List of Palauan records in swimming

The Palauan records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Palau, which are recognised and ratified by the Palau Swimming Association.

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	24.88	h	Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	1 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[1]
100 m freestyle	54.10	h	Noel Keanett	Palau	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:59.77		Noel Keane	Palau	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[3]
400 m freestyle	4:18.65		Noel Keane	Palau	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[4]
800 m freestyle	9:12.19	†	Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[5]
1500 m freestyle	17:20.61		Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[6]
50 m backstroke	29.09		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	22 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	[7]
100 m backstroke	1:04.42	h	Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	21 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	[8]
200 m backstroke	2:26.26		Noel Keane	Palau	24 March 2017	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[ citation needed ]
50 m breaststroke	32.88	h	Noel Keane	Palau	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[9]
100 m breaststroke	1:14.40	h	Jion Hosei	Palau	23 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[10]
200 m breaststroke	2:40.70		Noel Keane	Palau	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[11]
50 m butterfly	26.56	h	Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	27 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[12]
100 m butterfly	59.85		Noel Keane	Palau	10 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[13]
200 m butterfly	2:23.21			-		[ citation needed ]
200 m individual medley	2:16.11	h	Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[14]
400 m individual medley	4:50.59		Noel Keane	Palau
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:51.72		Charlie Gibbons  (59.25) Travis Sakurai  (58.60) Jion Hosei  (57.49) Kazuumi Nestor  (56.38)	Palau	23 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	[15]
4×200 m freestyle relay	8:45.18		Travis Sakurai  (2:12.01) Kazuumi Nestor  (2:10.84) Charlie Gibbons  (2:11.83) Jion Hosei  (2:10.50)	Palau	22 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	[16]
4×100 m medley relay	4:25.36		Kazuumi Nestor  (1:05.15) Jion Hosei  (1:14.83) Charlie Gibbons  (1:07.81) Travis Sakurai  (57.57)	Palau	24 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	[17]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association;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

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	27.99		Nicole Hayes	-	2001
100 m freestyle	1:00.40		Nicole Hayes	-	2001
200 m freestyle	2:11.01		Nicole Hayes	-	2001
400 m freestyle	5:02.28		Osisang Chilton	Palau	28 June 2018	Oceania Championships	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[18]
800 m freestyle	10:28.54		Osisang Chilton	Palau	29 June 2018	Oceania Championships	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[19]
1500 m freestyle	20:06.36		Osisang Chilton	Palau		-		[ citation needed ]
50 m backstroke	32.93		Nicole Hayes	-		-		[ citation needed ]
100 m backstroke	1:16.55	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	22 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[20]
200 m backstroke	2:46.60	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	28 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[21]
50 m breaststroke	38.60		Romellen Maidoo	Palau	14 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[22]
100 m breaststroke	1:26.71		Romellen Maidoo	Palau	12 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[23]
200 m breaststroke	3:16.59		Romellen Maidoo	Palau	13 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[24]
50 m butterfly	30.60	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[25]
100 m butterfly	1:10.22		Nicole Hayes	-	2002
200 m butterfly	2:51.25		Osisang Chilton	-	2016
200 m individual medley	2:36.77		Nicole Hayes	-		-		[ citation needed ]
400 m individual medley	6:09.08		Osisang Chilton	Palau		-		[ citation needed ]
4×50 m freestyle relay	2:05.72		Roylin Akiwo Romellen Maidoo Rhema Joy Maido Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	14 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[26]
4×100 m freestyle relay	4:46.19			-	2002
4×200 m freestyle relay	10:29.97			-	2002
4×50 m medley relay	2:25.21		Roylin Akiwo Romellen Maidoo Dirngulbai Misech Berneace Balayo	Palau	13 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[27]
4×100 m medley relay	5:25.83		Roylin Akiwo Romellen Maidoo Dirngulbai Misech Rhema Joy Maido	Palau	12 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	[28]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association;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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:51.48		Dirngulbai Misech Shawn Dingilius-Wallace Osisang Chilton Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[29]
4×100 m freestyle relay	4:16.70		Noel Keane  (1:03.03) Dirngulbai Misech  (1:06.37) Shawn Dingilius-Wallace  (59.44) Osisang Chilton  (1:07.86)	Palau	24 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[30]
4×50 m medley relay	2:07.23			Palau	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[31]
4×100 m medley relay	4:54.60		Roylin Akiwo  (1:19.69) Malcolm Shae Gaymann  (1:19.95) Dirngulbai Misech  (1:14.97) Shawn Dingilius-Wallace  (59.99)	Palau	21 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[32]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association;WR – World record;OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	24.20	h	Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[33]
100 m freestyle	53.32	h	Noel Keane	Palau	3 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[34]
200 m freestyle	1:56.72	h	Noel Keane	Palau	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[35]
400 m freestyle	4:24.80		Travis Sakurai	Palau	30 June 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[36]
800 m freestyle	9:22.25		Noel Keane	-	30 June 2017	-		[ citation needed ]
1500 m freestyle	17:42.52		Noel Keane	-	19 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	[ citation needed ]
50 m backstroke	26.40		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	30 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[37]
100 m backstroke	56.88		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	4 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[38]
200 m backstroke	2:10.60		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	2 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[39]
50m breaststroke	30.93	h	Jion Hosei	Palau	1 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[40]
100 m breaststroke	1:07.44	h	Jion Hosei	Palau	2 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[41]
200 m breaststroke	2:32.42	h	Jion Hosei	Palau	30 June 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[42]
50 m butterfly	26.34	h	Noel Keane	Palau	2 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[43]
100 m butterfly	58.02	h	Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	1 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[44]
200 m butterfly	2:12.07		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	3 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[45]
100 m individual medley	59.32		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	30 June 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[46]
200 m individual medley	2:16.83		Noel Keane	Palau	6 April 2019	Micronesian National Championships	Koror, Palau	[ citation needed ]
400 m individual medley	4:54.86		Noel Keane	-	20 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	[ citation needed ]
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:47.94			Palau	2021	-		[ citation needed ]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:34.94		Travis Sakurai Jion Hosei Noel Kean Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	30 June 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[47]
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:57.33		Travis Sakurai Kazuumi Nestor Charlie Gibbons Noel Kean	Palau	2 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[48]
4×50 m medley relay	2:01.63			Palau	2021	-		[ citation needed ]
4×100 m medley relay	4:00.75		Kazuumi Nestor Jion Hosei Charlie Gibbons Noel Kean	Palau	4 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[49]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association;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

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	28.53		Nicole Hayes	-	27 July 2002	-		[ citation needed ]
100 m freestyle	1:01.50	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[50]
200 m freestyle	2:19.69		Dirngulbai Misech	-	21 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	[ citation needed ]
400 m freestyle	4:47.14		Nicole Hayes	-	7 August 1998	-		[ citation needed ]
800 m freestyle	10:15.29	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[51]
1500 m freestyle	20:22.80		Osisang Chilton	-	6 April 2019	-		[ citation needed ]
50m backstroke	33.20		Dirngulbai Misech	-	21 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	[ citation needed ]
100 m backstroke	1:12.10	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[52]
200 m backstroke	2:39.50	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[53]
50 m breaststroke	37.45		- -	-		-		[ citation needed ]
100 m breaststroke	1:23.98		- -	-		-		[ citation needed ]
200 m breaststroke	3:01.41		- -	-		-		[ citation needed ]
50 m butterfly	30.60	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[54]
100 m butterfly	1:08.44	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[55]
200 m butterfly	2:59.23		Dirngulbai Misech	-	25 June 2015	-		[ citation needed ]
100 m individual medley	1:14.56	h	Hanna Ruluked	Palau	30 June 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[56]
200 m individual medley	2:35.20	h	Nicole Hayes	-	8 August 1998	-		[ citation needed ]
400 m individual medley	5:27.21		Nicole Hayes	-		-		[ citation needed ]
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 Palau Swimming Association;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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:48.94		Kazuumi Nestor Noel Kean Yuri Hosei Hanna Ruluked	Palau	3 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[57]
4×50 m medley relay	1:59.48		Kazuumi Nestor Jion Hosei Hanna Ruluked Yuri Hosei	Palau	1 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[58]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association;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

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External links

• Palau Swimming Association web site