List of Cook Islands records in swimming

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The Cook Islands records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Cook Islands, which are recognised and ratified by the Cook Islands Aquatics Federation. Due to the lack of a swimming pool, only open water swimming is practiced in the Cook Islands. [1]

Contents

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

EventTimeNameClubDateMeetLocationRef
50 m freestyle23.94 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands13 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa [2]
50 m freestyle23.16'#' Wesley Roberts Wests Illawarra12 December 2020NSW Senior State Age Championships Sydney, Australia[ citation needed ]
100 m freestyle49.41h Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands14 February 2024 World Championships Doha, Qatar [3]
200 m freestyle1:48.55h Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands13 June 2021 Australian Olympic Trials Adelaide, Australia [4]
400 m freestyle3:52.50h Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands12 June 2021 Australian Olympic Trials Adelaide, Australia [5]
800 m freestyle8:14.85† Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands7 April 2017New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [6]
1500 m freestyle15:33.41 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands7 April 2017New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [7]
50 m backstroke27.05 Jacob Story Mt Eden15 April 2024New Zealand Age Group Championships Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [8]
100 m backstroke58.38 Jacob Story Mt Eden12 December 2023Queensland Championships Brisbane, Australia [9]
200 m backstroke2:11.64h Bede Aitu Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands2 August 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom [10]
50 m breaststroke28.85h Jacob Story Mt Eden22 May 2025New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [11]
100 m breaststroke1:02.93h Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands27 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [12]
200 m breaststroke2:17.91h Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands31 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [13]
50 m butterfly24.67 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands23 November 2023 Pacific Games Honiara, Solomon Islands [14]
100 m butterfly55.52 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands20 November 2023 Pacific Games Honiara, Solomon Islands [15]
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley2:07.37 Jacob Story Mt Eden25 May 2025New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [16]
400 m individual medley4:42.04 Jacob Story Mt Eden15 March 2024Auckland Age Group & Open Championships Auckland, New Zealand [17]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Cook Islands Aquatics Federation;WR – World record;OC – Oceanian 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

EventTimeNameClubDateMeetLocationRef
50 m freestyle27.01 Tracy Keith-Matchitt Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands24 June 2016 Oceania Championships Suva, Fiji [18]
100 m freestyle57.85h Tracy Keith-Matchitt Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands6 August 2015 World Championships Kazan, Russia [19]
200 m freestyle2:11.40 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga18 April 2024New Zealand Age Group Championships Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [20]
400 m freestyle4:46.48 Mia Laban Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands18 December 2023Victorian Age Championship Melbourne, Australia [21]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke31.73 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga19 April 2022New Zealand Age Group Championships Wellington, New Zealand [22]
100 m backstroke1:06.69 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga19 April 2024New Zealand Age Group Championships Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [23]
200 m backstroke2:31.91 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga22 April 2022New Zealand Age Group Championships Wellington, New Zealand [24]
50 m breaststroke31.41h, † Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands28 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [25]
100 m breaststroke1:07.40h Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands28 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [26]
200 m breaststroke2:29.87h Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands31 July 2025 World Championships Singapore, Singapore [27]
50 m butterfly28.50h Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands6 August 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games Couva, Trinidad and Tobago [28]
100 m butterfly1:04.66 Lanihei Connolly TBSS Central City21 April 2022New Zealand Age Group Championships Wellington, New Zealand [29]
200 m butterfly2:34.22 Alicia Story Mt Eden16 April 2025New Zealand Age Group Championships Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [30]
200 m individual medley2:21.97c Lanihei Connolly Howick Pakuranga12 April 2023New Zealand Age Group Championships Auckland, New Zealand [31]
400 m individual medley5:28.89 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga17 April 2024New Zealand Age Group Championships Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [32]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Cook Islands Aquatics Federation;WR – World record;OC – Oceanian 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

EventTimeNameClubDateMeetLocationRef
50 m freestyle23.51h, † Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands14 December 2022 World Championships Melbourne, Australia [33]
100 m freestyle49.59h Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands14 December 2022 World Championships Melbourne, Australia [34]
200 m freestyle1:46.67h Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands18 December 2022 World Championships Melbourne, Australia [35]
400 m freestyle3:49.36h Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands24 October 2019Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia [36]
800 m freestyle8:11.28† Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands12 August 2017 World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands [37]
1500 m freestyle15:27.36 Wesley Roberts Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands12 August 2017 World Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands [38]
50 m backstroke27.01 Bede Aitu TBSS Central City26 August 2022New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [39]
100 m backstroke58.36 Bede Aitu TBSS Central City23 August 2022New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [40]
200 m backstroke2:06.49 Bede Aitu TBSS Central City25 August 2022New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [41]
50m breaststroke28.63h Malcolm Richardson Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands15 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [42]
100m breaststroke1:02.11h Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands11 December 2024 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [43]
200m breaststroke2:13.71 Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [44]
50m butterfly25.49h Malcolm Richardson Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands14 December 2018 World Championships Hangzhou, China [45]
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
100m individual medley56.08 Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [46]
200m individual medley2:04.08 Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands4 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [47]
400m individual medley4:27.01 Jacob Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands1 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [48]
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Cook Islands Aquatics Federation;WR – World record;OC – Oceanian 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

EventTimeNameClubDateMeetLocationRef
50 m freestyle26.23h Tracy Keith-Matchitt Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands6 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [49]
100 m freestyle56.64h Tracy Keith-Matchitt Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands4 December 2014 World Championships Doha, Qatar [50]
200 m freestyle2:11.47h Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga9 August 2023New Zealand Championships Auckland, New Zealand [51]
400 m freestyle4:38.05 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga9 September 2023WHL 400 and 50’s Auckland, New Zealand [52]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke30.07 Mia Laban Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands30 June 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [53]
100 m backstroke1:04.14 Mia Laban Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands4 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [54]
200 m backstroke2:18.94 Mia Laban Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands2 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [55]
50 m breaststroke30.96h Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands14 December 2024 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [56]
100 m breaststroke1:07.36h Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands11 December 2024 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [57]
200 m breaststroke2:40.02 Lanihei Connolly Baradene College23 July 2021New Zealand Secondary School Championships Auckland, New Zealand [58]
50 m butterfly28.41 Lanihei Connolly TBSS Central City6 July 2023ASA Championships Auckland, New Zealand [59]
100 m butterfly1:03.51 Mia Laban Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands1 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [60]
200 m butterfly2:29.27 Alicia Story Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands3 July 2025 Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau [61]
100 m individual medley1:03.93 Lanihei Connolly TBSS Central City6 July 2023ASA Championships Auckland, New Zealand [62]
200 m individual medley2:21.14 Lanihei Connolly TBSS Central City8 July 2023ASA Championships Auckland, New Zealand [63]
400 m individual medley5:19.08 Mia Laban Howick Pakuranga17 June 2023Mt Eden Lvl 1 & 2 Auckland, New Zealand [64]
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 Cook Islands Aquatics Federation;WR – World record;OC – Oceanian 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

References

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  2. ↑ "2019 Pacific Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoa2019.ws. 13 July 2019. p. 9. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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