List of Nicaraguan records in swimming

The Nicaraguan records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Nicaragua, which are recognised and ratified by the Fedaracion de Natacion de Nicaragua (FENANICA).

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.66		Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	21 April 2017	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[1]
100m freestyle	51.89	rh	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	23 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[2]
200m freestyle	1:55.02		Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	4 December 2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua	[3]
400m freestyle	4:05.13	h	Gerald Hernandez	Nicaragua	23 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[4]
800m freestyle	8:35.27		Gerald Hernandez	Nicaragua	23 April 2023	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	[5]
1500m freestyle	16:25.80		Gerald Hernandez	2022	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[ citation needed ]
50m backstroke	27.15	h	Eisner Barberena	Nicaragua	24 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[6]
100m backstroke	58.95	h	Eisner Barberena	Nicaragua	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[7]
200m backstroke	2:11.68		Eisner Barbarena	Nicaragua	June 2016	CAMEX	Panama City, Panama	[8]
50m breaststroke	32.00		Julio Vargas	Nicaragua	25 March 2018	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[ citation needed ]
100m breaststroke	1:07.74		Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	18 March 2016	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[9]
200m breaststroke	2:39.30	h	Rodrigo Guerra Su	Nicaragua	22 August 2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	[10]
50m butterfly	25.49		Miguel Mena	Pirañas	April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[11]
100m butterfly	56.70		Miguel Mena	Pirañas	April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[12]
200m butterfly
200m individual medley	2:10.86		Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	8 December 2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua
400m individual medley
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.07			Nicaragua	7 December 2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua	[13]
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:07.70		Aldo Zepeda  (59.50) Cristoph Schutzmeier  (1:13.39) Michael Baltodano  (59.45) Enderson Morazan  (55.36)	Nicaragua	15 August 2023	CCCAN Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador	[ citation needed ]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Fedaracion de Natacion de Nicaragua;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	26.62		Maria Schutzmeier	Pirañas	April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[14]
100m freestyle	57.94	h	Maria Schutzmeier	Nicaragua	28 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[15]
200m freestyle	2:12.58		Maria Schutzmeier	Pirañas	21 March 2019	Nicaraguan Junior Championships	Managua, Nicaragua
400m freestyle	4:47.38		Karla Abarca	Nicaragua	28 June 2019	CCCAN Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados
800m freestyle	9:51.92		Fernanda Cuadra	-	12 October 1998
1500m freestyle	19:03.43		Sofia Maher	Barracudas	18 June 2015
50m backstroke	30.28		María Schutzmeier	Pirañas	23 April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[16]
100m backstroke	1:07.76		María Schutzmeier	Pirañas	April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[17]
200m backstroke	2:32.33		Germania Jarquin	-	9 June 2016
50m breaststroke	34.77		Carmen Guerra	Nicaragua	9 June 2018	Copa El Salvador	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	[ citation needed ]
100m breaststroke	1:16.89		Carmen Guerra	Nicaragua	June 2016	CAMEX	Panama City, Panama	[18]
200m breaststroke	2:48.93	h	Carmen Guerra	Nicaragua	23 August 2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	[19]
50m butterfly	27.75		Maria Schutzmeier	Pirañas	April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[20]
100m butterfly	1:02.41		Maria Schutzmeier	Pirañas	April 2021	Nicaraguan Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[21]
200m butterfly	2:29.78		Karla Abarca	-	26 March 2022	Nicaraguan Junior Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[ citation needed ]
200m individual medley	2:30.50		Karla Abarca	-		Campeonato de Velocidad	Managua, Nicaragua	[ citation needed ]
400m individual medley	5:20.14	h	Abarca Karla	Nicaragua	30 June 2019	CCCAN Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[22]
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:56.91		Bello Castañeda Karla Abarca María Hernández	Nicaragua	May 2017	Copa El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[23]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Fedaracion de Natacion de Nicaragua;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	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	1:45.33		Miguel Mena Kenner Tórrez María Hernández Karla Abarca	Nicaragua	May 2017	Copa El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[24]
4 × 50 m medley relay	1:59.52		María Hernández Karla Abarca Miguel Mena Rodrigo Guerra	Nicaragua	May 2017	Copa El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[25]

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

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.79	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[26]
100m freestyle	52.12	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[27]
200m freestyle	1:55.24	h	Fernando Medrano Medina	Nicaragua	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
400m freestyle	4:13.60	h	Omar Nunez	Nicaragua	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
800m freestyle	9:05.96	†	Omar Nunez	Nicaragua	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
1500m freestyle	17:14.00		Omar Nunez	Nicaragua	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
50m backstroke	26.17	h	Eisner Barberena Espinoza	Nicaragua	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[28]
100m backstroke	56.78	h	Eisner Barberena Espinoza	Nicaragua	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[29]
200m backstroke	2:06.75	h	Eisner Barberena Espinoza	Nicaragua	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[30]
50m breaststroke	30.48	h, †	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[31]
100m breaststroke	1:06.54	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[32]
200m breaststroke	2:34.57	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[33]
50m butterfly	26.11	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[34]
100m butterfly	57.06	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[35]
200m butterfly	2:13.20	h	Omar Nunez	Nicaragua	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
100m individual medley	58.49	h	Miguel Mena	Nicaragua	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[36]
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 Fedaracion de Natacion de Nicaragua;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	26.55		Maria Schutzmeier	Pirañas	23 August 2018	Nicaraguan Championships	Nicaragua
100m freestyle	56.97	h	Maria Schutzmeier	Nicaragua	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[37]
200m freestyle	2:07.90		Maria Schutzmeier	Pirañas	23 August 2018	Nicaraguan Age Group Championships	Nicaragua
400m freestyle	4:40.67		Karla Abarca	Barracudas	23 August 2018	Nicaraguan Age Group Championships	Nicaragua
800m freestyle	9:39.18		Karla Abarca	Barracudas	28 September 2018	Nicaraguan Championships	Nicaragua
1500m freestyle	18:42.80		Karla Abarca	Barracudas	28 September 2018	Nicaraguan Championships	Nicaragua
50m backstroke	30.40		María Hernández	Delfines	29 August 2019	Nicaraguan Age Group Championships	Nicaragua
100m backstroke	1:06.68		Fernanda Bello	Delfines	27 September 2019	Nicaraguan Championships	Nicaragua
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	35.17	h	Dalia Tórrez Zamora	Nicaragua	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[38]
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	28.84	h	María Hernández	Nicaragua	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[39]
100m butterfly	1:04.09	h	Karla Abarca	Nicaragua	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[40]
200 m butterfly
100m individual medley	1:08.39	h	Dalia Tórrez Zamora	Nicaragua	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[41]
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 Fedaracion de Natacion de Nicaragua;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	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	1:43.15	h	María Hernández  (27.12) Eisner Barberena  (23.85) Karla Abarca  (27.54) Kener Torrez  (24.64)	Nicaragua	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[42]
4 × 50 m medley relay	1:54.41	h	Eisner Barberena  (26.56) Kener Torrez  (31.98) Karla Abarca  (29.10) María Hernández  (26.77)	Nicaragua	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[43]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Fedaracion de Natacion de Nicaragua;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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