Swimming at the 1970 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1970 Asian Games in National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand from December 12 to December 16, 1970.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Shojiro Sawa Japan (JPN)	55.3 GR	Kunihiro Iwasaki Japan (JPN)	56.1	Tan Thuan Heng Singapore (SIN)	56.4
200 m freestyle	Kunihiro Iwasaki Japan (JPN)	2:01.5	Noboru Waseda Japan (JPN)	2:01.9	Jairulla Jaitulla Philippines (PHI)	2:03.3
400 m freestyle	Cho Oh-yun South Korea (KOR)	4:20.2 GR	Akira Iida Japan (JPN)	4:21.2	Toshinori Murata Japan (JPN)	4:26.3
1500 m freestyle	Cho Oh-yun South Korea (KOR)	17:25.7 GR	Akira Iida Japan (JPN)	17:42.7	Toshinori Murata Japan (JPN)	17:45.9
100 m backstroke	Tadashi Honda Japan (JPN)	1:01.2 GR	Koji Hoshino Japan (JPN)	1:02.4	Hsu Tung-hsiung Republic of China (ROC)	1:03.7
200 m backstroke	Tadashi Honda Japan (JPN)	2:13.2 GR	Koji Hoshino Japan (JPN)	2:17.6	Hsu Tung-hsiung Republic of China (ROC)	2:18.6
100 m breaststroke	Nobutaka Taguchi Japan (JPN)	1:06.3 GR	Amman Jalmaani Philippines (PHI)	1:09.9	Phath Sim Onn Khmer Republic (KHM)	1:10.8
200 m breaststroke	Nobutaka Taguchi Japan (JPN)	2:28.2 GR	Amman Jalmaani Philippines (PHI)	2:34.0	Kemalpasa Umih Philippines (PHI)	2:35.5
100 m butterfly	Yasuhiro Komazaki Japan (JPN)	58.7 GR	Satoshi Maruya Japan (JPN)	58.8	Hsu Tung-hsiung Republic of China (ROC)	1:01.2
200 m butterfly	Yasuhiro Komazaki Japan (JPN)	2:09.0 GR	Satoshi Maruya Japan (JPN)	2:16.0	Leroy Goff Philippines (PHI)	2:16.3
400 m individual medley	Toru Udo Japan (JPN)	4:57.8 GR	Junhachiro Tsutsumi Japan (JPN)	5:02.8	Hsu Tung-hsiung Republic of China (ROC)	5:05.8
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Shojiro Sawa Kunihiro Iwasaki Noboru Waseda Satoshi Maruya	3:41.9 GR	Philippines (PHI) Dae Imlani Carlos Brosas Kemalpasa Umih Jairulla Jaitulla	3:52.0	Khmer Republic (KHM) Eat Kim Heng Tieng Sok Prak Samnang Tan Bunthay	3:52.1
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Noboru Waseda Kunihiro Iwasaki Akira Iida Toshinori Murata	8:14.9 GR	Philippines (PHI) Jairulla Jaitulla Dae Imlani Kemalpasa Umih Leroy Goff	8:35.8	Singapore (SIN) Alex Chan Soh Seng Hoi Roy Chan Tan Thuan Heng	8:35.8
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan (JPN) Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Satoshi Maruya Shojiro Sawa	4:00.4 GR	Philippines (PHI) Ibnorajik Muksan Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Jairulla Jaitulla	4:15.3	Israel (ISR) Yoav Yaakovi Yoel Kenda Dan Stern Moshe Gertel	4:18.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Yoshimi Nishigawa Japan (JPN)	1:01.0 GR	Shigeko Kawanishi Japan (JPN)	1:01.5	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	1:03.4
200 m freestyle	Yoshimi Nishigawa Japan (JPN)	2:13.8 GR	Shigeko Kawanishi Japan (JPN)	2:17.3	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	2:19.0
400 m freestyle	Tae Iguchi Japan (JPN)	4:51.8 GR	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	4:52.4	Eiko Goshi Japan (JPN)	5:03.7
100 m backstroke	Yukiko Goshi Japan (JPN)	1:08.4 GR	Kikuyo Ishii Japan (JPN)	1:08.6	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	1:11.1
100 m breaststroke	Hitomi Tanigami Japan (JPN)	1:18.9 GR	Chieno Shibata Japan (JPN)	1:19.8	Shlomit Nir Israel (ISR)	1:20.6
200 m breaststroke	Chieno Shibata Japan (JPN)	2:46.5 GR	Hitomi Tanigami Japan (JPN)	2:51.5	Shlomit Nir Israel (ISR)	2:54.3
100 m butterfly	Mayumi Aoki Japan (JPN)	1:05.9 GR	Kazuyo Banno Japan (JPN)	1:08.4	Tay Chin Joo Singapore (SIN)	1:08.9
200 m individual medley	Yoshimi Nishigawa Japan (JPN)	2:26.5 GR	Yukari Takemoto Japan (JPN)	2:30.5	Pat Chan Singapore (SIN)	2:35.9
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan (JPN) Shigeko Kawanishi Yukiko Goshi Yukari Takemoto Yoshimi Nishigawa	4:12.5 GR	Singapore (SIN) Elaine Sng Jovina Tseng Tay Chin Joo Pat Chan	4:20.4	Republic of China (ROC) Shen Bao-ni Wang Dai-yu Hsu Yue-yun Shen Pei-ni	4:35.7
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan (JPN) Yukiko Goshi Mayumi Aoki Chieno Shibata Yoshimi Nishigawa	4:35.4 GR	Singapore (SIN) Pat Chan Tay Chin Joo Esther Tan Elaine Sng	4:55.8	Philippines (PHI) Luz Arzaga Hedy Garcia Susan Papa Luz Laciste	5:08.5

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	22	16	3	41
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	0	2
3	Philippines (PHI)	0	5	4	9
4	Singapore (SIN)	0	3	7	10
5	Republic of China (ROC)	0	0	5	5
6	Israel (ISR)	0	0	3	3
7	Khmer Republic (KHM)	0	0	2	2
Total		24	24	24	72

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games
• Medallists

External links

• Asian Swimming Federation