Swimming at the 1978 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand from December 12 to December 17, 1978.

Swimming at the 1978 Asian Games
Venue	Kasetsart University
Dates	12–17 December 1978

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate  Japan	54.10 GR	Guo Ruishan  China	54.25	Gerardo Rosario  Philippines	54.28
200 m freestyle	Gerardo Rosario  Philippines	1:56.68 GR	Kristiono Sumono  Indonesia	1:56.76	Hiroshi Sakamoto  Japan	1:57.33
400 m freestyle	Shuji Tsukasaki  Japan	4:06.83 GR	Kazuhiko Yoshihara  Japan	4:07.22	Kristiono Sumono  Indonesia	4:08.30
1500 m freestyle	Shuji Tsukasaki  Japan	16:14.92 GR	Takehiko Kawakami  Japan	16:47.83	Mark Joseph  Philippines	16:49.87
100 m backstroke	Kenji Ikeda  Japan	1:00.76 GR	Tsuyoshi Takahashi  Japan	1:01.27	Tang Qun  China	1:01.96
200 m backstroke	Tsuyoshi Takahashi  Japan	2:10.87 GR	Tang Qun  China	2:12.48	Kenji Ikeda  Japan	2:13.52
100 m breaststroke	Shigehiro Takahashi  Japan	1:04.94 GR	Hiroshi Kabatani  Japan	1:05.75	Wang Lin  China	1:06.42
200 m breaststroke	Shigehiro Takahashi  Japan	2:22.56 GR	Hiroshi Kabatani  Japan	2.23.71	Wang Lin  China	2:26.43
100 m butterfly	Shinsuke Kayama  Japan	58.41	Luo Zhaoying  China	58.58	Gerald Item  Indonesia	59.64
200 m butterfly	Shinsuke Kayama  Japan	2:06.68 GR	Gerald Item  Indonesia	2:08.46	Cho Oh-yun  South Korea	2:09.19
200 m individual medley	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate  Japan	2:10.22 GR	Kozo Tatsumi  Japan	2:11.95	Gerald Item  Indonesia	2:14.04
400 m individual medley	Kozo Tatsumi  Japan	4:40.80 GR	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate  Japan	4:40.86	Gerald Item  Indonesia	4:46.56
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan Hiroshi Sakamoto Shinya Izumi Shigeki Yamazaki Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	3:35.91 GR	China Cui Fang Huang Guangliang Mo Zhengjie Zhong Guiyu	3:39.63	Indonesia Gerald Item Dwi Widjayanto John David Item Kristiono Sumono	3:40.24
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan Kazuhiko Yoshihara Hiroshi Sakamoto Shigeki Yamazaki Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	7:49.75 GR	Indonesia Dwi Widjayanto John David Item Gerald Item Kristiono Sumono	8:05.55	Philippines Vicente Cheng Mark Joseph Jairulla Jaitulla Gerardo Rosario	8:07.10
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Kenji Ikeda Shigehiro Takahashi Shinsuke Kayama Shigeki Yamazaki	3:56.97 GR	China Tang Qun Wang Lin Fan Liuke Lu Zhurong	4:01.08	Indonesia Lukman Niode Kun Hantyo Gerald Item Dwi Widjayanto	4:03.98

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sachiko Yamazaki  Japan	1:00.30 GR	Shiho Sakanishi  Japan	1:00.84	Ratchaneewan Bulakul  Thailand	1:01.41
200 m freestyle	Ratchaneewan Bulakul  Thailand	2:09.98 GR	Junie Sng  Singapore	2:11.08	Sachiko Yamazaki  Japan	2:11.09
400 m freestyle	Junie Sng  Singapore	4:31.35 GR	Kana Kamo  Japan	4:32.86	Ratchaneewan Bulakul  Thailand	4:34.08
800 m freestyle	Junie Sng  Singapore	9:18.33 GR	Kana Kamo  Japan	9:22.48	Magumi Tochihara  Japan	9:29.83
100 m backstroke	Hisae Asari  Japan	1:06.74 GR	Naoko Miura  Japan	1:07.23	Choi Yun-jung  South Korea	1:09.57
200 m backstroke	Hisae Asari  Japan	2:23.12 GR	Naoko Miura  Japan	2:25.13	Choi Yun-jung  South Korea	2:26.91
100 m breaststroke	Chieko Watanabe  Japan	1:16.04 GR	Liang Weifen  China	1:17.06	Chiharu Mori  Japan	1:17.19
200 m breaststroke	Chieko Watanabe  Japan	2:41.01 GR	Chiharu Mori  Japan	2:46.01	Liang Weifen  China	2:47.50
100 m butterfly	Yasue Hatsuda  Japan	1:03.56 GR	Naoko Kume  Japan	1:03.84	Shao Tongmei  China	1:07.99
200 m butterfly	Yasue Hatsuda  Japan	2:15.79 GR	Naoko Kume  Japan	2:16.80	Nunung Selowati  Indonesia	2:25.45
200 m individual medley	Mio Hirata  Japan	2:27.98	Yuko Imamichi  Japan	2:29.06	Liang Weifen  China	2:30.12
400 m individual medley	Mio Hirata  Japan	5:08.34 GR	Yuko Imamichi  Japan	5:11.43	Naniek Suwadji  Indonesia	5:22.73
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan Sachiko Yamazaki Shiho Sakanishi Mika Saito Makiko Takahashi	4:03.58 GR	China Lou Yinghua Liu Yafang Cheng Fengying Yu Ping	4:12.43	Thailand Sumatana Pingkalawan Sirirat Changkasiri Sansanee Changkasiri Ratchaneewan Bulakul	4:17.50
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Hisae Asari Chieko Watanabe Yasue Hatsuda Sachiko Yamazaki	4:27.16 GR	China Chen Weiying Liang Weifen Shao Tongmei Liang Xiuqiong	4:39.54	Indonesia Naniek Suwadji Anita Sapardjiman Tati Irianti Erningpraja Nunung Selowati	4:45.46

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	25	17	5	47
2	Singapore (SIN)	2	1	0	3
3	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	3	4
	Thailand (THA)	1	0	3	4
5	China (CHN)	0	8	6	14
6	Indonesia (INA)	0	3	9	12
7	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	3	3
Totals (7 entries)		29	29	29	87

References

• Results 12 December
• Results 13 December
• Results 14 December
• Results 16 December
• Results 17 December

External links

• Asian Swimming Federation