Japan wins nine medals on Para swimming’s opening day; October 20 reports recap the results
Competition took place October 19. Paraphoto’s report was published October 20 at 10:22 JST and updated at 10:23. These are swimming results for October 19, not all sports or October 20 totals.
IllustrationJapan won three gold, one silver and five bronze medals in swimming on October 19, the opening competition day at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games. October 20 reporting highlighted golds by Takayuki Suzuki, Ayano Tsujuchi and Aira Kinoshita.
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Competition took place October 19. Paraphoto’s report was published October 20 at 10:22 JST and updated at 10:23. These are swimming results for October 19, not all sports or October 20 totals.
Three gold medals in the first day of swimming
Paraphoto’s October 20 on-site report says Japan won nine medals as swimming opened on October 19 at Nagoya’s Rainbow Pool. The breakdown was three gold, one silver and five bronze. This is the swimming opening-day total, not the medal count for the whole Games.
The gold medallists and events
The Japanese Para-Swimming Federation lists Takayuki Suzuki in men’s 50m freestyle S4, Ayano Tsujuchi in women’s 100m freestyle S13 and Aira Kinoshita in women’s 200m freestyle S14 as gold medallists. The S notation identifies swimming classes. This article reviews the previous day’s results through October 20 reporting.
Sources & further reading
Our own summary based on the public information below.
- Paraphoto現地報道：水泳初日、日本勢9メダル ↗Source publication date: 2026-10-20
- 日本パラ水泳連盟：アジアパラ日本代表・メダル情報 ↗
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