Swimming at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games


The swimming competitions at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur took place at National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil. It was one of four aquatic sports at the games, along with diving, water polo, and synchronised swimming. Meanwhile, marathon swimming was held at the Putrajaya Lake.
The 2017 Games featured competitions in forty events.

Events

Similar to the program's format in 2015, swimming features a total of 40 events, including two 10 km open-water marathons. The following events will be contested :

Participation

Participating nations

Singapore once again proved to be a force to be reckoned with in the swimming events. Even with the home crowd supporting Malaysia, they were unbeatable to win all 6 relays. Quah Jing Wen, being in her second SEA Games, won 2 individual gold medals, beating the favorite Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên of Vietnam in the 200 m butterfly and her sister Quah Ting Wen in the 100 m butterfly. She also combined with her sister to emerge champion in the 3 relays. The Vietnamese queen took 8 gold medals, similar to her achievement in 2015. Welson Sim won the 200 and 400 m freestyle but was unable to take the third gold in the 1500 m freestyle where two Vietnamese proved too strong and the Malaysian managed a disappointing 4th.

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events