Swimming at the 1958 Asian Games
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Swimming
was contested at the 1958 Asian Games
in Tokyo
, Japan
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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
was contested at the 1958 Asian Games
1958 Asian Games
The 3rd Asian Games were held from May 24 to June 1, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan. A total number of 1,820 athletes, coming from 16 countries, competed in thirteen events at this Asiad. Debuting sports were field hockey, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Tokyo would go on to host the 1964 Summer...
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Medal table
| 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 38 | |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
Men
| 100 m freestyle | |unknown | |unknown | |unknown | |||
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | | | |||
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | |4:40.9 | |||
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |18.45.9 | |||
| 100 m backstroke | | | | | |1:09.5 | |||
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | |3:32.6 | |||
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | | | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | |||
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | |1:15.5 | |||
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |2:47.7 | |||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay |  Japan |
 Philippines |
9:06.7 |  Republic of China |
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| 4×100 m medley relay | Japan |
4:17.2 | Philippines |
4:37.7 |  Indonesia |
Women
| 100 m freestyle | |unknown | |1:06.4 | |unknown | |||
| 200 m freestyle | | | |2:32.2 | | | |||
| 400 m freestyle | | | |5:16.3 | | | |||
| 100 m backstroke | | | | | |1:20.0 | |||
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | | | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | |3:18.2 | |||
| 100 m butterfly | | | |1:17.9 | | | |||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Japan |
Philippines |
4:50.4 | Republic of China |
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| 4×100 m medley relay | Philippines |
5:22.2 | Republic of China |
Japan |