Swimming at the 1978 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1978 Asian Games in National Stadium Bangkok, Thailand from December 12 to December 16, 1978.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate  Japan	54.10 GR	Kuo Guishan  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		Kazuhiko Yoshihara  Japan		Kristiono Sumono  Indonesia
1500 m freestyle	Shuji Tsukasaki  Japan	16:14.19 GR	Takehiro Kawakami  Japan	16:47.83	Mark Joseph  Philippines	16:49.67
100 m backstroke	Kenji Ikada  Japan	1:00.76 GR	Tsuyoshi Takahashi  Japan	1:01.27	Tang Chun  China	1:01.96
200 m backstroke	Tsuyoshi Takahashi  Japan	2:10.87	Tang Chun  China	2:12.48	Kenji Ikada  Japan	2:13.52
100 m breaststroke	Shigehiro Takahashi  Japan	1:04.94	Hiroshi Kobatani  Japan	1:05.75	Wang Lin  China
200 m breaststroke	Shigehiro Takahashi  Japan	2:22.56 GR	Hiroshi Kobatani  Japan	2.23.71	Wang Lin  China	2:26.43
100 m butterfly	Shinsuke Kayana  Japan	58.41	Lo Chaoying  China	58.58	Gerald H P Item  Indonesia	59.64
200 m butterfly	Shinsuke Kayana  Japan	2:06.68	Gerald H P Item  Indonesia	2:08.46	Cho Oh Yun  South Korea	2:09.19
200 m individual medley	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate  Japan	2:10.21 GR	Kozo Tatsumi  Japan	2:11.95	Gerald H P Item  Indonesia	2:14.04
400 m individual medley	Kozo Tatsumi  Japan	4:40.80 GR	Tsuyoshi Yanagidate  Japan	4:40.86	Gerald H P Item  Indonesia	4:46.56
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan		China		Indonesia
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan	7:49.75 GR	Indonesia	8:05.55	Philippines	8:07.10
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan	3:56.97 GR	China	4:01.08	Indonesia	4:03.98

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sachiko Yamazaki  Japan	1:00.30 GR	Shiho Sakanishi  Japan	1:00.84	Rachaniwan Bulakul  Thailand	1:01.41
200 m freestyle	Rachaniwan Bulakul  Thailand	2:09.98 GR	Junie Sng Poh Leng  Singapore	2:11.08	Sachiko Yamazaki  Japan	2:11.09
400 m freestyle	Junie Sng Poh Leng  Singapore	4:31.35 GR	Kana Kamo  Japan	4:32.86	Rachaniwan Bulakul  Thailand	4:34.08
800 m freestyle	Junie Sng Poh Leng  Singapore	9:18.33	Kana Kamo  Japan	9:22.48	Magumi Tochihara  Japan	9:29.83
100 m backstroke	Hisae Aseri  Japan	1:06.74 GR	Naoko Miura  Japan	1:07.23	Choi Yun Jung  South Korea	1:09.57
200 m backstroke	Hisae Aseri  Japan	2:23.12	Naoko Miura  Japan	2:25.13	Choi Yun Jung  South Korea	2:26.91
100 m breaststroke	Chieko Watanabe  Japan	1:16.04	Liang Weifen  China	1:17.06	Chiharu Mori  China	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	Song In Ja  South Korea	1:09.29
200 m butterfly	Yasue Hatsuda  Japan	2:15.19	Naoko Kume  Japan	2:16.80	Nunung Selowati Hadisudjono  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	Yuko Imamichi  Japan	5:11.43	Naniek Juliati Soewadji  Indonesia	5:22.73
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan	4:03.58	China	4:12.43	Thailand	4:17.50
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan	4:27.16	China	4:39.54	Indonesia	4:45.46

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	25	17	4	46
2	Singapore	2	1	0	3
3	Philippines	1	0	3	4
3	Thailand	1	0	3	4
5	China	0	8	6	14
6	Indonesia	0	3	9	11
7	South Korea	0	0	4	4
Total		29	29	29	87