List of Palauan records in swimming

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

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50 m freestyle 24.88 h Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 1 August 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [1]
100 m freestyle 54.10 h Noel Keane  Palau 24 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea [2]
200 m freestyle 1:59.77 Noel Keane  Palau 11 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [3]
400 m freestyle 4:18.65 Noel Keane  Palau 13 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [4]
800 m freestyle 9:12.19 † Noel Keane  Palau 12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [5]
1500 m freestyle 17:20.61 Noel Keane  Palau 12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [6]
50 m backstroke 29.09 Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 22 April 2024 Oceania Championships Gold Coast, Australia [7]
100 m backstroke 1:04.42 h Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 21 April 2024 Oceania Championships Gold Coast, Australia [8]
200 m backstroke 2:26.26 Noel Keane  Palau 24 March 2017 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
50 m breaststroke 32.88 h Noel Keane  Palau 11 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [9]
100 m breaststroke 1:14.40 h Jion Hosei  Palau 23 November 2023 Pacific Games Honiara, Solomon Islands [10]
200 m breaststroke 2:40.70 Noel Keane  Palau 9 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [11]
50 m butterfly 26.56 h Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 27 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [12]
100 m butterfly 59.85 Noel Keane  Palau 10 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [13]
200 m butterfly 2:23.21 -
200 m individual medley 2:16.11 h Noel Keane  Palau 12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [14]
400 m individual medley 4:50.59 Noel Keane  Palau
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:51.72
  • Charlie Gibbons
     (59.25)
  • Travis Sakurai
     (58.60)
  • Jion Hosei
     (57.49)
  • Kazuumi Nestor
     (56.38)
  Palau 23 April 2024 Oceania Championships Gold Coast, Australia [15]
4×200 m freestyle relay 8:45.18
  • Travis Sakurai
     (2:12.01)
  • Kazuumi Nestor
     (2:10.84)
  • Charlie Gibbons
     (2:11.83)
  • Jion Hosei
     (2:10.50)
  Palau 22 April 2024 Oceania Championships Gold Coast, Australia [16]
4×100 m medley relay 4:25.36
  • Kazuumi Nestor
     (1:05.15)
  • Jion Hosei
     (1:14.83)
  • Charlie Gibbons
     (1:07.81)
  • Travis Sakurai
     (57.57)
  Palau 24 April 2024 Oceania Championships Gold Coast, Australia [17]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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
50 m freestyle 27.99 Nicole Hayes - 2001
100 m freestyle 1:00.40 Nicole Hayes - 2001
200 m freestyle 2:11.01 Nicole Hayes - 2001
400 m freestyle 5:02.28 Osisang Chilton  Palau 28 June 2018 Oceania Championships Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [18]
800 m freestyle 10:28.54 Osisang Chilton  Palau 29 June 2018 Oceania Championships Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [19]
1500 m freestyle 20:06.36 Osisang Chilton  Palau -
50 m backstroke 32.93 Nicole Hayes - -
100 m backstroke 1:16.55 h Osisang Chilton  Palau 22 July 2019 World Championships Gwangju, South Korea [20]
200 m backstroke 2:46.60 h Osisang Chilton  Palau 28 July 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [21]
50 m breaststroke 38.60 Romellen Maidoo  Palau 14 March 2015 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands [22]
100 m breaststroke 1:26.71 Romellen Maidoo  Palau 12 March 2015 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands [23]
200 m breaststroke 3:16.59 Romellen Maidoo  Palau 13 March 2015 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands [24]
50 m butterfly 30.60 h Dirngulbai Misech  Palau 9 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [25]
100 m butterfly 1:10.22 Nicole Hayes - 2002
200 m butterfly 2:51.25 Osisang Chilton - 2016
200 m individual medley 2:36.77 Nicole Hayes - -
400 m individual medley 6:09.08 Osisang Chilton  Palau -
4×50 m freestyle relay 2:05.72
 Palau 14 March 2015 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands [26]
4×100 m freestyle relay 4:46.19 - 2002
4×200 m freestyle relay 10:29.97 - 2002
4×50 m medley relay 2:25.21
 Palau 13 March 2015 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands [27]
4×100 m medley relay 5:25.83
 Palau 12 March 2015 SSC International Meet Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands [28]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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
4×50 m freestyle relay 1:51.48
 Palau 12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [29]
4×100 m freestyle relay 4:16.70
 Palau 24 June 2016 Oceania Championships Suva, Fiji [30]
4×50 m medley relay 2:07.23  Palau 13 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [31]
4×100 m medley relay 4:54.60
 Palau 21 June 2016 Oceania Championships Suva, Fiji [32]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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
50 m freestyle 24.20 h Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 14 December 2024 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [33]
100 m freestyle 53.32 h Noel Keane  Palau 3 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [34]
200 m freestyle 1:56.72 h Noel Keane  Palau 12 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [35]
400 m freestyle 4:24.80 Travis Sakurai  Palau 30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [36]
800 m freestyle 9:22.25 Noel Keane - 30 June 2017 -
1500 m freestyle 17:42.52 Noel Keane - 19 June 2019 Belau Game Koror, Palau
50 m backstroke 26.40 Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 30 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [37]
100 m backstroke 56.88 Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 4 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [38]
200 m backstroke 2:10.60 Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 2 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [39]
50m breaststroke 30.93 h Jion Hosei  Palau 1 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [40]
100 m breaststroke 1:07.44 h Jion Hosei  Palau 2 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [41]
200 m breaststroke 2:32.42 h Jion Hosei  Palau 30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [42]
50 m butterfly 26.34 h Noel Keane  Palau 2 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [43]
100 m butterfly 58.02 h Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 1 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [44]
200 m butterfly 2:12.07 Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 3 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [45]
100 m individual medley 59.32 Kazuumi Nestor  Palau 30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [46]
200 m individual medley 2:16.83 Noel Keane  Palau 6 April 2019 Micronesian National Championships Koror, Palau
400 m individual medley 4:54.86 Noel Keane - 20 June 2019 Belau Game Koror, Palau
4×50 m freestyle relay 1:47.94  Palau 2021 -
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:34.94
  • Travis Sakurai
  • Jion Hosei
  • Noel Kean
  • Kazuumi Nestor
  Palau 30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [47]
4×200 m freestyle relay 7:57.33
  • Travis Sakurai
  • Kazuumi Nestor
  • Charlie Gibbons
  • Noel Kean
  Palau 2 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [48]
4×50 m medley relay 2:01.63  Palau 2021 -
4×100 m medley relay 4:00.75
  • Kazuumi Nestor
  • Jion Hosei
  • Charlie Gibbons
  • Noel Kean
  Palau 4 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [49]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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
50 m freestyle 28.53 Nicole Hayes - 27 July 2002 -
100 m freestyle 1:01.50 h Dirngulbai Misech  Palau 12 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [50]
200 m freestyle 2:19.69 Dirngulbai Misech - 21 June 2019 Belau Game Koror, Palau
400 m freestyle 4:47.14 Nicole Hayes - 7 August 1998 -
800 m freestyle 10:15.29 h Osisang Chilton  Palau 7 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [51]
1500 m freestyle 20:22.80 Osisang Chilton - 6 April 2019 -
50m backstroke 33.20 Dirngulbai Misech - 21 June 2019 Belau Game Koror, Palau
100 m backstroke 1:12.10 h Osisang Chilton  Palau 11 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [52]
200 m backstroke 2:39.50 h Osisang Chilton  Palau 8 December 2016 World Championships Windsor, Canada [53]
50 m breaststroke 37.45 - - - -
100 m breaststroke 1:23.98 - - - -
200 m breaststroke 3:01.41 - - - -
50 m butterfly 30.60 h Dirngulbai Misech  Palau 18 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [54]
100 m butterfly 1:08.44 h Dirngulbai Misech  Palau 15 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [55]
200 m butterfly 2:59.23 Dirngulbai Misech - 25 June 2015 -
100 m individual medley 1:14.56 h Hanna Ruluked  Palau 30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [56]
200 m individual medley 2:35.20 h Nicole Hayes - 8 August 1998 -
400 m individual medley 5:27.21 Nicole Hayes - -
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 Palau Swimming Association; 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
4×50 m freestyle relay 1:48.94
 Palau 3 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [57]
4×50 m medley relay 1:59.48
 Palau 1 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [58]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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

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