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.^[1]

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sachin Nag  India	1:04.7	Wiebe Wolters  Singapore	1:04.7	Sotero Alcantara  Philippines	1:04.8
400 m freestyle	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	5:13.8 GR	Mohammad Mala  Philippines	5:31.4	Bimal Chandra  India	5:32.5
800 m freestyle	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	11:02.2 GR	Serafin Villanueva  Philippines	11:25.5	Mohammad Mala  Philippines	11:30.7
1500 m freestyle	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	21:43.6 GR	Mohammad Mala  Philippines	22:17.5	Serafin Villanueva  Philippines	22:21.7
100 m backstroke	Artemio Salamat  Philippines	1:16.3 GR	Kanti Shah  India	1:17.0	Edilberto Bonus  Philippines	1:17.4
200 m breaststroke	Jacinto Cayco  Philippines	2:54.4 GR	Rene Amabuyok  Philippines	2:54.8	Jehangir Naegamwalla  India	3:11.0
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Singapore Wiebe Wolters Lionel Chee Barry Mitchell Neo Chwee Kok	4:19.8 GR	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 GR	Singapore Lionel Chee Tan Hwee Hock Neo Chwee Kok	3:39.5	India Kanti Shah Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag	3:43.6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Singapore (SIN)	4	2	0	6
2	Philippines (PHI)	3	5	4	12
3	India (IND)	1	1	4	6
Totals (3 entries)		8	8	8	24

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• First Asian Games New Delhi 1951