The Nepalese records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Nepal, which are recognised and ratified by the Nepal Swimming Association (NSA).

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 23.79 Alexander Shah - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
100m freestyle 52.96 Alexander Shah - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
200m freestyle 1:58.23 Nasir Yahya Hussain - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
200m freestyle 1:57.26 h, # Nasir Yahya Hussain    Nepal 24 July 2023 World Championships Fukuoka, Japan [1]
400m freestyle 4:12.17 Nasir Yahya Hussain - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
400m freestyle 4:08.23 h, # Nasir Yahya Hussain    Nepal 23 July 2023 World Championships Fukuoka, Japan [2]
800m freestyle 10:06.90 † Sirish Gurung    Nepal 18 November 2012 [a] Asian Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates [3]
1500m freestyle 18:45.62 Sirish Gurung - October 2015 National Game Kathmandu, Nepal
50m backstroke 30.05 Tenzin Gurung    Nepal 24 May 2023 2nd Bagmati Province Sports/ 1st Bagmati Province Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
100m backstroke 1:04.46 Nasir Hussain - July 2022 NSA Cup Kathmandu, Nepal
200m backstroke 2:22.15 Tenzin Gurung - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
50m breaststroke 30.66 Bikash Kumal - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
100m breaststroke 1:10.14 Bikash Kumal - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
100m breaststroke 1:08.15 not ratified Shuvam Shrestha Armed Police Force 21 April 2019 National Games Nepalgunj, Nepal [4]
200m breaststroke 2:34.74 Bikash Kumal - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
50m butterfly 26.79 Ajal Kaji Tamrakar - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
100m butterfly 59.60 Nasir Hussain - July 2022 NSA Cup Kathmandu, Nepal [5]
200m butterfly 2:29.88 Sirish Gurung - October 2012 NSA Cup Kathmandu, Nepal
200m individual medley 2:16.24 h Nasir Hussain    Nepal 6 May 2022 National Championships Kathmandu, Nepal [6]
400m individual medley 5:04.70 Shirish Gurung    Nepal April 2016 Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand
4×100m freestyle relay 4:07.28
  • Manish Chitrakar
     (1:02.22)
  • Shuvam Shrestha
     (1:02.93)
  • Anubhav Subba
     (1:03.89)
  • Sirish Gurung
     (58.24)
    Nepal 6 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [7]
4×200m freestyle relay 9:17.68
  • Manish Chitrakar
     (2:23.60)
  • Shuvam Shrestha
     (2:26.87)
  • Anubhav Subba
     (2:17.35)
  • Sirish Gurung
     (2:09.86)
    Nepal 9 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [8]
4×100m medley relay 4:40.95 not ratified - 1990
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NSA; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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 28.09 Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club August 2017 National Games Kathmandu, Nepal
50m freestyle 27.95 not ratified Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 3/4 June 2018 Nepalese Championships Kathmandu, Nepal
100m freestyle 1:00.11 h Gaurika Singh    Nepal 28 July 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan
100m freestyle 59.60 not ratified Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 22 April 2019 National Games Nepalgunj, Nepal [4]
200m freestyle 2:11.94 Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 17 August 2017 Nepalese Championships Lalitpur, Nepal [9]
400m freestyle 4:38.53 Duana Lama    Nepal April 2023 Thailand Age Group Championships Thailand
800m freestyle 11:40.45 Aditi Dhital Lincoln 29 September 2013 NSA Cup Lalitpur, Nepal [10]
1500m freestyle 22:43.84 Aditi Dhital Lincoln September 2013 NSA Cup Lalitpur, Nepal
50m backstroke 30.85 [b] Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 21 April 2019 National Games Nepalgunj, Nepal [4]
100m backstroke 1:06.23 Gaurika Singh - February 2020 Middlesex Country Championships London, United Kingdom
200m backstroke 2:25.58 Gaurika Singh - February 2020 Middlesex Country Championships London, United Kingdom
50m breaststroke 35.79 Duana Lama - June 2023 [c] 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
100m breaststroke 1:17.58 h Duana Lama    Nepal 19 June 2022 [d] World Championships Budapest, Hungary [11]
200m breaststroke 2:51.31 Duana Lama    Nepal April 2023 Thailand Age Group Championships Thailand
50m butterfly 29.40 Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 2017 National Game Kathmandu, Nepal
50m butterfly 29.38 not ratified Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 17 August 2017 Nepalese Championships Lalitpur, Nepal [9]
100m butterfly 1:07.69 Gaurika Singh Tribhuvan Army Club 18 August 2017 Nepalese Championships Lalitpur, Nepal [12]
200m butterfly 3:06.45 Sastika Bhandari - June 2023 11th NSA Swimming Competition Kathmandu, Nepal
200m individual medley 2:33.26 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 10 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [13]
400m individual medley 5:47.69[e] Sofia Shah    Nepal 7 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [14]
4×100m freestyle relay 4:32.17
   Nepal 6 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [7]
4×200m freestyle relay 9:58.34
   Nepal 9 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [8]
4×100m medley relay 5:05.54
   Nepal 10 February 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India [15]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NSA; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Meet Location Ref
50m freestyle 23.90 Alexander Shah    Nepal 6 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [16]
100m freestyle 52.30 h Alexander Shah    Nepal 20 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [17]
100m freestyle 51.87 '#' Alexander Shah Tribhuvan Army Club 15 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [18]
200m freestyle 1:58.30 h Nasir Hussain    Nepal 17 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [19]
200m freestyle 1:55.39 '#' Nasir Hussain Tribhuvan Army Club 16 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [20]
400m freestyle 4:33.05 Nasir Hussain    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [21]
400m freestyle 4:08.64 '#' Nasir Hussain Tribhuvan Army Club 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [22]
800m freestyle 9:17.00 Nathan Dorje Sherpa - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
1500m freestyle 17:49.95 Nasir Hussain    Nepal 6 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [23]
1500m freestyle 16:50.21 '#' Nasir Hussain Tribhuvan Army Club 15 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [24]
50m backstroke 28.03 Alexander Shah    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [25]
50m backstroke 27.54 '#' Alexander Shah Tribhuvan Army Club - Nepal
50m backstroke 27.46 '#' Alexander Shah Tribhuvan Army Club 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [26]
100m backstroke 1:02.10 Alexander Shah    Nepal 7 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [27]
200m backstroke 2:16.50 Nathan Dorje Sherpa - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
200m backstroke 2:16.23 '#' Tenzing Gurung Armed Police Force 15 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [28]
50m breaststroke 31.05 Bikash Kumal Province 1 23 September 2022 Nepalese Open Championships Kathmandu, Nepal [29]
100m breaststroke 1:08.15 Shuvam Shrestha - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
200m breaststroke 2:31.15 Shuvam Shrestha    Nepal 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [30]
200m breaststroke 2:29.60 '#' Aashish Sapkota - 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [31]
50m butterfly 26.56 Sayed Hamza Shah    Nepal 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [32]
100m butterfly 59.77 Anubhav Subba Tribhuvan Army Club 23 September 2022 Nepalese Open Championships Kathmandu, Nepal [33]
100m butterfly 57.86 '#' Nasir Hussain Tribhuvan Army Club 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [34]
100m butterfly 57.39 h, not ratified Anubhav Subba    Nepal 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [35]
200m butterfly 2:18.10 Nathan Dorje Sherpa - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
100m individual medley 1:09.20 h Shailesh Shumsher J.B. Rana    Nepal 18 December 2010 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m individual medley 2:11.85 h Nasir Hussain    Nepal 16 December 2021 World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [36]
200m individual medley 2:11.23 '#' Nasir Hussain Tribhuvan Army Club 16 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [37]
400m individual medley 5:10.65 not ratified Nasir Hussain    Nepal 7 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [38]
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay 4:01.09
  • Sayed Hamza Shah
  • Dipankar Awale
  • Tarun Bhandari
  • Gaurab Lama
    Nepal 2019 National Game Nepal
4×100m freestyle relay 3:46.97 not ratified
   Nepal 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [39]
4×100m freestyle relay 3:46.83 '#' Nepal Police Club - Nepal
4×100m freestyle relay 3:45.51 '#'
Tribhuvan Army Club 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [40]
4×200m freestyle relay 8:23.17 not ratified    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [41]
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay 4:07.07
   Nepal 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [42]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NSA; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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 27.37 Gaurika Singh - November 2019 Stockport Metro November Open Meet Stockport, United Kingdom
100m freestyle 58.13 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [43]
200m freestyle 2:05.06 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [44]
400m freestyle 4:25.28 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [45]
800m freestyle 9:39.22 Gaurika Singh - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke 29.71 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [46]
100m backstroke 1:03.15 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 7 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [47]
200m backstroke 2:17.33 Gaurika Singh - November 2019 Stockport Metro November Open Meet Stockport, United Kingdom
50m breaststroke 35.82 h Duana Lama    Nepal November 2018 World Cup Singapore, Singapore
50m breaststroke 35.46 not ratified Duana Lama    Nepal 7 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [48]
50m breaststroke 35.23 '#' Duana Lama Tribhuvan Army Club 16 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [49]
100m breaststroke 1:16.99 h Duana Lama    Nepal November 2018 World Cup Singapore, Singapore
200m breaststroke 2:44.68 Duana Lama    Nepal 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [50]
200m breaststroke 2:43.23 '#' Duana Lama Tribhuvan Army Club 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [51]
50m butterfly 29.32 Gaurika Singh - November 2019 Stockport Metro November Open Meet Stockport, United Kingdom
100m butterfly 1:09.97 Gaurika Singh - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
100m butterfly 1:07.74 '#' Ashley Sapkota Dangol NRNA 17 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [52]
200m butterfly 2:33.16 Duana Lama    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [53]
100m individual medley
200m individual medley 2:32.00 Gaurika Singh - 2019 National Game Nepalgunj, Nepal
200m individual medley 2:31.46 h, # Duana Lama Tribhuvan Army Club 15 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [54]
200m individual medley 2:30.67 '#' Duana Lama Tribhuvan Army Club 15 October 2022 National Games Pokhara, Nepal [55]
400m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay
4×100m freestyle relay 4:07.97 [f]
   Nepal 5 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [56]
4×200m freestyle relay 9:03.04    Nepal 8 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [57]
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay 4:33.62
   Nepal 9 December 2019 South Asian Games Kathmandu, Nepal [58]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NSA; WR – World record; AS – Asian 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

Notes

  1. ^ November 2017 by NSA source, a typo
  2. ^ 29.40 by NSA source; doubtful, because Singh reached the same mark in 50m butterfly event
  3. ^ June 2022 by NSA source, a typo
  4. ^ by official result source, 19 June 2019 by NSA source, a typo
  5. ^ by official result and FINA source; 2:58.54 by NSA source, unclear
  6. ^ by official result source; 4:12.97 by NSA source, a typo

References

General
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