Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games
Venue	National Stadium Swimming Pool
Dates	5–7 March 1951
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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 details	Sachin Nag  India	1:04.7	Wiebe Wolters  Singapore	1:04.7	Sotero Alcantara  Philippines	1:04.8
400 m freestyle details	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	5:13.8 GR	Mohammad Mala  Philippines	5:31.4	Bimal Chandra  India	5:32.5
800 m freestyle details	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	11:02.2 GR	Serafin Villanueva  Philippines	11:25.5	Mohammad Mala  Philippines	11:30.7
1500 m freestyle details	Neo Chwee Kok  Singapore	21:43.6 GR	Mohammad Mala  Philippines	22:17.5	Serafin Villanueva  Philippines	22:21.7
100 m backstroke details	Artemio Salamat  Philippines	1:16.3 GR	Kanti Shah  India	1:17.0	Edilberto Bonus  Philippines	1:17.4
200 m breaststroke details	Jacinto Cayco  Philippines	2:54.4 GR	Rene Amabuyok  Philippines	2:54.8	Jehangir Naegamwalla  India	3:11.0
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	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 details	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

• Sports 123: Asian Games
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• First Asian Games New Delhi 1951