SWIMMING AT THE 2018 ASIAN GAMES
- August 19th-24th, 2018
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Day 2 Recap
- Schedule & Results
With the help of 2 gold medals from Olympian Rikako Ikee, the nation of Japan now tops the medal table, claiming 17 in all with 7 gold, 8 silver and 2 bronze. With a higher number of silver, Japan is able to stay ahead of China, our day 1 leader, who has 7 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze for 20 total. Rounding out the top 3 is Korea, who is feeling the pain of not having its top gun Park Tae Hwan here in Jakarta, claiming just 2 bronze medals thus far.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
2 | China | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
3 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
4 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Day 2 Records:
- Asian Games Record, M. 800 free, Sun Yang (CHN) – 7:48.36
- Vietnamese National Record, M. 800 free, Nguyen Huy Hoang – 7:54.32
- Malaysian National Record, M. 800 free, Welson Sim – 8:12.46
- Asian Games Record, W. 50 fly, Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 25.55
- Indonesian National Record, M. 50 back, Gede Sudartawa – 25.29
- Asian Games Record, W. 100 free, Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 53.27
- Asian Games Record, M. 4 x 200 free relay, Japan – 7:05.17
Day 2 Medalists:
Men’s 800 free:
- GOLD: Sun Yang (CHN) – 7:48.36
- SILVER: Shogo Takeda (JPN) – 7:53.01
- BRONZE: Nguyen Huy Hoang (VIE) – 7:54.32
Women’s 50 fly:
- GOLD: Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 25.55
- SILVER: Wang Yichun (CHN) – 26.03
- BRONZE: Lin Xintong (CHN) – 26.39
Men’s 50 back:
- GOLD: Xu Jiayu (CHN) – 24.75
- SILVER: Ryosuke Irie (JPN) – 24.88
- BRONZE: Kang Jiseok (KOR) – 25.17
Women’s 100 free:
- GOLD: Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 53.27
- SILVER: Zhu Menghui (CHN) – 53.56
- BRONZE: Yang Junxuan (CHN) – 54.17
Men’s 200 IM:
- GOLD: Wang Shun (CHN) – 1:56.52
- SILVER: Kosuke Hagino (JPN) – 1:56.75
- BRONZE: Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 1:57.09
Women’s 200 breast:
- GOLD: Kanako Watanbe (JPN) – 2:23.05
- SILVER: Yu Jingyao (CHN) – 2:23.31
- BRONZE: Reona Aoki (JPN) – 2:23.33
Men’s 4 x 200 free relay:
- GOLD: Japan – 7:05.17
- SILVER: China – 7:05.45
- BRONZE: Singapore – 7:14.15
Indonesian national record for 50m backstroke is 25.01 by Sudartawa in this AG preliminary heat (not 25.29).
Thanks.
Still no gold for other countries yet. Let’s see if Singapore’s golden boy Joseph Schooling will bring one to them in the 50 free.😆
Highly doubt he’ll win the 50 Free. Medal? maybe. His best chances are in the 50 & 100 Fly. Far Ahead of anyone else in Asia (besides Li Zhu Hao who could really give him a fight in the 100