Swimming at the 2021 SEA Games
| Swimming at the 2021 SEA Games | |
|---|---|
| File:VN 2021 Swimming.png | |
| Venue | Mỹ Đình Aquatics Center |
| Location | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Date | 14–19 May 2022 |
| Nations | 11 |
The swimming competitions at the 2021 SEA Games took place at Mỹ Đình Aquatics Center in Hanoi, Vietnam from 14 to 19 May 2022.[1] It is one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with diving, finswimming and canoeing.
Summary
Singapore dominated the swimming events again, winning just over half of the gold medals at 21 out of 40, in addition to 11 and 12 silver and bronze medals respectively. In total, Singapore won 44 medals.[2] Host Vietnam came in second with a total of 25 medals at 11 gold medals, 11 silver medals and three bronze medals. During the 4 × 100 m men freestyle relay event, both Singapore and Malaysia teams were disqualified by officials on technicalities shortly after winning gold and silver respectively. The Philippines team was also disqualified. Malaysia team coach Chris Martin said one of the Malaysian swimmers had entered the pool 0.12 s early during a changeover at the block.[3] A Singapore swimmer was also reportedly left his block early.[4] As a result, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand were awarded the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.[5][6] A total of 10 SEA games records and 13 national records were broken.
Participating nations
- File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia
- File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
- File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
- File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
- File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
- File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
- File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor
- File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Medal table
* Host nation (Vietnam)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 21 | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam* | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 40 | 41 | 39 | 120 | |
Medalists
| Key | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS | Asian record | GR | SEA Games record | NR | National record | ||
Men
Women
Notes
- ↑ Singapore and Malaysia initially finished the race in first and second position, winning the gold and silver medals respectively. Both teams were disqualified due to technicalities after it had ended, resulting in Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand being awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
References
- ↑ "SEA Games 2021 Schedules". 31st SEA Games - Viet Nam 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ↑ "World Championships, Commonwealth Games next on Team Singapore's swimming agenda | Video". CNA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ BERNAMA (15 May 2022). "National swimming team loses silver medal due to false start". BERNAMA. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Schooling loses first SEA Games gold over swim controversy". France 24. 2022-05-15. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ "SEA Games: Men's 4x100m freestyle relay controversy as Singapore, Malaysia swimmers disqualified". Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ↑ Kwek, Kimberly (14 May 2022). "SEA Games: Singapore men's 4x100m freestyle relay team disqualified after winning race". The Straits Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ↑ "Masniari Wolf Raih Emas di SEA Games 2022" [Masniari Wolf won gold in SEA Games 2022] (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 21 July 2024.