List of Puerto Rican records in swimming

The Puerto Rican records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Puerto Rico, which are recognised and ratified by the Puerto Rican Swimming Federation: Federación Puertorriqueña de Natación (FPN).

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.22		Erik Risolvato	Puerto Rico	14 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada
50m freestyle	22.13	not ratified	Erik Risolvato	Columbus Aquatic Club	22 June 2019	Richard Quick Invitational	Auburn, United States
100m freestyle	49.61	h	Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	22 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
200m freestyle	1:48.81	h	Douglas Clark Lennox II	Puerto Rico	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
400m freestyle	3:53.61	h	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[1]
800m freestyle	8:06.34		Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	25 April 2019	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[2]
1500m freestyle	15:33.61		Jorge Herrera	Puerto Rico	18 August 1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba
50m backstroke	25.50		Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	27 April 2023	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m backstroke	54.89		Yeziel Morales	Azura Florida Aquatic Club	19 June 2021	International Meet Ravne	Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia	[3]
200m backstroke	1:57.97	h	Yeziel Morales	Mission Viejo Nadadores	21 June 2024	Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet	Vancouver, Canada	[4]
50m breaststroke	28.08	h	Xavier Ruiz	Puerto Rico	5 April 2024	Dominican Republic International Open	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
100m breaststroke	1:00.95		Xavier Ruiz	San Juan Cariba	16 May 2024	Atlanta Classic	Atlanta, United States	[5]
100m breaststroke	1:00.80	h, #	Xavier Ruiz	Puerto Rico	10 August 2025	Junior Pan American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[6]
200m breaststroke	2:12.54		Xavier Ruiz	San Juan Cariba	15 June 2024	Colombia Open Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	[7]
50m butterfly	23.75		Erik Risolvato	-	1 April 2015	-	Canada
50m butterfly	23.72	tt, not ratified	Erik Risolvato	Unattached	18 May 2019	Atlanta Classic	Atlanta, United States
100m butterfly	52.39	h	Douglas Clark Lennox II	Puerto Rico	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
200m butterfly	1:57.94	sf	Andrew Livingston	Puerto Rico	16 July 2001	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan
200m individual medley	2:00.61	h	Jarod Arroyo	Puerto Rico	24 June 2021	CCCAN Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[8]
400m individual medley	4:16.63		Jarod Arroyo	Puerto Rico	22 May 2021	Puerto Rican International Open	Salinas, Puerto Rico	[9]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	1:36.23		Todd Torres Santaella Jorge Herrera Manuel Guzmán	Puerto Rico	6 January 1991	-	Perth, Australia
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:25.47			Puerto Rico	March 1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:27.29		Christian Bayo  (1:51.22) Jarod Arroyo  (1:51.67) Andres Solivan  (1:52.58) Yeziel Morales  (1:51.82)	Puerto Rico	20 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[10]
4 × 50 m medley relay	1:49.71		Yeziel Morales  (28.01) David Alvarez Andres Solivan William Martinez	Puerto Rico	July 2013	SZS Summer Sectionals	Orlando, United States	[11]
4 × 100 m medley relay	3:45.78		Manuel Guzmán Todd Torres David Monasterio Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	18 August 1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FPN; 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	24.94	h	Vanessa García	Puerto Rico	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[12]
100m freestyle	55.00		Vanessa García	Puerto Rico	19 July 2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[13]
200m freestyle	2:04.37	b	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	21 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[14]
400m freestyle	4:17.15		Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	20 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[15]
800m freestyle	8:59.31		Michelle Diago	Puerto Rico	August 1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada
1500m freestyle	17:09.77		Emma Guglielmello	Puerto Rico	3 September 2022	World Junior Championships	Lima, Peru	[16]
50m backstroke	27.62		Miriam Sheehan	-	1 May 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m backstroke	1:02.47	h	Celismar Guzman	Puerto Rico	21 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[17]
200m backstroke	2:12.56		Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	29 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
50m breaststroke	32.79	h	Patricia Casellas	Puerto Rico	23 July 2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[19]
100m breaststroke	1:11.26		Tryshia Centeno	-	18 March 2012	-	Florida, United States	[20]
200m breaststroke	2:36.85		Tryshia Centeno	-	18 March 2012	-	Florida, United States	[20]
50m butterfly	26.67		Miriam Sheehan	Puerto Rico	23 August 2019	World Junior Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[21]
100m butterfly	59.63		Kristen Romano	Tennessee Aquatics	17 May 2024	Atlanta Classic	Atlanta, United States	[22]
200m butterfly	2:14.21		Tereysa Lehnertz	-	24 April 2016	Mayagüez International Open	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[23]
200m individual medley	2:12.86		Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	24 June 2021	CCCAN Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[24]
400m individual medley	4:45.47		Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	27 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[25]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	1:52.07		Ariana Carrasquillo  (27.98) Yamilka Rios Valerie Mejias Maria Burgos	Puerto Rico	July 2013	SZS Summer Sectionals	Orlando, United States	[11]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:50.53		Coral López  (58.72) Alana Berrocal  (58.49) Debra Rodríguez  (58.51) Vanessa García  (54.81)	Puerto Rico	22 July 2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[26]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:37.36		Gretchen Gotay Vanessa Martinez Militza Rios Vanessa García	Puerto Rico	17 July 2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia
4 × 50 m medley relay	2:04.25		Erika Carlo  (33.10) Patricia Casellas Marines Rosario Falan Dorsey	Puerto Rico	July 2013	SZS Summer Sectionals	Orlando, United States	[11]
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:16.57		Alana Berrocal  (1:04.95) Patricia Casellas Barbara Caraballo Vanessa García	Puerto Rico	20 July 2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[27]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FPN; 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	1:37.89		Louis Ortiz  (22.73) Liznel Ortiz  (26.30) Jan Collazo  (22.90) Keyla Brown  (25.96)	Puerto Rico	23 June 2021	CCCAN	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[28]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.28	not ratified	Armando Flores  (50.30) Louis Ortiz  (51.42) Celismar Guzman  (57.67) Vanessa García  (56.89)	Puerto Rico	23 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[29]
4 × 50 m medley relay
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.81		Yeziel Morales  (55.96) Xavier Ruiz Flores  (1:06.99) Miriam Sheehan  (1:01.49) Marissa Lugo  (59.37)	Puerto Rico	19 March 2021	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[30]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FPN; 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
50m freestyle	21.86		Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	20 March 2000	-	Athens, Greece
100m freestyle	48.87		Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	April 1997	-	Hongkong, Hong Kong
200m freestyle	1:49.58		Caleb Romero	Los Marlins De Manati	8 December 2023	Puerto Rican Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico
200m freestyle	1:47.63	'#'	Caleb Romero	Los Marlins De Manati	11 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[citation needed]
400m freestyle	3:50.53	h	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[31]
400m freestyle	3:49.17	'#'	Caleb Romero	Los Marlins De Manati	10 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
800m freestyle	7:59.15		Christian Bayo	Equipo Natacion Encantada	10 December 2022	Puerto Rican Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1500m freestyle	15:21.63		Yeziel Morales	BAY	4 December 2015	Puerto Rican Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[32]
50m backstroke	24.06	h	Yeziel Morales	Azura Florida Aquatics	28 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[33]
100m backstroke	51.81		Yeziel Morales	Azura Florida Aquatics	31 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[34]
200m backstroke	1:52.16		Yeziel Morales	Azura Florida Aquatics	30 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[35]
50m breaststroke	27.86		Xavier Ruiz	San Juan Cariba	5 October 2023	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
50m breaststroke	27.61	'#'	Diego Resto	Guaynabo City Mets Swim Team	8 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[citation needed]
100m breaststroke	1:00.24		Xavier Ruiz	San Juan Cariba	27 August 2023	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m breaststroke	1:00.02	'#'	Diego Resto	Guaynabo City Mets Swim Team	12 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[citation needed]
200m breaststroke	2:09.52		Xavier Ruiz	San Juan Cariba	26 August 2023	Zone 1-2 Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico
50m butterfly	23.33		Alex Hernández	San Juan Cariba	20 October 2022	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m butterfly	53.96		Louis Ortiz	Guaynabo City Mets	3 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m butterfly	53.92	'#'	Yeziel Morales	Bayamon Aquatics Stars	10 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[citation needed]
200m butterfly	1:55.71	h	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	4 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	[36]
200m butterfly	1:55.40	h, #	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[37]
100m individual medley	53.86		Yeziel Morales	Azura Florida Aquatics	29 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[38]
200m individual medley	1:58.86	h	Miguel Cancel	Puerto Rico	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[39]
400m individual medley	4:10.40	h	Jarod Arroyo	Puerto Rico	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[40]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	1:34.67		Robles Cáceres Pedraza Louis Ortiz	University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez	5 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:27.42		Pedraza Robles Nater Louis Ortiz	University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez	4 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:56.84		Padrón Mercado Acosta Nater	University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez	3 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 50 m medley relay	1:48.24		J. Velázquez  (29.79) C. Herrera  (27.86) C. Herrera  (26.98) J. Roso  (23.61)	ADI	11 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.47		A. Soto  (1:01.58) R. Hernández  (1:10.53) A. Useche  (58.76) A. Cintrón  (54.60)	Guaynabo City Mets	12 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FPN; 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	25.30		Vanessa García	NNDVB	6 December 2013	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m freestyle	55.57		Vanessa García	NNDVB	6 December 2013	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
200m freestyle	2:04.25		Marissa Lugo	Humacao	22 October 2022	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
400m freestyle	4:20.64		Michelle Diago	NNDVB	19 December 1998	-	Salinas, Puerto Rico
800m freestyle	8:48.83		Michelle Diago	NNDVB	18 December 1998	-	Salinas, Puerto Rico
1500m freestyle	17:16.05		Emma Guglielmello	Puerto Rico	31 October 2021	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[41]
50m backstroke	26.96		Miriam Sheehan	San Juan Cariba	19 September 2021	Zone 1 & 3 Second Competition	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m backstroke	1:00.10		Miriam Sheehan	San Juan Cariba	11 September 2021	Zone 1 & 2 First Competition	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m backstroke	59.62	'#'	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	12 October 2024	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[citation needed]
200m backstroke	2:17.13		Liznel Ortiz	Club Acuatico de Mayagüez	13 October 2020	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
200m backstroke	2:07.60	h, '#'	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	15 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[42]
50m breaststroke	32.39	h	Marissa Marie Lugo	Puerto Rico	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[43]
100m breaststroke	1:11.99		Patricia Casellas	CCC	5 December 2010	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
200m breaststroke	2:36.70		Maria Burgos	NPL	4 December 2015	Puerto Rican Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[44]
50m butterfly	27.23		Miriam Sheehan	San Juan Cariba	11 September 2021	Zone 1 & 2 First Competition	San Juan, Puerto Rico
50m butterfly	26.94	not ratified	Miriam Sheehan	San Juan Cariba	16 November 2019	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m butterfly	59.74		Miriam Sheehan	San Juan Cariba	6 December 2019	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
100m butterfly	58.93	h, '#'	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	13 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[45]
200m butterfly	2:17.66		Sonia I. Alvarez	AOGR	8 November 1997	-
100m individual medley	1:01.76	h	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[46]
100m individual medley	1:00.76	h, '#'	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[47]
200m individual medley	2:09.72	h	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[48]
200m individual medley	2:08.92	h, #	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	10 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[49]
400m individual medley	4:40.94		Portia del Rio Brown	Guaynabo City Mets	22 October 2022	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
400m individual medley	4:33.56	h, #	Kristen Romano	Puerto Rico	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[50]
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	1:52.49		S. Mójica S. Mójica V. Martinez Sonia I. Alvarez	Puerto Rico	14 September 2002	-	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:58.07		Cruz Alyssa Viner Lugo Figueroa	Universidad del Sagrado Corazón	4 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	9:08.12		P. Nuñez  (2:19.71) A. Ortiz  (2:18.40) S. Barreto  (2:17.58) L. Pagán  (2:12.43)	Caguas	10 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 50 m medley relay	2:07.07		Ruíz Vallés León González	University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez	4 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:40.39		A. Quiles Santos  (1:09.34) C. Renta  (1:19.93) A. Batista  (1:03.03) I. Pérez  (1:03.30)	Guaynabo City Mets	12 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FPN; 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
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:06.62		J. Rodríguez J. Zayas I. Izquierdo P. Brown	Guaynabo City Mets	15 November 2022	-	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
4 × 50 m medley relay	1:58.08		A. Sánchez Xavier Ruiz G. Castro Ariadna Del Moral	San Juan Cariba	26 August 2023	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:14.92	not ratified	D. Nater M. Hernández Alex Hernández C. Castillo	San Juan Cariba	10 December 2021	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico

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