Swimming at the 1990 Asian Games
# Swimming at the 1990 Asian Games

Swimming was contested at the 1990 Asian Games in National Olympics Sports Center, Beijing, China from September 23 to September 28, 1990.

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle details | Shen Jianqiang China | 22.99 GR | Ang Peng Siong Singapore | 23.33 | Feng Qiangbiao China | 23.42 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Shen Jianqiang China | 50.64 GR | Xie Jun China | 51.02 | Richard Sam Bera Indonesia | 51.79 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Xie Jun China | 1:51.90 GR | Tomohiro Noguchi Japan | 1:52.48 | Wang Dali China | 1:52.56 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Tomohiro Noguchi Japan | 3:56.32 GR | Takafumi Asahara Japan | 3:58.85 | Yan Yumin China | 4:00.00 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Masayuki Fujimoto Japan | 15:43.24 | Jeffrey Ong Malaysia | 15:46.90 | Masashi Kato Japan | 15:49.71 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Lin Laijiu China | 57.47 | Hajime Itoi Japan | 57.79 | Keita Soraoka Japan | 57.82 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Ji Sang-jun South Korea | 2:03.59 GR | Keita Soraoka Japan | 2:03.88 | Hajime Itoi Japan | 2:04.03 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Chen Jianhong China | 1:02.60 GR | Kenji Watanabe Japan | 1:03.12 | Nobuyuki Kawaguchi Japan | 1:03.25 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kenji Watanabe Japan | 2:17.49 GR | Nobuyuki Kawaguchi Japan | 2:19.84 | Wirmandi Sugriat Indonesia | 2:20.06 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Shen Jianqiang China | 54.29 GR | Kunio Sugimoto Japan | 55.37 | Tomohiro Miyoshi Japan | 56.33 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kunio Sugimoto Japan | 2:00.25 GR | Tomohiro Miyoshi Japan | 2:00.50 | Lee Yun-ahn South Korea | 2:01.23 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Takahiro Fujimoto Japan | 2:05.50 | Shuichi Nakamura Japan | 2:05.95 | Xie Jun China | 2:06.35 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Takahiro Fujimoto Japan | 4:26.10 GR | Shuichi Nakamura Japan | 4:30.79 | Kim Seong-tae South Korea | 4:33.88 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | China Xie Jun Feng Qiangbiao Wang Dali Shen Jianqiang | 3:24.96 GR | Japan Masakatsu Usami Ken Nakazawa Hidetoshi Yamanaka Katsunori Fujiwara | 3:27.69 | Singapore Ang Peng Siong Harold Gan David Lim Kenneth Yeo | 3:31.46 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Japan Hidetoshi Yamanaka Katsunori Fujiwara Takafumi Asahara Tomohiro Noguchi | 7:30.34 GR | China Yan Yumin Wang Dali Chen Suwei Xie Jun | 7:30.44 | South Korea Ji Sang-jun Lim Cheol-seong Kwon Sang-won Lee Yun-ahn | 7:46.83 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | China Lin Laijiu Chen Jianhong Shen Jianqiang Xie Jun | 3:45.18 GR | Japan Hajime Itoi Kenji Watanabe Kunio Sugimoto Katsunori Fujiwara | 3:47.98 | South Korea Ji Sang-jun Yun Ju-il Lee Yun-ahn Kim Dong-hyeon | 3:54.73 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle details | Yang Wenyi China | 25.86 GR | Sun Chunli China | 26.32 | Naoko Imoto Japan | 26.45 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Zhuang Yong China | 55.30 GR | Wang Xiaohong China | 56.10 | Suzu Chiba Japan | 57.06 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Zhuang Yong China | 2:01.43 GR | Suzu Chiba Japan | 2:02.27 | Shen Xiaoyu China | 2:02.36 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Yan Ming China | 4:13.55 GR | Shen Xiaoyu China | 4:14.25 | Suzu Chiba Japan | 4:20.93 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Yan Ming China | 8:40.27 GR | Shen Xiaoyu China | 8:42.01 | Tomomi Hosoda Japan | 8:54.55 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Yang Wenyi China | 1:03.83 GR | Lin Li China | 1:03.85 | Satomi Oguri Japan | 1:04.45 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Lin Li China | 2:13.81 GR | Wang Hui China | 2:16.66 | Satomi Oguri Japan | 2:16.88 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Huang Xiaomin China | 1:10.08 GR | Kyoko Kasuya Japan | 1:11.55 | Asako Natsume Japan | 1:12.41 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Lin Li China | 2:30.79 GR | Huang Xiaomin China | 2:31.02 | Kyoko Kasuya Japan | 2:31.86 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Wang Xiaohong China | 58.87 GR | Qian Hong China | 58.89 | Yoko Kando Japan | 1:01.73 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Wang Xiaohong China | 2:09.62 GR | Qian Hong China | 2:10.40 | Rie Shito Japan | 2:13.98 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Lin Li China | 2:13.16 GR | Fumie Kurotori Japan | 2:19.66 | Xia Fujie China | 2:22.06 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Lin Li China | 4:39.88 GR | Yan Ming China | 4:46.97 | Fumie Kurotori Japan | 4:50.63 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | China Zhuang Yong Qian Hong Wang Xiaohong Yang Wenyi | 3:46.39 GR | South Korea Kim Eun-jeong Myeong Kyeong-hyeon Lee Moon-hee Lee Eun-ju | 3:56.81 | Indonesia Khim Tjia Fei Meitri Widya Pangestika Yen Yen Gunawan Elfira Rosa Nasution | 3:59.54 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | China Yang Wenyi Huang Xiaomin Wang Xiaohong Zhuang Yong | 4:11.74 GR | Japan Satomi Oguri Kyoko Kasuya Yoko Kando Suzu Chiba | 4:15.66 | South Korea Lee Chang-ha Park Seong-won Yoo Hong-mi Kim Su-jin | 4:25.50 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 23 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Malaysia (MAL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |
