List of Guatemalan records in swimming

The Guatemala records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Guatemala, which are recognised and ratified by the Federacion Nacional de Natacion, Clavado, Polo Acuatico y Nado Sincronizado (FENADEGUA).

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	22.61		Luis Martínez	Guatemala	25 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[1]
100 m freestyle	50.79	h	Luis Martínez	Guatemala	17 May 2019	TYR Pro Swim Series	Bloomington, United States	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:50.74		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	21 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[3]
400 m freestyle	3:58.43		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	20 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[4]
800 m freestyle	8:22.17		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	3 March 2020	Barbadian Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[5]
1500 m freestyle	15:54.20		Evan Marcus	Guatemala	25 June 2005	-	United States
50 m backstroke	26.66		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	20 May 2021	Puerto Rican International Open	Salinas, Puerto Rico	[6]
100 m backstroke	56.95		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	20 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[7]
200 m backstroke	2:03.00		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	27 November 2021	Junior Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	[8]
50m breaststroke	28.80		Álvaro Fortuny	Guatemala	19 May 2000	-	Rome, Italy
100m breaststroke	1:04.08		Álvaro Fortuny	Guatemala	2 August 1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	[9]
100m breaststroke	1:02.70	h, #	Reberto Bonilla	Unattached	7 June 2025	Texas Senior Circuit Meet	Dallas, United States	[ citation needed ]
200m breaststroke	2:12.60		Reberto Bonilla	Guatemala	12 August 2025	Junior Pan American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[10]
50m butterfly	23.26		Luis Martínez	Guatemala	22 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[11]
100m butterfly	51.09		Luis Martínez	Guatemala	31 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[12]
200m butterfly	1:58.41		Erick Gordillo	Centro Caribe Sports	24 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[13]
200m individual medley	2:00.89		Reberto Bonilla	Guatemala	14 August 2025	Junior Pan American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[14]
400m individual medley	4:17.90		Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	19 June 2021	Colombia Open Championships	Barranquilla, Colombia
4×100m freestyle relay	3:32.14		Roberto Gossmann  (52.65) Cristian Garcíá  (53.92) Jose Barrios  (54.23) Erick Gordillo  (51.34)	Guatemala	19 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[15]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:43.62		Jose Barrios  (1:57.01) Cristian Garcíá  (1:58.59) Roberto Gossmann  (1:55.60) Erick Gordillo  (1:52.42)	Guatemala	17 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[16]
4×100m medley relay	3:51.88		Miguel Vaásquez  (1:00.08) Miguel Turcios  (1:05.72) Erick Gordillo  (54.47) Roberto Gossmann  (51.61)	Guatemala	22 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[17]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federacion Nacional de Natacion, Clavado, Polo Acuatico y Nado Sincronizado;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	26.63		Gabriela Santis	Guatemala	25 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia
100m freestyle	56.98		Belén Morales	Guatemala	19 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[18]
200m freestyle	2:02.01		Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	24 June 2016	-	The Bahamas
400m freestyle	4:10.80		Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	26 June 2016	-	The Bahamas
800m freestyle	8:33.28		Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	23 June 2016	-	The Bahamas
1500m freestyle	16:34.81	h	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[19]
50m backstroke	28.28		Gisela Morales	Guatemala	15 May 2015	-	Charlotte, United States
100m backstroke	1:00.99	h	Gisela Morales	Guatemala	17 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[20]
200m backstroke	2:12.36		Gisela Morales	Guatemala	23 July 2010	CAC Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
50m breaststroke	33.67		Stephanie Iannaccone	PRI	25 April 2025	Guatemalan Championships	Mazatenango, Guatemala	[21]
100m breaststroke	1:11.15		Stephanie Iannaccone	Walnut Creek Aquabears	24 July 2024	Futures Championships	Sacramento, United States	[22]
200m breaststroke	2:33.77	h	Stephanie Iannaccone	Guatemala	15 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
50m butterfly	27.58		Danika Gwisinga	-	6 April 2017	-	Toronto, Canada
100m butterfly	1:02.05		Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	7 June 2016	CAMEX	Panama City, Panama	[24]
200m butterfly	2:12.82	h	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	5 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[25]
200m individual medley	2:20.42		Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	30 June 2017	CCCAN	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[26]
400m individual medley	4:51.33		Valerie Gruest	-	6 May 2017	-	Atlanta, United States
4×50m freestyle relay	1:58.05		Claudia Rivera Luisa Caniz Patricia Rivera Blanca Morales	-	17 December 1992	-	Guatemala
4×100m freestyle relay	3:55.73		Belén Morales  (57.17) Lucero Mejía  (1:00.01) Emilia Sandoval  (59.22) Melissa Diego  (59.33)	Guatemala	21 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[27]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:38.80		Lucero Mejía  (2:09.70) Yanci Vanegas  (2:11.39) Sara Fernandez  (2:12.17) Belén Morales  (2:05.54)	Guatemala	19 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[28]
4×100m medley relay	4:21.18		Melissa Diego  (1:03.04) Alejandra Alvarado  (1:17.13) Emilia Sandoval  (1:04.00) Belén Morales  (57.01)	Guatemala	22 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[29]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federacion Nacional de Natacion, Clavado, Polo Acuatico y Nado Sincronizado;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	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:45.44		Guillermo Lima Stefanie Mendizabal Valerie Gruest Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	7 June 2016	2016 CAMEX	Panama City, Panama	[30]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:40.12		Roberto Gossmann  (52.68) Erick Gordillo  (51.46) Lucero Mejía  (59.28) Belén Morales  (56.70)	Guatemala	20 October 2025	Central American Games	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[31]
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay	4:02.56		Lucero Mejía  (1:05.07) Reberto Bonilla  (1:02.35) Stephanie Iannaccone  (1:02.77) Roberto Gossmann  (52.37)	Guatemala	12 August 2025	Junior Pan American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	[32]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federacion Nacional de Natacion, Clavado, Polo Acuatico y Nado Sincronizado;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.94	h, =	Kevin Avila	Guatemala	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[33]
50m freestyle	22.94	h, =	Miguel Vasquez	Guatemala	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[34]
100m freestyle	49.77	h	Miguel Vasquez	Guatemala	14 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[35]
200m freestyle	1:50.06		Erick Gordillo	Delfines	2 September 2022	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
400m freestyle	3:58.02		Erick Gordillo	Delfines	3 September 2022	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
800m freestyle	8:34.11		Luis Martínez	-	30 September 2012	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
800m freestyle	8:25.43	h, †, not ratified	Emilio Avila	Guatemala	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[36]
1500m freestyle	15:57.90	h	Emilio Avila	Guatemala	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[37]
50m backstroke	25.31	h	Miguel Vasquez	Guatemala	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[38]
100m backstroke	56.29		Erick Gordillo	Delfines	22 September 2018	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
200m backstroke	1:59.80	h	Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	16 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[39]
50m breaststroke	30.03		Miguel Turcios	-	29 August 2021	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
50m breaststroke	29.26	h, not ratified by federation	Álvaro Fortuny	Guatemala	12 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[40]
100m breaststroke	1:06.79		José Regalado	-	15 October 2010	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
100m breaststroke	1:06.05	h, not ratified by federation	Álvaro Fortuny	Guatemala	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[41]
200m breaststroke	2:23.17		Bryan Vásquez	-	21 October 2016	-	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
50m butterfly	24.64		Erick Gordillo	Delfines	27 August 2021	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
100m butterfly	54.85		Erick Gordillo	Delfines	4 September 2022	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
200m butterfly	1:56.15	h	Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[42]
100m individual medley	55.45	h	Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[43]
200m individual medley	1:58.03	h	Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	10 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[44]
400m individual medley	4:10.97	h	Erick Gordillo	Guatemala	17 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[45]
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	4:08.34		Ernesto Berger Christian Alvarez Alvaro Fortuny Harry Lewis	-	1995	-	Zacapa, Guatemala
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay	4:38.72		Christian Alvarez Alvaro Fortuny Ernesto Berger Harry Lewis	-	1995	-	Zacapa, Guatemala

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federacion Nacional de Natacion, Clavado, Polo Acuatico y Nado Sincronizado;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	26.70		Lucero Mejía	Guatemala	17 March 2023	-	Nicaragua
100m freestyle	57.77		Belén Morales	Guatemala	21 October 2022	-	Mexico
200m freestyle	2:02.57	h	Lucero Mejia	Guatemala	18 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[46]
400m freestyle	4:14.75	h	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[47]
800m freestyle	8:44.78		Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[48]
1500 m freestyle	17:59.40		Valerie Gruest	-	28 September 2012	-	Zacapa, Guatemala
50m backstroke	30.05		Lucero Mejía	-	4 September 2021	-	La Libertad, El Salvador
50m backstroke	29.42	'#'	Lucero Mejía	Programa	27 May 2023	Guatemalan Championships	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala	[ citation needed ]
100m backstroke	1:01.23	h	Melissa Diego	Guatemala	10 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[49]
200m backstroke	2:15.02	h	Melissa Diego	Guatemala	15 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[50]
50m breaststroke	33.79		Krista Jurado	-	29 August 2021	-	Zacapa, Guatemala
50m breaststroke	33.70	h, †, not ratified	Krista Jurado	Guatemala	19 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[51]
100m breaststroke	1:11.87		Krista Jurado	Individuales Gisela	26 August 2021	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
200m breaststroke	2:35.17		Krista Jurado	Individuales Gisela	27 August 2021	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
50m butterfly	28.76		Lucero Mejía	Guatemala	18 March 2023	-	Nicaragua
100m butterfly	1:03.17	h	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[52]
200m butterfly	2:13.07	h	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[53]
100m individual medley	1:06.25		Krista Jurado	Individuales Gisela	26 August 2021	Guatemalan Championships	Zacapa, Guatemala
200m individual medley	2:18.33		Lucero Mejía	Guatemala	17 March 2023	-	Nicaragua
400m individual medley	4:55.29	h	Maria Coy	Guatemala	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[54]
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	4:36.17		Claudia Estrada Marielos Juarez Ruby Garcia Lucia Jimenez	-	1995	Zacapa, Guatemala
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay	5:13.41		Lucia Jimenez Marielos Juarez Claudia Estrada Ruby Garcia	-	1995	Zacapa, Guatemala

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federacion Nacional de Natacion, Clavado, Polo Acuatico y Nado Sincronizado;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

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External links

• FENADEGUA web site