The 2018 Asian Games are right around the corner. This time around the games are being brought to us from the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.
Swimming has always been an important discipline for any multi-sport event, and the Asian Games are no exception. As a result, we take a look at all the current standing Asian Games Records, before the eighteenth edition of the games begin on Saturday, August 18.
Timing is represented as follows: MM:SS.MS, i.e, Minutes:Seconds.Millisecond).
Men's
Freestyle
50m: 21.94; Ning Zetao, China; 2014 Asian Games
100m: 47.70; Ning Zetao, China; 2014 Asian Games
200m: 1:44.80; Park Tae-Hwan, South Korea; 2010 Asian Games
400m: 3:41.53; Park Tae-Hwan, South Korea; 2010 Asian Games
1500m: 14:35.43; Sun Yang, China; 2010 Asian Games
Backstroke
50m: 24.28; Junya Koga, Japan; 2014 Asian Games
100m: 52.34; Ryosuke Irie, Japan; 2014 Asian Games
200m: 1:53.26; Ryosuke Irie, Japan, 2014 Asian Games
Breaststroke
50m: 27.78; Dmitriy Balandin, Kazakhstan; 2014 Asian Games
100m: 59.92; Dmitriy Balandin, Kazakhstan; 2014 Asian Games
200m: 2:07.67; Dmitriy Balandin, Kazakhstan; 2014 Asian Games
Butterfly
50m: 23.46; Shi Yang, China; 2014 Asian Games
100m: 51.76; Joseph Schooling, Singapore; 2014 Asian Games
200m: 1:54.02; Takeshi Matsuda, Japan; 2010 Asian Games
Individual Medley
200m: 1:55.34; Kosuke Hagino, Japan; 2014 Asian Games
400m: 4:07.75; Kosuke Hagino, Japan; 2014 Asian Games
Freestyle Relay
4x100m: 3:13.47; China (Hexin, Yongqing, Yang, Zetao); 2014 Asian Games
4x200m: 7:06.74; Japan (Kobori, Hagino, Seto, Matsuda); 2014 Asian Games
Medley Relay
4x100m: 3:31.37; China (Jiayu, Xiang, Zhuhai, Zetao); 2014 Asian Games
Women's
Freestyle
50m: 24.87; Chen Xinyi, China; 2014 Asian Games
100m: 54.12; Tang Yi, China; 2010 Asian Games
200m: 1:56.65; Zhu Qianwei, China; 2010 Asian Games
400m: 4:05.58; Shao Yiwen, China; 2010 Asian Games
800m: 8:23.55; Li Xuanxu, China; 2010 Asian Games
Backstroke
50m: 27.45; Gao Chang, China; 2010 Asian Games
100m: 58.94; Zhao Jing, China; 2010 Asian Games
200m: 2:06.46; Zhao Jing, China; 2010 Asian Games
Breaststroke
50m: 31.04; Wang Randi, China; 2010 Asian Games
100m: 1:06.67; Shi Jinglin, China; 2014 Asian Games
200m: 2:21.82; Kanako Watanabe, Japan; 2014 Asian Games
Butterfly
50m: 25.83; Lu Ying, China; 2014 Asian Games
100m: 56.61; Chen Xinyi, China; 2014 Asian Games
200m: 2:05.79; Jiao Liuyang, China; 2010 Asian Games
Individual Medley
200m: 2:08.94; Ye Shiwen, China; 2014 Asian Games
400m: 4:32.97; Ye Shiwen, China; 2014 Asian Games
Freestyle Relay
4x100m: 3:36.88; China (Zhesi, Shijia, Qianwei, Yi); 2010 Asian Games
4x200m: 7:51.81; China (Jing, Shijia, Qianwei, Yi); 2010 Asian Games
Medley Relay
4x100m: 3:57.80; China (Jing, Huijia, Liuyang, Yi); 2010 Asian Games