Swimming at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

Swimming at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Venue	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Sports Hub
Dates	6–11 June 2015
Competitors	129 from 9 nations

Swimming at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

Swimming competitions at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games was held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore from 6 to 11 June 2015. Built only a year earlier, the venue is hosting the Southeast Asian Games for the first time. It was used to host the second Southeast Asian Swimming Championships in 2014 as a test bed for the organisers, with the 2015 Southeast Asian Games volunteers roped in to also volunteer in the 2014 Swimming Championships to help in the familiarisation of the new venue.

This Aquatics discipline featured 38 long course events: 19 for males and 19 for females.^[1] This restores six events which were dropped by the previous host, Myanmar in the 2013 edition.

With swimming being a traditional gold mine for Singapore, there were high expectations for the squad to deliver another record haul of medals, especially given that Singapore is the host country. Two male athletes in particular, namely Joseph Schooling and Quah Zheng Wen were expected to shoulder the responsibility for the hosts, being entered in nine and 12 events respectively. Other athletes expected to shine include Quah Ting Wen, Tao Li and Danny Yeo.^[2]

Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam were expecting to present the most resistance to Singapore's ambitions. Training in the United States, Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên from Vietnam will potentially contest to become the most bemedalled athlete with 12 events to be contested.^[3]

Participating nations

A total of 129 athletes from nine nations competed in swimming at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games:

Cambodia (7)
Indonesia (22)
Laos (4)
Malaysia (17)
Myanmar (3)
Philippines (12)
Singapore (29)
Thailand (27)
Vietnam (8)

Events

In most editions of the games, the swimming programme follows closely with the Olympics swimming programme, offering 32 pool events except the two 10 km open-water marathons. However, in 2011, six more non-Olympic events, namely the shorter 50 metre events for backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly were included. Although these were again dropped in 2013, Singapore re-introduced the 38-event programme to capitalise on its strength in swimming.

The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):

Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men);
Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
Individual medley: 200 and 400;
Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free; 4×100 medley

Schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the swimming competitions. As with previous editions of the games, the swimming programme schedule occurs in two segments, with the heats, if any, being conducted in the morning, followed by the final events during the evening sessions:

H	Heats	F	Final

**Men**^[4]
Date →	Sat 6		Sun 7		Mon 8		Tue 9		Wed 10		Thu 11
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle					H	F
100 m freestyle			H	F
200 m freestyle	H	F
400 m freestyle											H	F
1500 m freestyle									F	F
50 m backstroke											H	F
100 m backstroke	H	F
200 m backstroke					H	F
50 m breaststroke											H	F
100 m breaststroke			H	F
200 m breaststroke	H	F
50 m butterfly									H	F
100 m butterfly							H	F
200 m butterfly					H	F
200 m individual medley									H	F
400 m individual medley							H	F
4×100 m freestyle relay								F
4×200 m freestyle relay				F
4×100 m medley relay												F

**Women**^[4]
Date →	Sat 6		Sun 7		Mon 8		Tue 9		Wed 10		Thu 11
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	F
100 m freestyle					H	F
200 m freestyle							H	F
400 m freestyle									H	F
800 m freestyle	F	F
50 m backstroke					H	F
100 m backstroke							H	F
200 m backstroke			H	F
50 m breaststroke									H	F
100 m breaststroke					H	F
200 m breaststroke											H	F
50 m butterfly			H	F
100 m butterfly											H	F
200 m butterfly							H	F
200 m individual medley			H	F
400 m individual medley	H	F
4×100 m freestyle relay		F
4×200 m freestyle relay						F
4×100 m medley relay										F

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Results

Singapore produced its best performance in swimming in the Southeast Asian Games, taking 23 gold medals, more than half of the total gold medals offered. Singapore also swept all the 6 relays in offer for both the men's and women's 4*100m freestyle, 4*200m freestyle and 4*100m medley relays. The men broke the games record in all the 3 relays while the women broke it in the 4*100m medley relay. They also took home 12 silvers and 7 bronzes. Coming in second is Vietnam taking 10 gold medals thanks to their GOLDEN GIRL Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and 2 silvers and 4 bronzes. In a distant third is Malaysia with 3 golds and 4 silvers and bronzes and Thailand in fourth winning 1 gold, 10 silvers and 5 bronzes and Indonesia winning 1 gold, 8 silvers and 7 bronzes and the Philippines winning 2 silvers and 11 bronzes finishing fifth and sixth respectively.

Medal summary

Key

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Singapore (SIN)	23	12	7	42
2	Vietnam (VIE)	10	2	4	16
3	Malaysia (MAS)	3	4	4	11
4	Thailand (THA)	1	10	5	16
5	Indonesia (INA)	1	8	7	16
6	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	11	13
Total		38	38	38	114

Men

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

50 m freestyle

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record	Day
Men's 100 m backstroke	6 June	Final	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	54.51	GR	1
Men's 100 m freestyle	7 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	48.58	GR	2
Men's 200 m freestyle	6 June	Final	Hoàng Quý Phước	Vietnam	1.48.96	GR	1
Men's 200 m freestyle	7 June	Final¹	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	1:47.79	GR	2
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling (1:47.79) Yeo Kai Quan Danny (1:50.45) Pang Sheng Jun (1:51.33) Quah Zheng Wen (1:48.57)	Singapore	7:18.14	GR	2
Men's 50 m freestyle	8 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	22.47	GR	3
Men's 200 m backstroke	8 June	Final	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	2:00.55	GR	3
Men's 200 m butterfly	8 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	1:55.73	GR	3
Men's 100 m butterfly	9 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	52.13	GR	4
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	9 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling (49.74) Yeo Kai Quan Danny (50.56) Lim Yong'En Clement (49.81) Quah Zheng Wen (49.48)	Singapore	3:19.59	GR	4
Men's 50 m butterfly	10 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	23.49	GR	5
Men's 1500 m freestyle	10 June	Final	Lâm Quang Nhật	Vietnam	15.31.03	GR	5
Men's 200 m individual medley	10 June	Final	Joseph Isaac Schooling	Singapore	2:00.66	GR	5
Men's 50 m backstroke	11 June	Final	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	25.27	GR	6
Men's 50 m freestyle	11 June	Final	Welson Sim Wee Sheng	Malaysia	3:53.97	GR	6
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	11 June	Final	Quah Zheng Wen (54.81) Khoo Chien Yin Lionel (1:02.33) Joseph Isaac Schooling (51.50) Lim Yong'En Clement (49.61)	Singapore	3:38.25	GR	6

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record	Day
Women's 400 m individual medley	6 June	Heats	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	4:43.93	GR	1
Women's 800 m freestyle	6 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	8:34.85	GR	1
Women's 400 m individual medley	6 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	4:42.88	GR	1
Women's 50 m butterfly	7 June	Final	Tao Li	Singapore	26.58	GR	2
Women's 200 m backstroke	7 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	2:14.12	GR	2
Women's 200 m individual medley	7 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	2:13.53	GR	2
Women's 50 m backstroke	8 June	Final	Tao Li	Singapore	28.90	GR	3
Women's 100 m freestyle	8 June	Final	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	55.93	GR	3
Women's 200 m butterfly	9 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	2:11.12	GR	4
Women's 200 m freestyle	9 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	1:59.27	GR	4
Women's 50 m breaststroke	10 June	Final	Ho Ru'En Roanne	Singapore	31.45	GR	5
Women's 400 m freestyle	10 June	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam	4:08.66	GR	5
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	10 June	Final	Tao Li (1:03.56) Ho Ru'En Roanne (1:09.66) Quah Ting Wen (59.18) Lim Xiang Qi Amanda (56.32)	Singapore	4:08.72	GR	5
Women's 50 m freestyle	11 June	Final	Lim Xiang Qi Amanda	Singapore	25.59	GR	6

Swimming at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

Participating nations

Events

Schedule

Results

Medal summary

Men

Women

Records broken

Men

Women

References

External links