Aquatics at the 1981 SEA Games

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Aquatics at the 1981 SEA Games
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Aquatics at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games included swimming, diving and water polo events. The three sports of aquatics were held in Manila, Philippines. Aquatics events was held between 10 December to 13 December.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Lukman Niode	54.40	Gerald Item	54.80	Tay Khoon Hean	55.56
200 m freestyle	William Wilson	1:58.17	Lukman Niode	1:58.31	Gerald Item	2:00.28
400 m freestyle	William Wilson	4:11.68	Soo Tho Kok Mun	4:24.28	Vicente Cheng	4:24.65
1500 m freestyle	William Wilson	16:41.84	Soo Tho Kok Mun	17:16.30	F. A. Goesarso	17:36.84
100 m backstroke	Lukman Niode	1:01.13	Richard Luna	1:04.05	David Lim Fong Jock	1:04.32
200 m backstroke	Lukman Niode	2:15.82	David Lim Fong Jock	2:20.41	Richard Luna	2:22.78
100 m breaststroke	Jairulla Jaitulla	1:09.12	Tjatur Sugiarto	1:10.36	Francisco Guanco	1:10.62
200 m breaststroke	Tjatur Sugiarto	2:31.90	Francisco Guanco	2:32.06	Jairulla Jaitulla	2:32.49
100 m butterfly	John Item	1:00.54	Renato Padronia	1:00.85	Gerald Item	1:00.90
200 m butterfly	John Item	2:10.39	William Wilson	2:11.07	Gerald Item	2:11.20
200 m individual medley	Gerald Item	2:15.39	Jairulla Jaitulla	2:15.72	Lukman Niode	2:15.82
400 m individual medley	Gerald Item	4:47.76	John Item	4:50.60	William Wilson	4:50.80
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Indonesia	3:41.46	Singapore	3:44.46	Philippines	3:46.81
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Indonesia	8:11.56	Philippines	8:23.23	Singapore	8:23.64
4 × 100 m medley relay	Indonesia	4:06.47	Philippines	4:10.26	Singapore	4:12.26

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Helen Chow Hiew Kee	1:01.53	Nanik Juliati	1:02.99	Christine Jacob	1:03.71
200 m freestyle	Junie Sng	2:10.09	Elfira Rosa Nasution	2:17.87	Katerina Ong	2:18.71
400 m freestyle	Junie Sng	4:31.99	Katerina Ong	4:40.91	Elfira Rosa Nasution	4:45.54
800 m freestyle	Junie Sng	9:00.21 (rec)	Katerina Ong	9:26.11	Elfira Rosa Nasution	9:49.79
100 m backstroke	Helen Chow Hiew Kee	1:09.92	Nanik Juliati	1:12.10	Kwek Leng	1:12.12
200 m backstroke	Nanik Juliati	2:31.77	Kwek Leng	2:32.27	Pauline Wiwie	2:36.04
100 m breaststroke	Nanik Juliati	1:18.95	Helen Chow Hiew Kee	1:19.37	Sari Yulianti Saad	1:20.21
200 m breaststroke	Nanik Juliati	2:52.20	Sari Yulianti Saad	2:56.07	Ma Lourdes Samson	2:56.46
100 m butterfly	Junie Sng	1:05.82 (rec)	Helen Chow Hiew Kee	1:06.39	Mavis Ee	1:08.20
200 m butterfly	Junie Sng	2:21.20	Nunung Selowati	2:25.20	Mavis Ee	2:28.11
200 m individual medley	Junie Sng	2:27.55	Helen Chow Hiew Kee	2:28.27	Nanik Juliati	2:37.55
400 m individual medley	Junie Sng	5:05.70 (rec)	Helen Chow Hiew Kee	5:11.58	Mavis Eu	5:34.42
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Indonesia	4:15.80	Singapore	4:18.95	Philippines	4:21.06
4 × 100 m medley relay	Indonesia	4:44.38	Singapore	4:50.06	Philippines	4:52.98

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's springboard 3 m	Kristendy Permana	520.25	Sangwal Foungdee	500.25	Taufan Djawahir	493.35
Men's springboard	Kristendy Permana	490.85	Sangwal Foungdee	454.70	Haryo Ramayana	398.45
Men's	Eko Setiawan Lulus	506.15	Somchai Ongkasing	474.15	Teo Cheng Kiat	426.20
Men's platform	Somchai Ongkasing	453.55	Eko Setyawan Loeloes	440.65	Richard Tham	415.60
Women's springboard	Siani Ningsih	373.00	Lusiana Ambarwati	331.50	Annisa Tai	322.00
Women's springboard 3 m	Siani Ningsih	416.25	Lusiana Ambarwati	407.70	Annisa Tai	253.05
Women's	Siani Ningsih	321.70	Annisa Tai	256.50	Harli Ramayani	193.75
Women's platform	Siani Ningsih	308.80	Dwi Mariastuti	294.26	Not awarded (only 2 competitors)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Singapore	Indonesia	Malaysia

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	23	14	13	50
2	Singapore (SIN)	8	8	11	27
3	Philippines (PHI)	4	7	10	21
4	Malaysia (MAS)	2	6	3	11
5	Thailand (THA)	1	3	0	4
Totals (5 entries)		38	38	37	113

• Results The Straits Times, 11 December 1981, p. 39
• Results The Straits Times, 12 December 1981, p. 39
• Results The Straits Times 13 December 1981, p. 30