Shinji Yamanouchi Japan (JPN)	2:14.5	Leroy Goff Philippines (PHI)	2:17.1
400 m individual medley	Shigeo Fukushima Japan (JPN)	5:04.9 GR	Gershon Shefa Israel (ISR)	5:09.5	Tony Asamli Philippines (PHI)	5:13.9
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Kunihiro Iwasaki Teruhiko Kitani Katsuji Ito Haruo Yoshimuta	8:27.7 GR	Philippines (PHI) Leroy Goff Haylil Said Tony Asamli Roosevelt Abdulgafur	8:46.2	Thailand (THA) Anant Pleanboonlert Duang Kongchareon Narong Chokumnuay Somchai Limpichati	9:03.4
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan (JPN) Shigeo Fukushima Kenji Ishikawa Isao Nakajima Kunihiro Iwasaki	4:11.1 GR	Israel (ISR) Yoram Schneider Gershon Shefa Avraham Melamed Moshe Gertel	4:18.4	Philippines (PHI) Eduardo Abreu Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Roosevelt Abdulgafur	4:20.6

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michiko Kihara Japan (JPN)	1:03.2 GR	Helen Elliott Philippines (PHI)	1:04.2	Yvonne Tobis Israel (ISR)	1:05.5
200 m freestyle	Michiko Kihara Japan (JPN)	2:18.6 GR	Helen Elliott Philippines (PHI)	2:18.9	Kazue Hayakawa Japan (JPN)	2:19.4
400 m freestyle	Kazue Hayakawa Japan (JPN)	4:53.0 GR	Helen Elliott Philippines (PHI)	4:55.8	Miwako Kobayashi Japan (JPN)	5:00.9
100 m backstroke	Satoko Tanaka Japan (JPN)	1:09.5 GR	Kimiko Gabe Japan (JPN)	1:11.4	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	1:15.2
100 m breaststroke	Yoshiko Morizane Japan (JPN)	1:22.9 GR	Sakiko Yamashita Japan (JPN)	1:23.6	Umbhai Inphang Thailand (THA)	1:25.3
200 m breaststroke	Sakiko Yamashita Japan (JPN)	2:58.7	Yoshiko Morizane Japan (JPN)	2:58.8	Chintana Thongrat Thailand (THA)	3:03.8
100 m butterfly	Masako Ishii Japan (JPN)	1:08.5 GR	Eiko Takahashi Japan (JPN)	1:08.6	Gertrudes Lozada Philippines (PHI)	1:13.4
200 m individual medley	Yasuko Fujii Japan (JPN)	2:38.5 GR	Yvonne Tobis Israel (ISR)	2:28.8	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	2:42.2
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Ryoko Uragami Kazue Hayakawa Miwako Kobayashi Michiko Kihara	4:22.6 GR	Philippines (PHI) Helen Elliott Tessie Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Corazon Lozada	4:37.4	Singapore (SIN) Tay Chin Joo Jovina Tseng Molly Tay Pat Chan	4:50.6
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan (JPN) Kimiko Gabe Yoshiko Morizane Masako Ishii Michiko Kihara	4:51.9 GR	Philippines (PHI) Rosalina Abreu Hedy Garcia Gertrudes Lozada Helen Elliott	5:07.7	Indonesia (INA) Winny Han Fay Loa Liem Hong Ing Enny Nuraeni	5:18.3

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	23	11	3	37
2	Philippines (PHI)	0	6	9	15
3	Israel (ISR)	0	4	2	6
4	Singapore (SIN)	0	2	5	7
5	Thailand (THA)	0	0	3	3
6	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
Total		23	23	23	69

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games

External links

• Fourth Asian Games Bangkok 1966