List of Samoan records in swimming

The Samoan records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Samoa, which are recognised and ratified by the Samoa Swimming Federation.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.37		Hector Langkilde	Samoa	22 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
100m freestyle	51.95	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	7 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[2]
200m freestyle	1:53.46		Brandon Schuster	Samoa	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[3]
400m freestyle	4:03.22		Brandon Schuster	Samoa	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[4]
800m freestyle	9:21.30	†	Sitivi Sooaemalelagi	Samoa	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[5]
1500m freestyle	17:43.86		Sitivi Sooaemalelagi	Samoa	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[6]
50m backstroke	28.27		Winter Heaven	Samoa	21 May 2014	Oceania Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	[7]
100m backstroke	1:02.85		Winter Heaven	-	2014
200m backstroke	2:08.48		Brandon Schuster	Samoa	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[8]
50m breaststroke	29.52	h	Johann Stickland	Samoa	15 June 2023	Australian Swimming Trials	Melbourne, Australia	[9]
100m breaststroke	1:10.12		Chanel Silao	-	2007
200m breaststroke	2:18.26		Brandon Schuster	Samoa	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[10]
50m butterfly	25.54		Johann Stickland	Samoa	23 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[11]
100m butterfly	56.63		Winter Heaven	Samoa	23 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[12]
200m butterfly	2:17.09		Sitivi Sooaemalelagi	Samoa	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[13]
200m individual medley	2:05.54		Brandon Schuster	Samoa	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[14]
400m individual medley	4:24.04		Brandon Schuster	Samoa	10 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[15]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:33.84		Johann Stickland  (52.24) Hector Langkilde  (52.20) Kokoro Frost  (55.43) Solomona Hamilton  (53.97)	Samoa	20 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[16]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:19.99		Thomas Morriss  (2:08.17) Brandon Schuster  (1:56.43) Pitapola Ioane  (2:12.51) Sitivi Sooaemalelagi  (2:02.88)	Samoa	10 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[17]
4×100m medley relay	4:03.97		Solomona Hamilton  (1:03.13) Johann Stickland  (1:08.91) Kokoro Frost  (59.54) Hector Langkilde  (52.39)	Samoa	24 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[18]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Samoa Swimming Federation;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
50m freestyle	26.29	h	Olivia Borg	Samoa	22 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[19]
100m freestyle	57.91		Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[20]
200m freestyle	2:09.46	h	Alania Suttie	Samoa	21 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[21]
400m freestyle	4:35.70		Alania Suttie	Samoa	9 September 2015	Commonwealth Youth Games	Apia, Samoa	[22]
800m freestyle	9:57.46	h	Monica Saili	-	2012
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.84		Lushavel Stickland	-	2019
100m backstroke	1:04.43		Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[23]
200m backstroke	2:19.89	h	Lauren Sale	Samoa	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[24]
50m breaststroke	38.64		Monica Saili	-	2012
100m breaststroke	1:20.49		Lauren Sale	Samoa	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[25]
200m breaststroke	2:58.18		Monica Saili	-	2010
50m butterfly	27.77	h	Olivia Borg	Samoa	28 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[26]
100m butterfly	1:01.54		Olivia Borg	Samoa	20 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[27]
200m butterfly	2:23.21		Olivia Borg	Samoa	22 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[28]
200m individual medley	2:24.12		Lauren Sale	Samoa	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[29]
400m individual medley	5:18.70		Alania Suttie	Samoa	22 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[30]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:00.90		Lauren Sale  (1:00.41) Andrea Schuster  (1:05.50) Jelani Freesir-Wetzell  (57.32) Lushavel Stickland  (56.77)	Samoa	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[31]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:58.24		Jelani Freesir-Wetzell  (2:16.29) Andrea Schuster  (2:14.23) Kaiya Brown  (2:25.75) Lauren Sale  (2:11.97)	Samoa	10 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[32]
4×100m medley relay	4:38.08		Lushavel Stickland  (1:05.27) Lauren Sale  (1:20.63) Andrea Schuster  (1:11.61) Jelani Freesir-Wetzell  (1:00.57)	Samoa	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[33]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Samoa Swimming Federation;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
4×50m freestyle relay	1:42.52		Lauren Salel Vernon Wetzell Lushavel Stickland Brandon Schuster	Samoa	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[34]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:49.29	h	Olivia Borg  (58.90) Brandon Schuster  (53.51) Kaiya Brown  (1:01.92) Kokoro Frost  (54.96)	Samoa	29 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[35]
4×50m medley relay	1:54.89		Lushavel Stickland Vernon Wetzell Jelani Freesir-Wetzell Brandon Schuster	Samoa	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[36]
4×100m medley relay	4:13.66	h	Lushavel Stickland  (1:12.25) Brandon Schuster  (1:04.33) Olivia Borg  (1:01.20) Kokoro Frost  (55.88)	Samoa	2 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[37]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Samoa Swimming Federation;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
50m freestyle	23.38	h	Winter Heaven	Samoa	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[38]
100m freestyle	50.67	h	Winter Heaven	Samoa	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[39]
200m freestyle	1:51.26	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[40]
400m freestyle	4:04.74	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[41]
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	26.95	h	Winter Heaven	Samoa	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[42]
100m backstroke	1:02.32	h	Winter Heaven	Wasatch Wave Runners/ South Summit	11 July 2014	CO MM Summer Open	Montrose, United States	[43]
200m backstroke	2:27.19	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[44]
50m breaststroke	30.25	h, †	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[45]
100m breaststroke	1:04.72	h, †	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[46]
200m breaststroke	2:13.75	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[47]
50m butterfly	25.65	h	Winter Heaven	Samoa	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[48]
100m butterfly	56.11	h	Winter Heaven	Samoa	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[49]
200m butterfly
100m individual medley	58.78	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[50]
200m individual medley	2:00.77	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[51]
400m individual medley	4:17.20	h	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[52]
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 Samoa Swimming Federation;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
50m freestyle	26.10	h	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[53]
100m freestyle	56.19	h	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[54]
200m freestyle	2:12.65	h	Monica Saili	Samoa	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[55]
400m freestyle	4:32.72	h	Alania Suttie	Samoa	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[56]
800m freestyle	9:23.63		Monica Saili	Samoa	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[57]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.59	h	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[58]
100m backstroke	1:00.75	h	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[59]
200m backstroke
50m breaststroke	36.57	h	Monica Saili	Samoa	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[60]
100m breaststroke	1:20.66	h	Monica Saili	Samoa	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[61]
200m breaststroke
50m butterfly	27.09	h	Olivia Borg	Samoa	13 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[62]
100m butterfly	1:06.66	h	Alania Suttie	Samoa	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[63]
200m butterfly	2:27.37	h	Alania Suttie	Samoa	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[64]
100m individual medley	1:04.02	h	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[65]
200m individual medley
400m individual medley	5:09.44	h	Alania Suttie	Samoa	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[66]
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 Samoa Swimming Federation;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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