List of Indian records in swimming

The India Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing India. These records are maintained by Swimming Federation of India (SFI).^[1]

SFI keeps records for both for men and women. Records are kept in the following events (by stroke):

• 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: 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;
• relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free and 4 × 100 medley.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.55		Khade, VirdhawalVirdhawal Khade	India	August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan
100m freestyle	49.47		Khade, VirdhawalVirdhawal Khade	India	October 2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India
200m freestyle	1:49.86		Khade, VirdhawalVirdhawal Khade	India	October 2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India
400m freestyle	3:57.44		Sajan, PrakashPrakash Sajan	India	1 October 2015	Asian Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[2]
800m freestyle	8:12.57		Sangvekar, SaurabhSaurabh Sangvekar	Karnataka	November 2011	India Nationals	Ranchi, India
1500m freestyle	15:45.29	h	Prakash, SajanSajan Prakash	Kerala	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[3]
50m backstroke	26.86		Madhu, P.S.P.S. Madhu	India	February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[4]
100m backstroke	57.94		Madhu, P.S.P.S. Madhu	India	February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[5]
200m backstroke	2:06.92	h	Poncha, RehanRehan Poncha	India	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[6]
50m breaststroke	27.84		Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	10 August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[7]
100m breaststroke	1:00.97		Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	11 August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[7]
200m breaststroke	2:12.02		Sejwal, SandeepSandeep Sejwal	India	12 August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[8]
50m butterfly	24.14		Khade, VirdhawalVirdhawal Khade	India	26 November 2009	Asian Championships	Foshan, China	[9]
100m butterfly	52.77		Khade, VirdhawalVirdhawal Khade	India	10 August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[7]
200m butterfly	2:00.70		Poncha, RehanRehan Poncha	India	13 August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[10]
200m individual medley	2:05.89		Poncha, RehanRehan Poncha	Karnataka	8 October 2009	India Nationals	Thiruvananthapuram, India	[11]
400m individual medley	4:29.89		Poncha, RehanRehan Poncha	India	12 August 2009	Asia Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[8]
4×100m   freestyle relay	3:25.35		(51.64) Aaron D'Souza  (51.93) Rehan Poncha  (53.90) Ashwin Menon  (48.88) Virdhawal Khade	India	28 November 2009	Asian Championships	Foshan, China	[9]
4×200m   freestyle relay	7:34.50		(1:51.67) Aaron Agnel Dsouza Dsouza Sajan Prakash Prakash Neil Himanshu Contractor Saurabh Sangvekar	India	22 September 2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	[12]
4×100m   medley relay	3:45.53		(58.73) Rehan Poncha  (1:01.68) Sandeep Sejwal  (55.40) Aaron D'Souza  (49.72) Virdhawal Khade	India	November 2009	Asian Championships	Foshan, China

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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	26.37		Tandon, ShikhaShikha Tandon	India	4 May 2008	Malaysia Open Championships	Bukit Jalil, Malaysia	[13]
100m freestyle	57.00		Tandon, ShikhaShikha Tandon	India	2008	-	Singapore
200m freestyle	2:04.34		Shivani, KatariaKataria Shivani	India	2 October 2015	Asian Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[2]
400m freestyle	4:25.76		Mishra, RichaRicha Mishra	Police	November 2011	India Nationals	Ranchi, India
800m freestyle	9:06.31		Mishra, RishaRisha Mishra	Police	2011	-
1500m freestyle	17:33.35		Mishra, RichaRicha Mishra	India	13 August 2009	Asian Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[10]
50m backstroke	30.06		Patel, MaanaMaana Patel	Gujarat	February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[14]
100m backstroke	1:04.21		Patel, MaanaMaana Patel	Gujarat	October 2015	Asian Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand
200m backstroke	2:22.06		Patel, MaanaMaana Patel	Gujarat	February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[15]
50m breaststroke	34.29		Priyadarshini, PriyankaPriyanka Priyadarshini	Delhi	2 October 2012	India Nationals	Chennai, India	[16]
100m breaststroke	1:16.31		Priyadarshini, PriyankaPriyanka Priyadarshini	Delhi	4 October 2012	India Nationals	Chennai, India
200m breaststroke	2:46.39		Shetty, SajaniSajani Shetty	Karnataka	4 June 1997	India National Games	Bangalore, India	[17]
50m butterfly	28.89		Pansare, JyotsnaJyotsna Pansare	Maharashtra	July 2015	32nd Sub Junior and 42nd Junior Championships	Pune, India
100m butterfly	1:03.24		Maghavi, ArhathaArhatha Maghavi	Karnataka	7 October 2009	India Nationals	Thiruvananthapuram, India	[18]
200m butterfly	2:18.66		Mishra, RichaRicha Mishra	India	August 2007	Asian Age Group Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia
200m individual medley	2:23.62		Mishra, RichaRicha Mishra	Police	27 August 2010	India Nationals	Jaipur, India	[19]
400m individual medley	5:01.08		Mishra, RichaRicha Mishra	India	August 2007	Asian Age Group Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia
4×100m   free relay	4:01.18			India	10 October 2011	Asian Age Group Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia
4×200m   free relay	8:53.83			Maharashtra	2012	-
4×100m   medley relay	4:30.91		Damini Gowda Chahat Arora Maana Patel Shivani Kataria	India	10 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.12	h	Poseria, AnkurAnkur Poseria	India	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[20]
100m freestyle	51.14	h	Poseria, AnkurAnkur Poseria	India	12 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[20]
200m freestyle	1:59.36	h	Arcot Vijaykumar, JaywantJaywant Arcot Vijaykumar	India	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[21]
400m freestyle	4:07.77	h	Debnath, Sanu DebnathSanu Debnath Debnath	India	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[22]
800m freestyle	8:32.13	†	Debnath, Sanu DebnathSanu Debnath Debnath	India	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
1500m freestyle	16:05.63		Debnath, Sanu DebnathSanu Debnath Debnath	India	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
50m backstroke	27.48	h	Chokshi, Rahul MonalRahul Monal Chokshi	India	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[24]
100m backstroke	58.96	h	Imoliya, RohitRohit Imoliya	India	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[25]
200m backstroke	2:02.52	h	Poncha, Rehan JehangirRehan Jehangir Poncha	India	19 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[26]
50m breaststroke	29.31	h	Jayaprakash, AgnishwarAgnishwar Jayaprakash	India	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[27]
100m breaststroke	1:03.55	h	Jayaprakash, AgnishwarAgnishwar Jayaprakash	India	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[28]
200m breaststroke	2:26.89	h	Mani, ArvindArvind Mani	India	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[29]
50m butterfly	24.50	h	Poseria, AnkurAnkur Poseria	India	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
100m butterfly	52.96	h	Poseria, AnkurAnkur Poseria	India	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[20]
200m butterfly	1:59.45		Muralidharan, ArjunArjun Muralidharan	Toronto SC	30 November 2008	Canada Cup	Toronto, Canada	[30]
100m individual medley	57.28	h	Jayaprakash, AgnishwarAgnishwar Jayaprakash	India	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[31]
200m individual medley	2:05.62	h	Jayaprakash, AgnishwarAgnishwar Jayaprakash	India	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[32]
400m individual medley	4:35.61	h	Debnath, Sanu DebnathSanu Debnath Debnath	India	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[33]
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	3:35.00	h	(54.03) Neil Himanshu Contractor  (53.37) Sarma S. P. Nair  (52.27) Agnishwar Jayaprakash  (55.33) Jaywant Arcot Vijaykumar	India	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[34]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:02.64	h	(1:59.39) Sarma S. P. Nair  (2:04.74) Rahul Monal Chokshi  (1:57.92) Agnishwar Jayaprakash  (2:00.59) Neil Himanshu Contractor	India	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[35]
4×50 m medley relay
4×100m medley relay	3:53.33	h	(59.58) Rohit Imoliya  (1:02.50) Agnishwar Jayaprakash  (57.19) Sarma S.P. Nair  (54.06) Neil himanshu Contractor	India	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[36]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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	26.40	rh	Dhumatkar, AditiAditi Dhumatkar	India	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[37]
100m freestyle	57.58	h	Dhumatkar, AditiAditi Dhumatkar	India	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[38]
200m freestyle	2:06.69	rh	Vishwanath, MalavikaMalavika Vishwanath	India	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[39]
400m freestyle	4:24.19	h	Vishwanath, MalavikaMalavika Vishwanath	India	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[40]
800m freestyle	9:08.20		Vishwanath, MalavikaMalavika Vishwanath	India	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[41]
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	31.00	rh	Dhumatkar, AditiAditi Dhumatkar	India	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[42]
100m backstroke	1:06.45	rh	Dhumatkar, AditiAditi Dhumatkar	India	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[43]
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	35.36	h	Arcot Vijaykumar, JayaveenaJayaveena Arcot Vijaykumar	India	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[44]
100m breaststroke	1:20.10	h	Arcot Vijaykumar, JayaveenaJayaveena Arcot Vijaykumar	India	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[45]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	28.91	h	Dhumatkar, AditiAditi Dhumatkar	India	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[46]
100m butterfly	1:03.45	h	Raghava Alva, PoojaPooja Raghava Alva	India	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[47]
200m butterfly	2:21.24	h	Raghava Alva, PoojaPooja Raghava Alva	India	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[48]
100m individual medley	1:09.48	h	Raghava Alva, PoojaPooja Raghava Alva	India	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[49]
200m individual medley	2:29.65	h	Vishwanath, MalavikaMalavika Vishwanath	India	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[50]
400 m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:50.02	h	(26.40) Aditi Dhumatkar  (27.96) Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta  (27.63) Thalasha Satish Prabhu  (28.03) Malavika Vishwanath	India	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[51]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:58.58	h	(1:00.96) Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta  (1:00.00) Mlavika Vishwanath  (59.50) Thalasha Satish Prabhu  (58.12) Aditi Dhumatkar	India	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[52]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:39.61	h	(2:06.69) Malavika Vishwanath  (2:08.83) Aditi Dhumatkar  (2:12.32) Thalasha Satish Prabhu  (2:11.77) Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta	India	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[39]
4×50m medley relay	2:09.31	h	(31.00) Aditi Dhumatkar  (38.85) Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta  (31.64) Malavika Vishwanath  (27.82) Thalasha Satish Prabhu	India	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[42]
4×100m medley relay	4:43.40	h	(1:06.45) Aditi Dhumatkar  (1:25.79) Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta  (1:10.56) Malavika Vishwanath  (1:00.60) Thalasha Satish Prabhu	India	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[43]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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

References

General

• Indian Long Course records

Specific

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External links

• SFI website: www.swimminfederation.in