Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games

Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games
Venue	National Stadium Swimming Pool
Dates	5–7 March
1954 →

Swimming was contested at the 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]

Neo Chwee Kok of Singapore dominated the competition winning four gold medals.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sachin Nag  India	1:04.7	Wiebe Wolters  Singapore	1:04.7	Philippines	1:04.8
400 m freestyle	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	5:13.8 GR	Philippines	5:31.4	Bimal Chandra  India	5:32.5
800 m freestyle	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	11:02.2 GR	Philippines	11:25.5	Philippines	11:30.7
1500 m freestyle	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	21:43.6 GR	Philippines	22:17.5	Philippines	22:21.7
100 m backstroke	Philippines	1:16.3 GR	India	1:17.0	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 Neo Chwee Kok	4:19.8 GR	Philippines	4:23.2	India Isaac Mansoor Bimal Chandra Sambhu Saha Sachin Nag	4:28.8
3 × 100 m medley relay	Philippines Jacinto Cayco	3:36.5 GR	Singapore Lionel Chee Neo Chwee Kok	3:39.5	India Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag	3:43.6

Medal table[]

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 nations)		8	8	8	24

References[]

• Sports 123: Asian Games
• [1]
• [2]
• [3]

External links[]

• First Asian Games New Delhi 1951