List of Egyptian records in swimming

The Egyptian Records in Swimming represent the fastest times a swimmer representing Egypt ever swam. These records are kept/maintained by the Egyptian Swimming Federation.^[1]

Records are recognized for both males and females in the following long course (50m)^[2][3] and short course (25m)^[4][5] 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 (25m only), 200 and 400;
• relays: 4x50 free (25m only), 4x100 free, 4x200 free, 10x25 free (25m only), 10x50 free (50m only), 4x50 medley, and 4x100 medley.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.25		Ali Zinhom, TamerTamer Ali Zinhom	Al Ahly SC	1995	Egyptian Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[2]
100m freestyle	49.46		Khalafalla, AliAli Khalafalla	Indiana	3 December 2015	Hoosierland Invitational	Bloomington, United States	[6]
200m freestyle	1:47.73		El Kamash, MarwanMarwan El Kamash	Egypt	15 May 2015	Arena Pro Swim Series	Charlotte, United States	[7]
400m freestyle	3:48.06		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Al Ahly SC	9 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[8]
800m freestyle	7:49.83		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Al Ahly SC	4 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[9]
1500m freestyle	14:53.66		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Al Ahly SC	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[10]
50m backstroke	25.64		Abdalla, YoussefYoussef Abdalla	Egypt	5 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[11]
100m backstroke	54.93	sf	Abdalla, YoussefYoussef Abdalla	Egypt	25 August 2015	World Junior Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[12]
200m backstroke	2:01.37		Hussein, Ahmed MoustafaAhmed Moustafa Hussein	Arizona State	April 2003	USA Nationals	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
50m breaststroke	28.05		Elkamash, YoussefYoussef Elkamash	Grand Canyon Aquatics	4 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[13]
100m breaststroke	1:01.31		Elkamash, YoussefYoussef Elkamash	Grand Canyon Aquatics	14 April 2016	Arena Pro Swim Series	Mesa, United States	[14]
200m breaststroke	2:17.44		Mohamed Khatab, AymanAyman Mohamed Khatab	Sporting	June 2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	[2]
50m butterfly	24.18		Eissa, OmarOmar Eissa	Gezira	8 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[15]
100m butterfly	53.54		Eissa, OmarOmar Eissa	Egypt	7 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[16]
200m butterfly	1:58.87		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Al Ahly SC	10 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[17]
200m individual medley	2:00.22	sf	Khaled Hussein, MohamedMohamed Khaled Hussein	Al Ahly SC	5 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[18]
400m individual medley	4:23.02	h	Hamdy, AhmedAhmed Hamdy	Egypt	9 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[19]
4×50m  freestyle relay	1:36.25		Ahmed Salah Abdo Joseph George Ahmed Al Kafrawi Mustafa Atef	Al Ahly SC	2007	Egyptian Cup	Cairo, Egypt	[2]
4×100m  freestyle relay	3:20.22		(50.61) Omar Eissa  (49.98) Mohamed Khaled  (50.05) Marwan Elkamash  (49.68) Mohamed Samy	Egypt	9 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[20]
4×200m  freestyle relay	7:20.65		(1:51.60) Marwan Alamrawy  (1:50.63) Mohamed Samy  (1:48.61) Ahmed Akram Abbas  (1:49.81) Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	8 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[21]
10×50m  freestyle relay	4:08.76			-	2014	Egyptian Championships	Cairo, Egypt
4×50m  medley relay	1:45.80			-	2014	Egyptian Championships	Cairo, Egypt
4×100m  medley relay	3:41.97	h	(56.55) Mohamed Khaled  (1:01.85) Yossif El-Kamash  (53.73) Omar Eissa  (49.84) Marwan El-Kamash	Egypt	9 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[22]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Egyptian 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

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.92	AF	Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	California Golden Bears	16 January 2015	Arena Pro Swim Series	Austin, United States	[23]
100m freestyle	55.41		Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	6 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[24]
200m freestyle	2:01.93	h	Amr Elwani, RaniaRania Amr Elwani	Al Ahly SC	18 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	[3]
400m freestyle	4:20.24		-	2014
800m freestyle	8:54.74		Mohamed Kassem, ReemReem Mohamed Kassem	Al Ahly SC	2012	Cairo Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[3]
1500m freestyle	16:55.73		Mohamed Kassem, ReemReem Mohamed Kassem	Al Ahly SC	2012	Cairo Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[3]
50m backstroke	30.25		Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Al Gezira	19 December 2011	Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	[3]
100m backstroke	1:03.03	h	Moustafa Hegazy, DinaDina Moustafa Hegazy	Al Shams	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[3]
200m backstroke	2:14.28		Moustafa Hegazy, DinaDina Moustafa Hegazy	Trojan S.C.	19 June 2009	Swim Meet of Champions	Mission Viejo, United States	[3]
50m breaststroke	32.14	h	Atef, MaiMai Atef	Egypt	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[25]
100m breaststroke	1:10.83		-	2014	-
200m breaststroke	2:33.13		Abdelraouf Zinhom, SalmaSalma Abdelraouf Zinhom	Al Zohour	2002	Egyptian Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[3]
50m butterfly	25.78	AF	Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[26]
100m butterfly	58.22	so	Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[27]
200m butterfly	2:15.81		-	2014	-
200m individual medley	2:19.76		Hesham Ibrahim, RowidaRowida Hesham Ibrahim	Al Ahly SC	10 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[28]
400m individual medley	4:56.88		Hesham, RowidaRowida Hesham	Egypt	6 April 2016	6th Dubai International Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[29]
4×50m  freestyle relay	1:51.69		Heba Yehya Salma Zenhom Asmaa Katareya May Atef Hassan	Al Ahly SC	2007	Egyptian Cup	Cairo, Egypt	[3]
4×100m  freestyle relay	3:50.30		(56.71) Rwan Elbadry  (58.43) Salma Saber  (1:00.13) Maii Atif  (55.03) Farida Osman	Egypt	8 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[30]
4×200m  freestyle relay	8:30.84			Egypt	6 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[24]
10×50m  free relay	4:56.31		Salma Gamal Nadeen Salah Nouran Folifel Sameha Tarek Habeba Essam Shreifa Khashaba Meira Mohamed Malak Dahroug Nada Khaled Saba Ayman	Al Maadi	2012	Cairo Swimming Championship	Cairo, Egypt	[3]
4×50m  medley relay	2:05.72			-	2014	Egyptian Championships	Cairo, Egypt
4×100m  medley relay	4:15.18		(1:07.44) Mariam Sakr  (1:11.10) Maii Atif  (59.72) Farida Osman  (56.92) Rowan Elbadry	Egypt	11 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[31]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Egyptian 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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay	3:37.22		Farida Osman Rawan El-Badry Mohamed Samy Youssef Hammoud	Egypt	5 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[32]
4×100m medley relay	3:56.04		(57.28) Mohamed Samy  (1:02.67) Yossif Elkamash  (59.27) Farida Osman  (56.82) Rowan Elbadry	Egypt	10 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[33]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Egyptian Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short course (25m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.19	h	Egypt	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
100m freestyle	50.20	h	Hussein, MohamedMohamed Hussein	Egypt	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m freestyle	1:50.09	h	Farhoud, MohamedMohamed Farhoud	Egypt	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
400m freestyle	3:54.37	h	Gadallah, MohamedMohamed Gadallah	Egypt	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
800m freestyle	8:12.59	†	Gadallah, MohamedMohamed Gadallah	Egypt	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
1500m freestyle	15:36.89		Gadallah, MohamedMohamed Gadallah	Egypt	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
50m backstroke	26.20	h	Hussein, MohamedMohamed Hussein	Egypt	17 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100m backstroke	55.38	h	Hussein, MohamedMohamed Hussein	Egypt	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[34]
200m backstroke	1:59.57	h	Hussein, MohamedMohamed Hussein	Egypt	19 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
50m breaststroke	29.00		-	2003
100m breaststroke	1:03.71	h	Madkour, SherifSherif Madkour	Egypt	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
200m breaststroke	2:17.51	h	Madkour, SherifSherif Madkour	Egypt	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
50m butterfly	24.60	h	Hellal, MarawanMarawan Hellal	Egypt	17 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100m butterfly	53.55	h	Hellal, MarawanMarawan Hellal	Egypt	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m butterfly	1:59.49	h	Hellal, MarawanMarawan Hellal	Egypt	19 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100m individual medley	57.52	h	Hellal, MarawanMarawan Hellal	Egypt	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m individual medley	2:01.44		Mousa, AhmedAhmed Mousa	Egypt	18 October 2013	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[35]
400m individual medley	4:30.70	h	Gadallah, MohamedMohamed Gadallah	Egypt	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
4x50m  freestyle relay	1:37.41			-	2008
4x100m  freestyle relay	3:27.87	h		Egypt	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, Great Britain
4x200m  freestyle relay	7:31.38	h		Egypt	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, Great Britain
10x25m  freestyle relay	1:57.31			-	2005
4x50m  medley relay	1:49.18			-	2002
4x100m  medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Egyptian 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

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.14		-	1999
100m freestyle	54.69		-	1999
200m freestyle	1:59.41		-	1999
400m freestyle
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.74	h	Sakr, MariamMariam Sakr	Egypt	17 October 2013	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[36]
100m backstroke	1:05.49		-	2011
200m backstroke	2:17.38		Sakr, MariamMariam Sakr	Egypt	17 October 2013	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[37]
50m breaststroke	32.94		-	2008
100m breaststroke	1:10.74	h	Mostafa, MaiMai Mostafa	Egypt	17 October 2013	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[38]
200m breaststroke	2:30.76		-	2003
50m butterfly	27.48	h	Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	16 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100m butterfly	1:02.15	h	Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m butterfly	2:23.07		-	2011
100m individual medley	1:06.30		-	2011
200m individual medley	2:21.19		-	2011
400m individual medley
4x50m  freestyle relay	1:55.92			-	2001
4x100m  freestyle relay	4:10.64			-	1999
4x200m  freestyle relay
10x25m  freestyle relay	2:19.00			-	2003
4x50m  medley relay	2:08.16			-	2008
4x100m  medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Egyptian Swimming Federation;
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
Mixed 4×50m freestyle relay	1:39.13			Egypt	18 October 2013	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[39]
Mixed 4×50m medley relay	1:49.13		(29.92) Mariam Sakr  (32.23) Mai Mostafa  (24.62) Ahmed Mousa  (22.36) Shehab Younis	Egypt	17 October 2013	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[40]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Egyptian Swimming Federation;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

References

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External links

• ESF web site
• Egypt Swimming Records – Men
• Egypt Swimming Records – Women