List_of_Nigerian_records_in_swimming

List of Nigerian records in swimming

Nigerian records in swimming

The Nigerian Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Nigeria. These records are kept/maintained by the Nigeria Aquatics Federation (NAqF).

Records are recognized for the following long course (50m) 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, 200 and 400;
relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50m)

Men

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Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria 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

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Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria 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

Short Course (25m)

Men

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Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.84	h	Colins Obi Ebingha	Nigeria	28 October 2021	World Cup	Kazan, Russia	^[23]
100m freestyle	50.52	h	Colins Obi Ebingha	Nigeria	29 October 2021	World Cup	Kazan, Russia	^[24]
200m freestyle	1:58.54	h	Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	2 November 2019	NRW Championships	Wuppertal, Germany	^[25]
400m freestyle	4:23.16		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
800m freestyle	9:10.37		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
1500m freestyle	17:47.79		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
50m backstroke	26.17	h	Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[26]
100m backstroke	59.17	h	Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[27]
200m backstroke	2:37.85		Clinton Opute	Nigeria	25 November 2022	Russian Championships	Russia
50m breaststroke	31.14	h	Forsight Osamezu	Nigeria	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[28]
100m breaststroke	1:11.13	h	Forsight Osamezu	Nigeria	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[29]
200m breaststroke
50m butterfly	24.42	h	Colins Obi Ebingha	Nigeria	30 October 2021	World Cup	Kazan, Russia	^[30]
100m butterfly	53.62	h	Philip Adejumo	Nigeria	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[31]
200m butterfly	2:20.20	h	Sunday Price Ayejon	Nigeria	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
100m individual medley	1:01.11	h	Yellow Yeiyah	Nigeria	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m individual medley	2:17.56		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
400m individual medley	5:01.59		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria 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

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Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	27.14	h	Adaku Nwandu	Nigeria	8 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	^[14]
100m freestyle	59.74	h	Abiola Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	28 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	^[15]
200m freestyle	2:15.44	h	Abiola Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	23 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	^[16]
400m freestyle	4:59.90		Ifiezibe Gagbe	Nigeria	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
800m freestyle	10:45.50		R. Fibgele	-	1981	-
1500m freestyle			-		-

50m backstroke	31.06		Obia Inyengiyikabo	Nigeria	October 2003	African Games	Abuja, Nigeria	^[17]
100m backstroke	1:07.78		Obia Inyengiyikabo	Nigeria	October 2003	African Games	Abuja, Nigeria
200m backstroke	2:43.64		Obia Inyengiyikabo	Rivers	1992		^[6]

50m breaststroke	33.81		Racheal Tonjor	Nigeria	7 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	^[6]
100m breaststroke	1:15.49		Racheal Tonjor	Nigeria	7 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	^[18]
200m breaststroke	2:51.93		Blessing Forcados	Nigeria	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria

50m butterfly	28.74	h	Timipame-ere Akiayefa	Nigeria	22 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	^[19]
100 m butterfly	1:05.24	h	Adaku Nwandu	Nigeria	8 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	^[20]
200m butterfly	2:41.76		Ikhaghomi Joshua	-	1992	-

200m individual medley	2:39.49		Ikhaghomi Joshua	Rivers	1992	-		^[6]
400m individual medley	5:57.87		D. Edema	-	1991	-

4×100m freestyle relay	4:15.43			Nigeria	1991	-
4×200m freestyle relay	10:20.18			Nigeria	1987	-
4×100m medley relay	4:46.26			Nigeria	1991	-

List_of_Nigerian_records_in_swimming

List of Nigerian records in swimming

Long Course (50m)

Men

Women

Mixed relay

Short Course (25m)

Men

Women

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Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.01		Abduljabar Adama	Nigeria	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[1]
100m freestyle	51.53	h	Colins Ebingha	Nigeria	21 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[2]
200m freestyle	1:55.95		Philip Adejumo	Nashville Aquatic Club	19 July 2019	SE Southeastern Championships	Huntsville, United States	^[3]
400m freestyle	4:28.38		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	8 September 2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	^[4]
800m freestyle	9:40.42		Samson Opuakpo	Delta State	April 2006	Nigeria Sports Festival	Abeokuta, Nigeria
1500m freestyle	18:31.55		Yimisi Yolomi	-	1989	-

50m backstroke	27.58		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	5 September 2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	^[5]
100m backstroke	1:01.19		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	9 September 2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	^[6]^[7]
200m backstroke	2:22.70		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria

50m breaststroke	28.89	h	Tobi Sijuade	Nigeria	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[8]
100 m breaststroke	1:06.63	h	Adeope Oluwatobiloba	Nigeria	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[9]
200m breaststroke	2:33.09		Eric Williams	Nigeria	September 2006	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal

50m butterfly	24.44		Colins Ebingha	Nigeria	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[10]
100m butterfly	54.20		Philip Adejumo	Nigeria	23 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	^[11]
200 m butterfly	2:09.43		Clinton Opute	Nigeria	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[12]

200m individual medley	2:19.19		Oluesyi Fatayi-Williams	Nigeria	10 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique
400m individual medley	5:06.01		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria

4×100m freestyle relay	3:26.01		Abduljabar Adama (52.28) Clinton Opute (51.23) Tobi Sijuade (51.10) Colins Ebingha (51.40)	Nigeria	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[13]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:18.09		Tebesa Nemine Samson Opuakpo Oluseyi Fatayi Williams Otiko Kpiliboh	Nigeria	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
4×100m medley relay	4:04.41		Olufolahon Oluwole Eric Williams Musa Bakare Gentle Offoin	Nigeria	October 2003	African Games	Abuja, Nigeria

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay	3:48.83	h	Clinton Opute (52.71) Colins Obi Ebingha (51.52) Dorcas Abeng (1:02.21) Adaku Nwandu (1:02.39)	Nigeria	29 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	^[21]
4×100m medley relay	4:24.61		Samson Opuakpo (1:02.39) Racheal Tonjor (1:22.32) Ifeakachukwu Nmor (57.16) Ifiezibe Gagbe (1:02.74)	Nigeria	10 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	^[22]

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	26.94	h	Ngozi Monu	Nigeria	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[32]
100m freestyle	59.95		Ngozi Monu	-	2008
200m freestyle	2:13.83	h	Ngozi Monu	Nigeria	13 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[33]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	35.47	h	Uche Monu	Nigeria	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[34]
100m backstroke	1:14.83	h	Uche Monu	Nigeria	9 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[35]
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	35.35	h	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[36]
100m breaststroke	1:17.95	h	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[37]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	31.02	h	Faith Edorodoin	Nigeria	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[38]
100m butterfly	1:09.60	h	Faith Edorodoin	Nigeria	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[39]
200 m butterfly
100m individual medley	1:15.60	h	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	16 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
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