The Papua New Guinean records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers representing Papua New Guinea. The records are recognised and ratified by the nations swimming federation: Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc. The records are for both long course (50m) and short course (25m) events.
The events include:
All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.
| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | 23.10 | Ryan Pini | 10 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 100m freestyle | 49.72 | h | Ryan Pini | 12 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
| 200m freestyle | 1:49.04 | h | Ryan Pini | 10 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
| 400m freestyle | 4:11.37 | Ryan Pini | 30 August 2007 | South Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | [1] | ||
| 800m freestyle | 8:54.34 | David McInnes | 1986 | PNG Championships | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 1500m freestyle | 16:56.41 | David McInnes | 1986 | PNG Championships | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 50m backstroke | 25.55 | Ryan Pini | 13 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia | [2] | ||
| 100m backstroke | 54.99 | Ryan Pini | 8 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia | |||
| 200m backstroke | 2:08.54 | Ryan Pini | 2 July 2003 | South Pacific Games | Suva, Fiji | [3] | ||
| 50m breaststroke | 29.53 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | 1 August 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | [4] | |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:03.31 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | 30 July 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | [5] | |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:15.33 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | 27 July 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | [6] | |
| 50m butterfly | 23.67 | h, = | Ryan Pini | 7 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia | [7] | |
| 50m butterfly | 23.67 | = | Ryan Pini | 7 April 2016 | Australian Championships | Adelaide, Australia | [8] | |
| 100m butterfly | 51.62 | sf | Ryan Pini | 15 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
| 200m butterfly | 2:12.85 | Josh Wheeler | August 1995 | South Pacific Games | Papeete, French Polynesia | [9] | ||
| 200m individual medley | 2:06.22 | Ryan Pini | 1 September 2007 | South Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | [1] | ||
| 400m individual medley | 4:44.84 | Josh Wheeler | August 1995 | South Pacific Games | Papeete, French Polynesia | [9] | ||
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:28.02 |
| 6 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [10] | ||
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 8:06.45 |
| 7 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [11] | ||
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:49.53 |
| 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [12] |
| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | 26.47 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 15 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | ||
| 100m freestyle | 57.97 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 30 July 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
| 200m freestyle | 2:07.37 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 28 July 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | ||
| 400m freestyle | 4:37.13 | Emma Huckins | 1993 | Darwin Swimming Meet | Darwin, Australia | |||
| 800 m freestyle | 9:33.05 | Emma Huckins | 1991 | PNG Championships | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 1500 m freestyle | 18:28.10 | Emma Huckins | 1992 | PNG Championships | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 50 m backstroke | 31.03 | sf | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 7 October 2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | ||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:08.59 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 22 June 2010 | Oceania Championships | Apia, Samoa | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:31.75 | Roxine Arnold | 1991 | PNG Championships | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 50m breaststroke | 34.25 | Barbara Vali-Skelton | 2013 | - | Brisbane, Australia | |||
| 100m breaststroke | 1:16.03 | h | Barbara Vali-Skelton | 29 July 2013 | World Championships | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| 200m breaststroke | 2:44.95 | Tegan McCarthy | 7 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [13] | ||
| 50 m butterfly | 29.57 | Georgia-Leigh Vele | 21 April 2024 | Oceania Championships | Gold Coast, Australia | [14] | ||
| 100m butterfly | 1:07.48 | Tegan McCarthy | 10 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||
| 200m butterfly | 2:45.73 | h | Tegan McCarthy | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [15] | |
| 200m individual medley | 2:29.44 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 31 August 2007 | (South) Pacific Games | Apia, Samoa | |||
| 400m individual medley | 6:01.94 | Britney Murray | 6 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [16] | ||
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 4:11.52 | 6 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 9:12.16 |
| 10 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [17] | ||
| 4×100m medley relay | 4:38.31 | 11 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | 1:40.02 |
| 9 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [18] | ||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:53.46 | h |
| 27 July 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | [19] | |
| 4×50 m medley relay | 1:52.04 | 8 July 2015 | Pacific Games | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | [20] | |||
| 4×100 m medley relay | 4:13.90 | h | 5 August 2015 | World Championships | Kazan, Russia |
| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | 22.16 | h | Ryan Pini | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [21] | |
| 100m freestyle | 48.24 | h | Ryan Pini | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [22] | |
| 200m freestyle | 1:52.08 | h | Samuel Seghers | 7 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [23] | |
| 400m freestyle | 4:30.83 | h | Sheldon Plummer | 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [24] | |
| 800 m freestyle | ||||||||
| 1500 m freestyle | ||||||||
| 50m backstroke | 24.08 | rh | Ryan Pini | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [25] | |
| 100m backstroke | 51.93 | h | Ryan Pini | 3 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [26] | |
| 200m backstroke | 1:59.37 | h | Ryan Pini | 7 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [27] | |
| 50m breaststroke | 29.14 | h | Thomas Chen | 14 December 2024 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [28] | |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:02.19 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | 22 September 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | [29] | |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:17.57 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | 8 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [30] | |
| 50m butterfly | 23.31 | h | Ryan Pini | 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [31] | |
| 100m butterfly | 52.18 | Ryan Pini | 9 November 2011 | World Cup | Beijing, China | |||
| 200 m butterfly | ||||||||
| 100m individual medley | 59.51 | h | Ryan Maskelyne | 25 September 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | [32] | |
| 200m individual medley | 2:15.28 | h | Leonard Kalate | 22 September 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | [33] | |
| 400m individual medley | ||||||||
| 4×50m freestyle relay | 1:34.77 | h |
| 9 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [34] | |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:26.76 | h |
| 6 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [35] | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
| 4×50m medley relay | 1:43.99 | h |
| 10 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [36] | |
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:51.10 | h |
| 11 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | [37] |
| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | 26.76 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [38] | |
| 100m freestyle | 58.79 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [39] | |
| 200m freestyle | 2:13.04 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 7 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [40] | |
| 400 m freestyle | ||||||||
| 800 m freestyle | ||||||||
| 1500 m freestyle | ||||||||
| 50m backstroke | 30.98 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [41] | |
| 100m backstroke | 1:07.98 | h | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 3 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [42] | |
| 200 m backstroke | ||||||||
| 50m breaststroke | 33.79 | h | B. Vali-Skelton | 12 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [43] | |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:13.73 | h | B. Vali-Skelton | 14 December 2012 | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | [44] | |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:40.78 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko | 7 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [45] | |
| 50m butterfly | 28.95 | h | Jhnayali Tokome-Garap | 10 December 2024 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | [46] | |
| 100m butterfly | 1:09.60 | h | Tegan McCarthy | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [47] | |
| 200 m butterfly | ||||||||
| 100m individual medley | 1:08.61 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [48] | |
| 200m individual medley | 2:30.07 | h | Savannah Tkatchenko | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [49] | |
| 400 m individual medley | ||||||||
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 4:08.36 | h |
| 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [50] | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | ||||||||
| 4×50m medley relay | 2:03.88 | h |
| 5 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [51] | |
| 4×100 m medley relay |
| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×50m freestyle relay | 1:40.38 | h |
| 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [52] | |
| 4×50m medley relay | 1:50.71 | h |
| 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [53] |