List of South American records in swimming

The South American records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing a member federation of the South American Swimming Confederation (CONSANAT), South America's governing body of swimming.

South America

Long course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	20.91	WR	César Cielo Filho	Brazil	18 December 2009	Brazilian Open	São Paulo, Brazil	[1]
100m freestyle	46.91		César Cielo Filho	Brazil	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[2]
200m freestyle	1:44.66		Fernando Scheffer	Brazil	27 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[3]
400m freestyle	3:42.76	AM	Guilherme Costa	Brazil	27 July 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[4]
800m freestyle	7:45.48		Guilherme Costa	Brazil	21 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[5]
1500m freestyle	14:48.53		Guilherme Costa	Brazil	25 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[6]
50m backstroke	24.44		Daniel Orzechowski	Brazil	24 April 2012	Maria Lenk Trophy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[7]
100m backstroke	52.95	h	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	22 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[8]
200m backstroke	1:56.40	sf	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[9]
50m breaststroke	26.33	AM	Felipe Lima	Brazil	9 June 2019	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco	[10]
100m breaststroke	59.01	h	Felipe França Silva	Brazil	6 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[11]
200m breaststroke	2:08.44		Henrique Barbosa	Brazil	6 May 2009	Maria Lenk Trophy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[12]
50m butterfly	22.60		Nicholas Santos	Brazil	11 May 2019	Champions Swim Series	Budapest, Hungary	[13]
100m butterfly	50.65	sf	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[14]
200m butterfly	1:53.92		Kaio de Almeida	Brazil	8 May 2009	Maria Lenk Trophy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[15]
200m individual medley	1:55.55		Thiago Pereira	Brazil	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[16]
400m individual medley	4:08.86	=	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[17]
400m individual medley	4:08.86	=	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	28 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[18]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:26.12		Nicholas Santos César Cielo Filho Bruno Fratus Nicolas Oliveira	Brazil (EC Pinheiros)	18 December 2009	Maria Lenk Trophy	São Paulo, Brazil	[19]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:10.34		Gabriel Santos  (48.30) Marcelo Chierighini  (46.85) César Cielo Filho  (48.01) Bruno Fratus  (47.18)	Brazil	23 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[20]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:04.69		Fernando Scheffer  (1:45.52) Vinicius Assunção  (1:46.44) Murilo Sartori  (1:46.34) Breno Correia  (1:46.39)	Brazil	23 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[21]
4×50m medley relay	1:40.33		Henrique Rodrigues Thiago Parravicini Nicholas Santos César Cielo	Brazil (CR Flamengo)	11 June 2011	Rio de Janeiro's State Championship	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[22]
4×100m medley relay	3:29.16		Guilherme Guido  (53.78) Henrique Barbosa  (58.68) Gabriel Mangabeira  (50.48) César Cielo Filho  (46.22)	Brazil	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[23]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CONSANAT; 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	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.45	sf	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[24]
100m freestyle	53.87		Stephanie Balduccini	Brazil	23 April 2025	Maria Lenk Trophy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[25]
200m freestyle	1:56.06		Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	1 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[26]
400m freestyle	4:02.86		Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	11 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[27]
800m freestyle	8:24.33		Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina	11 June 2019	Mare Nostrum	Canet-en-Roussillon, France	[28]
1500m freestyle	15:51.68		Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina	15 June 2019	Mare Nostrum	Barcelona, Spain	[29]
50m backstroke	27.14		Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	27 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[30]
100m backstroke	59.61		Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	17 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[31]
200m backstroke	2:10.36		Malena Santillan	Argentina	11 August 2025	Junior Pan American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[32]
50m breaststroke	30.28	sf	Jhennifer Conceição	Brazil	24 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[33]
100m breaststroke	1:06.69	h	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	24 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[34]
200m breaststroke	2:24.92		Julia Sebastian	Argentina	17 April 2019	Maria Lenk Trophy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[35]
50m butterfly	25.85	sf	Daynara de Paula	Brazil	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[36]
100m butterfly	56.94		Gabriella Silva	Brazil	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[37]
200m butterfly	2:09.22		Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	4 May 2017	Maria Lenk Trophy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[38]
200m individual medley	2:11.24	sf	Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	23 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[39]
400m individual medley	4:37.51		Georgina Bardach	Argentina	14 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	[40]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:40.63		Flávia Delaroli Julyana Kury Michelle Lenhardt Tatiana Lemos	Brazil (EC Pinheiros)	3 September 2009	José Finkel Trophy	Palhoça, Brazil
4×100m freestyle relay	3:37.39		Larissa Oliveira  (54.67) Graciele Herrmann  (54.72) Etiene Medeiros  (53.99) Daynara de Paula  (54.01)	Brazil	14 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[41]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:52.71		Maria Fernanda Costa  (1:57.30) Stephanie Balduccini  (1:57.64) Aline Rodrigues  (1:59.73) Gabrielle Roncatto  (1:58.04)	Brazil	15 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[42]
4×50m medley relay	1:58.27		Gisele Pereira Julyana Kury Monique Ferreira Michelle Lenhardt	Brazil (EC Pinheiros)	11 September 2009	XII Mercosul Cup	Curitiba, Brazil	[43]
4×100m medley relay	3:58.49	h	Fabíola Molina  (1:00.08) Carolina Mussi  (1:08.31) Gabriella Silva  (56.25) Tatiana Lemos  (53.85)	Brazil	1 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[44]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CONSANAT; 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	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:23.78		Guilherme Caribé  (48.26) Marcelo Chierighini  (47.59) Ana Vieira  (54.50) Stephanie Balduccini  (53.43)	Brazil	22 October 2023	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	[45]
4×100 m medley relay	3:45.51		Guilherme Basseto  (53.68) Felipe Lima  (59.03) Giovanna Diamante  (59.10) Larissa Oliveira  (53.70)	Brazil	25 April 2021	Brazilian Olympic Selection Trials	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[46]

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

Short course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	20.51		César Cielo Filho	Brazil	17 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[47]
100m freestyle	45.47		Guilherme Caribé	Brazil	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[48]
200m freestyle	1:41.32		Fernando Scheffer	Brazil	16 September 2022	José Finkel Trophy	Recife, Brazil	[49]
400m freestyle	3:39.06		Alfonso Mestre	Venezuela	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[50]
800m freestyle	7:41.23		Guilherme Costa	Brazil	17 September 2022	José Finkel Trophy	Recife, Brazil	[51]
1500m freestyle	14:39.42		Guilherme Costa	Brazil	14 September 2022	José Finkel Trophy	Recife, Brazil	[52]
50m backstroke	22.55		Guilherme Guido	Brazil	26 October 2019	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[53]
100m backstroke	48.95		Guilherme Guido	Brazil	3 September 2021	International Swimming League	Naples, Italy	[54]
200m backstroke	1:50.88		Omar Pinzón	Colombia	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[55]
50m breaststroke	25.63	AM	Felipe França Silva	Brazil	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[56]
100m breaststroke	56.25	AM	Felipe França Silva	Brazil	4 September 2014	José Finkel Trophy	Guaratinguetá, Brazil	[57]
200m breaststroke	2:02.58		Thiago Simon	Brazil	13 September 2016	José Finkel Trophy	Santos, Brazil	[58]
50m butterfly	21.75		Nicholas Santos	Brazil	6 October 2018	World Cup	Budapest, Hungary	[59]
100m butterfly	49.44		Kaio Almeida	Brazil	11 November 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[60]
200m butterfly	1:49.11	AM	Kaio Almeida	Brazil	10 November 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[61]
100m individual medley	51.35		Caio Pumputis	Brazil	13 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[62]
200m individual medley	1:52.06		Leonardo Coelho Santos	Brazil	15 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[63]
400m individual medley	4:00.63		Thiago Pereira	Brazil	17 November 2007	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[64]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:25.28	AM	César Cielo Filho  (20.81) Nicholas Santos  (21.01) Bernardo Novaes  (21.65) Thiago Sickert  (21.81)	Brazil (CR Flamengo)	20 August 2012	José Finkel Trophy	São Paulo, Brazil	[65]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:04.84		Marco Antonio Ferreira  (46.44) Guilherme Caribé  (45.79) Kaique Alves  (45.82) Leonardo Coelho Santos  (46.79)	Brazil	10 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[66]
4×200m freestyle relay	6:46.81		Luiz Altamir Melo  (1:42.03) Fernando Scheffer  (1:40.99) Leonardo Coelho Santos  (1:42.81) Breno Correia  (1:40.98)	Brazil	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[67]
4×50m medley relay	1:30.51		Guilherme Guido  (23.42) Felipe Silva  (25.33) Nicholas Santos  (21.68) César Cielo Filho  (20.08)	Brazil	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[68]
4×100m medley relay	3:21.14		Guilherme Guido  (50.11) Felipe França Silva  (56.73) Marcos Macedo  (49.63) César Cielo Filho  (44.67)	Brazil	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[69]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CONSANAT; 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	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.76	AM	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	16 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[70]
100m freestyle	52.45		Larissa Oliveira	Brazil	26 August 2018	José Finkel Trophy	São Paulo, Brazil	[71]
200m freestyle	1:54.22	r	Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[72]
400m freestyle	3:59.33		Maria Fernanda Costa	Brazil	13 August 2024	José Finkel Trophy	Florianópolis, Brazil	[73]
800m freestyle	8:08.02		Kristel Köbrich	Chile	14 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[74]
1500m freestyle	15:48.32		Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina	21 July 2018	Murrays All Saints Preparation Meet	Gold Coast, Australia	[75]
50m backstroke	25.67	AM	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[76]
100m backstroke	57.13	sf	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[77]
200m backstroke	2:05.06	h	Andrea Berrino	Argentina	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[78]
50m breaststroke	29.87		Jhennifer Conceição	Brazil	15 September 2022	José Finkel Trophy	Recife, Brazil	[79]
100m breaststroke	1:05.06		Julia Sebastian	Argentina	22 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[80]
200m breaststroke	2:20.51		Julia Sebastian	Argentina	21 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[81]
50m butterfly	25.54	sf	Daynara de Paula	Brazil	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[82]
100m butterfly	56.31		Daiene Dias	Brazil	16 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[83]
200m butterfly	2:04.01		Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	7 November 2009	World Cup	Moscow, Russia	[84]
100m individual medley	59.21		Stefanía Gómez	Colombia	21 December 2024	Spanish Club Cup Division of Honor	Sabadell, Spain	[85]
200m individual medley	2:09.03		Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	6 November 2009	World Cup	Moscow, Russia	[86]
400m individual medley	4:26.98		Joanna Maranhão	Brazil	6 November 2009	World Cup	Moscow, Russia	[87]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:38.78		Daiane Oliveira  (25.11) Larissa Oliveira  (24.18) Alessandra Marchioro  (24.87) Daynara de Paula  (24.62)	Brazil	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[88]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:33.93		Larissa Oliveira  (53.46) Daynara de Paula  (53.88) Daiane Oliveira  (53.03) Alessandra Marchioro  (53.56)	Brazil	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[89]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:46.76		Maria Fernanda Costa  (1:54.22) Gabrielle Roncatto  (1:57.34) Fernanda Celidônio  (1:57.18) Letícia Romão  (1:58.12)	Brazil	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[90]
4×50m medley relay	1:46.47		Etiene Medeiros  (26.03) Ana Carla Carvalho  (30.38) Daynara de Paula  (25.68) Larissa Oliveira  (24.38)	Brazil	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[91]
4×100m medley relay	3:57.00		Camila Lopes  (1:00.10) Macarena Ceballos  (1:06.76) Daiene Dias  (57.02) Daiane Becker  (53.12)	Minas TC	15 September 2016	José Finkel Trophy	Santos, Brazil	[92]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CONSANAT; 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	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50m freestyle relay	1:29.17		César Cielo  (20.65) João de Lucca  (21.03) Etiene Medeiros  (23.58) Larissa Oliveira  (23.91)	Brazil	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[93]
4×50m medley relay	1:37.26		Etiene Medeiros  (25.83) Felipe França Silva  (25.45) Nicholas Santos  (21.81) Larissa Oliveira  (24.17)	Brazil	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[94]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CBDA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat