List of Tongan records in swimming

The Tongan records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Tonga, which are recognised and ratified by the Tonga 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	23.99		Amini Fonua	-	2010	-
100m freestyle	52.21	h	Ifalemi Sau-Paea	Tonga	5 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[1]
200m freestyle	2:12.61	h	Tongli Panuve	Tonga	24 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[2]
400m freestyle	4:48.71	h	Tongli Panuve	Tonga	8 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[3]
800m freestyle	9:39.54	†	Tongli Panuve	Tonga	11 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[4]
1500m freestyle	18:26.37		Tongli Panuve	Tonga	11 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[5]
50m backstroke	27.91		Finau Ohuafi	Thanyapura UWCT Mantares	23 October 2020	Thailand Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[6]
100m backstroke	1:02.05		Finau Ohuafi	Thanyapura UWCT Mantares	24 October 2020	Thailand Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[7]
200m backstroke	2:38.29		Tongli Panuve	Tonga	22 May 2014	Oceania Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	[8]
50m breaststroke	28.20		Amini Fonua	Tonga	8 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[9]
100m breaststroke	1:02.95		Amini Fonua	Tonga	6 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[10]
200m breaststroke	2:20.27		Amini Fonua	Tonga	9 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[11]
50m butterfly	24.93		Amini Fonua	-	2011	-
100m butterfly	55.62	h	Ifalemi Sau-Paea	Tonga	27 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[12]
200m butterfly	2:07.00		Ifalemi Sau-Paea
200m individual medley	2:09.96		Ifalemi Sau-Paea	-	2011
400m individual medley
4×100m freestyle relay	3:42.76		Finau Ohuafi  (56.27) Jazz Teuhema  (55.52) Kapelieli Siua  (55.60) Alan Uhi  (55.37)	Tonga	20 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	[13]
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Tonga Swimming Association;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	27.83		Irene Prescott	-	2016
100m freestyle	1:02.31		Charissa Panuve	Tonga	12 June 2024	Singaporean Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[14]
200m freestyle	2:16.70		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	Olympus Aquatics	19 July 2019	Utah Championships	Salt Lake City, United States	[15]
400m freestyle	5:00.32		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	Olympus Aquatics	18 July 2019	Utah Championships	Salt Lake City, United States	[16]
800m freestyle	10:52.34	†	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	9 April 2023	Thailand Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[17]
1500m freestyle	20:39.76		Charissa Panuve	Tonga	9 April 2023	Thailand Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[18]
50m backstroke	31.54		Irene Prescott	-	2016
100m backstroke	1:10.63		Irene Prescott	-	2016
200m backstroke	2:45.62		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	Malolo Swim Club	10 May 2019	Fiji Age Group Championships	Suva, Fiji
50m breaststroke	39.38		Vaoahi Afu	Malolo Swim Club	6 March 2020	ASA Age Group Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	[19]
100m breaststroke	1:25.39		Vaoahi Afu	United SC Auckland	19 March 2023	March Madness	Auckland, New Zealand	[20]
200m breaststroke	3:08.59		Vaoahi Afu	Malolo Swim Club	7 March 2020	ASA Age Group Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	[21]
50m butterfly	29.87		Irene Prescott	-	2016
100m butterfly	1:13.88		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	Malolo Swim Club	10 May 2019	Fiji Age Group Championships	Suva, Fiji	[22]
200m butterfly	2:52.53	h	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	9 April 2023	Thailand Age Group Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	[23]
200m individual medley	2:46.58		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	Malolo Swim Club	10 May 2019	Fiji Age Group Championships	Suva, Fiji
400m individual medley
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Tonga Swimming Association;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	1:49.61		Noelani Day Alexander Sugar Hinemoa Fonua Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[24]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:08.19	h	Finau Ohuafi  (56.67) Noelani Day  (1:06.50) Charissa Panuve  (1:08.37) Amini Fonua  (56.65)	Tonga	27 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[25]
4×50m medley relay	2:06.18			Tonga	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[26]
4×100m medley relay	4:39.91	h	Finau Ohuafi  (1:04.93) Amini Fonua  (1:08.23) Charissa Panuve  (1:19.82) Noelani Day  (1:06.93)	Tonga	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[27]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Tonga Swimming Association;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	24.21		Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	21 October 2022	Thailand Championships	Samut Prakan, Thailand	[28]
100m freestyle	52.82	h	Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[29]
200m freestyle	2:00.76		Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	22 October 2022	Thailand Championships	Samut Prakan, Thailand	[30]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	26.14		Amini Fonua	-	22 July 2010	Auckland Winter Championships	Auckland, New Zealand
100m backstroke	57.80		Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	23 October 2022	Thailand Championships	Samut Prakan, Thailand	[31]
200m backstroke	3:15.35		Alan Uhi	Malolo	28 October 2017	Fiji Age Group Nationals	Suva, Fiji	[32]
50m breaststroke	28.35	h	Amini Fonua	Tonga	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[33]
100m breaststroke	1:15.67		Finau Ohuafi	-	30 May 2020	Thanyapura Open Swim League	Phuket, Thailand
200m breaststroke	2:55.09		Siutaka Fatongia	-	20 July 2019	-	Manurewa, New Zealand
50m butterfly	24.50	h	Amini Fonua	Tonga	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[34]
100m butterfly	59.73		Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	22 October 2022	Thailand Championships	Samut Prakan, Thailand	[35]
200m butterfly
100m individual medley	1:06.48	h	Tongli Panuve	Tonga	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[36]
200m individual medley	2:13.61		Amini Fonua	Tonga	23 October 2022	Thailand Championships	Samut Prakan, Thailand	[37]
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 Tonga Swimming Association;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
50 m freestyle	28.14	h	Noelani Day	Tonga	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[38]
100m freestyle	1:03.49	h, †	Irene Prescott	Tonga	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[39]
200m freestyle	2:22.21		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	Malolo Swim Club	28 September 2019	Fiji Nationals	Suva, Fiji
400m freestyle	5:15.87	h	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[40]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	31.45		Hinemoa Fonua	-	11 August 2015	New Zealand Championships	Auckland, New Zealand
100m backstroke	1:13.52		Hinemoa Fonua	Tonga	7 September 2015	Commonwealth Youth Games	Apia, Samoa
200m backstroke	2:38.91		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	-	12 January 2019	Keams Holiday Open Invite	United States
50m breaststroke	38.45		Vaoahi Afu	-	10 January 2019	Anthony Moses Classic	Auckland, New Zealand
100m breaststroke	1:25.29		Vaoahi Afu	-	9 September 2019	Anchor Aims Games	Tauranga, New Zealand
200m breaststroke	3:05.54		Vaoahi Afu	-	8 March 2019	Victorian Age Group Championships	Melbourne, Australia
50m butterfly	30.55		Hinemoa Fonua	-	11 August 2015	New Zealand Championships	Auckland, New Zealand
100m butterfly	1:11.36		Ofa Ngaloafe Fa	-	12 January 2019	Keams Holiday Open Invite	United States
200 m butterfly
100m individual medley	1:11.67		Hinemoa Fonua	17 July 2015	{{{date}}}	ASA Winter Championships	Auckland, New Zealand
200m individual medley	2:45.34		Hinemoa Fonua	July 2015	{{{date}}}	ASA Winter Championships	Auckland, New Zealand
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 Tonga Swimming Association;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	1:48.42	h	Charissa Panuve  (30.17) Finau Ohuafi  (25.48) Noelani Day  (29.40) Amini Fonua  (23.37)	Tonga	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[41]
4×50m medley relay	1:59.74	h	Finau Ohuafi  (29.22) Amini Fonua  (29.09) Charissa Panuve  (25.10) Noelani Day  (29.07)	Tonga	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[42]

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

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