Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games

Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games
Venue	National Stadium Swimming Pool
Dates	5–7 March 1951

Swimming was contested at the inaugural 1951 Asian Games in National Stadium Swimming Pool, New Delhi, India from March 5 to March 7, 1951 with eight events all for men.

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

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	1:04.7	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	1:04.7	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	1:04.8
400 m freestyle	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	5:13.8 Template:AsianGR	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	5:31.4	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	5:32.5
800 m freestyle	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	11:02.2 Template:AsianGR	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	11:25.5	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	11:30.7
1500 m freestyle	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	21:43.6 Template:AsianGR	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	22:17.5	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	22:21.7
100 m backstroke	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	1:16.3 Template:AsianGR	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	1:17.0	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	1:17.4
200 m breaststroke	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	2:54.4 Template:AsianGR	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	2:54.8	Template:FlagIOC2medalist	3:11.0
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	File:Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg Singapore Wiebe Wolters Lionel Chee Barry Mitchell Neo Chwee Kok	4:19.8 Template:AsianGR	Philippines Nurhatab Rajab Mohammad Mala Serafin Villanueva Sotero Alcantara	4:23.2	India Isaac Mansoor Bimal Chandra Sambhu Saha Sachin Nag	4:28.8
3 × 100 m medley relay	Philippines Artemio Salamat Jacinto Cayco Nurhatab Rajab	3:36.5 Template:AsianGR	File:Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg Singapore Lionel Chee Tan Hwee Hock Neo Chwee Kok	3:39.5	India Kanti Shah Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag	3:43.6

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games
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External links

• First Asian Games New Delhi 1951