List of Indian records in swimming

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The India Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swim 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):

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long course (50 m)

Men

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Event Time NameClubDateMeetLocation Ref
50 m freestyle 22.43 hVirdhawal Khade  India 21 August 2018Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia [2]
100 m freestyle 49.46 hSrihari Nataraj  India 20 July 2025World University Games Berlin, Germany [3]
200 m freestyle 1:48.11 sfSrihari Nataraj  India 18 July 2025World University Games Berlin, Germany [4]
400 m freestyle 3:52.55 Aryan Nehra Gujarat 2 July 2023Indian Championships Hyderabad, India [5]
800 m freestyle 8:00.76 =Advait Page Shishukunj Swimming Academy 19 June 2019Singaporean Championships Singapore, Singapore [6]
800 m freestyle 8:00.76 h, =Aryan Nehra  India 25 July 2023World Championships Fukuoka, Japan [7]
1500 m freestyle 15:20.91 Aryan Nehra  India 25 September 2023Asian Games Hangzhou, China [8]
50 m backstroke 25.18 Srihari Nataraj  India 20 June 2021Belgrade Trophy Belgrade, Serbia [9]
100 m backstroke 53.77 ttSrihari Nataraj  India 27 June 2021Sette Colli Trophy Rome, Italy [10]
200 m backstroke 2:00.14 Rishabh Das  India 7 March 2026NSW State Open Championships Sydney, Australia [11]
50m breaststroke 27.59 Sandeep Sejwal  India 23 June 2018Singapore Championships Singapore, Singapore [12]
100m breaststroke 1:00.97 Sandeep Sejwal India India 11 August 2009Asian Age Group Championships Tokyo, Japan [13]
200m breaststroke 2:12.02 Sandeep Sejwal India India 12 August 2009Asian Age Group Championships Tokyo, Japan [14]
50m butterfly 23.89 Benedicton Rohit Beniston  India 30 September 2025Asian Championships Ahmedabad, India [15]
100m butterfly 52.57 Benedicton Rohit Beniston Tamil Nadu 22 June 2025Indian Championships Bhubaneswar, India [16]
200m butterfly 1:56.38 Sajan Prakash  India 26 June 2021Sette Colli Trophy Rome, Italy [17]
200m individual medley 2:04.34 Shoan Ganguly Karnataka 23 June 2025Indian Championships Bhubaneswar, India [18]
400m individual medley 4:24.64 Shoan Ganguly Karnataka 26 June 2025Indian Championships Bhubaneswar, India [19]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:21.22 h
  • Tanish Mathew
     (50.88)
  • Vishal Grewal
     (50.97)
  • Shylaja Anilkumar
     (50.37)
  • Srihari Nataraj
     (49.00)
 India 27 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China [20]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:23.38
 India 29 September 2025 Asian Championships Ahmedabad, India [21]
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:40.20
 India 26 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China [22]
Close
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; 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; so – swim-off; tt – time trial

Women

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Event Time NameClubDateMeetLocation Ref
50 m freestyle 26.36 Rujula S. Karnataka 24 June 2025Indian Championships Bhubaneswar, India [23]
100 m freestyle 56.78 Dhinidhi Desinghu Karnataka 25 June 2025Indian Championships Bhubaneswar, India [24]
200 m freestyle 2:02.84 Dhinidhi Desinghu  India 28 September 2025Asian Championships Ahmedabad, India [25]
400 m freestyle 4:21.86 Dhinidhi Desinghu  India 27 October 2025Asian Youth Games Isa Town, Bahrain [26]
800 m freestyle 9:06.31 Risha Mishra Police 18 November 2011Indian Championships Ranchi, India
1500 m freestyle 17:32.85 Malavika Vishwanath  India 29 August 2015World Junior Championships Singapore, Singapore [27]
50 m backstroke 29.30 Maana Patel  India October 2015Asian Age Group Championships Bangkok, Thailand [28]
100 m backstroke 1:03.48 Maana Patel Gujarat 2 July 2023Indian Championships Hyderabad, India [29]
200 m backstroke 2:18.59 Palak Joshi Maharashtra 30 January 2024Khelo India Youth Games Chennai, India [30]
50m breaststroke 32.94 hChahat Arora Punjab 6 September 2022Indian Championships Guwahati, India [31]
100m breaststroke 1:12.67 Lineysha A K Karnataka 5 July 2023Indian Championships Hyderabad, India [32]
200m breaststroke 2:37.35 Lineysha AK Karnataka 2 July 2023Indian Championships Hyderabad, India [33]
50m butterfly 27.70 =Nina Venkatesh Karnataka 2 November 202337th National Games Panjim, India [34]
50m butterfly 27.70 =Tanishi Gupta Karnataka 6 August 2025Indian Junior Championships Ahmedabad, India [35]
100m butterfly 1:00.54 Tanishi Gupta Dolphin Aquatics 11 April 2026Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [36]
200m butterfly 2:17.09 Astha Chaudhury Inspire Institute of Sport 17 March 2026Singapore Age Group Championships Singapore, Singapore [37]
200 m individual medley 2:21.15 Hashika Ramachandra Karnataka 3 July 2023Indian Championships Hyderabad, India [38]
400 m individual medley 4:59.17 Richa Mishra Police 20 September 2018Indian Championships Pirappancode, India [39]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:53.80 h
 India 24 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China [40]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:37.58
 India 28 September 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China [41]
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:23.65
  • Palak Joshi
  • Anannya Nayak
  • Apeksha Fernandes
  • Rujuta Khade
Maharashtra 4 July 2023 Indian Championships Hyderabad, India [32]
Close
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; 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; so – swim-off; tt – time trial

Mixed relay

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Event Time NameClubDateMeetLocation Ref
4 × 50 m freestyle relay 1:40.00
  • Neel Roy
     (23.46)
  • Sadhvi Dhuri
     (27.55)
  • Kenisha Gupta
     (26.84)
  • Virdhawal Khade
     (22.15)
SFI 21 September 2018 Indian Championships Pirappancode, India [42]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:38.24 Karnataka 3 November 2023 37th National Games Panjim, India [43]
4 × 50 m medley relay 1:53.42
Gujarat 26 September 2016 National Championships Ranchi, India [44]
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:02.68
  • Soubrity Mondal
     (1:08.19)
  • Likith Selvaraj Prema
     (1:03.85)
  • Benedicton Rohit Beniston
     (53.58)
  • Dhinidhi Desinghu
     (57.06)
 India 1 October 2025 Asian Championships Ahmedabad, India [45]
Close
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; WRWorld record; ASAsian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; so – swim-off

Short course (25 m)

Men

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Event Time NameClubDateMeetLocation Ref
50 m freestyle 22.22 Virdhawal Khade  India 6 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [46]
100 m freestyle 48.65 hSrihari Nataraj  India 20 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [47]
200 m freestyle 1:46.61 hSajan Prakash  India 17 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [48]
400 m freestyle 3:49.04 hKushagra Rawat  India 16 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [49]
800 m freestyle 7:58.39 h, †Kushagra Rawat  India 20 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [50]
1500 m freestyle 15:01.44 hAryan Makhija  India 15 December 2018World Championships Hangzhou, China [51]
50 m backstroke 24.40 hSrihari Nataraj  India 18 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [52]
100 m backstroke 52.81 hSrihari Nataraj  India 16 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [53]
200 m backstroke 1:59.69 Srihari Nataraj  India 6 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [54]
50m breaststroke 27.68 hLikith Selvaraj Prema  India 4 November 2022World Cup Indianapolis, United States [55]
100m breaststroke 59.84 hLikith Selvaraj Prema  India 3 November 2022World Cup Indianapolis, United States [56]
200m breaststroke 2:14.76 Likith Selvaraj Prema  India 5 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [57]
50m butterfly 23.55 Jananjoy Hazarika Sai-Gaf 7 December 2025Speedo Invitational Meet Dubai, United Arab Emirates [58]
100m butterfly 51.61 hSajan Prakash  India 17 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [59]
200m butterfly 1:52.10 hSajan Prakash  India 16 December 2021World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [60]
100m individual medley 55.50 Vinayak Vijayashankar Sai-Gaf 6 December 2025Speedo Invitational Meet Dubai, United Arab Emirates [61]
200m individual medley 1:59.80 hSiva Sridhar  India 13 December 2022World Championships Melbourne, Australia [62]
400m individual medley 4:26.45 Aryan Nehra  India 25 October 2019Thai Open Bangkok, Thailand [63]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:20.50
 India 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [64]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:27.29  India 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [65]
4 × 50 m medley relay
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:37.07
 India 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [66]
Close
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; 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; so – swim-off; tt – time trial

Women

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Event Time NameClubDateMeetLocation Ref
50m freestyle 26.11 Shivangi Sarma Sai-Gaf 7 December 2025Speedo Invitational Meet Dubai, United Arab Emirates [67]
100m freestyle 57.10 Shivangi Sarma Sai-Gaf 6 December 2025Speedo Invitational Meet Dubai, United Arab Emirates [68]
200m freestyle 2:03.70 hShivani Kataria  India 11 December 2018World Championships Hangzhou, China [69]
400m freestyle 4:24.19 hMalavika Vishwanath  India 5 December 2014World Championships Doha, Qatar [70]
800m freestyle 9:08.20 Malavika Vishwanath  India 4 December 2014World Championships Doha, Qatar [71]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke 28.94 Maana Patel  India 8 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [72]
100m backstroke 1:02.36 Maana Patel  India 7 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [73]
200m backstroke 2:17.44 hMaana Patel  India 17 November 2018World Cup Singapore, Singapore [74]
50m breaststroke 32.91 hChahat Arora  India 17 December 2022World Championships Melbourne, Australia [75]
100m breaststroke 1:13.13 hChahat Arora  India 14 December 2022World Championships Melbourne, Australia [76]
200m breaststroke 2:38.05 Apeksha Fernandes  India 5 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [77]
50m butterfly 28.00 Divya Satija  India 9 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [78]
100m butterfly 1:02.78 Divya Satija  India 5 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [79]
200m butterfly 2:19.42 Shakthi Balakrishnan Aqua Nation Sports Academy 19 July 202225th Speedo Invitational Dubai, United Arab Emirates [80]
100m individual medley 1:07.95 Jyotsna Pansare  India 25 September 2017Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan [81]
200m individual medley 2:24.70 hRicha Mishra  India 9 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [82]
400m individual medley 5:03.36 Richa Mishra  India 6 December 2019South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [83]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay 1:50.02 h
  • Aditi Dhumatkar
     (26.40)
  • Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta
     (27.96)
  • Thalasha Satish Prabhu
     (27.63)
  • Malavika Vishwanath
     (28.03)
 India 7 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [84]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:55:17
 India 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [85]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:39.61 h
  • Malavika Vishwanath
     (2:06.69)
  • Aditi Dhumatkar
     (2:08.83)
  • Thalasha Satish Prabhu
     (2:12.32)
  • Anusha Mehta Sanjeev Mehta
     (2:11.77)
 India 3 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [86]
4 × 50 m medley relay 2:00.01
  • Jyotsna Pansare
     (30.04)
  • Chahat Arora
     (33.64)
  • Damini Krishnappa Gowda
     (29.21)
  • Kataria Shivani
     (57.83)
 India 22 September 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan [87]
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:21.28
 India 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [88]
Close
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; 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; so – swim-off; tt – time trial

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