List of Ghanaian records in swimming

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

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	22.92		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	March 2020	African Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana	[1]
100 m freestyle	50.67		Harry Stacey	Ghana	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola	[2]
200 m freestyle	2:04.76		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	June 2016	45th International Pfingstschwimmfest	Arnsberg, Germany	[ citation needed ]
400 m freestyle	5:47.85	h	Christian Nortey	Ghana	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[3]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	27.26	h, †	Jason Arthur	Ghana	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[4]
100 m backstroke	56.52	h	Jason Arthur	Ghana	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[5]
200 m backstroke	2:03.91	h	Jason Arthur	Ghana	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[6]
50 m breaststroke	30.90	h	Harry Stacey	Ghana	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[7]
100 m breaststroke	1:17.94	h	Ivan Snowden	Ghana	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[8]
200 m breaststroke	3:08.58	h	Hector Ankrah	Ghana	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[9]
50 m butterfly	24.04		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	7 March 2020	Africa Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana	[ citation needed ]
100 m butterfly	53.39	h	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	29 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[10]
200 m butterfly	2:11.75		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	March 2020	Africa Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana	[ citation needed ]
200 m individual medley	2:07.44	h	Jason Arthur	Ghana	10 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[11]
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:37.05		Harry Stacey  (50.95) Niklas Yeboah  (56.70) Kow Jackson  (56.63) Jackson Abeku  (52.77)	Ghana	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[12]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Ghana 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
50 m freestyle	26.77	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[13]
100 m freestyle	59.86	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[14]
200 m freestyle	2:16.02	h	Kaya Forson	Ghana	8 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[15]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	30.62		Nubia Adjei	Ghana	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[16]
100 m backstroke	1:09.26		Nubia Adjei	Ghana	6 March 2020	African Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana
200 m backstroke	2:29.48	h	Kaya Forson	R.C. Mediterraneo	28 July 2017	Spanish Junior Championships	Málaga, Spain	[17]
50 m breaststroke	33.73	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[18]
100 m breaststroke	1:24.02		Unilez Takye	Ghana	21 August 2022	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	[19]
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	29.14	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[20]
100 m butterfly	1:14.60	h, †	Zaira Forson	Ghana	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[21]
200 m butterfly	2:39.20	h	Zaira Forson	Ghana	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[22]
200 m individual medley	2:34.59	h	Kaya Forson	Ghana	21 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[23]
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Ghana 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
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:42.97		Harry Stacey  (51.78) Abeiku Jackson  (51.72) Unilez Takyi Unilez  (1:00.90) Joselle Mensah  (58.57)	Ghana	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[24]
4×100 m medley relay	4:09.33		Nubia Adjei  (1:09.53) Harry Stacey  (1:07.61) Abeiku Jackson  (54.06) Joselle Mensah  (58.13)	Ghana	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[25]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Ghana 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	25.70	h	Kwesi Abbiw Jackson	Ghana	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[26]
100m freestyle	57.68	h	Papa Poku Dwumoh	Ghana	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[27]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	38.18	h	Ebenezer Osabutey	Ghana	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[28]
100m breaststroke	1:24.49	h	Ebenezer Osabutey	Ghana	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[29]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	23.62	h	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	27 December 2021	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[30]
100m butterfly	52.36	h	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	17 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[31]
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 Ghana 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	27.21	h	Unilez Takyi	Ghana	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[32]
100m freestyle	59.24	h	Kaya Forson	Ghana	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[33]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.96	h	Nubia Adjei	Ghana	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[34]
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	29.11	h	Nubia Adjei	Ghana	13 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[35]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200m individual medley	2:31.46	h	Kaya Forson	Ghana	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[36]
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 Ghana 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

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