List of Peruvian records in swimming

The Peru Records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by an individual from Peru. These national records are maintained by Peru's national swimming federation: Federación Deportiva Peruana de Natación (FDPN).

FDPN keeps records for both for men and women, for both long course (50m)^[1] and short course (25m) events.^[2] 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: 200 free (25m only), 400 free, 800 free, 200 medley (25m only), and 400 medley.

All records swum in finals, unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.08		Sebastian Arispe Silva	Peru	22 November 2017	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	[3]
100m freestyle	50.29		Mauricio Fiol	Regatas Lima	16 May 2013	Peruvian Club Championships	Lima, Peru
200m freestyle	1:49.62		Joaquín Vargas	Tennessee Aquatics	12 May 2023	Atlanta Classic	Atlanta, United States
400m freestyle	3:52.18		Joaquín Vargas	Azura Florida Aquatics	1 May 2021	UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States	[4][5][6]
800m freestyle	8:11.70		Joaquín Vargas	Azura Florida Aquatics	21 May 2021	Puerto Rican International Open	Salinas, Puerto Rico	[7][8]
1500m freestyle	15:47.79		Adrian Ywanaga	Azura Florida Aquatics	30 April 2025	TYR Pro Swim Series	Fort Lauderdale, United States	[9]
50m backstroke	26.57		Joshua Balbi	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	18 July 2024	FG Senior Championships	Coral Springs, United States
100m backstroke	56.96		Santiago Cobos	Centro Naval del Perú	17 June 2021	Panamerican Junior Championships Selection	Peru	[10]
200m backstroke	2:03.10	h	Alejandro Alvizuri	Peru	28 July 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
50m breaststroke	29.43		Gerardo Huidobro	Regatas Lima	16 May 2013	Peruvian Club Championships	Lima, Peru
100m breaststroke	1:03.07		Ian Heysen	Blue Dolfins	24 July 2024	Futures Championships	Austin, United States
200m breaststroke	2:17.63		Gerardo Huidobro	Peru	14 March 2013	South American Junior Championships	Valparaíso, Chile
50m butterfly	24.31	c	Diego Balbi	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	2 May 2025	TYR Pro Swim Series	Fort Lauderdale, United States	[11]
100m butterfly	52.91		Mauricio Fiol	Regatas Lima	16 May 2013	Peruvian Club Championships	Lima, Peru
100m butterfly	52.25	h,[a]	Mauricio Fiol	Peru	16 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[12]
200m butterfly	1:58.29		Mauricio Fiol	Peru	30 July 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[13]
200m butterfly	1:55.15	[b]	Mauricio Fiol	Peru	14 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[14]
200m individual medley	2:04.03	h	Javier Matta	Madrid N.C.	27 March 2021[c]	Spanish Open Championships	Sabadell, Spain	[15]
400m individual medley	4:31.13		Ian Heysen	Blue Dolfins	3 May 2024	Southern Zone South Sectional Championships	Ocala, United States
4×50m freestyle relay	1:35.78		Sebastián Jahnsen Sebastián Arispe L. Salazar M.A. Yaber-Davila	Regatas Lima	10 February 2009	-	Peru
4×100m freestyle relay	3:25.08		Ricardo Espinosa  (51.40) Joaquín Vargas  (51.57) Ian Ricci  (51.69) Rafael Ponce  (50.42)	Peru	2 October 2024	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	[16]
4×200m  freestyle relay	7:32.74		Rafael Ponce  (1:53.32) Joaquín Vargas  (1:50.66) Ricardo Espinosa  (1:55.37) Javier Nicolas  (1:53.39)	Peru	28 November 2021	Junior Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	[17]
4×50m medley relay	1:45.46		Carlos Cobos Santiago Won Javier Tang Ricardo Espinosa	Peru	14 December 2020	Peru
4×100m medley relay	3:46.42		Joshua Balbi  (58.23) Ian Ricci  (1:04.28) Diego Balbi  (53.59) Rafael Ponce  (50.32)	Peru	2 October 2024	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	[18]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FDPN; WR – World record; AM – Americas 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
50 m freestyle	25.90		Rafaela Fernandini	Peru	5 July 2022	Bolivarian Games	Valledupar, Colombia	[19]
100 m freestyle	56.20		McKenna DeBever	Tennessee Aquatics	24 May 2024	Tennessee Aquatics Club May Invite	Knoxville, United States
200 m freestyle	2:02.38		McKenna DeBever	-	6 April 2017	Canadian Trials	Victoria, Canada	[20]
400 m freestyle	4:17.21		Andrea Cedrón	GCC	March 2015	-	Peru	[21]
800 m freestyle	8:49.83		María Bramont-Arias	Peru	11 November 2018	South American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	[22]
1500 m freestyle	16:44.16		María Bramont-Arias	Peru	9 November 2018	South American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	[23]
50 m backstroke	29.04		McKenna DeBever	Tennessee Aquatics	24 May 2024	Tennessee Aquatics Club May Invite	Knoxville, United States
100 m backstroke	1:01.99	tt	McKenna DeBever	Tennessee Aquatics	16 May 2024	Atlanta Classic	Atlanta, United States	[24]
200 m backstroke	2:13.80		Alexia Sotomayor	Peru	4 October 2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[25]
50 m breaststroke	32.53		Valeria Silva	Peru	12 March 2008	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil
100 m breaststroke	1:11.08	b	Paula Tamashiro	Peru	6 August 2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
200 m breaststroke	2:35.34		Paula Tamashiro	Peru	11 November 2018	South American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	[26]
50 m butterfly	26.97		Alexia Sotomayor	Tennessee Aquatics	19 July 2024	Torneo de Marcas Clasificatorias SA, PA y CP	Lima, Peru
100 m butterfly	1:00.16	h	McKenna DeBever	Tennessee Aquatics	14 May 2021	TYR Pro Swim Series	Indianapolis, United States	[27]
200 m butterfly	2:12.46		Azra Avdic	NASA Wildcat Aquatics	2 August 2016	US Open Championships	Minneapolis, United States	[28]
200 m individual medley	2:14.70		McKenna DeBever	Tennessee Aquatics	18 May 2024	Atlanta Classic	Atlanta, United States	[29]
400 m individual medley	4:53.18		Maria F Muñoz	AXT	18 December 2019	Peruvian Open Championships
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:49.97		Rafaela Fernandini Alexia Sotomayor S. Miyake M. Bernale	Peru	14 December 2020	Peru
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:49.08		Rafaela Fernandini McKenna DeBever Jessica Cattaneo Alexia Sotomayor	Peru	4 October 2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[30]
4×200 m freestyle relay	8:18.85		Andrea Cedrón  (2:03.24) Jessica Cattaneo  (2:04.63) Azra Avdic  (2:05.57) Daniela Miyahara  (2:05.41)	Peru	2 April 2016	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	[31]
4×50 m medley relay	2:02.01		Alexia Sotomayor S. Cabrera S. Miyake Rafaela Fernandini	Peru	14 December 2020	Peru
4×100 m medley relay	4:14.12		Alexia Sotomayor  (1:04.68) Paula Tamashiro  (1:10.75) Maria Muñoz Machuca  (1:02.49) McKenna DeBever  (56.20)	Peru	10 August 2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	[32]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FDPN; WR – World record; AM – Americas 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	1:40.89		Rafaela Fernandini Alexia Sotomayor Ricardo Espinosa Javier Tang	Peru	14 December 2020
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:39.93	not ratified	Miguel Zavaleta Rafaela Fernandini Jessica Cattaneo Ricardo Espinosa	Peru	5 June 2022	PanAm Age Group Championship	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[33]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:39.76	h	Sebastián Arispe  (51.57) Jessica Cattaneo  (59.69) Ricardo Espinosa  (51.56) McKenna DeBever  (56.39)	Peru	7 August 2019[d]	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:38.32	not ratified	Miguel Zavaleta  (52.20) Joaquín Vargas  (51.22) McKenna DeBever  (57.46) Rafaela Fernandini  (57.44)	Peru	5 July 2022	Bolivarian Games	Valledupar, Colombia	[34]
4×50 m medley relay	1:53.58		Massie Carillo  (31.02) Santiago Won  (30.31) Andrea Malarin  (28.89) Nicholas Magana  (23.36)	Regatas Lima	26 June 2015	Peruvian Club Championships	Lima, Peru	[35]
4×100 m medley relay	3:58.29		Alexia Sotomayor  (1:04.42) Ian Heysen  (1:03.55) Diego Balbi  (53.30) Rafaela Fernandini  (57.02)	Peru	3 October 2024	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	[36]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FDPN; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	22.51		Miguel Zavaleta	GCC	16 November 2019	VI Copa Nacional Ciudad de Trujillo	Trujillo, Peru
100 m freestyle	48.81	h	Rafael Ponce	Peru	11 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[37]
200 m freestyle	1:45.68		Joaquín Vargas	Azura Florida Aquatics	30 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[38]
400 m freestyle	3:43.32		Joaquín Vargas	Azura Florida Aquatics	29 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[39]
800 m freestyle	7:54.95		Rafael Ponce	AquaXtreme	6 June 2024	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[40]
1500 m freestyle	15:21.01		Sebastian Jahnsen	Regatas Lima	13 May 2011	Regional Tournament	Peru
50m backstroke	25.34		Miguel Zavaleta	GCC	16 November 2019	VI Copa Nacional Ciudad de Trujillo	Trujillo, Peru
100m backstroke	53.72		Joaquín Vargas	Azura Florida Aquatics	31 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[41]
200m backstroke	1:57.57		Carlos Santiago Cobos	Peru	30 September 2021	Campeonato Selectivo Mundual	Peru
50m breaststroke	28.28	=	Javier Matta	MNC	29 December 2021	Torneo Internacional de Navidad	Peru
50m breaststroke	28.28	=, #	Ian Heysen	Regatas Lima	6 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[42]
100m breaststroke	1:00.89		Javier Matta	Madrid N.C.	20 December 2023	Spanish Club Cup Division of Honor	Barcelona, Spain	[43]
200m breaststroke	2:14.11		Javier Matta	Madrid N.C.	21 December 2023	Spanish Club Cup Division of Honor	Barcelona, Spain	[44]
50 m butterfly	23.26	tt	Anthony Puertas	Planeta Aqua	11 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100 m butterfly	51.77	h	Javier Matta	Peru	17 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[45]
200 m butterfly	1:53.47		Mauricio Fiol	Peru	17 October 2012	World Cup	Moscow, Russia	[46]
100 m individual medley	53.75	h	Javier Matta	Peru	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[47]
200 m individual medley	2:04.46		Sebastian Jahnsen	Regatas Lima	13 May 2011	Regional Tournament	Peru
200 m individual medley	2:00.16	'#'	Ian Heysen	Regatas Lima	8 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[48]
400 m individual medley	4:21.94		Sebastian Jahnsen	Regatas Lima	13 May 2011	Regional Tournament	Peru
400 m individual medley	4:19.78	'#'	Ian Heysen	Regatas Lima	4 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[49]
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:32.97		M.A. Yaber-Davila L. Salazar Jusuf Ustavdich Sebastian Jahnsen	Regatas Lima	21 December 2009	-	Peru
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:26.62		Mauricio Fiol T. Luna Jusuf Ustavdich Sebastian Jahnsen	Regatas Lima	23 March 2012	-	Peru
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:25.02	'#'	Ian Heysen  (50.72) Augusto Sosa  (51.80) Mariano Gomez  (51.39) Cristobal Amiel  (51.11)	Regatas Lima	4 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[50]
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:35.98	h	Jesus Monge  (1:54.93) Emmanuel Crescimbeni  (1:51.76) Enrique Garcia-Bedoya  (1:54.92) Jusuf Ustavdich  (1:54.37)	Peru	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[51]
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:32.75	'#'	Gabriel Masto  (1:55.00) Mariano Gomez  (1:54.62) Cristobal Amiel  (1:53.04) Ian Heysen  (1:49.91)	Regatas Lima	8 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[52]
4×50 m medley relay	1:45.30		Mauricio Fiol Santiago Won J. Aspillaga Sebastian Jahnsen	Regatas Lima	5 October 2012	-	Peru
4×100 m medley relay	3:44.54	h	Mauricio Fiol  (55.98) Enrique Garcia-Bedoya  (1:03.59) Emmanuel Crescimbeni  (53.72) Jusuf Ustavdich  (51.25)	Peru	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[53]
4×100 m medley relay	3:36.61	h, #	Joaquín Vargas  (54.36) Anthony Puertas  (1:02.44) Diego Balbi  (51.73) Rafael Ponce  (48.08)	Peru	15 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[54]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FDPN; WR – World record; AM – Americas 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	25.17	rh	Rafaela Fernandini	Regatas Lima	5 July 2023	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru
50m freestyle	24.95	'#'	Cielo Moya	H2go	8 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[55]
100m freestyle	55.12	=	Rafaela Fernandini	Regatas Lima	21 October 2022	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m freestyle	55.12	=, #	Rafaela Fernandini	Regatas Lima	7 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[56]
200m freestyle	2:00.17		McKenna DeBever	Surco	13 September 2018	World Championships Trials	Peru
400m freestyle	4:12.09		María Bramont-Arias	Surco	19 July 2018	Peruvian Championships	Peru
800m freestyle	8:36.49		María Bramont-Arias	Surco	19 July 2018	Campeonato Nacional de Categorias	Peru
1500m freestyle	16:19.75		María Bramont-Arias	Surco	19 July 2018	Campeonato Nacional de Categorias	Peru
50m backstroke	28.06	h	Alexia Sotomayor	Peru	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[57]
100m backstroke	1:00.82	h	McKenna DeBever	Peru	4 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	[58]
100m backstroke	1:00.50	'#'	Alexia Sotomayor	AquaXtreme	5 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[59]
200m backstroke	2:09.29		Alexia Sotomayor	Unattached	21 July 2022	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[60]
50m breaststroke	32.40		Paula Tamashiro	Asociación Estadio La Unión	14 August 2019	Peruvian Championships	Peru
100m breaststroke	1:10.92		Valeria Silva	Regatas Lima	25 February 2002	-	Peru
200m breaststroke	2:31.50		Paula Tamashiro	Asociación Estadio La Unión	6 October 2016	World Championships Trials	Peru	[61]
50m butterfly	27.52	†	Alexia Sotomayor	AquaXtreme	7 June 2024	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru
50m butterfly	26.53	'#'	Cielo Moya	H2go	5 June 2025	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[62]
100m butterfly	1:00.10		Alexia Sotomayor	AquaXtreme	7 June 2024	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru
200m butterfly	2:12.01		Maria Fe Muñoz	Azura Florida Aquatics	31 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[63]
100m individual medley	1:00.48	h	McKenna DeBever	Peru	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[64]
200m individual medley	2:11.45	h	McKenna DeBever	Peru	5 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	[65]
400m individual medley	4:44.45		Maria Fe Muñoz	Nadadores Libres	22 October 2022	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4×50m freestyle relay	1:43.84	h	Rafaela Fernandini  (25.18) McKenna DeBever  (25.20) Maria Fe Muñoz  (27.22) Alexia Sotomayor  (26.24)	Peru	14 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[66]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:43.69	not ratified or later rescinded	A. Marin Y. Ochoa K. Makabe S. Asparria	Macro Región 3	8 November 2012	Macro Region 3	Peru	[citation needed]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:47.22	h	Rafaela Fernandini  (55.43) McKenna DeBever  (55.68) Alexia Sotomayor  (57.86) María Fe Muñoz  (58.25)	Peru	13 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[67]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:31.88	h	Massie Carrillo  (2:05.78) Andrea Cedrón  (2:07.91) Erika Naranjo  (2:10.25) Oriele Espinoza  (2:07.94)	Peru	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[68]
4×50m medley relay	1:54.18	h	Alexia Sotomayor  (28.50) McKenna DeBever  (32.35) Maria Fe Muñoz  (28.21) Rafaela Fernandini  (25.12)	Peru	17 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[69]
4×100m medley relay	4:12.73	h	Alexia Sotomayor  (1:01.44) McKenna DeBever  (1:11.26) Maria Fe Muñoz  (1:03.21) Rafaela Fernandini  (56.82)	Peru	18 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[70]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FDPN; WR – World record; AM – Americas 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	1:35.41	h	Javier Nicolas  (22.05) Joaquín Vargas  (22.91) Rafaela Fernandini  (24.99) McKenna DeBever  (25.46)	Peru	16 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[71]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:36.39		Ricardo Espinosa Javier Tang Rafaela Fernandini Alexia Sotomayor	Peru	23 October 2020	Peru
4×50 m medley relay	1:45.80	h	Alexia Sotomayor  (28.64) Javier Nicolas  (26.58) Rafaela Fernandini  (27.65) Joaquín Vargas  (22.93)	Peru	14 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[72]
4×100 m medley relay	3:56.64		Micaela Francesca Bernales Carlos Andre Flores Ricardo Octavia Espinosa Rafaela Fernandini	Regatas Lima	6 June 2024	Peruvian Championships	Lima, Peru	[73]
4×100 m medley relay	3:49.95	not ratified	Alexia Sotomayor  (1:00.74) Anthony Puertas  (1:02.00) Diego Balbi  (51.80) Rafaela Fernandini  (55.41)	Peru	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[74]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FDPN; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Notes

1. Unratified due to doping violation
2. Unratified due to doping violation
3. by result source; 24 March 2021 by federation source
4. by competition schedule and result sources; 6 August 2019 by federation source