List of Papua New Guinean records in swimming

The Papua New Guinean records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers representing Papua New Guinea. The records are recognised and ratified by the nations swimming federation: Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc. The records are for both long course (50m) and short course (25m) events.

The events include:

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 23.10 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 10 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
100m freestyle 49.72 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 12 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China
200m freestyle 1:49.04 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 10 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China
400m freestyle 4:31.66 h Sheldon Plummer  Papua New Guinea 8 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [1]
800m freestyle 9:35.42 † Sheldon Plummer  Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [2]
1500m freestyle 18:02.31 Sheldon Plummer  Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [3]
50m backstroke 25.55 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 13 April 2016 Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia [4]
100m backstroke 54.99 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 8 April 2016 Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia
200m backstroke 2:31.85 h Nathan Nadesalingam  Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [5]
50m breaststroke 29.53 h Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 1 August 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom [6]
100m breaststroke 1:03.31 h Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 30 July 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom [7]
200m breaststroke 2:15.33 h Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 27 July 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [8]
50m butterfly 23.67 h, = Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 7 April 2016 Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia [9]
50m butterfly 23.67 = Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 7 April 2016 Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia [10]
100m butterfly 51.62 sf Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 15 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China
200m butterfly 2:14.82 h Benjamin Wells  Papua New Guinea 30 July 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom
200m individual medley 2:11.98 Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [11]
400m individual medley 5:20.72 Bobby Akunaii  Papua New Guinea 7 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [12]
4×100m freestyle relay 3:28.02
 Papua New Guinea 6 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [13]
4×200m freestyle relay 8:06.45
 Papua New Guinea 7 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [14]
4×100m medley relay 3:49.53
 Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [15]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Papua New Guinea Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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


Women

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 26.47 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 15 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China
100m freestyle 57.97 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 30 July 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy
200m freestyle 2:07.37 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 28 July 2009 World Championships Rome, Italy
400m freestyle 4:58.08 h Ebony Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 21 July 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Nassau, The Bahamas [16]
800m freestyle 10:51.86 Millie Knight  Papua New Guinea 9 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [17]
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke 31.03 sf Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 7 October 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India
100m backstroke 1:09.01 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 1 September 2011 Pacific Games Noumea, New Caledonia
200m backstroke 2:31.90 Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [18]
50m breaststroke 34.60 Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 8 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
100m breaststroke 1:16.03 h Barbara Vali-Skelton  Papua New Guinea 29 July 2013 World Championships Barcelona, Spain
200m breaststroke 2:44.95 Tegan McCarthy  Papua New Guinea 7 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [19]
50m butterfly 29.67 Georgia-Leigh Vele  Papua New Guinea 9 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [20]
100m butterfly 1:07.48 Tegan McCarthy  Papua New Guinea 10 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
200m butterfly 2:45.73 h Tegan McCarthy  Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [21]
200m individual medley 2:29.44 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 31 August 2007 (South) Pacific Games Apia, Samoa
400m individual medley 6:01.94 Britney Murray  Papua New Guinea 6 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [22]
4×100m freestyle relay 4:11.52
 Papua New Guinea 6 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
4×200m freestyle relay 9:12.16
 Papua New Guinea 10 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [23]
4×100m medley relay 4:38.31
 Papua New Guinea 11 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Papua New Guinea Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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

Mixed relay

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
4×50m freestyle relay 1:40.02
 Papua New Guinea 9 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [24]
4×100m freestyle relay 3:53.46 h
 Papua New Guinea 27 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea [25]
4×50m medley relay 1:52.04
 Papua New Guinea 8 July 2015 Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [26]
4×100m medley relay 4:13.90 h
 Papua New Guinea 5 August 2015 World Championships Kazan, Russia
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc.; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 22.16 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [27]
100m freestyle 48.24 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [28]
200m freestyle 1:52.08 h Samuel Seghers  Papua New Guinea 7 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [29]
400m freestyle 4:30.83 h Sheldon Plummer  Papua New Guinea 5 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [30]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke 24.08 rh Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [31]
100m backstroke 51.93 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 3 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [32]
200m backstroke 1:59.37 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 7 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [33]
50m breaststroke 29.18 h Ashley Seeto  Papua New Guinea 10 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [34]
100m breaststroke 1:02.19 h Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 22 September 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan [35]
200m breaststroke 2:17.57 h Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 8 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [36]
50m butterfly 23.31 h Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 5 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [37]
100m butterfly 52.18 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 9 November 2011 World Cup Beijing, China
200 m butterfly
100m individual medley 59.51 h Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea 25 September 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan [38]
200m individual medley 2:15.28 h Leonard Kalate  Papua New Guinea 22 September 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan [39]
400m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay 1:34.77 h
 Papua New Guinea 9 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [40]
4×100m freestyle relay 3:26.76 h
 Papua New Guinea 6 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [41]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay 1:43.99 h
 Papua New Guinea 10 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [42]
4×100m medley relay 3:51.10 h
 Papua New Guinea 11 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [43]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Papua New Guinea Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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

Women

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 26.76 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [44]
100m freestyle 58.79 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [45]
200m freestyle 2:13.04 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 7 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [46]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke 30.98 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [47]
100m backstroke 1:07.98 h Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 3 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [48]
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke 33.79 h B. Vali-Skelton  Papua New Guinea 12 December 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [49]
100m breaststroke 1:13.73 h B. Vali-Skelton  Papua New Guinea 14 December 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [50]
200m breaststroke 2:40.78 h Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 7 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [51]
50m butterfly 30.25 h Tegan McCarthy  Papua New Guinea 13 December 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [52]
100m butterfly 1:09.60 h Tegan McCarthy  Papua New Guinea 6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [53]
200 m butterfly
100m individual medley 1:08.61 h Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [54]
200m individual medley 2:30.07 h Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [55]
400 m individual medley
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay 4:08.36 h
 Papua New Guinea 5 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [56]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay 2:03.88 h
 Papua New Guinea 5 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [57]
4×100 m medley relay
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Papua New Guinea Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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

Mixed relay

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
4×50m freestyle relay 1:40.38 h
 Papua New Guinea 6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [58]
4×50m medley relay 1:50.71 h
 Papua New Guinea 4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [59]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Papua New Guinea Swimming;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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