List of Papua New Guinean records in swimming
# List of Papua New Guinean records in swimming

The Papua New Guinean records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers representing Papua New Guinea. The records are recognised and ratified by the nations swimming federation: Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc. The records are for both long course (50m) and short course (25m) events.

The events include:

* 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 pool only), 200 and 400;

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

## Long Course (50 m)

### Men

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m freestyle | 23.10 | | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 10 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 100m freestyle | 49.72 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 12 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China |
| 200m freestyle | 1:49.04 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 10 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China |
| 400m freestyle | 4:31.66 | h | Sheldon Plummer | Papua New Guinea | 8 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 800m freestyle | 9:35.42 | † | Sheldon Plummer | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 1500m freestyle | 18:02.31 | | Sheldon Plummer | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 50m backstroke | 25.55 | | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 13 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia |
| 100m backstroke | 54.99 | | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 8 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia |
| 200m backstroke | 2:31.85 | h | Nathan Nadesalingam | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 50m breaststroke | 29.53 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 1 August 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:03.31 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 30 July 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:15.33 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 27 July 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan |
| 50m butterfly | 23.67 | h, = | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 7 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia |
| 50m butterfly | 23.67 | = | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 7 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia |
| 100m butterfly | 51.62 | sf | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 15 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China |
| 200m butterfly | 2:14.82 | h | Benjamin Wells | Papua New Guinea | 30 July 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| 200m individual medley | 2:11.98 | | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 12 July 2019 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa |
| 400m individual medley | 5:20.72 | | Bobby Akunaii | Papua New Guinea | 7 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:28.02 | | Samuel Seghers (51.51)Leo Biggs (54.05)Stanford Kawale (53.09)Ryan Pini (49.37) | Papua New Guinea | 6 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 8:06.45 | | Samuel Seghers (1:56.67)Stanford KawaleShannon LiewRyan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 7 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:49.53 | | Ryan Pini (56.65)Ryan Maskelyne (1:04.83)Samuel Seghers (55.17)Stanford Kawale (52.88) | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |

### Women

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m freestyle | 26.47 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 15 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China |
| 100m freestyle | 57.97 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 30 July 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy |
| 200m freestyle | 2:07.37 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 28 July 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy |
| 400m freestyle | 4:58.08 | h | Ebony Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 21 July 2017 | Commonwealth Youth Games | Nassau, The Bahamas |
| 800m freestyle | 10:51.86 | | Millie Knight | Papua New Guinea | 9 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50m backstroke | 31.03 | sf | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 7 October 2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India |
| 100m backstroke | 1:09.01 | | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 1 September 2011 | Pacific Games | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| 200m backstroke | 2:31.90 | | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 50m breaststroke | 34.60 | | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 8 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:16.03 | h | Barbara Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 29 July 2013 | World Championships | Barcelona, Spain |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:44.95 | | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 7 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 50m butterfly | 29.67 | | Georgia-Leigh Vele | Papua New Guinea | 9 July 2019 | Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa |
| 100m butterfly | 1:07.48 | | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 10 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 200m butterfly | 2:45.73 | h | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 200m individual medley | 2:29.44 | | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 31 August 2007 | (South) Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa |
| 400m individual medley | 6:01.94 | | Britney Murray | Papua New Guinea | 6 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 4:11.52 | | Savannah TkatchenkoEbony TkatchenkoBarbara Vali-SkeltonAnna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 6 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 9:12.16 | | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (2:15.57)Ebony Tkatchenko (2:19.80)Barbara Vali-Skelton (2:21.54)Savannah Tkatchenko (2:15.25) | Papua New Guinea | 10 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×100m medley relay | 4:38.31 | | Shanice ParakaSavannah TkatchenkoTegan McCarthyAnna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |

### Mixed relay

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4×50m freestyle relay | 1:40.02 | | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (27.48)Samuel Seghers (22.62)Savannah Tkatchenko (27.70)Ryan Pini (22.22) | Papua New Guinea | 9 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:53.46 | h | Samuel Seghers (52.84)Georgia-Leigh Vele (1:02.29)Judith Meauri (1:03.66)Ryan Maskelyne (54.67) | Papua New Guinea | 27 July 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea |
| 4×50m medley relay | 1:52.04 | | Ryan Pini (25.95)Barbara Vali-SkeltonSamuel SeghersAnna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 8 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| 4×100m medley relay | 4:13.90 | h | Ryan PiniTegan McCarthySamuel SeghersBarbara Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 5 August 2015 | World Championships | Kazan, Russia |

## Short Course (25 m)

### Men

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m freestyle | 22.16 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m freestyle | 48.24 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 200m freestyle | 1:52.08 | h | Samuel Seghers | Papua New Guinea | 7 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 400m freestyle | 4:30.83 | h | Sheldon Plummer | Papua New Guinea | 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50m backstroke | 24.08 | rh | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m backstroke | 51.93 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 3 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 200m backstroke | 1:59.37 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 7 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 50m breaststroke | 29.18 | h | Ashley Seeto | Papua New Guinea | 10 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:02.19 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 22 September 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:17.57 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 8 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 50m butterfly | 23.31 | h | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m butterfly | 52.18 | | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 9 November 2011 | World Cup | Beijing, China |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 100m individual medley | 59.51 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 25 September 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| 200m individual medley | 2:15.28 | h | Leonard Kalate | Papua New Guinea | 22 September 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| 400m individual medley | | | | | |
| 4×50m freestyle relay | 1:34.77 | h | Livingston Aika (24.87)Ashley Seeto (24.40)Stanford Kawale (23.18)Ryan Pini (22.32) | Papua New Guinea | 9 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:26.76 | h | Samuel Seghers (50.84)Stanford Kawale (52.78)Livingston Aika (54.08)Ryan Pini (49.06) | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×50m medley relay | 1:43.99 | h | Ryan Pini (24.56)Ashley Seeto (29.03)Stanford Kawale (26.28)Samuel Seghers (24.12) | Papua New Guinea | 10 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:51.10 | h | Livingston Aika (1:02.53)Ryan Maskelyne (1:03.50)Ryan Pini (52.79)Stanford Kawale (52.28) | Papua New Guinea | 11 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |

### Women

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m freestyle | 26.76 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m freestyle | 58.79 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 200m freestyle | 2:13.04 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 7 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50m backstroke | 30.98 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m backstroke | 1:07.98 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 3 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 50m breaststroke | 33.79 | h | B. Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 12 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:13.73 | h | B. Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 14 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:40.78 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 7 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 50m butterfly | 30.25 | h | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 13 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 100m butterfly | 1:09.60 | h | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 100m individual medley | 1:08.61 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 200m individual medley | 2:30.07 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 4:08.36 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko (1:01.90)Shanice Paraka (1:03.50)Tegan McCarthy (1:04.60)Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (58.36) | Papua New Guinea | 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×50m medley relay | 2:03.88 | h | Shanice Paraka (31.38)Savannah Tkatchenko (34.85)Tegan McCarthy (30.85)Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (26.80) | Papua New Guinea | 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | |

### Mixed relay

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4×50m freestyle relay | 1:40.38 | h | Stanford Kawale (23.86)Shanice Paraka (28.47)Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (26.70)Ryan Pini (21.35) | Papua New Guinea | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | |
| 4×50m medley relay | 1:50.71 | h | Ryan Pini (24.08)Savannah Tkatchenko (34.30)Stanford Kawale (25.67)Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (26.66) | Papua New Guinea | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | |
