Swimming at the 1966 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1966 Asian Games in Wisutamol Swimming Pool, Bangkok, Thailand from December 13 to December 17, 1966.

Swimming at the 1966 Asian Games
Venue	Wisutamol Swimming Pool
Dates	13–17 December

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kunihiro Iwasaki  Japan	56.1 GR	Teruhiko Kitani  Japan	56.8	Roosevelt Abdulgafur  Philippines	57.1
200 m freestyle	Kunihiro Iwasaki  Japan	2:00.7 GR	Tan Thuan Heng  Singapore	2:04.8	Roosevelt Abdulgafur  Philippines	2:05.3
400 m freestyle	Etsujiro Takase  Japan	4:28.0	Tan Thuan Heng  Singapore	4:29.9	Tony Asamli  Philippines	4:30.0
1500 m freestyle	Etsujiro Takase  Japan	17:36.0 GR	Katsuji Ito  Japan	17:56.6	Tony Asamli  Philippines	18:16.4
100 m backstroke	Yushiro Hayashi  Japan	1:03.2 GR	Kishio Tanaka  Japan	1:03.8	Michael Eu  Singapore	1:07.1
200 m backstroke	Shigeo Fukushima  Japan	2:18.0 GR	Yushiro Hayashi  Japan	2:24.8	Alex Chan  Singapore	2:27.1
100 m breaststroke	Kenji Ishikawa  Japan	1:10.0 GR	Koichi Yamanami  Japan	1:10.1	Amman Jalmaani  Philippines	1:12.4
200 m breaststroke	Koichi Yamanami  Japan	2:35.0 GR	Kenji Ishikawa  Japan	2:35.4	Gershon Shefa  Israel	2:39.7
100 m butterfly	Isao Nakajima  Japan	1:00.1 GR	Avraham Melamed  Israel	1:00.4	Yasuo Takada  Japan	1:00.7
200 m butterfly	Yasuo Takada  Japan	2:12.7 GR	Shinji Yamanouchi  Japan	2:14.5	Leroy Goff  Philippines	2:17.1
400 m individual medley	Shigeo Fukushima  Japan	5:04.9 GR	Gershon Shefa  Israel	5:09.5	Tony Asamli  Philippines	5:13.9
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan Kunihiro Iwasaki Teruhiko Kitani Katsuji Ito Haruo Yoshimuta	8:27.7 GR	Philippines Leroy Goff Haylil Said Tony Asamli Roosevelt Abdulgafur	8:46.2	Thailand Anant Pleanboonlert Duang Kongchareon Narong Chokumnuay Somchai Limpichat	9:03.4
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Shigeo Fukushima Kenji Ishikawa Isao Nakajima Kunihiro Iwasaki	4:11.1 GR	Israel Joram Shnider Gershon Shefa Avraham Melamed Moshe Gertel	4:18.4	Philippines Eduardo Abreu Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Roosevelt Abdulgafur	4:20.6

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michiko Kihara  Japan	1:03.2 GR	Helen Elliott  Philippines	1:04.2	Yvonne Tobis  Israel	1:05.5
200 m freestyle	Michiko Kihara  Japan	2:18.6 GR	Helen Elliott  Philippines	2:18.9	Kazue Hayakawa  Japan	2:19.4
400 m freestyle	Kazue Hayakawa  Japan	4:53.0 GR	Helen Elliott  Philippines	4:55.8	Miwako Kobayashi  Japan	5:00.9
100 m backstroke	Satoko Tanaka  Japan	1:09.5 GR	Kimiko Gabe  Japan	1:11.4	Pat Chan  Singapore	1:15.2
100 m breaststroke	Yoshiko Morizane  Japan	1:22.9 GR	Sakiko Yamashita  Japan	1:23.6	Umbhai Inphang  Thailand	1:25.3
200 m breaststroke	Sakiko Yamashita  Japan	2:58.7	Yoshiko Morizane  Japan	2:58.8	Chintana Thongrat  Thailand	3:03.8
100 m butterfly	Masako Ishii  Japan	1:08.5 GR	Eiko Takahashi  Japan	1:08.6	Gertrudes Lozada  Philippines	1:13.4
200 m individual medley	Yasuko Fujii  Japan	2:38.5 GR	Yvonne Tobis  Israel	2:28.8	Pat Chan  Singapore	2:42.2
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan Ryoko Urakami Kazue Hayakawa Miwako Kobayashi Michiko Kihara	4:22.6 GR	Philippines Helen Elliott Tessie Lozada Gertrudes Lozada Corazon Lozada	4:37.4	Singapore Tay Chin Joo Jovina Tseng Molly Tay Pat Chan	4:50.6
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Kimiko Gabe Yoshiko Morizane Masako Ishii Michiko Kihara	4:51.9 GR	Philippines Rosalina Abreu Hedy Garcia Gertrudes Lozada Helen Elliott	5:07.7	Indonesia Winny Han Fay Loa Liem Hong Ing Enny Nuraeni	5:18.3

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	23	11	3	37
2	Philippines (PHI)	0	6	9	15
3	Israel (ISR)	0	4	2	6
4	Singapore (SIN)	0	2	5	7
5	Thailand (THA)	0	0	3	3
6	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		23	23	23	69

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games

External links

• Fourth Asian Games Bangkok 1966