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
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