2009 Asian Swimming Championships
# 2009 Asian Swimming Championships

The 8th Asian Swimming Championships were held November 25–28, 2009 in Foshan, China. It featured 38 different events (19 male, 19 female), all of which were contested in a 50m (long course) pool.

## Participating countries

174 swimmers (102 males, 72 females) from 15 countries swam at the Championships. Teams were from:

* Bahrain (2) (2 males)
* China (46) (21 m, 25 f)
* Chinese Taipei (15) (8 m, 7 f)
* Hong Kong (33) (16 m, 17 f)
* India (8) (8 males)
* Japan (28) (14 m, 14 f)
* Jordan (4) (3 m, 1 f)
* Kuwait (3) (3 males)
* Lebanon (2) (2 males)
* Macau (8) (5 m, 3 f)
* Oman (3) (3 males)
* Palestine (2) (2 males)
* Saudi Arabia (4) (4 males)
* Singapore (4) (3 m, 1 f)
* Uzbekistan (12) (8 m, 4 f)

## Event schedule

| Date | November 25, 2009 | November 26, 2009 | November 27, 2009 | November 28, 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| E v e n t s | 50 breast (m) 50 back (w) 100 fly (m) 200 fly (w) 200 free (m) 100 free (w) 400 IM (m) 400 IM (w) 400 Medley Relay (m) 800 Free Relay (w) | 50 fly (w) 50 fly (m) 50 free (w) 100 breast (m) 200 breast (w) 400 free (m) 200 free (w) 200 back (m) 100 back (w) 800 Free Relay (m) | 50 back (m) 100 fly (w) 200 fly (m) 400 free (w) 100 free (m) 100 breast (w) 200 breast (m) 400 Free Relay (w) 1500 free (m) | 50 breast (w) 50 free (m) 200 IM (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 100 back (m) 400 Medley Relay (w) 400 Free Relay (m) 800 free (w) |

Prelims (morning) sessions began at 9:00 a.m., Finals (evening) sessions began at 7:30 p.m.

## Swimming Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m freestyle | CAI Li China | 22.55 CR | Lü Zhiwu China | 22.58 | Virdhawal Khade India | 22.67 |
| 100m freestyle | Lü Zhiwu China | 49.64 CR | Virdhawal Khade India | 49.69 | Daniil Tulupov Uzbekistan | 49.99 |
| 200m freestyle | ZHANG Lin China | 1:48.88 CR | SHI Tengfei China | 1:49.15 | Aaron D'Souza India | 1:50.70 |
| 400m freestyle | SUN Yang China | 3:49.86 CR | LI Yunqi China | 3:53.18 | Jumpei Higashi Japan | 3:54.12 |
| 1500m freestyle | SUN Yang China | 14:57.33 CR | LI Yunqi China | 15:33.79 | Jumpei Higashi Japan | 15:35.13 |
| 50m backstroke | Nobuhiro Toyada Japan | 26.15 | Kosuke Hagino Japan | 26.17 | Danil Bugakov Uzbekistan | 26.40 |
| 100m backstroke | HE Jianbin China | 54.84 | Nobuhiro Toyada Japan | 56.23 | Takahiro Yamazaki Japan | 56.69 |
| 200m backstroke | Takahiro Yamazaki Japan | 2:01.48 | ZHANG Yu China | 2:01.92 | Nobuhiro Toyada Japan | 2:02.00 |
| 50m breaststroke | Parker Lam Singapore | 28.03 CR | WANG Shuai China | 28.22 | WONG Chun Yan Hong Kong | 28.33 |
| 100m breaststroke | WANG Shuai China | 1:01.26 CR | ZHANG Guoying China | 1:01.79 | Sandeep Sejwal India | 1:01.90 |
| 200m breaststroke | Akihiro Yamaguchi Japan | 2:13.56 CR | Yukihiro Takahashi Japan | 2:14.90 | Sandeep Sejwal India | 2:14.99 |
| 50m butterfly | SHI Feng China | 23.76 CR | ZHOU Jiawei China | 23.96 | Virdhawal Khade India | 24.14 |
| 100m butterfly | ZHOU Jiawei China | 52.04 CR | SHI Feng China | 52.36 | Hirofumi Ikebata Japan | 53.08 |
| 200m butterfly | WU Peng China | 1:56.71 CR | CHEN Yin China | 1:57.38 | Hsu Chi Chieh Chinese Taipei | 1:57.83 |
| 200m I.M. | Kosuke Hagino Japan | 2:01.43 | LIU Weijia China | 2:01.86 | SUN Han China | 2:04.04 |
| 400m I.M. | Daiya Seto Japan | 4:20.56 | LIU Weijia China | 4:21.86 | Keita Sameshima Japan | 4:25.40 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | China SHI Tengfei, BAN Bao, XIN Tong, HE Jianbin | 3:20.28 CR | Hong Kong Jeffrey Lum, NG Chun Nam, KONG Chun Yin, David Wong | 3:21.25 | Uzbekistan Daniil Tulupov, Dmitriy Shvetsov, Petr Romashkin, Danil Bugakov | 3:22.83 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | China BAN Bao, LI Yunqi, SUN Yang, SHI Tengfei | 7:21.94 CR | Japan Takashi Koike, Kosuke Hagino, Shinri Shioura, Jumpei Higashi | 7:25.79 | Hong Kong Kent Cheung, NG Chun Nam, Jeffrey Lum, David Wong | 7:28.80 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | China CHENG Feiyi, ZHANG Guoying, SHI Feng, Lü Zhiwu | 3:38.26 CR | Japan Nobuhiro Toyada, Ryuta Tani, Yuta Kimura, Shinri Shioura | 3:43.41 | India Rehan Poncha, Sandeep Sejwal, Aaron D'Souza, Virdhawal Khade | 3:45.53 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m freestyle | LI Zhesi China | 25.18 | TANG Yi China | 25.40 | Shiori Kaneko Japan | 26.36 |
| 100m freestyle | LI Zhesi China | 54.84 CR | TANG Yi China | 54.88 | Masako Kuroki Japan | 57.02 |
| 200m freestyle | LIU Jing China | 1:58.76 CR | TANG Yi China | 2:00.52 | Risa Sekine Japan | 2:00.70 |
| 400m freestyle | TAN Miao China | 4:13.70 | REN Junni China | 4:14.87 | YANG Chin Kuei Chinese Taipei | 4:15.91 |
| 800m freestyle | TAN Miao China | 8:40.55 | REN Junni China | 8:41.14 | Mako Kuramatsu Japan | 8:48.10 |
| 50m backstroke | GAO Chang China | 27.38 CR | ZHAO Jing China | 27.77 | Sherry Tsai Hong Kong | 28.93 |
| 100m backstroke | GAO Chang China | 59.96 CR | ZHAO Jing China | 1:00.39 | Mai Harada Japan | 1:01.27 |
| 200m backstroke | BAI Anqi China | 2:09.96 | Sayaka Akase Japan | 2:12.22 | Marie Kamimura Japan | 2:13.70 |
| 50m breaststroke | CHEN Huijia China | 31.37 CR | Kana Sugisaki Japan | 31.92 | WANG Randi China | 32.06 |
| 100m breaststroke | CHEN Huijia China | 1:07.77 CR | Keiko Fukudome Japan | 1:07.90 | Yvette Kong Hong Kong | 1:08.43 |
| 200m breaststroke | SUN Ye China | 2:25.37 CR | Keiko Fukudome Japan | 2:25.46 | CHENG Wan Jung Chinese Taipei | 2:31.57 |
| 50m butterfly | JIAO Liuyang China | 26.09 CR | HONG Wenwen China | 26.41 | Rino Hosoda Japan | 26.90 |
| 100m butterfly | JIAO Liuyang China | 57.12 CR | GUO Fan China | 58.41 | Rino Hosoda Japan | 59.33 |
| 200m butterfly | LIU Zige China | 2:06.23 CR | JIAO Liuyang China | 2:09.48 | Natsuki Akiyama Japan | 2:10.31 |
| 200m I.M. | CHENG Wan Jung Chinese Taipei | 2:12.55 CR | LIU Jing China | 2:13.23 | Emi Takabatake Japan | 2:14.65 |
| 400m I.M. | LIU Jing China | 4:41.29 CR | CHENG Wan Jung Chinese Taipei | 4:43.16 | Emi Takabatake Japan | 4:44.86 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay | China GUO Fan, ZHANG Jiaqi, LI Jiaxing, ZHENG Rongrong | 3:43.30 CR | Hong Kong SZE Hang Yu, YU Wai Ting, Yvette Kong, Sherry Tsai | 3:45.71 | Japan Masako Kuroki, Shiori Kaneko, Emi Takabatake, Risa Sekine | 3:45.92 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay | China WANG Xinyu, REN Junni, GUO Junjun, HA Sinan | 8:09.01 CR | Japan Risa Sekine, Natsuki Akiyama, Haruka Miyazwa, Masako Kuroki | 8:14.44 | Hong Kong SZE Hang Yu, Natasha Tang, Jennifer Town, Yvette Kong | 8:17.68 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | China XU Tian Longzi, SUN Ye, HONG Wenwen, YU Yao | 4:02.86 CR | Japan Mai Harada, Keiko Fukudome, Rino Hosoda, Masako Kuroki | 4:06.68 | Hong Kong Sherry Tsai, Yvette Kong, CHAN Kin Lok, SZE Hang Yu | 4:10.54 |

### Swimming Medal Table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 31 | 23 | 2 | 56 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |

## Synchronised Swimming

### Synchronised Swimming Medal Table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Macau (MAC) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
