Swimming at the 1954 Asian Games

Swimming at the 1954 Asian Games
Dates	5–8 May 1954

Swimming was contested at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippine from May 5 to May 8, 1954.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Hiroshi Suzuki  Japan	58.2 GR	Teijiro Tanikawa  Japan	58.4	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	58.6
400 m freestyle	Yoshihiro Shoji  Japan	4:43.3 GR	Katsuji Yamashita  Japan	4:47.2	Bana Sailani  Philippines	4:48.8
1500 m freestyle	Yukiyoshi Aoki  Japan	19:13.0 GR	Shichiro Shintaku  Japan	19:13.9	Tsutomu Nagashima  Japan	19:48.5
100 m backstroke	Keiji Hase  Japan	1:07.1 GR	Norihiko Kurahashi  Japan	1:09.0	Takuro Ashida  Japan	1:09.7
200 m breaststroke	Mamoru Tanaka  Japan	2:41.9 GR	Masaru Furukawa  Japan	2:42.2	Masao Togami  Japan	2:48.1
200 m butterfly	Parsons Nabiula  Philippines	2:48.3 GR	Amado Jimenez  Philippines	2:49.1	Robert Collins  Philippines	3:00.6
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan Kenzo Yoshimura Teijiro Tanikawa Yukiyoshi Aoki Hiroshi Suzuki	9:08.9 GR	Singapore Ong Choon Lim Tan Teow Choon Lionel Chee Neo Chwee Kok	9:22.0	Philippines Rolando Santos Bertulfo Cachero Angel Colmenares Bana Sailani	9:27.2

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Haydee Coloso  Philippines	1:09.7	Tomiko Atarashi  Japan	1:10.4	Shizue Miyabe  Japan	1:10.5
400 m freestyle	Misako Tamura  Japan	5:32.2 GR	Akiko Miyazaki  Japan	5:39.4	Yoshiko Sato  Japan	5:43.9
100 m backstroke	Jocelyn von Giese  Philippines	1:21.6	Keiko Sadamori  Japan	1:22.1	Midori Morimae  Japan	1:23.3
200 m breaststroke	Masayo Aoki  Japan	3:03.6 GR	Kazuko Sakamoto  Japan	3:08.5	Chizuko Urahata  Japan	3:09.9
100 m butterfly	Haydee Coloso  Philippines	1:28.3 GR	Norma Yldefonso  Philippines	1:36.5	Sandra von Giese  Philippines	1:37.5
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Japan Sadako Yamashita Shizue Miyabe Misako Tamura Tomiko Atarashi	4:49.6 GR	Philippines Sonia von Giese Gertrudes Vito Nimfa Lim Haydee Coloso	5:15.6	Republic of China Kwok Ngan-hung Tsui Shiu-ling Chang Zoe-chee Chan Sin-yi	5:42.2

Medal table

Swimming at the 1954 Asian Games on a stamp of the Philippines

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	9	9	7	25
2	Philippines (PHI)	4	3	4	11
3	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
4	Republic of China (ROC)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		13	13	13	39

References

• Sports 123: Asian Games
• [1]
• [2]

External links

• Second Asian Games Manila 1954