List of Qatari records in swimming

The Qatari records in swimming are the fastest-ever performances by a swimmer from Qatar. These records are recognized and maintained by the Qatar Swimming Association (QSA).

Records are currently listed for the following 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: 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;
• relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.90		Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	27 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[1]
100m freestyle	51.28		Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	28 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[2]
200m freestyle	1:55.85		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	27 August 2016 [a]	GCC Championships	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
400m freestyle	4:08.37		Anas Samir Abou Youssef	Qatar	9 May 2005	-	Doha, Qatar
800m freestyle	8:40.55		Anas Samir Abou Youssef	Qatar	9 May 2005	-	Doha, Qatar
1500m freestyle	16:40.99		Anas Samir Abou Youssef	Qatar	9 May 2005	-	Doha, Qatar
50m backstroke	26.96		Tameem El-Hamayda	Qatar	27 October 2023	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
100m backstroke	59.35		Yousef Abouelela	-	31 March 2022	-	Doha, Qatar
200m backstroke	2:09.62		Yousef Abouelela	Qatar	20 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[3]
50m breaststroke	28.48	h	Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	1 June 2024	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco	[4]
100m breaststroke	1:04.54		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	-	18 November 2021	-	Doha, Qatar
200m breaststroke	2:19.23		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	20 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[5]
50m butterfly	24.62		Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	11 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[6]
100 m butterfly	55.41		Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	15 November 2024	Qatari Cup	Doha, Qatar	[ citation needed ]
100 m butterfly	53.23	not ratified	Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	-	25 February 2018	Greek Winter Championships	Greece
200m butterfly	2:07.12		Tameem El-Hamayda	Qatar	19 May 2022 [b]	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[7]
200m individual medley	2:05.98		Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	27 October 2023	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
400m individual medley	4:34.31		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	17 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[8]
4×50m   freestyle relay	1:52.93			Al Saad	1 January 2013	-	Doha, Qatar
4×100m   freestyle relay	3:35.07		Firas Saidi Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly Ali Al-Nuaimi Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	18 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[9]
4×200m   freestyle relay	8:01.41		Tamim Al-Hamayda Abdullah Al-Ghamri Mahmoud Mohamed Omar Hassan	Qatar	19 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[10]
4×50m   medley relay	2:09.30			Al Saad	3 March 2013	-	Doha, Qatar
4×100m   medley relay	3:43.15			Qatar	5 December 2006	-	Doha, Qatar

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by QSA;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
50m freestyle	28.86	h	Kaitlyn De Zilwa	Qatar	27 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[ citation needed ]
100m freestyle	1:02.71		Jessie Sarangel Seneviratne	Qatar	29 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[ citation needed ]
200m freestyle	2:12.49	h	Yalindi Minagi Rupesinghe	Qatar	26 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	[ citation needed ]
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
50m butterfly	33.69	h, †	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[11]
100m butterfly	1:17.30	h	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[12]
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 QSA;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
50m freestyle	22.75		Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	26 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
50m freestyle	22.50	h #	Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	18 October 2024	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[13]
100m freestyle	50.40	h	Mohamed Mohmond	-	4 November 2021	-	Doha, Qatar
200m freestyle	1:51.26		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	1 March 2017	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
400m freestyle	4:01.62		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	2 March 2017	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
800m freestyle	8:35.20		Noah Al-Khulaifi	-	1 March 2024	-	Doha, Qatar
1500m freestyle	16:13.47		Talaat Abdelrahman	-	10 November 2018	-	Tokyo, Japan
50m backstroke	27.21		Youssef Hassan	Qatar	24 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
100m backstroke	59.19		Youssef Hassan	Qatar	26 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m backstroke	2:03.60	h	Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	21 October 2022	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[14]
50m breaststroke	29.79	h	Naser Hassaan	Qatar	23 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[15]
100m breaststroke	1:02.18	h	Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	21 October 2022	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[16]
200m breaststroke	2:13.94		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	26 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
50m butterfly	24.01	h, #	Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	20 October 2024	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[17]
100m butterfly	56.25	h	Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[18]
200m butterfly	2:06.94		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	4 March 2017	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
100m individual medley	56.64		Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	27 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
100m individual medley	55.35	h, #	Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	18 October 2024	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[19]
200m individual medley	2:01.68		Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	24 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m individual medley	2:00.62	h, #	Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	19 October 2024	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[20]
400m individual medley	4:24.90		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	27 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4×50m freestyle relay	1:40.77	h	Abdalla Aboughazala  (24.79) Naser Hassaan  (24.50) Firas Binmourad Saidi  (24.64) A. Al-Obaidly  (26.84)	Qatar	24 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[21]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:35.43			Qatar	4 February 2016	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
4×200m freestyle relay	7:50.46			Qatar	3 February 2016	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
4×50m medley relay	1:50.98	h	A. Al-Obaidly  (29.47) Naser Hassaan  (29.89) A. Aboughazala  (26.49) Firas Saidi  (25.13)	Qatar	22 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[22]
4×100m medley relay	4:09.26			Qatar	3 February 2016	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by QSA;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
50m freestyle	30.59	h	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	35.65		Nawifa Al-Azam	Qatar	2006
100m backstroke	1:20.31		Nawifa Al-Azam	Qatar	2006
200m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100m breaststroke	1:31.19		Nada Arkaji	Qatar	2012
200m breaststroke
50m butterfly	33.09	h	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[24]
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 QSA;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

Notes

1. by QSA source, 25 August 2016 by FINA source
2. by QSA source, 17 May 2022 by other sources

References

General

• Qatari Swimming records – Men August 2024 updated

Specific

1. "Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results". aagc.wsl.world. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
2. "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results". aagc.wsl.world. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
3. "Team Qatar athletes shine at GCC Games". olympic.qa. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
4. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). marenostrumswimtour.com. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
5. "Team Qatar athletes shine at GCC Games". olympic.qa. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
6. "Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
7. "Team Qatar athletes keep up their winning streak in GCC Games". olympic.qa. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
8. Fareeha Imtiaz (18 May 2022). "Qatari athletes win multiple medals at Gulf Sports Games in Kuwait". iloveqatar.net. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
9. Abdellatif Sharaa (19 May 2022). "Kuwait secures medals in athletics, swimming contests at GCC Games". Kuwait Times . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
10. "Al-Obaidly wins gold as Qatari swimmers impress again". gulf-times.com. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
11. "100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
12. "100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
13. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
14. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
15. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Heat 4 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
16. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
17. "Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
18. "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
19. "Men's 100m IM Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
20. "Men's 200m IM Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
21. "Men's 4×50m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
22. "Men's 4×50m Medley Relay Heat 2 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
23. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
24. "Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

External links

• QSA official web site