Swimming at the 1986 Asian Games
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Dates	21–26 September 1986
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Swimming was contested at the 1986 Asian Games in Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, Seoul, South Korea from 21 September to 26 September 1986.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Katsunori Fujiwara  Japan	51.56 GR	Shen Jianqiang  China	51.69	Ang Peng Siong  Singapore	52.27
200 m freestyle details	Katsunori Fujiwara  Japan	1:52.32 GR	Shigeo Ogata  Japan	1:53.26	Shen Jianqiang  China	1:53.36
400 m freestyle details	Xie Jun  China	4:00.35 GR	Shigeo Ogata  Japan	4:01.57	Wang Dali  China	4:03.35
1500 m freestyle details	Wang Dali  China	15:50.93 GR	Shigeo Ogata  Japan	15:51.33	He Runhua  China	16:17.03
100 m backstroke details	Daichi Suzuki  Japan	57.39 GR	Shigemori Maruyama  Japan	57.98	Wang Hao  China	58.67
200 m backstroke details	Kazuya Ikeda  Japan	2:05.13 GR	Lin Laijiu  China	2:07.15	Shigemori Maruyama  Japan	2:07.11
100 m breaststroke details	Jin Fu  China	1:04.02 GR	Hisashi Fuwa  Japan	1:04.13	Kenji Watanabe  Japan	1:04.99
200 m breaststroke details	Kenji Watanabe  Japan	2:20.07 GR	Naritoshi Matsuda  Japan	2:20.34	Wirmandi Sugriat  Indonesia	2:22.02
100 m butterfly details	Hiroshi Miura  Japan	54.64 GR	Zheng Jian  China	55.13	Hiroshi Sato  Japan	55.37
200 m butterfly details	Hiroshi Sato  Japan	2:01.06 GR	Khajan Singh  India	2:02.38	Yukinori Tanaka  Japan	2:02.99
200 m individual medley details	Naritoshi Matsuda  Japan	2:05.48 GR	Chen Qin  China	2:08.83	Satoshi Takeda  Japan	2:09.07
400 m individual medley details	Naritoshi Matsuda  Japan	4:27.99 GR	Satoshi Takeda  Japan	4:31.35	Tian Liang  China	4:42.06
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	China Shen Jianqiang Yang Qing Mu Lati Feng Qiangbiao	3:27.51 GR	Japan Keisuke Okuno Shigeo Ogata Hiroshi Miura Katsunori Fujiwara	3:29.78	Singapore Ang Peng Siong David Lim Tay Khoon Hean Oon Jin Gee	3:31.36
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Japan Keisuke Okuno Shigeo Ogata Tomohiro Noguchi Katsunori Fujiwara	7:36.07 GR	China Chen Suwei He Runhua Xie Jun Wang Dali	7:49.38	Singapore Oon Jin Gee David Lim Oon Jin Teik Tay Khoon Hean	7:56.27
4 × 100 m medley relay details	Japan Daichi Suzuki Hisashi Fuwa Hiroshi Miura Katsunori Fujiwara	3:46.55 GR	China Wang Hao Jin Fu Zheng Jian Shen Jianqiang	3:48.72	Indonesia Lukman Niode Wirmandi Sugriat Sabeni Sudiono Daniel Arief Budiman	3:55.85

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Yoko Shimao  Japan	57.62 GR	Xia Fujie  China	58.23	Huang Hong  China	58.42
200 m freestyle details	Chikako Nakamori  Japan	2:05.21 GR	Miki Saito  Japan	2:05.30	Nurul Huda Abdullah  Malaysia	2:06.24
400 m freestyle details	Yan Ming  China	4:15.61 GR	Nurul Huda Abdullah  Malaysia	4:20.49	Miki Wakahoi  Japan	4:21.05
800 m freestyle details	Yan Ming  China	8:43.42 GR	Nurul Huda Abdullah  Malaysia	8:50.44	Miki Wakahoi  Japan	8:50.45
100 m backstroke details	Choi Yun-hui  South Korea	1:04.62 GR	Kaoru Ono  Japan	1:05.11	Naomi Sekido  Japan	1:05.96
200 m backstroke details	Choi Yun-hui  South Korea	2:18.33 GR	Naomi Sekido  Japan	2:19.75	Hiroyo Harada  Japan	2:21.19
100 m breaststroke details	Huang Xiaomin  China	1:12.70 GR	Hiroko Nagasaki  Japan	1:12.71	Xia Fujie  China	1:13.11
200 m breaststroke details	Hiroko Nagasaki  Japan	2:34.01	Asako Natsume  Japan	2:37.62	Park Seong-won  South Korea	2:38.62
100 m butterfly details	Qian Hong  China	1:01.36 GR	Yoko Kawahigashi  Japan	1:01.56	Kiyomi Takahashi  Japan	1:02.37
200 m butterfly details	Izumi Kawahara  Japan	2:12.83 GR	Kiyomi Takahashi  Japan	2:13.53	Lee Eun-hee  South Korea	2:16.56
200 m individual medley details	Naomi Sekido  Japan	2:21.02 GR	Hiroyo Harada  Japan	2:21.23	Choi Yun-hui  South Korea	2:22.30
400 m individual medley details	Yan Ming  China	4:52.43 GR	Naomi Sekido  Japan	4:57.30	Nurul Huda Abdullah  Malaysia	4:57.73
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	China Xia Fujie Huang Hong Zhou Xun Qian Hong	3:52.21 GR	Japan Yoko Shimao Miki Wakahoi Miki Saito Chikako Nakamori	3:55.62	Hong Kong Fenella Ng Celeste Hung Fu Mui Suzanna Lee	4:03.65
4 × 100 m medley relay details	Japan Kaoru Ono Hiroko Nagasaki Yoko Kawahigashi Yoko Shimao	4:16.07 GR	China Zhou Xun Huang Xiaomin Qian Hong Xia Fujie	4:16.75	South Korea Choi Yun-hui Park Seong-won Lee Hong-mi Kim Jin-suk	4:22.76

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	17	18	10	45
2	China (CHN)	10	8	7	25
3	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	4	6
4	Malaysia (MAL)	0	2	2	4
5	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
6	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	3	3
7	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		29	29	29	87