List of Nigerian records in swimming
Appearance
The Nigerian Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Nigeria. These records are kept/maintained by the Nigeria Swimming Federation.
Records are recognized for the following long course (50m) events:
- freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
- backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
- breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
- butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
- individual medley (I.M.): 100, 200 and 400;
- relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.
All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.
Long Course (50m)
Men
Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
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50m freestyle | 23.70 | Musa Bakare | - | 1992 | ||||
100m freestyle | 51.89 | r | Phillip Adejumo | ![]() |
23 August 2019 | African Games | Casablanca, Morocco | [1] |
200m freestyle | 2:00.08 | r | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
7 September 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [2] |
400m freestyle | 4:28.38 | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
8 September 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [3] | |
800m freestyle | 9:40.42 | Samson Opuakpo | Delta State | April 2006 | Nigeria Sports Festival | Abeokuta, Nigeria | ||
1500m freestyle | 18:31.55 | Yimisi Yolomi | - | 1989 | - | |||
50m backstroke | 27.58 | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
5 September 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [4] | |
100m backstroke | 1:01.19 | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
9 September 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [5][6] | |
200m backstroke | 2:22.70 | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
July 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
50m breaststroke | 29.74 | Eric Williams | Rivers States | July 15, 2012 | Chief of Naval Staff Championships |
Calabar, Nigeria | [5] | |
100m breaststroke | 1:06.83 | Eric Williams | ![]() |
July 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
200m breaststroke | 2:33.09 | Eric Williams | ![]() |
September 2006 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | ||
50m butterfly | 24.46 | Yellow Yeiyah | ![]() |
July 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
100m butterfly | 54.20 | Phillip Adejumo | ![]() |
23 August 2019 | African Games | Casablanca, Morocco | [7] | |
200m butterfly | 2:13.11 | Sunday Ayejoh | ![]() |
September 2006 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | ||
200m individual medley | 2:19.19 | Oluesyi Fatayi-Williams | ![]() |
September 10, 2011 | African Games | Maputo, Mozambique | ||
400m individual medley | 5:06.01 | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
July 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
4×100m freestyle relay |
3:39.59 | ![]() |
1993 | - | ||||
4×200m freestyle relay |
8:18.09 | ![]() |
July 13, 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | |||
4×100m medley relay |
4:04.41 | ![]() |
October 2003 | African Games | Abuja, Nigeria |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Women
Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 freestyle | 27.31 | Ngozi Monu | ![]() |
Jul 13, 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
100 freestyle | 1:00.50 | Ngozi Monu | - | 2007 | - | |||
200m freestyle | 2:15.44 | h | Abiola Ogunbanwo | ![]() |
23 July 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [8] |
400 freestyle | 4:59.90 | Ifiezibe Gagbe | ![]() |
July 13, 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
800 freestyle | 10:45.50 | R. Fibgele | - | 1981 | - | |||
1500 freestyle | - | - | ||||||
50 backstroke | 31.06 | Obia Inyengiyikabo | ![]() |
October 2003 | African Games | Abuja, Nigeria | [9] | |
100 backstroke | 1:07.78 | Obia Inyengiyikabo | ![]() |
October 2003 | African Games | Abuja, Nigeria | ||
200 backstroke | 2:43.64 | Obia Inyengiyikabo | Rivers | 1992 | [5] | |||
50 breaststroke | 33.81 | Racheal Tonjor | ![]() |
September 7, 2011 | African Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [5] | |
100 breaststroke | 1:15.49 | Racheal Tonjor | ![]() |
September 7, 2011 | African Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [10] | |
200 breaststroke | 2:51.93 | Blessing Forcados | ![]() |
July 13, 2007 | African Games | Algiers, Algeria | ||
50m butterfly | 28.74 | h | Timipame-ere Akiayefa | ![]() |
22 August 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | [11] |
100 butterfly | 1:07.71 | Faith Edorodion | ![]() |
September 8, 2011 | African Games | Maputo, Mozambique | [5][10] | |
200 butterfly | 2:41.76 | Ikhaghomi Joshua | - | 1992 | - | |||
200 I.M. | 2:39.49 | Ikhaghomi Joshua | Rivers | 1992 | - | [5] | ||
400 I.M. | 5:57.87 | D. Edema | - | 1991 | - | |||
4×100 free relay |
4:15.43 | ![]() |
1991 | - | ||||
4×200 freestyle relay |
10:20.18 | ![]() |
1987 | - | ||||
4×100 medley relay |
4:46.26 | ![]() |
1991 | - |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Mixed relay
Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4×100m freestyle relay | 3:50.90 |
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23 August 2019 | African Games | Casablanca, Morocco | [12] | |
4×100m medley relay | 4:24.61 | ![]() |
10 September 2015 | All-Africa Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | [13] |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat
Records not set in finals: h – heat
Short Course (25m)
A source is needed to show that Nigeria short course records exist.[citation needed]
Men
Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50m freestyle | 23.82 | h | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
13 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [14] |
100m freestyle | 52.18 | h | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
15 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [15] |
200m freestyle | 1:58.54 | h | Leon Osayi Owie | SG Siegen | 2 November 2019 | NRW Championships | Wuppertal, Germany | [16] |
400m freestyle | 4:23.16 | Leon Osayi Owie | SG Siegen | 26 October 2019 | 49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken | Siegen, Germany | ||
800m freestyle | 9:10.37 | Leon Osayi Owie | SG Siegen | 26 October 2019 | 49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken | Siegen, Germany | ||
1500m freestyle | 17:47.79 | Leon Osayi Owie | SG Siegen | 26 October 2019 | 49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken | Siegen, Germany | ||
50m backstroke | 26.17 | h | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
14 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [17] |
100m backstroke | 59.17 | h | Samson Opuakpo | ![]() |
12 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [18] |
200 m backstroke | ||||||||
50m breaststroke | 31.14 | h | Forsight Osamezu | ![]() |
6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [19] |
100m breaststroke | 1:11.13 | h | Forsight Osamezu | ![]() |
3 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [20] |
200 m breaststroke | ||||||||
50m butterfly | 25.07 | h | Yellow Yeiyah | ![]() |
17 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
100m butterfly | 57.74 | h | Yellow Yeiyah | ![]() |
15 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
200m butterfly | 2:20.20 | h | Sunday Price Ayejon | ![]() |
13 April 2008 | World Championships | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
100m individual medley | 1:01.11 | h | Yellow Yeiyah | ![]() |
18 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
200m individual medley | 2:17.56 | Leon Osayi Owie | SG Siegen | 26 October 2019 | 49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken | Siegen, Germany | ||
400m individual medley | 5:01.59 | Leon Osayi Owie | SG Siegen | 26 October 2019 | 49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken | Siegen, Germany | ||
4×50 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
4×100 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
4×200 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
4×50 m medley relay | ||||||||
4×100 m medley relay |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Women
A source is needed to show that Nigeria short course records exist.[citation needed]
Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50m freestyle | 26.94 | h | Ngozi Monu | ![]() |
12 April 2008 | Short Course Worlds | Manchester, United Kingdom | [21] |
100m freestyle | 59.95 | Ngozi Monu | - | 2008 | ||||
200m freestyle | 2:13.83 | h | Ngozi Monu | ![]() |
13 April 2008 | Short Course Worlds | Manchester, United Kingdom | [22] |
400 m freestyle | ||||||||
800 m freestyle | ||||||||
1500 m freestyle | ||||||||
50m backstroke | 35.47 | h | Uche Monu | ![]() |
12 April 2008 | Short Course Worlds | Manchester, United Kingdom | [23] |
100m backstroke | 1:14.83 | h | Uche Monu | ![]() |
9 April 2008 | Short Course Worlds | Manchester, United Kingdom | [24] |
200 m backstroke | ||||||||
50m breaststroke | 35.35 | h | Rachael Tonjor | ![]() |
12 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [25] |
100m breaststroke | 1:17.95 | h | Rachael Tonjor | ![]() |
5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [26] |
200 m breaststroke | ||||||||
50m butterfly | 31.02 | h | Faith Edorodoin | ![]() |
13 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [27] |
100m butterfly | 1:09.60 | h | Faith Edorodoin | ![]() |
15 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [28] |
200 m butterfly | ||||||||
100m individual medley | 1:15.60 | h | Rachael Tonjor | ![]() |
16 December 2010 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
200 m individual medley | ||||||||
400 m individual medley | ||||||||
4×50 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
4×100 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
4×200 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
4×50 m medley relay | ||||||||
4×100 m medley relay |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
References
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