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 Aquatic Federation (SAF).

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	23.93	h	Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	24 August 2022	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	[1]
100 m freestyle	52.19		Kenny Roberts	Seychelles	August 1998	Indian Ocean Island Games	Saint-Denis, Réunion
200 m freestyle	1:54.29		Kenny Roberts	Seychelles	August 1998	Indian Ocean Island Games	Saint-Denis, Réunion
400 m freestyle	4:13.76		Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	27 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[2]
800 m freestyle	8:47.84	†	Simon Bachmann	As Monaco Natation	20 December 2019	PACA Open Winter Regional Qualifying Championships	Saint-Raphaël, France	[3]
1500 m 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	29.21	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	17 June 2025	French Championships	Montpellier, France	[6]
100 m breaststroke	1:04.34	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	14 June 2025	French Championships	Montpellier, France	[7]
200 m breaststroke	2:28.12	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	11 December 2022	French Regional Winter Championships	Agen, France	[8]
50m butterfly	25.20		Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	27 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[9]
100m butterfly	55.73	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	1 June 2025	Jean-Boiteux Grand Prix	Mérignac, France	[10]
200m butterfly	2:03.31	h	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	13 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[11]
200m individual medley	2:05.95	b	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	14 June 2023	French Regional Winter Championships	Agen, France	[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 Aquatic Federation;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	33.87	h	Isabelle Labuschagne	Seychelles	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[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 Aquatic Federation;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
4×100 m 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]
4×100 m medley relay	4:17.93			Seychelles	30 August 2023	Indian Ocean Island Games	Antananarivo, Madagascar	[34]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Aquatic Federation;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	22.96	h	Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[35]
100m freestyle	51.03	h	Mathieu Bachmann	Seychelles	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[36]
200m freestyle	1:52.87	r	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	12 November 2023	TC Interclub Championships	Libourne, France	[37]
400m freestyle	3:58.37	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	12 December 2019	French Championships	Angers, France	[38]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	26.88	r	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	28 October 2023	French Championships	Angers, France	[39]
100m backstroke	57.95	r	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	12 November 2023	TC Interclub Championships	Libourne, France	[40]
200m backstroke	2:24.88	h	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[41]
50m breaststroke	28.46	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	26 October 2025	French Championships	Taverny, France	[42]
100m breaststroke	1:02.33	c	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	25 October 2025	French Championships	Taverny, France	[43]
200m breaststroke	2:19.04		Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	1 December 2023	French Regional Winter Championships	Agen, France	[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	57.23	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	31 October 2024	French Championships	Montpellier, France	[46]
200m individual medley	2:03.20	h	Simon Bachmann	Girondins Bordeaux	29 October 2023	French Championships	Angers, France	[47]
400 m individual medley	4:23.85	b	Simon Bachmann	As Monaco Natation	14 December 2019	French Championships	Angers, France	[48]
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	[49]
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	[50]
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	[51]
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	[52]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Aquatic Federation;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	[53]
100m freestyle	55.38	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[54]
200m freestyle	2:02.89	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[55]
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	[56]
100m backstroke	1:00.81	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[57]
200m backstroke	2:17.71	h	Alexus Laird	Seychelles	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[58]
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	[59]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	27.20	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[60]
100m butterfly	59.99	h	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[61]
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	[62]
100m individual medley	1:10.20	h	Aaliyah Palestrini	Sistemi Integrati per lo Sport Rome	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[63]
200m individual medley	2:24.84		Aaliyah Palestrini	Sistemi Integrati per lo Sport Rome	10 December 2017	Meeting Nazionale Roma Nuoto	Rome, Italy	[64]
400m individual medley	5:18.35	h	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	11 February 2017	Manifestazione Regionale Inverno - Selezione A	Frosinone, Italy	[65]
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	[66]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Seychelles Aquatic Federation;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
4×50 m 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	[67]
4×50 m 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	[68]

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

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