Swimming was contested at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippine from May 5 to May 8, 1954.
| 100 m freestyle | 58.2 | 58.4 | 58.6 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 4:43.3 | 4:47.2 | 4:48.8 | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle | 19:13.0 | 19:13.9 | 19:48.5 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:07.1 | 1:09.0 | 1:09.7 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:41.9 | 2:42.2 | 2:48.1 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:48.3 | 2:49.1 | 3:00.6 | ||||
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 9:08.9 | 9:22.0 | 9:27.2 |
| 100 m freestyle | 1:09.7 | 1:10.4 | 1:10.5 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 5:32.2 | 5:39.4 | 5:43.9 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:21.6 | 1:22.1 | 1:23.3 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 3:03.6 | 3:08.5 | 3:09.9 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 1:28.3 | 1:36.5 | 1:37.5 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 4:49.6 | 5:15.6 | 5:42.2 |