List of Saudi Arabian records in swimming

The Saudi Arabian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Saudi Arabia, which are recognised and ratified by the Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation (SASF).

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	22.57		Zaid Al-Sarraj	Saudi Arabia	9 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[1]
100 m freestyle	49.62		Zaid Al-Sarraj	Saudi Arabia	11 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:53.89		Zaid Al-Sarraj	Saudi Arabia	28 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[3]
400 m freestyle	4:06.65		Zaid Al-Sarraj	-	27 November 2023	-	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
800 m freestyle	8:42.85		Ziad Almaseelem	QDS	19 December 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	[4]
1500 m freestyle	16:32.64		Mohammed Alzaki	Saudi Arabia	27 August 2024	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[ citation needed ]
50 m backstroke	26.41	sf	Ali Al-Essa	Saudi Arabia	11 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[5]
100 m backstroke	57.99	r	Ali Al-Essa	Saudi Arabia	11 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[6]
200 m backstroke	2:08.29		Ali Al-Essa	Al Qadisiyah	4 October 2024	Saudi Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[7]
50 m breaststroke	28.89		Ahmed Al-Kudmani	Saudi Arabia	31 August 2005	GCC Championships	Kuwait
100 m breaststroke	1:03.63	h	Sultan Alotaibi	Misk	24 May 2025	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[8]
200 m breaststroke	2:19.53		Mohammed Alotaibi	Al Qadisiyah	5 October 2024	Saudi Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[9]
50 m butterfly	24.40		Yousif Buarish	Saudi Arabia	31 October 2022	-	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
100 m butterfly	55.11	h	Bader Almuhana	Saudi Arabia	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[10]
200 m butterfly	2:05.71		Mohammed Alzaki	Saudi Arabia	29 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[11]
200m individual medley	2:08.46		Loai Tashkandi	Saudi Arabia	7 August 2010	GCC Championships	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[12]
400m individual medley	4:38.79		Loai Tashkandi	Saudi Arabia	9 August 2010	GCC Championships	Kuwait City, Kuwait
4×100m freestyle relay	3:31.23		Ali Al-Essa  (52.80) Mohammed Alzaki  (51.94) Yousif Buarish  (53.41) Mohammed Alotaibi  (53.08)	Saudi Arabia	29 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[13]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:53.04		Mohammed Alzaki  (1:55.29) Mohammed Almaher  (1:59.35) Ziyad Almesalim  (1:59.36) Zaid Al-Sarraj  (1:59.04)	Saudi Arabia	26 August 2024	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[ citation needed ]
4×100m medley relay	3:47.52		Ali Al-Essa  (57.99) Sultan Alotaibi  (1:03.58) Emad Zaben  (55.80) Zaid Al-Sarraj  (50.15)	Saudi Arabia	11 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[14]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation;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
50 m freestyle	28.87	h	Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	8 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[15]
100 m freestyle	1:02.05	h	Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	10 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[16]
200 m freestyle	2:18.87	h	Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	11 November 2025	Islamic Solidarity Games	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	[17]
400 m freestyle	4:56.13		Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	13 January 2024	Arab Age Group Championships	Doha, Qatar	[18]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	33.87	h	Lana Alrasheed	Saudi Arabia	30 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[19]
100 m backstroke	1:15.27	h	Lana Alrasheed	Saudi Arabia	11 July 2025	GCC Championships	Manama, Bahrain
200 m backstroke	2:48.18		Lana Alrasheed	QDS	17 December 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	[20]
50 m breaststroke	37.84		Fatimah Mizouri	Whales	16 September 2023	Saudi Games Women Qualifying Meet	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	[21]
100 m breaststroke	1:24.80		Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	28 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
200 m breaststroke	2:58.33		Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	11 July 2025	GCC Championships	Manama, Bahrain
50 m butterfly	30.70	h	Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	1 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[22]
100 m butterfly	1:12.25		Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	28 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[ citation needed ]
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley	2:37.51		Mashael Alayed	Saudi Arabia	11 July 2025	GCC Championships	Manama, Bahrain
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation;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
50 m freestyle	23.14		Emad Zaben	NSR	16 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia	[23]
100 m freestyle	50.43		Emad Zaben	NSR	18 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia	[24]
200 m freestyle	1:52.04		Emad Zaben	NSR	17 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia	[25]
400 m freestyle	4:03.46		Loai Tashkandi	-	24 February 2008
800 m freestyle	8:30.31		Ghanem Alsulhi	HJR	18 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia	[26]
1500 m freestyle	16:26.39		Loai Tashkandi	-	27 February 2008
50 m backstroke	25.63		Ali Alessa	QDS	17 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia
100 m backstroke	56.31		Ali Alessa	QDS	16 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia	[27]
200 m backstroke	2:05.06		Ali Alessa	QDS	18 October 2025	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia	[28]
50 m breaststroke	28.56		Ahmed Al-Kudmani	Saudi Arabia	31 October 2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau, Macau
100 m breaststroke	1:00.76	h	Mohammed Alotaibi	Saudi Arabia	11 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[29]
200 m breaststroke	2:16.10	h	Mohammed Alotaibi	Saudi Arabia	13 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[30]
50 m butterfly	24.91	h	Yousif Buarish	Saudi Arabia	24 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[31]
100 m butterfly	54.06		Yousif Buarish	Saudi Arabia	24 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200 m butterfly	2:04.17	h	Mohammed Alzaki	Saudi Arabia	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[32]
100 m individual medley	58.81		Mohammed Alotaibi	SHB	30 March 2024	Saudi Arabian Championships	Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia	[33]
200 m individual medley	2:08.61	h	Loai Tashkandi	Saudi Arabia	4 November 2009	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	[34]
400 m individual medley	4:38.79		Loai Tashkandi	-	12 April 2008
4×50m freestyle relay	1:42.29	h	Amar Al-Humaid  (26.14) Faisal Al-Shelati  (26.49) Hassan Al-Yousef  (25.21) Yousif Buarish  (24.45)	Saudi Arabia	24 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[35]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	1:52.13	h	Amar Al-Humaid  (29.21) Hassan Al-Yousef  (32.17) Yousif Buarish  (25.55) Faisal Al-Shelati  (25.20)	Saudi Arabia	22 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[36]
4×100m medley relay	4:09.39	h	Amar Al-Humaid  (1:04.87) Eisa Al-Nasser  (1:09.58) Yousif Buarish  (59.48) Faisal Al-Shelati  (55.46)	Saudi Arabia	25 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[37]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation;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
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke
100m backstroke
200m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
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 Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation;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

References

General

• Saudi Arabian records 30 December 2025 updated

Specific

1. "Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
2. "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
3. "Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results". saudiswmmingfederation.com. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
4. "Men's 800m Freestyle Results". saudiswmmingfederation.com. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
5. "Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
6. "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
7. "Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results" (PDF). saudigames.sa. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
8. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results". swimming.events. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
9. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). saudigames.sa. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
10. "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
11. "Event 63 Boys 19 & Over 200 LC Meter Butterly Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 29 August 2025. p. 14. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
12. Sharon Robb (8 August 2010). "SOFLO'S Loai Tashkandi Wins Two Gold Medals, Breaks Two Gulf Records At GCC Championships". southfloridaaquaticclub.wordpress.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
13. "Event 79 Boys 19 & Over 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 29 August 2025. p. 18. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
14. "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
15. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
16. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
17. "Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). wrs-isg2025.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
18. "Girls 17-18's 400 m Freestyle Results" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
19. "Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
20. "Women's 200m Backstroke Results". saudiswmmingfederation.com. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
21. "Women's 50m Breaststroke Results". saudiswmmingfederation.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
22. "Womn's 50m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
23. "Men's 50m Freestyle Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
24. "Men's 100m Freestyle Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
25. "Men's 200m Freestyle Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
26. "Men's 800m Freestyle Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
27. "Men's 100m Backstroke Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
28. "Men's 200m Backstroke Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
29. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
30. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
31. "Men's 50m Butterfly Heat 4 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
32. "Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
33. "Men's 100m IM Results". saudiswmmingfederation.com. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
34. "Men's 200m IM Results". Swimming World . 4 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
35. "Men's 4×50m Freestyle Relay Heat 2 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
36. "Men's 4×50m Medley Relay Heat 1 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
37. "Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

External links

• SASF web site