Swimming at the 2023 SEA Games

The swimming competitions at the 2023 SEA Games took place at Morodok Techo National Aquatics Center in Phnom Penh from 6 to 11 May 2023.^[1]

Swimming at the 2023 SEA Games
Venue	Morodok Tecno National Aquatics Center
Location	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Date	6–11 May 2023
Nations	11
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It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with diving, finswimming and Water Polo.^[2] A total of 39 events was contested at this edition. The 800m/1500m freestyle for men and women was removed respectively, and was replaced with the introduction of the mixed 4X100m medley relay for the first time in SEA Games history.

Summary

Singapore once again cemented their swimming dominance in Southeast Asia by a wide margin. Winning 47 medals, consisting of 22 gold, 16 silver and 9 bronze across the competition, the country achieved their best ever away results. Singapore won over half of the gold medals at 22 out of 39, and the country got their 1,000th gold medal at the SEA Games on the pool. One of their swimmers, Jonathan Tan, also achieved Olympic qualification timing for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris – while at the same time breaking the Southeast Asian Games record and national record.^[3]

Participating nations

All 11 Nations competed in Swimming.

•  Brunei
•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia
•  Laos
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  Timor-Leste
•  Vietnam

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Cambodia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Singapore	22	15	10	47
2	Vietnam	7	3	7	17
3	Thailand	4	11	7	22
4	Indonesia	3	1	3	7
5	Philippines	2	6	8	16
6	Malaysia	1	3	4	8
Totals (6 entries)		39	39	39	117

Medalist

Key
AS	Asian record	GR	Southeast Asian Games record	NR	National record	OQT	Paris 2024 Qualification

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Jonathan Tan  Singapore	21.95 OQT[a]	Teong Tzen Wei  Singapore	22.50	Luong Jérémie Loïc Nino  Vietnam	22.84
100 m freestyle	Jonathan Tan  Singapore	48.80	Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore	48.99	Luong Jérémie Loïc Nino  Vietnam	49.69
200 m freestyle	Khiew Hoe Yean  Malaysia	1:48.91	Dulyawat Kaewsriyong  Thailand	1:49.29 NR	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng  Vietnam	1:49.31
400 m freestyle	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng  Vietnam	3:49.50	Khiew Hoe Yean  Malaysia	3:50.39	Glen Lim Jun Wei  Singapore	3:53.78
1500 m freestyle	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng  Vietnam	15:11.24	Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn  Vietnam	15:35.21	Glen Lim Jun Wei  Singapore	15:40.49
50 m backstroke	I Gede Siman Sudartawa  Indonesia	25.16	Jerard Jacinto  Philippines	25.56 NR	Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore	25.61
100 m backstroke	Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore	55.22	Farrel Armandio Tangkas  Indonesia	55.80	Jerard Jacinto  Philippines	55.99
200 m backstroke	Tonnam Kanteemool  Thailand	02:01.29 NR	Trần Hưng Nguyên  Vietnam	02:01.34 NR	Khiew Hoe Yean  Malaysia	02:01.74
50 m breaststroke	Felix Viktor Iberle  Indonesia	27.70	Nicholas Mahabir  Singapore	27.91 NR	Muhammad Dwiky Raharjo  Indonesia	28.01
100 m breaststroke	Phạm Thanh Bảo  Vietnam	1:00.97 GR NR	Nicholas Mahabir  Singapore	1:01.22	Maximillian Ang  Singapore	1:02.21
200 m breaststroke	Phạm Thanh Bảo  Vietnam	2:11.45 GR NR	Nicholas Mahabir  Singapore	2:13.95	Maximillian Ang  Singapore	2:14.30
50 m butterfly	Mikkel Lee Jun Jie  Singapore	23.45	Teong Tzen Wei  Singapore	23.67	Jarod Hatch  Philippines	23.89 NR
100 m butterfly	Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore	52.04	Teong Tzen Wei  Singapore	52.60	Jarod Hatch  Philippines	52.91 NR
200 m butterfly	Ong Jung Yi  Singapore	1:59.44	Navaphat Wongcharoen  Thailand	1:59.64	Hồ Nguyễn Duy Khoa  Vietnam	2:00.60
200 m individual medley	Trần Hưng Nguyên  Vietnam	2:01.28	Dulyawat Kaewsriyong  Thailand	2:02.25 NR	Zachary Tan  Singapore	2:02.42
400 m individual medley	Trần Hưng Nguyên  Vietnam	4:19.12	Nguyễn Quang Thuấn  Vietnam	4:21.03	Tan Khai Xin  Malaysia	4:23.24 NR
4×100 m freestyle relay	Singapore Jonathan Tan (48.90) Mikkel Lee Jun Jie (49.73) Darren Chua (50.26) Quah Zheng Wen (48.46)	3:17.35	Malaysia Lim Yin Chuen (50.57) Arvin Chahal (49.64) Khiew Hoe Yean (50.07) Terence Ng (50.33)	3:20.61 NR	Vietnam Trần Hưng Nguyên (50.87) Ngô Đình Chuyền (50.32) Hoàng Quý Phước (49.90) Jeremie Loic Nino Lương (50.00)	3:21.09 NR
4×200 m freestyle relay	Vietnam Trần Hưng Nguyên (1:48.59) Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn (1:51.25) Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (1:49.38) Hoàng Quý Phước (1:49.29)	7:18.51	Singapore Jonathan Tan (1:49.66) Glen Lim (1:48.57) Ardi Azman (1:50.79) Darren Chua (1:52.48)	7:21.50	Malaysia Arvin Chahal (1:50.13) Khiew Hoe Yean (1:48.84) Tan Khai Xin (1:52.66) Lim Yin Chuen (1:49.92)	7:21.55
4×100 m medley relay	Singapore Quah Zheng Wen (55.31) Nicholas Mahabir (1:00.68) Teong Tzen Wei (52.79) Jonathan Tan (48.67)	3:37.45 GR, NR	Thailand Tonnam Kanteemool (57.04) Thanonchai Janruksa (1:03.20) Navaphat Wongcharoen (53.14) Dulyawat Kaewsriyong (48.37)	3:41.75 NR	Indonesia Farrel Armandio Tangkas (56.39) Muhammad Dwiky Raharjo (1:02.18) Joe Aditya Wijaya Kurniawan (53.12) Erick Ahmad Fathoni (50.23)	3:41.92

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Quah Ting Wen  Singapore	25.04 GR	Amanda Lim  Singapore	25.16	Jenjira Srisaard  Thailand	25.32
100 m freestyle	Quah Ting Wen  Singapore	55.83	Jasmine Alkhaldi  Philippines	56.12	Nguyễn Thúy Hiền  Vietnam	56.42
200 m freestyle	Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore	2:01.76	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand	2:02.21	Chan Zi Yi  Singapore	2:02.94
400 m freestyle	Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore	4:15.17	Ashley Lim Yi Xuan  Singapore	4:17.16	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên  Vietnam	4:21.79
800 m freestyle	Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore	8:41.05	Ashley Lim Yi Xuan  Singapore	8:46.88	Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên  Vietnam	8:56.07
50 m backstroke	Masniari Wolf  Indonesia	28.89 GR NR	Saovanee Boonanphai  Thailand	28.97 NR	Teia Salvino  Philippines	28.99
100 m backstroke	Teia Salvino  Philippines	1:01.64 NR	Faith Elizabeth Khoo  Singapore	1:03.68	Angel Gabriella Yus  Indonesia	1:03.71
200 m backstroke	Xiandi Chua  Philippines	2:13.20 GR NR	Chloe Isleta  Philippines	2:16.19	Fonpray Yamsuan  Thailand	2:17.95
50 m breaststroke	Jenjira Srisaard  Thailand	31.22 GR NR	Letitia Sim  Singapore	31.62	Phee Jinq En  Malaysia	31.94
100 m breaststroke	Letitia Sim  Singapore	1:07.94 GR	Phee Jinq En  Malaysia	1:09.59	Christie May Mun  Singapore	1:10.94
200 m breaststroke	Letitia Sim  Singapore	2:28.49 GR, NR	Phiangkhwan Pawapotako  Thailand	2:32.44	Christie May Mun  Singapore	2:32.60
50 m butterfly	Jenjira Srisaard  Thailand	26.65	Quah Ting Wen  Singapore	26.66	Jasmine Alkhaldi  Philippines	27.02
100 m butterfly	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	59.02	Quah Ting Wen  Singapore	59.51	Jasmine Alkhaldi  Philippines	01:00.45
200 m butterfly	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	2:10.63	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand	2:11.56 NR	Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus  Thailand	2:14.37
200 m individual medley	Letitia Sim  Singapore	2:14.49 NR	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand	2:16.16	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	2:16.39
400 m individual medley	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang  Thailand	04:47.25 NR	Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus  Thailand	04:49.33	Xiandi Chua  Philippines	04:52.08
4×100 m freestyle relay	Singapore Quah Ting Wen (55.85) Nur Marina Chan (56.19) Quah Jing Wen (56.16) Amanda Lim (56.09)	3:44.29	Philippines Jasmine Alkhaldi Xiandi Chua Miranda Renner Teia Salvino	3:47.96	Thailand Jenjira Srisaard Kamonchanok Kwanmuang Kornkarnjana Sapianchai Mia Millar	3:50.01
4×200 m freestyle relay	Singapore Gan Ching Hwee (2:01.81) Ashley Lim Yi Xuan (2:02.89) Chan Zi Yi (2:03.93) Quah Ting Wen (2:04.17)	8:12.80	Thailand Kamonchanok Kwanmuang Napatsawan Jaritkla Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus Kornkarnjana Sapianchai	8:17.95	Philippines Chloe Isleta Teia Salvino Jasmine Alkhaldi Xiandi Chua	8:19.94
4×100 m medley relay	Singapore Faith Khoo (1:04.23) Letitia Sim (1:07.32) Quah Jing Wen (59.10) Quah Ting Wen (56.32)	4:06.97 GR, NR	Philippines Teia Salvino Thanya Angelyn Cacho Jasmine Alkhaldi Miranda Renner	4:11.81	Thailand Saovanee Boonanphai Phurichaya Junyamitree Kamonchanok Kwanmuang Jenjira Srisaard	4:14.06

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m medley relay	Singapore Quah Zheng Wen (55.72) Nicholas Mahabir (1:00.80) Quah Jing Wen (58.88) Quah Ting Wen (56.32)	3:51.72 GR, NR	Philippines Jerard Jacinto Thanya Angelyn Cacho Jarod Hatch Jasmine Alkhaldi	3:57.01	Thailand Saovanee Boonamphai Dulyawat Kaewsriyong Navaphat Wongcharoen Kamonchanok Kwanmuang	3:58.18

Source: ^[4]

Notes

1. In the Heats, he set a new GR, NR & achieved OQT of 21.91s

References

1. "Majority of Cambodia SEA Games events to be held in Phnom Penh". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
2. "SEA Games 2023 Schedules". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
3. Gunston, Jo. "Singapore dominate swimming again at Southeast Asian Games 2023". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
4. "SEA Games Swimming". Retrieved 1 May 2023.