List of Indian records in swimming

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):

• 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	22.43	h	Virdhawal Khade	India	21 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[2]
100m freestyle	49.47		Virdhawal Khade	India	October 2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India
200m freestyle	1:49.05		Srihari Nataraj	India	27 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[3]
200m freestyle	1:48.66	'#'	Srihari Nataraj	Dolphin Aquatics	1 June 2025	Singaporean Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[citation needed]
400m freestyle	3:52.55		Aryan Nehra	Gujarat	2 July 2023	Indian Championships	Hyderabad, India	[4]
800m freestyle	8:00.76	=	Advait Page	Shishukunj Swimming Academy	19 June 2019	Singaporean Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[5]
800m freestyle	8:00.76	h, =	Aryan Nehra	India	25 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[6]
1500m freestyle	15:20.91		Aryan Nehra	India	25 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[7]
50m backstroke	25.18		Srihari Nataraj	India	20 June 2021	Belgrade Trophy	Belgrade, Serbia	[8]
100m backstroke	53.77	tt	Srihari Nataraj	India	27 June 2021	Sette Colli Trophy	Rome, Italy	[9]
200m backstroke	2:00.69		Rishabh Anupam Das	Maharashtra	25 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[10]
50m breaststroke	27.59		Sandeep Sejwal	India	23 June 2018	Singapore Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[11]
100m breaststroke	1:00.97		Sandeep Sejwal	India	11 August 2009	Asian Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[12]
200m breaststroke	2:12.02		Sandeep Sejwal	India	12 August 2009	Asian Age Group Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[13]
50m butterfly	23.96	sf	Benedicton Rohit Beniston Manickaraj	India	17 July 2025	World University Games	Berlin, Germany	[14]
100m butterfly	52.57		B.Benedicton Rohit	Tamil Nadu	22 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[15]
200m butterfly	1:56.38		Sajan Prakash	India	26 June 2021	Sette Colli Trophy	Rome, Italy	[16]
200m individual medley	2:04.34		Shoan Ganguly	Karnataka	23 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[17]
400m individual medley	4:24.64		Shoan Ganguly	Karnataka	26 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[18]
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	[19]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:26.64		Aryan Nehra Aneesh Gowda Sajan Prakash Srihari Nataraj	India	29 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[20]
4 × 100 m medley relay	3:40.20		Srihari Nataraj  (55.07) Likith Prema  (1:01.49) Sajan Prakash  (53.16) Tanish Mathew  (50.51)	India	26 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[21]

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	26.36		Rujula S.	Karnataka	24 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[22]
100m freestyle	56.78		Dhinidhi Desinghu	Karnataka	25 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[23]
200m freestyle	2:02.97		Dhinidhi Desinghu	Karnataka	23 June 2025	Indian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[24]
400m freestyle	4:24.70		Hashika Ramachandra	Karnataka	10 September 2024	Indian Championships	Mangalore, India	[25]
800m freestyle	9:06.31		Risha Mishra	Police	18 November 2011	Indian Championships	Ranchi, India
1500m freestyle	17:32.85		Malavika Vishwanath	India	29 August 2015	World Junior Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[26]
50m backstroke	29.30		Maana Patel	India	October 2015	Asian Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[27]
100m backstroke	1:03.48		Maana Patel	Gujarat	2 July 2023	Indian Championships	Hyderabad, India	[28]
200m backstroke	2:18.59		Palak Joshi	Maharashtra	30 January 2024	Khelo India Youth Games	Chennai, India	[29]
50m breaststroke	32.94	h	Chahat Arora	Punjab	6 September 2022	Indian Championships	Guwahati, India	[30]
100m breaststroke	1:12.67		Lineysha A K	Karnataka	5 July 2023	Indian Championships	Hyderabad, India	[31]
200m breaststroke	2:37.35		Lineysha AK	Karnataka	2 July 2023	Indian Championships	Hyderabad, India	[32]
50m butterfly	27.70		Nina Venkatesh	Karnataka	2 November 2023	37th National Games	Panjim, India	[33]
100m butterfly	1:01.94		Apeksha Fernandes	-	18 July 2022	Indian Junior Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	[34]
200m butterfly	2:18.18	h	Apeksha Fernandes	India	31 August 2022	World Junior Championships	Lima, Peru	[35][36]
200m individual medley	2:21.15		Hashika Ramachandra	Karnataka	3 July 2023	Indian Championships	Hyderabad, India	[37]
400m individual medley	4:59.17		Richa Mishra	Police	20 September 2018	Indian Championships	Pirappancode, India	[38]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:53.80	h	Dhinidhi Desinghu  (58.15) Maana Patel  (57.71) Janhvi Choudhary  (59.60) Shivangi Sarma  (58.34)	India	24 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[39]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:37.58		Dhinidhi Desinghu  (2:08.59) Vritti Agarwal  (2:09.41) Shivangi Sarma  (2:11.32) Hashika Ramachandra  (2:08.26)	India	28 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[40]
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:23.65		Palak Joshi Anannya Nayak Apeksha Fernandes Rujuta Khade	Maharashtra	4 July 2023	Indian Championships	Hyderabad, India	[31]

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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	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	[41]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.24		Srihari Nataraj Nina Venkatesh Aneesh Gowda Dhinidhi Desinghu	Karnataka	3 November 2023	37th National Games	Panjim, India	[42]
4 × 50 m medley relay	1:53.42		Maana Patel Anshul Kothari Smit Sharma Dilpreet Kaur	Gujarat	26 September 2016	National Championships	Ranchi, India	[43]
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.80		Srihari Nataraj Nina Venkatesh Vidith S. Shankar Dhinidhi Desinghu	Karnataka	4 November 2023	37th National Games	Panjim, India	[44]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by SFI; WR – World record; AS – Asian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.22		Virdhawal Khade	India	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[45]
100m freestyle	48.65	h	Srihari Nataraj	India	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[46]
200m freestyle	1:46.61	h	Sajan Prakash	India	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[47]
400m freestyle	3:49.04	h	Kushagra Rawat	India	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[48]
800m freestyle	7:58.39	h, †	Kushagra Rawat	India	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[49]
1500m freestyle	15:01.44	h	Aryan Makhija	India	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[50]
50m backstroke	24.40	h	Srihari Nataraj	India	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[51]
100m backstroke	52.81	h	Srihari Nataraj	India	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[52]
200m backstroke	1:59.69		Srihari Nataraj	India	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[53]
50m breaststroke	27.68	h	Likith Selvaraj Prema	India	4 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	[54]
100m breaststroke	59.84	h	Likith Selvaraj Prema	India	3 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	[55]
200m breaststroke	2:14.76		Likith Selvaraj Prema	India	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[56]
50m butterfly	23.83	h	Sajan Prakash	India	17 November 2018	World Cup	Singapore, Singapore	[57]
100m butterfly	51.61	h	Sajan Prakash	India	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[58]
200m butterfly	1:52.10	h	Sajan Prakash	India	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[59]
100m individual medley	55.76		Sajan Prakash	India	25 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[60]
200m individual medley	1:59.80	h	Siva Sridhar	India	13 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[61]
400m individual medley	4:26.45		Aryan Nehra	India	25 October 2019	Thai Open	Bangkok, Thailand	[62]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:20.50		Srihari Nataraj Viraj Prabhu Anand Shylaja Virdhawal Khade	India	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[63]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:27.29			India	8 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[64]
4 × 50 m medley relay
4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.07		Srihari Nataraj Likith Selvaraj Prema Mihir Ambre Virdhawal Khade	India	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[65]

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	26.34		Rujuta Bhatt Khade	India	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[66]
100m freestyle	57.24		Shivani Kataria	India	25 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[67]
200m freestyle	2:03.70	h	Shivani Kataria	India	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[68]
400m freestyle	4:24.19	h	Malavika Vishwanath	India	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[69]
800m freestyle	9:08.20		Malavika Vishwanath	India	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[70]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.94		Maana Patel	India	8 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[71]
100m backstroke	1:02.36		Maana Patel	India	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[72]
200m backstroke	2:17.44	h	Maana Patel	India	17 November 2018	World Cup	Singapore, Singapore	[73]
50m breaststroke	32.91	h	Chahat Arora	India	17 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[74]
100m breaststroke	1:13.13	h	Chahat Arora	India	14 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[75]
200m breaststroke	2:38.05		Apeksha Fernandes	India	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[76]
50m butterfly	28.00		Divya Satija	India	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[77]
100m butterfly	1:02.78		Divya Satija	India	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[78]
200m butterfly	2:19.42		Shakthi Balakrishnan	Aqua Nation Sports Academy	19 July 2022	25th Speedo Invitational	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[79]
100m individual medley	1:07.95		Jyotsna Pansare	India	25 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[80]
200m individual medley	2:24.70	h	Richa Mishra	India	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[81]
400m individual medley	5:03.36		Richa Mishra	India	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[82]
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	[83]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:55:17		Annie Jain Maana Patel Divya Satija Shivangi Sarma	India	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[84]
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	[85]
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	[86]
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:21.28		Maana Patel Chahat Arora Divya Satija Shivangi Sarma	India	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[87]

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