List of Sri Lankan records in swimming

The Sri Lankans records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Sri Lanka, which are recognised and ratified by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.65	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[1]
100m freestyle	49.11	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	7 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[2]
200m freestyle	1:50.97	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	19 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[3]
400m freestyle	4:03.90		Matthew Abeysinghe	Killer Whale Aquatics	25 September 2014	Sri Lankan Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[4]
800m freestyle	8:49.80		Anusara Abeygoonawardane	Killer Whale Aquatics	6 October 2022	Sri Lankan Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[5]
1500m freestyle	16:23.61		Matthew Abeysinghe	Killer Whale Aquatics	14 July 2012	National Age Group Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[6]
50m backstroke	25.86	h	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	17 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[7]
100m backstroke	56.99		Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	11 September 2017	Asian Age Group Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	[8]
200m backstroke	2:05.49	h	Andrew Abeysinghe	Dayton Raiders	4 August 2008	US Junior Championships	Minneapolis, United States
50m breaststroke	29.24	h	Kiran Jasinghe	Sri Lanka	20 April 2023	Australian Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	[9]
100m breaststroke	1:04.04	h	Kiran Jasinghe	Sri Lanka	13 June 2023	Australian Trials	Melbourne, Australia	[10]
200m breaststroke	2:26.17		Kiran Jasinghe	Sri Lanka	6 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[11]
50m butterfly	24.58	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	28 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China
100m butterfly	54.44	b	Cherantha de Silva	Sri Lanka	17 June 2017	Singaporean Championships	Singapore	[12]
200m butterfly	2:05.10		Cherantha de Silva	-	11 March 2017	-	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
200m individual medley	2:07.15		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	20 October 2016	South Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[13]
400m individual medley	4:36.12	b	Matthew Abeysinghe	Dayton Raiders	28 March 2008	-	Indianapolis, United States
4×100m freestyle relay	3:22.84	h	Mathew Abeysinghe  (49.51) Akalanka Peiris  (51.75) Cherantha de Silva  (51.00) Kyle Abeysinghe  (50.58)	Sri Lanka	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[14]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:53.46		Kavindra Nugawela Dilanka Shehan Kaveen Weerasinghe Kyle Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	22 October 2016	South Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[15]
4×100m medley relay	3:58.11		Matthew Abeysinghe  (1:03.00) Kiran Jasinghe  (1:06.10) Cherantha de Silva  (57.45) Kyle Abeysinghe  (51.56)	Sri Lanka	10 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union; 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	26.49		Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	8 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[17]
100m freestyle	57.20		Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	10 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[18]
200m freestyle	2:07.83		Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	21 October 2016	South Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[19]
400m freestyle	4:37.30		Machiko Raheem	-	25 September 2014	Sri Lankan Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka
800m freestyle	9:37.56		Minagi Rupesinghe	Sri Lanka	5 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	[20]
1500m freestyle	18:38.07		Minagi Rupesinghe	Sri Lanka	8 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	[21]
50m backstroke	29.75		Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	9 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[22]
50m backstroke	29.50	'#'	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	1 April 2016	Thailand Age Group Championships	Samut Prakan, Thailand	[citation needed]
100m backstroke	1:02.40		Kimiko Raheem	-	12 May 2016
200m backstroke	2:18.09		Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	7 February 2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	[23]
200m backstroke	2:16.97	'#'	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	2 July 2016	Div.1 Age Group Championships	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	[citation needed]
50m breaststroke	33.95		Mineka Karunaratne	-	15 November 2008	Sri Lankan Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka
100m breaststroke	1:14.33	h	Ramudi Samarakoon	Stipendium Hungaricum	9 April 2025	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[24]
200m breaststroke	2:45.25		Mayumi Raheem	Sri Lanka	18 August 2006	South Asian Games	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[25]
200m breaststroke	2:43.48	b	Ramudi Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	21 June 2023	Singapore Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[citation needed]
50m butterfly	29.81	h	Dilrukshi Perera	Sri Lanka	7 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[26]
50m butterfly	29.10	'#'	Aniqah Gaffoor	Sri Lanka	23 March 2019	Singapore Age Group Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[citation needed]
100m butterfly	1:04.58		Aniqah Gaffoor	Sri Lanka	22 March 2019	Singapore Age Group Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[citation needed]
200m butterfly	2:30.91		Machiko Raheem	-	2 November 2014	-
200m individual medley	2:28.16		Kimiko Raheem	-	30 October 2014	-	Colombo, Sri Lanka
400m individual medley	5:21.77		Kimiko Raheem	-	31 October 2014	-	Colombo, Sri Lanka
4×100m freestyle relay	4:04.45		Kimiko Raheem Vinoli Kaluarachchi Naveesha Karunanayake Shehanthi Gunawardana	Sri Lanka	21 October 2016	South Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[27]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:58.63		Kimiko Raheem Vinoli Kaluarachchi Naveesha Karunanayake Shehanthi Gunawardana	Sri Lanka	22 October 2016	South Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[28]
4×100m medley relay	4:35.36		Kimiko Raheem Melani Fernando Hiruni Perera Vinoli Kaluarachchi	Sri Lanka	19 October 2016	South Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	[29]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union; 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
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:52.52	h		Sri Lanka	21 July 2017	Commonwealth Youth Games	Nassau, The Bahamas	[30]
4×100 m medley relay	4:30.90		Akalanka Peiris  (59.54) Diluk Tennakoon Mudiyansalage  (1:13.88) Shenali Herath  (1:12.76) Dilrukshi Perera  (1:04.72)	Sri Lanka	8 September 2017	Asian Age Group Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	[31]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union; 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	22.16		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[32]
100m freestyle	49.27		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[33]
200m freestyle	1:48.92		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[34]
400m freestyle	3:56.79	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[35]
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle	16:57.12		Dilanka Bandisaththamge	Sri Lanka	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[36]
50m backstroke	24.95		Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	8 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[37]
100m backstroke	54.14		Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[38]
200m backstroke	2:01.55		Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[39]
50m breaststroke	28.79		Kiran Jasinghe	Sri Lanka	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[40]
100m breaststroke	1:02.84		Kiran Jasinghe	Sri Lanka	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[41]
200m breaststroke	2:20.68		Kiran Jasinghe	Sri Lanka	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[42]
50m butterfly	23.48		Cherantha De Silva	Sri Lanka	1 December 2017	Singaporean Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[43]
100m butterfly	52.19		Cherantha De Silva	Sri Lanka	2 December 2017	Singaporean Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[44]
200m butterfly	1:57.99		Cherantha De Silva	Sri Lanka	1 December 2017	Singaporean Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[45]
100m individual medley	56.71	h	Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[46]
200m individual medley	2:01.66		Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[47]
400m individual medley	4:38.79		Kyle Abeysinghe
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	3:19.07		Akalanka Peiris Matthew Abeysinghe Stephan Perera Kavindra Nugawela	Sri Lanka	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[48]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:42.48		Stephan Perera Dilanka Shehan Kavindra Nugawela Matthew Abeysinghe	Sri Lanka	8 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[49]
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union; 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	26.13	h	Machiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[50]
100m freestyle	57.42	h	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[51]
200m freestyle	2:02.88	h	Machiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[52]
400m freestyle	4:35.49	h	Ramudi Samarakoon	Stipendium Hungaricum	7 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[53]
800m freestyle	9:34.42		Ramudi Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[54]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.89	h	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[55]
100m backstroke	1:02.70	h	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[56]
200m backstroke	2:14.91	h	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[57]
50m breaststroke	33.36	h	Ramudi Samarakoon	Stipendium Hungaricum	9 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[58]
100m breaststroke	1:13.46	h	Ramudi Samarakoon	Stipendium Hungaricum	6 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[59]
200m breaststroke	2:41.16	h	Ramudi Samarakoon	Stipendium Hungaricum	8 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[60]
50m butterfly	28.93		Sandu Muhandiramge	Sri Lanka	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[61]
100m butterfly	1:03.54	h	Machiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[62]
200m butterfly	2:35.61	h	Miniruwani Samarakoon	Sri Lanka	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[63]
100m individual medley	1:06.01	h	Machiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[64]
200m individual medley	2:26.65	h	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[65]
400m individual medley	5:45.59		Shazna Mahir	Sri Lanka	6 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[66]
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	4:00.18		Bhakthi Karunasena Sandu Muhandiramge Ganga Senevirathene Hiruki De Silva	Sri Lanka	5 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[67]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:54.91		Sandu Savindi Jayaweera Ganga Seneviratna Ramudi Samarakoon Bhakthi Karunasena	Sri Lanka	8 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[68]
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay	4:24.66		Ganga Malwaththage Ramudi Samarakoon Aniqah Gaffoor Bhakthi Karunasena	Sri Lanka	9 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[69]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union; 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
4×50 m medley relay	1:52.58	h	Kimiko Raheem  (30.35) Kiran Jasinghe  (30.16) Charantha De Silva K. T.  (25.43) Machiko Raheem  (26.64)	Sri Lanka	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[70]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union;
Records not set in finals: h – heat