List of Nigerian records in swimming

The Nigerian Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Nigeria. These records are kept/maintained by the Nigeria Aquatics Federation (NAqF).

Records are recognized for the following long course (50m) events:

• freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
• backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
• individual medley (I.M.): 100, 200 and 400;
• relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	22.21	h	Abduljabar Adama	Nigeria	21 August 2025	World Junior Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[1]
100 m freestyle	50.41	h	Abduljabar Adama	Mt Kelly	17 April 2025	British Championships	London, United Kingdom	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:55.95		Philip Adejumo	Nashville Aquatic Club	19 July 2019	SE Southeastern Championships	Huntsville, United States	[3]
400 m freestyle	4:28.38		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	8 September 2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[4]
800 m freestyle	9:40.42		Samson Opuakpo	Delta State	April 2006	Nigeria Sports Festival	Abeokuta, Nigeria
1500 m freestyle	18:31.55		Yimisi Yolomi	-	1989	-
50 m backstroke	27.58		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	5 September 2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[5]
100 m backstroke	1:01.10	h	Abduljabar Adama	Mt Kelly	24 July 2023	British Summer Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[6]
200 m backstroke	2:22.70		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
50 m breaststroke	28.89	h	Tobi Sijuade	Nigeria	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[7]
100 m breaststroke	1:06.63	h	Adeope Oluwatobiloba	Nigeria	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[8]
200 m breaststroke	2:33.09		Eric Williams	Nigeria	September 2006	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal
50 m butterfly	23.48	sf	Abduljabar Adama	Nigeria	22 August 2025	World Junior Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[9]
100 m butterfly	53.58	h	Abduljabar Adama	Mt Kelly	18 April 2025	British Championships	London, United Kingdom	[10]
200 m butterfly	2:09.43		Clinton Opute	Nigeria	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[11]
200 m individual medley	2:16.43	h	Clinton Opute	Nigeria	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[12]
400 m individual medley	5:06.01		Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
4×100 m  freestyle relay	3:26.01		Abduljabar Adama  (52.28) Clinton Opute  (51.23) Tobi Sijuade  (51.10) Colins Ebingha  (51.40)	Nigeria	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[13]
4×200 m  freestyle relay	8:18.09		Tebesa Nemine Samson Opuakpo Oluseyi Fatayi Williams Otiko Kpiliboh	Nigeria	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
4×100 m  medley relay	4:04.41		Olufolahon Oluwole Eric Williams Musa Bakare Gentle Offoin	Nigeria	October 2003	African Games	Abuja, Nigeria

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AF – African 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	27.14	h	Adaku Nwandu	Nigeria	8 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	[14]
100 m freestyle	59.74	h	Abiola Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	28 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[15]
200 m freestyle	2:15.44	h	Abiola Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	23 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[16]
400 m freestyle	4:59.90		Ifiezibe Gagbe	Nigeria	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
800 m freestyle	10:45.50		R. Fibgele	-	1981	-
1500 m freestyle			-		-
50 m backstroke	31.06		Obia Inyengiyikabo	Nigeria	October 2003	African Games	Abuja, Nigeria	[17]
100 m backstroke	1:07.78		Obia Inyengiyikabo	Nigeria	October 2003	African Games	Abuja, Nigeria
200 m backstroke	2:43.64		Obia Inyengiyikabo	Rivers	1992		[18]
50 m breaststroke	33.81		Racheal Tonjor	Nigeria	7 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[18]
100 m breaststroke	1:15.49		Racheal Tonjor	Nigeria	7 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[19]
200 m breaststroke	2:51.93		Blessing Forcados	Nigeria	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria
50m butterfly	28.21	h	Timipame-ere Akiayefa	Nigeria	1 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[20]
100 m butterfly	1:05.24	h	Adaku Nwandu	Nigeria	8 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	[21]
200m butterfly	2:41.76		Ikhaghomi Joshua	-	1992	-
200m individual medley	2:39.49		Ikhaghomi Joshua	Rivers	1992	-		[18]
400m individual medley	5:57.87		D. Edema	-	1991	-
4×100m  freestyle relay	4:15.43			Nigeria	1991	-
4×200m  freestyle relay	10:20.18			Nigeria	1987	-
4×100m  medley relay	4:46.26			Nigeria	1991	-

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AF – African 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	3:48.83	h	Clinton Opute  (52.71) Colins Obi Ebingha  (51.52) Dorcas Abeng  (1:02.21) Adaku Nwandu  (1:02.39)	Nigeria	29 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[22]
4×100 m medley relay	4:24.61		Samson Opuakpo  (1:02.39) Racheal Tonjor  (1:22.32) Ifeakachukwu Nmor  (57.16) Ifiezibe Gagbe  (1:02.74)	Nigeria	10 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[23]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	21.77		Abduljabar Adama	Mount Kelly	7 December 2024	Swim England National Winter Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[24]
100 m freestyle	48.79	h	Abduljabar Adama	Mount Kelly	8 December 2024	Swim England National Winter Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[25]
200 m freestyle	1:58.54	h	Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	2 November 2019	NRW Championships	Wuppertal, Germany	[26]
400 m freestyle	4:15.84	h	Clinton Opute	Nigeria	19 December 2024	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[27]
800 m freestyle	9:10.37		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
1500 m freestyle	17:47.79		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
50 m backstroke	26.17	h	Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[28]
100 m backstroke	59.17	h	Samson Opuakpo	Nigeria	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[29]
200 m backstroke	2:37.85		Clinton Opute	Nigeria	25 November 2022	Russian Championships	Russia
50m breaststroke	29.33		Abduljabar Adama	Mount Kelly	5 October 2024	1st Chance Qualifier SC L2 Meet	Portsmouth, United Kingdom	[30]
100m breaststroke	1:11.13	h	Forsight Osamezu	Nigeria	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[31]
200m breaststroke
50m butterfly	23.29		Abduljabar Adama	Mount Kelly	5 December 2024	Swim England National Winter Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[32]
100m butterfly	52.45	h	Abduljabar Adama	Mount Kelly	7 December 2024	Swim England National Winter Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[33]
200m butterfly	2:20.20	h	Sunday Price Ayejon	Nigeria	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
100m individual medley	58.32		Abduljabar Adama	Mount Kelly	5 October 2024	1st Chance Qualifier SC L2 Meet	Portsmouth, United Kingdom	[34]
200m individual medley	2:17.52	h	Clinton Opute	Nigeria	21 December 2024	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[35]
400m individual medley	5:01.59		Leon Osayi Owie	SG Siegen	26 October 2019	49. Internationaler Tag der langen Strecken	Siegen, Germany
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 Nigeria Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AF – African 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	26.94	h	Ngozi Monu	Nigeria	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[36]
100 m freestyle	59.95		Ngozi Monu	-	2008
200 m freestyle	2:13.83	h	Ngozi Monu	Nigeria	13 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[37]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	35.47	h	Uche Monu	Nigeria	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[38]
100 m backstroke	1:14.83	h	Uche Monu	Nigeria	9 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[39]
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke	35.35	h	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[40]
100 m breaststroke	1:17.95	h	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[41]
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	31.02	h	Faith Edorodoin	Nigeria	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[42]
100 m butterfly	1:09.60	h	Faith Edorodoin	Nigeria	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[43]
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley	1:15.60	h	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	16 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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 Nigeria Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AF – African 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

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