Swimming at the 1958 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo, Japan from 28 to 31 May 1958.

Swimming at the 1958 Asian Games
Venue	Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool
Dates	28–31 May

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Manabu Koga  Japan	58.3	Kao Chia-hung  Republic of China	58.8	Shintaro Yokochi  Japan	59.1
200 m freestyle	Makoto Fukui  Japan	2:08.2 GR	Tatsuo Fujimoto  Japan	2:08.3	Habib Nasution  Indonesia	2:11.7
400 m freestyle	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka  Japan	4:23.9 WR	Nagatoshi Maruyama  Japan	4:36.1	Bana Sailani  Philippines	4:40.9
1500 m freestyle	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka  Japan	18:00.3 GR	Hiroshi Ishii  Japan	18:28.8	Bana Sailani  Philippines	18.45.9
100 m backstroke	Keiji Hase  Japan	1:05.6 GR	Hideo Ninomiya  Japan	1:07.4	Rodolfo Agustin  Philippines	1:09.5
200 m backstroke	Kazuo Tomita  Japan	2:22.3 GR	Kazuo Watanabe  Japan	2:26.8	Lorenzo Cortez  Philippines	2:32.6
100 m breaststroke	Masaru Ota  Japan	1:14.8 GR	Akio Sugiyama  Japan	1:16.8	Li Che-sheng  Republic of China	1:17.1
200 m breaststroke	Masaru Furukawa  Japan	2:44.0	Hsu Hsing-tai  Republic of China	2:47.3	Hajime Waki  Japan	2:47.9
100 m butterfly	Takashi Ishimoto  Japan	1:01.4 GR	Fumiaki Masunaga  Japan	1:02.0	Walter Brown  Philippines	1:06.9
200 m butterfly	Takashi Ishimoto  Japan	2:21.4 GR	Koichi Hirakida  Japan	2:24.2	Freddie Elizalde  Philippines	2:47.7
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Makoto Fukui Tatsuo Fujimoto Toshizo Umemoto	8:29.5 GR	Philippines Agapito Lozada Ulpiano Babol Bana Sailani Dakula Arabani	9:06.7	Republic of China Lin Min-shan Sun Ke-chun Li Che-sheng Kao Chia-hung	9:39.0
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Keiji Hase Masaru Furukawa Takashi Ishimoto Manabu Koga	4:17.2 WR	Philippines Rodolfo Agustin Jacinto Cayco Freddie Elizalde Dakula Arabani	4:37.7	Indonesia Tio Tjoe Hong Abdul Rasjid Lie Tjoan Kiet Habib Nasution	4:48.0

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Yoshiko Sato  Japan	1:06.0 GR	Haydee Coloso-Espino  Philippines	1:06.4	Hitomi Jinno  Japan	1:06.7
200 m freestyle	Yoshiko Sato  Japan	2:26.9 GR	Haydee Coloso-Espino  Philippines	2:32.2	Ryoko Omiya  Japan	2:36.5
400 m freestyle	Emiko Shibahara  Japan	5:15.8 GR	Gertrudes Lozada  Philippines	5:16.3	Eiko Wada  Japan	5:30.6
100 m backstroke	Satoko Tanaka  Japan	1:15.3 GR	Setsuko Okamoto  Japan	1:19.3	Sylvia von Giese  Philippines	1:20.0
100 m breaststroke	Yoshiko Takamatsu  Japan	1:24.1 GR	Masayo Aoki  Japan	1:27.7	Ria Tobing  Indonesia	1:28.3
200 m breaststroke	Yoshiko Takamatsu  Japan	2:55.6 GR	Noriko Odagiri  Japan	3:02.6	Victoria Cagayat  Philippines	3:09.3
100 m butterfly	Shizue Miyabe  Japan	1:13.1 GR	Sandra von Giese  Philippines	1:17.9	Tatsuyo Teragaito  Japan	1:19.6
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan Yoshiko Sato Setsuko Shimada Shigeyo Nakaoki Hitomi Jinno	4:27.3 GR	Philippines Victoria Cullen Corazon Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Haydee Coloso-Espino	4:50.4	Republic of China Wang Song-yu Fung Ying-chu Leung Chiu-bing Ou Yuen-ling	5:31.5
4 × 100 m medley relay	Philippines Jocelyn von Giese Victoria Cagayat Sandra von Giese Haydee Coloso-Espino	5:22.2 GR	Republic of China Fung Ying-chu Chang Zoe-chee Leung Chiu-bing Ou Yuen-ling	5:50.7	None awarded

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	20	11	6	37
2	Philippines (PHI)	1	7	8	16
3	Republic of China (ROC)	0	3	3	6
4	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	3	3
Totals (4 nations)		21	21	20	62

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games

External links

• Third Asian Games Tokyo 1958