List of Bahraini records in swimming

The Bahraini records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Bahrain, which are recognised and ratified by the Bahrain Swimming Association.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	23.96	h	Farhan Farhan	Bahrain	28 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[1]
100 m freestyle	52.83	h	Farhan Farhan	Bahrain	26 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:57.43	h	Ali Alawi	Azura Florida Aquatic	25 July 2025	FG Senior Championships	Pompano Beach, United States	[3]
400 m freestyle	4:15.07	b	Ali Alawi	Azura Florida Aquatic	26 July 2025	FG Senior Championships	Pompano Beach, United States	[4]
800 m freestyle	8:50.11		Ali Alawi	Azura Florida Aquatic	9 February 2023	Speedo Sectionals	Orlando, United States	[5]
1500 m freestyle	17:01.25		Ali Alawi	Azura Florida Aquatic	2 March 2023	FG PST Senior Invite	Plantation, United States	[6]
50 m backstroke	27.28	h	Omar Al-Rowaila	Bahrain	24 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[7]
100 m backstroke	59.94		Omar Al-Rowaila	Bahrain	18 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[8]
200 m backstroke	2:22.90		Ahmed Abdulla	Bahrain	10 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	[9]
50 m breaststroke	29.17	h	Miron Boldovskii	Bahrain	30 October 2025	Asian Youth Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	[10]
100 m breaststroke	1:05.25	h	Miron Boldovskii	Bahrain	29 October 2025	Asian Youth Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	[11]
200 m breaststroke	2:21.94	h	Saud Ghali	Bahrain	15 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[12]
50 m butterfly	26.69	h	Abdulla Ahmed Ali Yusuf	Bahrain	21 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[13]
50 m butterfly	25.91	'#'	Ahmed Helal	Bahrain	12 July 2025	GCC Championships	Manama, Bahrain	[ citation needed ]
100 m butterfly	58.18		Ahmed Helal	Bahrain	31 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[14]
200 m butterfly	2:20.23	h	Khalid Abdulla Aali-Baba	Bahrain	30 July 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[15]
200 m butterfly	2:12.69	'#'	Abdellah Youssef	Bahrain	5 August 2019	Arab Junior Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[ citation needed ]
200 m individual medley	2:17.29		Ahmed Suhail	Bahrain	30 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[16]
400 m individual medley	4:49.86		Ahmed Suhail	Bahrain	29 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[17]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Bahrain Swimming Association;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
50 m freestyle	26.25	h	Amani Alobaidli	Bahrain	15 June 2024	Australian Olympic Trials	Brisbane, Australia	[18]
100 m freestyle	59.38	h	Amani Alobaidli	Bahrain	19 December 2024	Queensland Championships	Brisbane, Australia	[19]
200 m freestyle	2:10.95		Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	28 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[20]
400 m freestyle	4:33.91		Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	31 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[21]
800 m freestyle	9:27.08		Sana Le Falher	Team Santa Monica California	21 July 2024	CA Fullerton CA/NV Speedo Sectionals	Fullerton - California, United States	[22]
1500 m freestyle	17:45.74		Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	12 January 2024	2nd Arab Aquatics Age Group Championships Swimming	Doha, Qatar	[23]
50 m backstroke	29.64		Amani Alobaidli	Bahrain	8 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	[24]
100 m backstroke	1:05.06		Amani Alobaidli	Bahrain	5 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	[25]
200 m backstroke	2:25.16		Amani Alobaidli	Bahrain	7 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	[26]
50 m breaststroke	36.65		Noor Taha	Bahrain	5 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	[27]
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke	2:59.20		Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	19 March 2023	EC International Swimming Championship 2023	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[28]
50 m butterfly	29.12	b	Asma Le Falher	Loughborough University	26 May 2024	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[29]
100 m butterfly	1:05.53	h	Asma Le Falher	Bahrain	27 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[30]
200 m butterfly	2:37.34	h	Asma Le Falher	Bahrain	18 March 2023	EC International Swimming Championship 2023	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[31]
200 m individual medley	2:32.26		Sana Le Falher	Team Santa Monica California	27 July 2024	2024 CA SCS/GWSC Summer A/G Championships	Huntington Beach - CA, United States	[32]
400 m individual medley	5:20.27		Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	11 January 2024	2nd Arab Aquatics Age Group Championships	Doha, Qatar	[33]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Bahrain Swimming Association;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	3:54.77	h	Ali Sadeq Alawi  (54.62) Abdulla Khalid Jamal  (54.27) Asma Lefahler  (1:01.36) Ayah Binrajab  (1:04.52)	Bahrain	29 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[34]
4×100 m medley relay	4:20.68	h	Amani Al-Obaidli  (1:06.02) Saud Ghali  (1:07.15) Ahmed Theibich  (1:02.54) Noor Yusuf Abdulla  (1:04.97)	Bahrain	14 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[35]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Bahrain Swimming Association;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

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	23.64	h	Saleh Farhan Saleh Faraj	Bahrain	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[36]
100 m freestyle	52.22	h	Saleh Farhan Saleh Faraj	Bahrain	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[37]
200 m freestyle	2:00.01	h	Saleh Farhan Saleh Faraj	Bahrain	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[38]
400 m freestyle	4:38.82	h	Abdulaziz Darraj	Bahrain	8 October 2016	World Cup	Doha, Qatar	[39]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	27.89	h	Saleh Farhan Saleh Faraj	Bahrain	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[40]
50 m backstroke	27.46	'#'	Ahmed Helal	Fusion Aquatics	24 November 2024	Speedo Invitational Meet	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
100 m backstroke	1:02.90	h	Omar Al-Rowaila	Bahrain	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[41]
200 m backstroke	2:25.92	h	Faraj Farhan	Bahrain	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[42]
50 m breaststroke	29.21	h	Soud Ghail	Stipendium Hungaricum	9 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[43]
100 m breaststroke	1:02.80	h	Soud Ghail	Stipendium Hungaricum	5 November 2025	Hungarian Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	[44]
200 m breaststroke	2:16.72	b	Soud Ghail	Stipendium Hungaricum	8 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[45]
50 m butterfly	26.86	h	Omar Yousif	Bahrain	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[46]
50 m butterfly	25.63	'#'	Ahmed Helal	Fusion Aquatics	24 November 2024	Speedo Invitational Meet	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
100 m butterfly	1:00.23	h	Abdulla Ahmed	Bahrain	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[47]
100 m butterfly	59.16	h, #	Ahmed Helal	Fusion Aquatics	23 November 2024	Speedo Invitational Meet	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
200 m butterfly	2:20.01	h	Khalid Ali Baba	Bahrain	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[48]
100 m individual medley	59.76	h	Soud Ghail	Stipendium Hungaricum	9 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary	[49]
200 m individual medley	2:09.59	h	Soud Ghail	Stipendium Hungaricum	5 November 2025	Hungarian Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	[50]
400 m individual medley	4:40.50		Ahmed Suhail	-	6 December 2024	St Chris Sharks Winter Championships	Mananma, Bahrain	[ citation needed ]
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:50.01	h	Omar Yousif  (54.24) Farhan Farhan  (57.93) Faraj Farhan  (1:00.24) Khalid Ali Baba  (57.60)	Bahrain	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[51]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay	4:13.79	h	Faraj Farhan  (1:05.27) Omar Yousif  (1:07.97) Khalid Ali Baba  (1:02.67) Farhan Farhan  (57.88)	Bahrain	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[52]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Bahrain Swimming Association;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
50 m freestyle	27.12	h	Asma Le Falher	Loughborough University	19 October 2025	Manchester Winter Qualifiers	Manchester, United Kingdom	[53]
100 m freestyle	58.62	h	Asma Le Falher	Loughborough University	1 November 2025	East Midlands Championships	Nottingham, United Kingdom	[54]
200 m freestyle	2:06.54	h	Sana Le Falher	Repton	3 November 2024	East Midland Regional Short Course Championships 2024	Nottingham, United Kingdom	[55]
400 m freestyle	4:24.51		Sana Le Falher	Repton	2 November 2024	East Midland Regional Short Course Championships 2024	Nottingham, United Kingdom	[56]
800 m freestyle	9:00.25		Sana Le Falher	Repton	3 November 2024	East Midland Regional Short Course Championships 2024	Nottingham, United Kingdom	[57]
1500 m freestyle	17:19.60		Sana Le Falher	Repton	1 November 2024	East Midland Regional Short Course Championships 2024	Nottingham, United Kingdom	[58]
50 m backstroke	40.94	h	Sara Al-Flaij	Bahrain	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[59]
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke	45.67	h	Ritaj Amin	Bahrain	5 October 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[60]
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke	2:53.25	h	Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	3 December 2022	St Chris Sharks Winter Champs 2022	Saar, Bahrain	[61]
50 m butterfly	28.72	f	Asma Le Falher	Loughborough University	17 december 2023	Swim Wales Winter Championships 2023	Swansea - Wales, United Kingdom	[62]
100 m butterfly	1:04.06	h	Asma Le Falher	Loughborough University	15 December 2023	Swim Wales Winter Championships 2023	Swansea, United Kingdom	[63]
200 m butterfly	2:29.18		Asma Le Falher	Bahrain	10 december 2022	Hamilton Aquatics Winter Wonders	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[64]
100 m individual medley	1:23.04		Alzain Tareq	Bahrain	9 October 2016	World Cup	Doha, Qatar	[65]
200 m individual medley	2:26.70		Sana Le Falher	Bahrain	26 November 2023	26th Speedo Invitational Short Course Meet	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[66]
400 m individual medley	5.06.08	h	Sana Le Falher	Repton	2 November 2024	East Midland Regional Short Course Championships 2024	Nottingham, United Kingdom	[67]
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Bahrain Swimming Association;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

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