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{{Infobox sports competition event
| event = Swimming
| games = 1951 Asian Games
| image = Swimming pictogram.svg
| venue = [[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium|National Stadium Swimming Pool]]
| image_size = 100px
| dates = 5–7 March 1951
| competitors =
| nations =
| prev =
| next = [[Swimming at the 1954 Asian Games|1954]]
}}
[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] was contested at the inaugural [[1951 Asian Games]] in [[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium|National Stadium Swimming Pool]], [[New Delhi]], India from March 5 to March 7, 1951 with eight events all for men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Swimming_HR.aspx?id=SW |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070105150236/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Swimming_HR.aspx?id=SW |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2007 |title=Swimming - Medallists from previous Asian Games |work=Doha2006 |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref>

Singapore was the most successful team in this event. [[Neo Chwee Kok]] of Singapore dominated the competition by winning four gold medals.

==Medalists==
{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=2|width=250}}
|-
|100 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Sachin Nag]]|IND|1951 Asian Games}}||1:04.7
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Wiebe Wolters]]|SIN|1951 Asian Games}}||1:04.7
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Sotero Alcantara]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||1:04.8
|-
|400 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Neo Chwee Kok]]|SIN|1951 Asian Games}}||5:13.8 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Mohammad Mala]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||5:31.4
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Bimal Chandra]]|IND|1951 Asian Games}}||5:32.5
|-
|800 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Neo Chwee Kok]]|SIN|1951 Asian Games}}||11:02.2 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Serafin Villanueva]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||11:25.5
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Mohammad Mala]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||11:30.7
|-
|1500 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Neo Chwee Kok]]|SIN|1951 Asian Games}}||21:43.6 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Mohammad Mala]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||22:17.5
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Serafin Villanueva]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||22:21.7
|-
|100 m backstroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Artemio Salamat]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||1:16.3 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Kanti Shah (swimmer)|Kanti Shah]]|IND|1951 Asian Games}}||1:17.0
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Edilberto Bonus]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||1:17.4
|-
|200 m breaststroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Jacinto Cayco]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||2:54.4 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Rene Amabuyok]]|PHI|1951 Asian Games}}||2:54.8
|{{flagIOC2medalist|[[Jehangir Naegamwalla]]|IND|1951 Asian Games}}||3:11.0
|-
|4 × 100 m freestyle relay {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
|{{flagIOC2|SIN|1951 Asian Games}} [[Wiebe Wolters]] [[Lionel Chee]] [[Barry Mitchell (swimmer)|Barry Mitchell]] [[Neo Chwee Kok]]||4:19.8 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2|PHI|1951 Asian Games}} [[Nurhatab Rajab]] [[Mohammad Mala]] [[Serafin Villanueva]] [[Sotero Alcantara]]||4:23.2
|{{flagIOC2|IND|1951 Asian Games}} [[Isaac Mansoor]] [[Bimal Chandra]] [[Sambhu Saha]] [[Sachin Nag]] || 4:28.8
|-
|3 × 100 m medley relay {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's 3 × 100 metre medley relay}}
|{{flagIOC2|PHI|1951 Asian Games}} [[Artemio Salamat]] [[Jacinto Cayco]] [[Nurhatab Rajab]]||3:36.5 {{AsianGR|swimming}}
|{{flagIOC2|SIN|1951 Asian Games}} [[Lionel Chee]] [[Tan Hwee Hock]] [[Neo Chwee Kok]]||3:39.5
|{{flagIOC2|IND|1951 Asian Games}} [[Kanti Shah (swimmer)|Kanti Shah]] [[Jehangir Naegamwalla]] [[Sachin Nag]]||3:43.6
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOC2team
| event = 1951 Asian Games
| team =
| gold_SIN = 4 | silver_SIN = 2 | bronze_SIN = 0
| gold_PHI = 3 | silver_PHI = 5 | bronze_PHI = 4
| gold_IND = 1 | silver_IND = 1 | bronze_IND = 4
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007001047/http://sports123.com/asg/index.html Sports 123: Asian Games]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100412074626/http://www.olympic.ph/pdf/Asian_Games_Medallists.pdf]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110526134533/http://www.snoc.org.sg/files/Asian-Games-Winners3.pdf]
* [http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27r.pdf]

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081008024647/http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp First Asian Games New Delhi 1951]

{{Events at the 1951 Asian Games}}
{{Asian Games Swimming}}

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[[Category:Events at the 1951 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Swimming at the Asian Games|1951]]
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