List of Seychellois records in swimming

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

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.93	h	Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	24 August 2022	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	[1]
100m freestyle	52.19		Kenny Roberts	Seychelles	August 1998	Indian Ocean Island Games	Saint-Denis, Réunion
200m freestyle	1:54.29		Kenny Roberts	Seychelles	August 1998	Indian Ocean Island Games	Saint-Denis, Réunion
400m freestyle	4:13.76		Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	27 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[2]
800 m freestyle	8:50.67		Damien Payet	Seychelles	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[3]
1500m freestyle	16:28.86		Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	23 July 2019	Indian Ocean Island Games	Côte d'Or, Mauritius	[4]
50m backstroke	27.39		Benjamin Lo-Pinto	-	March 2000	Long Island Open	Long Island, United States
100m backstroke	58.66		Benjamin Lo-Pinto	-	24 July 2014	Long Island Open	Long Island, United States
200m backstroke	2:08.42	h	Benjamin Lo-Pinto	Massachusetts Bay Marlins	14 July 2000	Long Island Open	Long Island, United States	[5]
50m breaststroke	29.30	h	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	21 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[6]
100 m breaststroke	1:05.97	h	Joshua Miller	Seychelles	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[7]
200 m breaststroke	2:29.34	h	Joshua Miller	Seychelles	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[8]
50m butterfly	25.20		Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	27 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[9]
100m butterfly	56.50		Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	26 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[10]
200m butterfly	2:03.54	h	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	26 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[11]
200m individual medley	2:08.50	h	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	26 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[12]
400m individual medley	4:41.42	h	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	28 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[13]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:23.33			-	2016
4×200m freestyle relay	8:04.98			-	1999
4×100m medley relay	4:06.03			-	1999

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Swimming Association;WR – World record;AF – African 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	26.05	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	24 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[14]
100m freestyle	56.90	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	8 April 2017	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[15]
200m freestyle	2:07.53	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	5 April 2017	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[16]
400m freestyle	4:26.59	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	10 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[17]
800m freestyle	9:07.54	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	8 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[18]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.17		Felicity Passon	Seychelles	23 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[19]
100m backstroke	1:02.33	so	Alexus Laird	Seychelles	4 December 2015	AT&T US Nationals	Federal Way, United States	[20]
200m backstroke	2:13.94	h	Felicity Passon	Tuks Swimming Club	21 February 2020	Grand Prix Invitational	Durban, South Africa	[21]
50m breaststroke	35.26		Alexus Laird	Seychelles	February 2017	Cana Zone IV Championships	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	[22]
100m breaststroke	1:17.56	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	6 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[23]
200m breaststroke	2:49.77	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	7 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[24]
50m butterfly	27.23	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	22 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[25]
100m butterfly	1:00.61		Felicity Passon	Seychelles	23 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[26]
200m butterfly	2:23.82	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	7 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[27]
200m individual medley	2:25.62	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	7 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[28]
400m individual medley	5:04.54	h	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	6 August 2011	8th Indian Ocean Island Games	Victoria, Seychelles	[29]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:04.19		Elizabeth Khema Sofie Frichot Aaliyah Palestrini Felicity Passon	Seychelles	26 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[30]
4×200m freestyle relay	9:09.12			Seychelles	29 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[31]
4×100m medley relay	4:00.19		Felicity Passon Aaliyah Palestrini Khema Elizabeth Therese Soukup	Seychelles	23 July 2019	Indian Ocean Island Games	Côte d'Or, Mauritius	[32]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Swimming Association;WR – World record;AF – African 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
4×100m freestyle relay	3:47.98	h	Felicity Passon  (57.06) Simon Bachmann  (54.17) Aaliyah Palestrini  (1:01.75) Samuele Rossi  (55.00)	Seychelles	27 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[33]
4×100m medley relay	4:17.93			Seychelles	30 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[34]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Swimming Association;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.88	rh	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[35]
100m freestyle	51.03	h	Mathieu Bachmann	Seychelles	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[36]
200m freestyle	1:54.15	h	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[37]
400m freestyle	4:15.31	h	Adam Viktora	Seychelles	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[38]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.40	b	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	28 December 2014	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[39]
100m backstroke	1:04.80	c	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	29 December 2014	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[40]
200m backstroke	2:24.88	h	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[41]
50m breaststroke	28.67	h	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[42]
100m breaststroke	1:03.52	h	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[43]
200m breaststroke	2:29.00	h	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[44]
50m butterfly	26.65	b	Adam Viktora	Seychelles	30 December 2013	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[45]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100m individual medley	1:02.26	h	Adam Viktora	Seychelles	29 December 2014	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[46]
200m individual medley	2:18.25	h	Adam Viktora	Seychelles	30 December 2013	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[47]
400 m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:37.92		Dean Hoffman  (24.63) Pierre André Adam  (24.27) Steven Mangroo  (25.31) Adam Viktora  (23.71)	Seychelles	29 December 2014	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[48]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:38.16		Dean Hoffman  (53.83) Pierre André Adam  (55.80) Steven Mangroo  (55.92) Adam Viktora  (52.61)	Seychelles	28 December 2014	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[49]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	1:52.98		Dean Hoffman  (29.68) Pierre Andre Adam  (31.48) Adam Viktora  (26.54) Steven Mangroo  (25.28)	Seychelles	30 December 2014	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[50]
4×100m medley relay	4:22.02	h	Dean Hoffman  (1:06.34) Pierre-Andre Adam  (1:08.14) Adam Moncherry  (1:04.88) Justin Payet  (1:02.66)	Seychelles	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[51]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Swimming Association;WR – World record;AF – African 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	25.64	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[52]
100m freestyle	55.38	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[53]
200m freestyle	2:02.89	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[54]
400m freestyle	4:29.79	†	Shrone Austin	Seychelles	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
800m freestyle	9:06.81		Shrone Austin	Seychelles	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.59	rh	Alexus Laird	Seychelles	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[55]
100m backstroke	1:00.81	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[56]
200m backstroke	2:17.71	h	Alexus Laird	Seychelles	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[57]
50m breaststroke	37.34	h	Seychelles	9 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
100m breaststroke	1:27.12	h	Maria Marzocchi	Seychelles	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[58]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	27.20	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[59]
100m butterfly	59.99	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[60]
200m butterfly	2:31.66		Aaliyah Palestrini	Sistemi Integrati per lo Sport Rome	25 February 2017	Campionato Regionale Di Categoria Selezione B (Ostia)	Rome, Italy	[61]
100m individual medley	1:11.65	c	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	29 December 2013	Indian Ocean Meet	Saint-Paul, Réunion	[62]
200m individual medley	2:24.84		Aaliyah Palestrini	Sistemi Integrati per lo Sport Rome	10 December 2017	Meeting Nazionale Roma Nuoto	Rome, Italy	[63]
400m individual medley	5:18.35	h	Aaliyah Palestrini	Sistemi Integrati per lo Sport Rome	11 February 2017	Manifestazione Regionale Inverno - Selezione A	Frosinone, Italy	[64]
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay	4:07.85	h	Alexus Laird  (56.78) Anisha Payet  (1:06.22) Maria Marzocchi  (1:07.92) Felicity Passon  (56.93)	Seychelles	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[65]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Swimming Association;WR – World record;AF – African 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
Mixed 4×50m freestyle relay	1:40.64	h	Dean Hoffman  (24.31) Samuele Rossi  (24.28) Alexus Laird  (26.56) Felicity Passon  (25.49)	Seychelles	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[66]
Mixed 4×50m medley relay	1:51.50	h	Alexus Laird  (28.59) Pierre-Andre Adam  (30.11) Felicity Passon  (28.63) Dean Hoffman  (24.17)	Seychelles	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[67]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Swimming Association;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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