List of Iranian records in swimming

The Iranian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Iran, which are recognised and ratified by the Iran Amateur Swimming Federation.

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	22.41	h	Samyar Abdoli	Iran	1 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[1]
100 m freestyle	50.34	b	Samyar Abdoli	SSG Saar Max Ritter	26 April 2024	German Championships	Berlin, Germany	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:50.71		Alireza Yavari	McKendree University	13 July 2023	Region VIII Summer Sectionals	Columbia, United States	[3]
400 m freestyle	3:57.81		Mohammad Ghasemi	Iran	15 February 2025	Dubai Open Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
800 m freestyle	8:17.19		Mohammad Ghasemi	Iran	29 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[4]
1500 m freestyle	16:06.66		Ali Jafari	Bisp Sea Eagles	23 May 2024	Malaysia Open Championships	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	[ citation needed ]
50m backstroke	25.98		Homer Abbasi	Iran	30 April 2024	Turkish Championships	Edirne, Turkey	[5]
100m backstroke	56.36	sf	Abolfazl Sam	Iran	14 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[6]
200m backstroke	2:04.67	h	Abolfazl Sam	Iran	13 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[7]
50m breaststroke	27.95	h, =	Mohammad Alirezaei	Iran	14 November 2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China
50m breaststroke	27.95	=	Mohammad Alirezaei	Iran	12 July 2008	Croatian Championships	Dubrovnik, Croatia	[8]
100m breaststroke	1:02.98	sf	Mohammad Alirezaei	Iran	10 July 2008	Croatian Championships	Dubrovnik, Croatia	[9]
200m breaststroke	2:17.67		Alireza Arab	Iran	16 February 2025	Dubai Open Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
50m butterfly	24.15		Mehrshad Afghari	Ares Isfahan	November 2023	Iranian Swimming Pro League	Isfahan, Iran	[ citation needed ]
100m butterfly	53.32	h	Mehrshad Afghari	Iran	16 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[10]
200m butterfly	1:59.97	h	Matin Balsini	Iran	26 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[11]
200m individual medley	2:05.87	h	Matin Sohran	Iran	24 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[12]
400m individual medley	4:35.34		Mohammad Ghasemi	Iran	27 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[13]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:22.46		Sina Gholampour  (51.68) Samyar Abdoli  (50.78) Alireza Yavari Foroushani  (49.92) Matin Sohran  (50.08)	Iran	13 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[14]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:43.62		Alireza Yavari Foroushani  (1:53.19) Sina Gholampour  (1:58.73) Homer Abbasi  (1:56.02) Matin Sohran  (1:55.68)	Iran	15 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[15]
4×100m medley relay	3:45.40		Abolfazl Sam  (56.99) Samyar Abdoli  (1:03.82) Mehrshad Afghari  (53.82) Matin Sohran  (50.77)	Iran	28 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Iran Amateur Swimming Federation;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
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Iran Amateur Swimming Federation;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	21.98	h	Samyar Abdoli	Iran	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[17]
100 m freestyle	48.60	h	Sina Gholampour	Iran	22 October 2021	World Cup	Doha, Qatar	[18]
200 m freestyle	1:48.67	h	Mohammad Ghasemi	Iran	18 December 2023	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[19]
400 m freestyle	3:55.33		Mohammad Ghasemi	Ray Tehran Wave	November 2023	Velayat Cup	Mashhad, Iran	[ citation needed ]
800 m freestyle	8:11.14	†	Mohammad Ghasemi	Iran	17 December 2023	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[20]
1500 m freestyle	15:24.21		Mohammad Ghasemi	Iran	17 December 2023	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[21]
50m backstroke	24.43	h	Abolfazl Sam	Khorasan Razavi	26 August 2024	World Championships Selection	Isfahan, Iran	[22]
100m backstroke	53.75		Abolfazl Sam	Khorasan Razavi	25 August 2024	World Championships Selection	Isfahan, Iran	[23]
200m backstroke	1:59.23		Abolfazl Sam	Khorasan Razavi	2 September 2022	World Championships Selection	Isfahan, Iran	[24]
50m breaststroke	27.78		Mohammad Alirezaei	Iran	5 November 2009	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam
100m breaststroke	1:00.46		Mehdi Ansari	Iran	22 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[25]
200m breaststroke	2:15.29	h	Arya Nasimi Shad	Iran	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[26]
50m butterfly	23.53	h	Mehrshad Afghari	Isfahan	4 September 2022	World Championships Selection	Isfahan, Iran	[27]
100m butterfly	51.87	h	Mehrshad Afghari	Iran	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[28]
200m butterfly	1:58.83	h	Matin Balsini	Iran	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[29]
100m individual medley	55.31	tt	Matin Sararan	Isfahan	4 September 2022	World Championships Selection	Isfahan, Iran	[30]
200m individual medley	2:01.12		Saeed Malekae Ashtiani	Iran	4 November 2009	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam
400m individual medley	4:24.81	h	Saeed Malekae Ashtiani	Iran	16 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4×50m freestyle relay	1:29.90		Pasha Vahdati Rad  (22.70) Emin Noshadi  (22.32) Gamer Dilanchian  (22.57) Mohammad Bidarian  (22.31)	Iran	4 November 2009	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam
4×100m freestyle relay	3:19.98		Sina Gholampour  (49.42) Alireza Yavari Foroushani  (50.11) Soroush Ghandchi  (50.44) Benyamin Gharehhassanloo  (50.01)	Iran	23 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[31]
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	1:38.76		Jamal Chavoshifar  (25.83) Arya Nasimi Shad  (27.31) Mehdi Ansari  (23.42) Sina Gholampour  (22.20)	Iran	22 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[32]
4×100m medley relay	3:37.31	tt	Abolfazl Sam Mehran Ghasemzadehasl Mehrshad Afghari Sina Gholampour	Iran	4 September 2022	World Championships Selection	Isfahan, Iran	[33]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Iran Amateur Swimming Federation;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
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
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 Iran Amateur Swimming Federation;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

References

General

• Iranian Swimming records – Men 2 August 2025 updated

Specific

1. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
2. "Men's 100m Freestyle B-Final Results" (PDF). titanium-sportservice.de. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
3. Sidney Zacharias (14 July 2023). "15-Year-Old John Thumann Swims 54.32 100 Fly On Day 2 Of Columbia Sectionals". SwimSwam . Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. "Boys 800m Freestyle Results". aagc.wsl.world. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
5. "Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results". swimrankings.net. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
6. "Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
7. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
8. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). croswimspace.org. 12 July 2008. p. 97. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
9. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results" (PDF). croswimspace.org. 10 July 2008. p. 17. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
10. "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
11. "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
12. "Men's 200m IM Heats Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
13. "Boys 400m IM Final Results". aagc.wsl.world. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
14. "Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
15. "Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
16. "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results". aagc.wsl.world. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
17. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
18. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
19. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). salnikovcup.ru. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
20. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Results" (PDF). salnikovcup.ru. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
21. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Results" (PDF). salnikovcup.ru. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
22. "Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). irsf.ir. 26 August 2024. p. 20. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
23. "Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results" (PDF). irsf.ir. 25 August 2024. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
24. "Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results" (PDF). irsf.ir. 2 September 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
25. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
26. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
27. "Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). irsf.ir. 3 September 2022. p. 27. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
28. "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
29. "Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
30. "Men's 100m IM Time Trial Results" (PDF). irsf.ir. 3 September 2022. p. 36. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
31. "Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
32. "Men's 4×50m Medley Relay Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
33. "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Time Trial Results" (PDF). irsf.ir. 3 September 2022. p. 36. Retrieved 13 September 2022.