List of Maldivian records in swimming

The Maldivian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from the Maldives, which are recognised and ratified by the Swimming Association of Maldives.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 24.22 h Mohamed Aan Hussain  Maldives 1 August 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France [1]
50m freestyle 23.81 h, # Mohamed Aan Hussain  Maldives 1 August 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [2]
100m freestyle 53.80 h Mohamed Aan Hussain  Maldives 30 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [3]
200m freestyle 2:04.75 Mohamed Rihan Shiham  Maldives 10 April 2024 Thailand Age Group Championships Samut Prakan, Thailand
400m freestyle 4:28.34 Mohamed Rihan Shiham  Maldives 26 April 2024 Malaysia Invitational Age Group Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
800m freestyle 9:26.67 Mohamed Rihan Shiham  Maldives 9 April 2024 Thailand Age Group Championships Samut Prakan, Thailand
1500m freestyle 18:03.57 Mohamed Rihan Shiham  Maldives 23 May 2024 Malaysia Open Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
50m backstroke 29.51 Mohamed Aan Hussain  Maldives 26 February 2024 Asian Age Group Championships New Clark City, Philippines [4]
100m backstroke 1:04.51 rh Ali Imaan  Maldives 26 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China [4]
200m backstroke 2:22.88 h Ali Imaan  Maldives 29 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China [4]
50m breaststroke 33.24 h Mubal Azzam Ibrahim  Maldives 13 February 2024 World Championships Doha, Qatar [4]
100m breaststroke 1:14.58 h Mubal Azzam Ibrahim  Maldives 11 February 2024 World Championships Doha, Qatar [4]
200m breaststroke 2:45.81 Ifzaal Mahfooz  Maldives 29 February 2024 Asian Age Group Championships New Clark City, Philippines
50m butterfly 26.77 Mohamed Shiham Aqua Development 11 April 2025 Hungarian Championships Kaposvár, Hungary [5]
100m butterfly 1:00.14 Mohamed Shiham  Maldives 25 May 2024 Malaysia Open Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
200m butterfly 2:25.20 h Mohamed Shiham  Maldives 29 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [6]
200m individual medley 2:22.07 Mohamed Shiham  Maldives 26 May 2024 Malaysia Open Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
400m individual medley 5:14.03 Mohamed Shiham  Maldives 26 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China
4×100m freestyle relay 3:49.94
  • Mohamed Yaman Yassin
  • Mubal Azzam Ibrahim
  • Ali Imaan
  • Mohamed Aan Hussain
 Maldives February 2024 Asian Age Group Championships New Clark City, Philippines
4×200m freestyle relay 8:48.87
  • Mubal Azzam Ibrahim
     (2:09.68)
  • Mohamed Aan Hussain
     (2:09.29)
  • Ali Imaan
     (2:13.11)
  • Mohamed Rihan Shiham
     (2:16.79)
 Maldives 29 August 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games Antananarivo, Madagascar [7]
4×100m medley relay 4:25.69
  • Imaan Ali
     (1:04.51)
  • Mubal Azzam Ibrahim
     (1:15.49)
  • Mohamed Rihan Shiham
     (1:03.52)
  • Ahmed Neeq Niyaz
     (1:02.17)
- -
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Swimming Association of Maldives; WRWorld record; ASAsian 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
50 m freestyle 29.29 Aishath Shaig  Maldives 27 February 2024 Asian Age Group Championships New Clark City, Philippines [8]
50 m freestyle 28.64 h, # Aishath Shaig  Maldives 13 December 2024 Western Australian Championships Perth, Australia
100 m freestyle 1:05.71 h Aminath Shajan  Maldives 10 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [9]
200 m freestyle 2:25.32 Aminath Shajan - Thailand Age Group Championships Thailand
400 m freestyle 5:10.57 Aminath Shajan  Maldives 59th Milo/Pram Malaysia Open Malaysia
800 m freestyle 10:41.41 Aminath Shajan  Maldives 8 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [10]
1500 m freestyle 22:32.83 Een Abbas Shareef - 2022 Singaporean Championships
50 m backstroke 34.32 h Sausan Aishath  Maldives 29 August 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games Antananarivo, Madagascar [11]
50 m backstroke 34.18 h, # Aishath Shaig  Maldives 16 December 2024 Western Australian Championships Perth, Australia
100 m backstroke 1:13.49 h Amna Thazkiyah Mirsaad  Maldives 28 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [12]
200 m backstroke 2:53.55 h Sausan Aishath  Maldives 23 June 2022 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [13]
50 m breaststroke 37.17 Sajina Aishath  Maldives 59th Milo/Pram Malaysia Open Malaysia
100 m breaststroke 1:23.38 h Hamna Ahmed Stipendium Hungaricum 9 April 2025 Hungarian Championships Kaposvár, Hungary [14]
200 m breaststroke 3:03.69[a] h Hamna Ahmed Stipendium Hungaricum 11 April 2025 Hungarian Championships Kaposvár, Hungary [15]
50 m butterfly 31.68 Hanan Haleem  Maldives 25 April 2024 Malaysia Invitational Age Group Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
100 m butterfly 1:13.96 h Meral Ayn Latheef  Maldives 14 June 2024 Singaporean Championships Singapore, Singapore
200 m butterfly 3:04.45 h Meral Ayn Latheef  Maldives 24 September 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou, China
200 m individual medley 2:44.34 h Meral Ayn Latheef  Maldives 27 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [16]
400 m individual medley 6:09.10 Meral Ayn Latheef - 2024 Devon County Age Group Championships United Kingdom
4×100 m freestyle relay 4:44.87
 Maldives 6 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [17]
4×200 m freestyle relay 10:50.31
  • Hamna Ahmed
     (2:41.66)
  • Hanan Hussain Haleem
     (2:41.23)
  • Een Abbas Shareef
     (2:44.51)
  • Meral Ayn Latheef
     (2:42.91)
 Maldives 27 September 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou, China
4×100 m medley relay 5:15.09
 Maldives 28 August 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games Antananarivo, Madagascar [18]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Swimming Association of Maldives; WRWorld record; ASAsian 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
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay 4:20.79  Maldives 27 August 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games Antananarivo, Madagascar [19]
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay 4:41.83 h
  • Hamna Ahmed
     (1:19.87)
  • Mubal Azzam Ibrahim
     (1:14.47)
  • Mohamed Rihan Shiham
     (1:01.39)
  • Aishath Ulya Shaig
     (1:06.10)
 Maldives 14 February 2024 World Championships Doha, Qatar [20]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Swimming Association of Maldives; WRWorld record; ASAsian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 25.00 h Mohamed Aan Hussain  Maldives 18 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [21]
100m freestyle 56.25 h Ibrahim Nishwan  Maldives 10 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [22]
200m freestyle 2:05.04 h Mubal Ibrahim  Maldives 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [23]
400m freestyle 4:24.45 Ali Imaan - -
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke 29.23 h Ali Imaan  Maldives 29 October 2021 World Cup Kazan, Russia [24]
100m backstroke 1:03.02 Ali Imaan - -
200m backstroke 2:24.26 Ali Imaan  Maldives 6 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [25]
50m breaststroke 32.95 h Hassan Ashraf  Maldives 15 December 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [26]
100m breaststroke 1:12.81 h Hassan Ashraf  Maldives 12 December 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [27]
200m breaststroke 2:40.57 h Hassan Ashraf  Maldives 14 December 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [28]
50m butterfly 27.68 h Ibrahim Nishwan  Maldives 5 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [29]
100m butterfly 1:00.71 h Ibrahim Nishwan  Maldives 7 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [30]
200m butterfly 2:27.12 Mohamed Rihan Shiham - -
100m individual medley 1:04.93 h Ali Imaan  Maldives 28 October 2021 World Cup Kazan, Russia [31]
200m individual medley 2:19.77 Mubal Azzam Ibrahim - -
400m individual medley 5:00.64 Mubal Azzam Ibrahim - -
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay 3:59.02
 Maldives 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [32]
4×200m freestyle relay 9:06.74  Maldives 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [33]
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay 4:32.54
  • Imaan Ali
  • Ashraf Hassan
  • Haish Hussain
  • Mubah Hussain
 Maldives 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [34]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Swimming Association of Maldives; WRWorld record; ASAsian 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
50 m freestyle 29.81 h Aminath Shajan  Maldives 11 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [35]
100 m freestyle 1:06.01 h Aminath Shajan  Maldives 4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [36]
200 m freestyle 2:28.41 h Aminath Shajan  Maldives 7 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [37]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke 32.78 h Aishath Sausan  Maldives 19 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [38]
100 m backstroke 1:14.03 h Aishath Sausan  Maldives 16 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [39]
200 m backstroke 2:43.61 h Aishath Sausan  Maldives 18 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [40]
50 m breaststroke 37.13 Hamna Ahmed - 2024 Hajós Alfred Kupa 3. Forduló Hungary
100 m breaststroke 1:22.65 Hamna Ahmed - 2024 Országos Rövidpályás Bajnokság Hungary
200 m breaststroke 3:00.53 Hamna Ahmed - 2024 Országos Rövidpályás Bajnokság Hungary
50 m butterfly 32.78 h Aminath Hussain  Maldives 10 April 2008 World Championships Manchester, United Kingdom
100 m butterfly 1:23.16 h Aishath Sausan  Maldives 15 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [41]
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley 1:19.91 h Aishath Sausan  Maldives 13 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [42]
200 m individual medley 2:57.23 h Aishath Sausan  Maldives 10 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [43]
400 m individual medley
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay 4:43.57
 Maldives 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [44]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay 5:22.99
 Maldives 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [45]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Swimming Association of Maldives; WRWorld record; ASAsian 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
4×50 m freestyle relay 1:57.70 h
 Maldives 12 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [46]
4×50 m medley relay 2:14.46 h
 Maldives 13 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [47]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Swimming Association of Maldives;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Notes

  1. ^ by official result source; 3:04.53 by federation source; but this was obviously the old record

References

General
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