2018 Asian Games: Japan And China In Dead Heat Through Day 2

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