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Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games

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Swimming
at the 1951 Asian Games
VenueNational Stadium Swimming Pool
Dates5–7 March 1951
1954 →

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.

Medalists

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Singapore (SIN)4206
2 Philippines (PHI)35412
3 India (IND)1146
Totals (3 entries)88824

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming - Medallists from previous Asian Games". Doha2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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