| Event: | Swimming |
| Games: | 1982 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Talkatora Swimming Pool |
| Dates: | 21–29 November 1982 |
| Prev: | 1978 |
| Next: | 1986 |
Swimming was contested at the 1982 Asian Games in Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi, from 21–29 November 1982.[1]
| 100 m freestyle | 53.00 | 54.12 | 54.18 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:57.41 | 1:58.16 | 1:58.23 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 4:08.71 | 4:10.05 | 4:10.30 | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle | 16:21.82 | 16:31.89 | 16:38.30 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 59.91 | 1:00.28 | 1:00.51 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:08.33 | 2:11.31 | 2:13.06 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.93 | 1:05.97 | 1:06.45 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:25.99 | 2:26.66 | 2:27.99 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 57.27 | 58.35 | 58.37 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:04.97 | 2:06.82 | 2:07.06 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:10.93 | 2:11.87 | 2:16.12 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:39.86 | 4:45.26 | 4:52.52 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Huang Guohua Huang Guangliang Wan Qiang Li Zhongyi | 3:33.74 | Satoshi Sumida Takuya Osumi Ikuhiro Terashita Taihei Saka | 3:38.40 | Zain Chaidir John David Item Gerald Item Lukman Niode | 3:41.05 | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Ikuhiro Terashita Takuya Osumi Akifumi Nishimuta Taihei Saka | 7:49.76 | Huang Guohua Wu Jinhuang Pan Jiazhang Li Zhongyi | 7:50.74 | Ridwan Muis John David Item Gerald Item Lukman Niode | 8:15.03 | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Kenji Ikeda Shigehiro Takahashi Taihei Saka Satoshi Sumida | 3:56.48 | Yang Xintian Ye Runcheng Chen Chao Li Zhongyi | 3:57.02 | Lukman Niode Faezal Mulyawan John David Item Gerald Item | 4:03.69 |
| 100 m freestyle | 57.88 | 1:00.39 | 1:01.15 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:06.12 | 2:09.75 | 2:11.34 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 4:25.72 | 4:27.67 | 4:34.02 | ||||
| 800 m freestyle | 9:03.05 | 9:10.47 | 9:20.92 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:06.39 | 1:06.98 | 1:08.24 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:21.96 | 2:22.85 | 2:27.36 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.73 | 1:14.85 | 1:15.15 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:33.78 | 2:43.22 | 2:45.46 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 1:02.22 | 1:02.69 | 1:04.81 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:16.63 | 2:16.81 | 2:21.79 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:24.32 | 2:25.45 | Shared silver | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 5:02.79 | 5:07.09 | 5:08.26 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Yumi Okazaki Chikako Nakamori Mika Saito Kaori Yanase | 3:59.27 | Li Miaohe Bao Hong Lin Fan Li Sha | 4:05.82 | Lai May May Gillian Chee Mavis Ee Chan Mui Pin | 4:12.02 | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Koto Maeda Hiroko Nagasaki Takemi Ise Kaori Yanase | 4:21.32 | Zhang Zhixin Shao Hong Lin Fan Bao Hong | 4:32.46 | Choi Yun-hui Kwen Woo-jung Kim Kum-hee Choi Yun-jung | 4:34.05 |