List of Zambian records in swimming

The Zambian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Zambia, which are recognised and ratified by the Zambia Amateur Swimming Union.

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	23.42	h	Damien Shamambo	Zambia	1 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[1]
100 m freestyle	52.62		Tom Donker	Zambia	April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius	[2]
200 m freestyle	1:57.24		Tom Donker	Zambia	April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius	[3]
400 m freestyle	4:09.69	h	Mulenga Cole	Zambia	19 August 2025	World Junior Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[4]
800 m freestyle	8:33.55		Ralph Goveia	-		-		[ citation needed ]
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	27.40		Tom Donker	Zambia	21 April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius	[5]
100 m backstroke	58.66		Tom Donker	Zambia	16 February 2017	CANA Zone IV Championships	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	[6]
200 m backstroke	2:12.34		Tom Donker	Zambia	April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius	[7]
50 m breaststroke	29.04	h	Zach Moyo	Zambia	29 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[8]
100 m breaststroke	1:06.03	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[9]
200 m breaststroke	2:34.43	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	1 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[10]
50m butterfly	24.49	sf	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[11]
100m butterfly	54.10	sf	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[12]
200m butterfly	2:02.36	'#' [a]	Moisés Saldívar Guzmán	Anv Puebla	21 February 2025	Segunda Copa Internacional	Veracruz, Mexico	[ citation needed ]
200m individual medley	2:13.12	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	11 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[13]
400m individual medley
4×100m freestyle relay	3:49.62	h	Ralph Goveia  (55.05) Matthew Shone  (58.75) Milimo Mweetwa  (1:00.33) Alexandros Axiotis  (55.49)	Zambia	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[14]
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay	4:12.10	h	Milimo Mweetwa  (1:08.70) Alexandros Axiotis  (1:08.02) Ralph Goveia  (57.69) Matthew Shone  (57.69)	Zambia	29 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[15]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Zambia Amateur Swimming Union;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
50 m freestyle	26.27		Mia Phiri	Zambia	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[16]
100 m freestyle	58.47	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[17]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	29.17		Mia Phiri	Zambia	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[18]
100 m backstroke	1:04.05		Mia Phiri	Zambia	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[19]
200 m backstroke	2:35.92	h	Marlise Findlay	Zambia	9 December 2023	African Junior Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius	[ citation needed ]
50 m breaststroke	32.05	sf	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[20]
100 m breaststroke	1:12.01	h	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[21]
200 m breaststroke	2:55.98	h	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	6 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[22]
50 m butterfly	27.57		Mia Phiri	Zambia	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[23]
100 m butterfly	1:05.96	h	Jade Anita Phiri	Zambia	9 December 2023	African Junior Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley	3:13.60		Lombe Mwape	Zambia	19 February 2019	CANA Zone IV Championships	Windhoek, South Africa	[24]
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay	4:18.18			Zambia	6 December 2023	African Junior Championships	Mauritius, Mauritius	[25]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Zambia Amateur Swimming Union;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
4×100 m medley relay	4:27.78	h	Moonarala Naidu  (1:08.34) Tilka Palik  (1:15.70) Ralph Goveia  (56.80) Lombe Mwape  (1:06.94)	Zambia	22 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[26]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Zambia Amateur Swimming Union;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
50 m freestyle	23.27	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[27]
100 m freestyle	52.94	h	Mulenga Cole	Zambia	5 July 2025	Region 5 Games	Swakopmund, Namibia	[28]
200 m freestyle	1:52.38		Mulenga Cole	Zambia	6 July 2025	Region 5 Games	Swakopmund, Namibia	[29]
400 m freestyle	3:57.93		Mulenga Cole	Zambia	8 July 2025	Region 5 Games	Swakopmund, Namibia	[30]
800 m freestyle	9:13.38		Naested Smit	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[31]
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	27.60	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	30 September 2014	FINA World Cup Event 3	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	[32]
100m backstroke	59.79	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	29 September 2014	FINA World Cup Event 3	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	[33]
200m backstroke	2:11.30	h	Mulenga Cole	Zambia	7 July 2025	Region 5 Games	Swakopmund, Namibia	[34]
50m breaststroke	28.02	h	Zach Moyo	Zambia	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[35]
100m breaststroke	1:02.15	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	11 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[36]
200m breaststroke	2:27.41		Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	19 October 2017	CANA Zone III Championships	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	[37]
50m butterfly	24.00	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[38]
100m butterfly	53.63	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[39]
200m butterfly	2:15.01		Naested Smit	Zambia	24 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[40]
100m individual medley	57.15	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[41]
200m individual medley	2:07.82		Mulenga Cole	Zambia	7 July 2025	Region 5 Games	Swakopmund, Namibia	[42]
400m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:41.72		Thomas Savory Matthew Shone Milimo Mweetwa Mulenga Kangololo	Zambia	27 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda	[43]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:47.80		Thomas Savory Mulenga Kangololo Milimo Mweetwa Matthew Shone	Zambia	25 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda	[44]
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	1:51.92		Naested Smit  (28.37) Kumaren Naidu  (31.12) Darren Van Rensburg  (27.61) Mapalo Mataka  (24.82)	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[45]
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Zambia Amateur Swimming Union;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
50 m freestyle	26.15	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[46]
100 m freestyle	57.50	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[47]
200 m freestyle	2:12.66		Jade Phiri	Zambia	4 September 2025	African Zone IV Championships	Manzini, Eswatini	[48]
400m freestyle	5:27.60		Ami Tashiro	Zambia	26 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda	[49]
800m freestyle	10:16.43		Mia Phiri	Zambia	18 October 2017	CANA Zone III Championships	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	[50]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.79	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[51]
100m backstroke	1:04.35	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[52]
200m backstroke	2:26.50		Mia Phiri	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[53]
50m breaststroke	31.74		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[54]
100m breaststroke	1:10.17		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[55]
200m breaststroke	2:39.00		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	22 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[56]
50m butterfly	28.32		Jade Phiri	Zambia	5 July 2025	Region 5 Games	Swakopmund, Namibia	[57]
100m butterfly	1:03.59	h	Ellen Hight	Zambia	12 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
200m butterfly	2:37.86		Mia Phiri	Zambia	19 October 2017	CANA Zone III Championships	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	[58]
100m individual medley	1:07.48	h	Ellen Lendra Hight	Zambia	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
200m individual medley	2:24.15		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	24 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[59]
400m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:54.54		Johanna Buys  (27.64) Elizabeth Buys  (29.48) Victora Cowles  (30.78) Tilka Paljk  (26.64)	Zambia	24 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[60]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:11.47		Tilka Paljk  (59.31) Johanna Buys  (1:01.96) Elizabeth Buys  (1:05.65) Chibwe Chungu  (1:04.55)	Zambia	22 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[61]
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	2:04.42		Abigail Joubert  (34.46) Tilka Paljk  (31.81) Johanna Buys  (29.19) Chibwe Chungu  (28.96)	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[62]
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Zambia Amateur Swimming Union;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
4×50 m medley relay	1:50.01	h	Jade Howard  (30.08) Alex Axiotis  (29.32) Ralph Goveia  (24.20) Tilka Paljk  (26.41)	Zambia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[63]
4×100 m medley relay	4:15.22		Naested Smit  (1:01.87) Tilka Paljk  (1:11.43) Johanna Buys  (1:07.18) Mapalo Mataka  (54.74)	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi	[64]

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

Notes

1. citizenship unclear

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External links

• Zambia Amateur Swimming Union web site