List of Nigerian records in swimming

The Nigerian Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Nigeria. These records are kept/maintained by the Nigeria Swimming Federation.

Records are recognized for the following long course (50m) events:

freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
individual medley (I.M.): 100, 200 and 400;
relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
01 ! 50 freestyle	23.70		Bakare, MusaMusa Bakare	-	000000001992-01-01-00001992
02 ! 100 freestyle	52.91	h	Offoin, GentleGentle Offoin	Nigeria	000000002000-09-19-0000September 19, 2000	Olympic Games	Australia, Sydney ! Sydney, Australia
03 ! 200 freestyle	2:03.43		Nemine, TebesaTebesa Nemine	Nigeria	000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
04 ! 400 freestyle	4:28.38		Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	000000002011-09-08-0000September 8, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique	^[1]
05 ! 800 freestyle	9:40.42		Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Delta State	000000002006-04-01-0000April 2006	Nigeria Sports Festival	Nigeria, Abeokuta ! Abeokuta, Nigeria
06 ! 1500 freestyle	18:31.55		Yolomi, YimisiYimisi Yolomi	-	000000001989-01-01-00001989	-

07 ! 50m backstroke	27.73		Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	10 September 2012	African Championships	Kenya, Nairobi ! Nairobi, Kenya	^[2]
08 ! 100 backstroke	1:01.19		Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	000000002011-09-09-0000September 9, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique	^[3]^[4]
09 ! 200 backstroke	2:22.70		Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria

10 ! 50 breaststroke	29.74		Williams, EricEric Williams	Rivers States	000000002012-07-15-0000July 15, 2012	Chief of Naval Staff Championships	Nigeria, Calabar ! Calabar, Nigeria	^[3]
11 ! 100 breaststroke	1:06.83		Williams, EricEric Williams	Nigeria	000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
12 ! 200 breaststroke	2:33.09		Williams, EricEric Williams	Nigeria	000000002006-09-01-0000September 2006	African Championships	Senegal, Dakar ! Dakar, Senegal

13 ! 50 butterfly	24.46		Yeiyah, YellowYellow Yeiyah	Nigeria	000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
14 ! 100m butterfly	56.90	tt	Adejumo, PhilipPhilip Adejumo	UMBC Retrievers	21 February 2016	Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Time Trials	United States, Athens ! Athens, United States	^[5]
15 ! 200 butterfly	2:13.11		Ayejoh, SundaySunday Ayejoh	Nigeria	000000002006-09-01-0000September 2006	African Championships	Senegal, Dakar ! Dakar, Senegal

16 ! 200 I.M.	2:19.19		Fatayi-Williams, OluesyiOluesyi Fatayi-Williams	Nigeria	000000002011-09-10-0000September 10, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
17 ! 400 I.M.	5:06.01		Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	000000002007-07-01-0000July 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria

18 ! 4×100 free relay	3:39.59			Nigeria	000000001993-01-01-00001993	-
19 ! 4×200 freestyle relay	8:18.09		Tebesa Nemine Samson Opuakpo Oluseyi Fatayi Williams Otiko Kpiliboh	Nigeria	000000002007-07-13-0000July 13, 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
20 ! 4×100 medley relay	4:04.41		Olufolahon Oluwole Eric Williams Musa Bakare Gentle Offoin	Nigeria	000000002003-10-01-0000October 2003	African Games	Nigeria, Abuja ! Abuja, Nigeria

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Nigeria Swimming 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
01 ! 50 freestyle	27.31		Monu, NgoziNgozi Monu	Nigeria	000000002007-07-13-0000Jul 13, 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
02 ! 100 freestyle	1:00.50		Monu, NgoziNgozi Monu	-	000000002007-01-01-00002007	-
03 ! 200 freestyle	2:16.73		Ikhaghomi, JoshuaJoshua Ikhaghomi	Nigeria	000000001992-07-27-0000July 27, 1992	Olympic Games	Spain, Barcelona ! Barcelona, Spain
04 ! 400 freestyle	4:59.90		Gagbe, IfiezibeIfiezibe Gagbe	Nigeria	000000002007-07-13-0000July 13, 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
05 ! 800 freestyle	10:45.50		Fibgele, R.R. Fibgele	-	000000001981-01-01-00001981	-
06 ! 1500 freestyle			-	999999999999-99-99-0000	-

07 ! 50 backstroke	31.06		Inyengiyikabo, ObiaObia Inyengiyikabo	Nigeria	000000002003-10-01-0000October 2003	African Games	Nigeria, Abuja ! Abuja, Nigeria	^[6]
08 ! 100 backstroke	1:07.78		Inyengiyikabo, ObiaObia Inyengiyikabo	Nigeria	000000002003-10-01-0000October 2003	African Games	Nigeria, Abuja ! Abuja, Nigeria
09 ! 200 backstroke	2:43.64		Inyengiyikabo, ObiaObia Inyengiyikabo	Rivers	000000001992-01-01-00001992		^[3]

10 ! 50 breaststroke	33.81		Tonjor, RachealRacheal Tonjor	Nigeria	000000002011-09-07-0000September 7, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique	^[3]
11 ! 100 breaststroke	1:15.49		Tonjor, RachealRacheal Tonjor	Nigeria	000000002011-09-07-0000September 7, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique	^[7]
12 ! 200 breaststroke	2:51.93		Forcados, BlessingBlessing Forcados	Nigeria	000000002007-07-13-0000July 13, 2007	African Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria

13 ! 50 butterfly	29.97	h	Edorodion, FaithFaith Edorodion	Nigeria	000000002011-09-06-0000September 6, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique	^[3]^[8]
14 ! 100 butterfly	1:07.71		Edorodion, FaithFaith Edorodion	Nigeria	000000002011-09-08-0000September 8, 2011	African Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique	^[3]^[7]
15 ! 200 butterfly	2:41.76		Joshua, IkhaghomiIkhaghomi Joshua	-	000000001992-01-01-00001992	-

16 ! 200 I.M.	2:39.49		Joshua, IkhaghomiIkhaghomi Joshua	Rivers	000000001992-01-01-00001992	-		^[3]
17 ! 400 I.M.	5:57.87		Edema, D.D. Edema	-	000000001991-01-01-00001991	-

18 ! 4×100 free relay	4:15.43			Nigeria	000000001991-01-01-00001991	-
19 ! 4×200 freestyle relay	10:20.18			Nigeria	000000001987-01-01-00001987	-
20 ! 4×100 medley relay	4:46.26			Nigeria	000000001991-01-01-00001991	-

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
19 ! 4×100m freestyle relay
20 ! 4×100m medley relay	4:24.61			Nigeria	10 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Congo, Brazzaville ! Brazzaville, Congo	^[9]

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

Short Course (25m)

A source is needed to show that Nigeria short course records exist.

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
01 ! 50m freestyle	23.82	h	Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	13 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[10]
02 ! 100m freestyle	52.18	h	Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	15 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[11]
03 ! 200 m freestyle
04 ! 400 m freestyle
05 ! 800 m freestyle
06 ! 1500 m freestyle
07 ! 50m backstroke	26.17	h	Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	14 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[12]
08 ! 100m backstroke	59.17	h	Opuakpo, SamsonSamson Opuakpo	Nigeria	12 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[13]
09 ! 200 m backstroke
10 ! 50m breaststroke	31.14	h	Osamezu, ForsightForsight Osamezu	Nigeria	6 December 2014	World Championships	Qatar, Doha ! Doha, Qatar	^[14]
11 ! 100m breaststroke	1:11.13	h	Osamezu, ForsightForsight Osamezu	Nigeria	3 December 2014	World Championships	Qatar, Doha ! Doha, Qatar	^[15]
12 ! 200 m breaststroke
13 ! 50m butterfly	25.07	h	Yeiyah, YellowYellow Yeiyah	Nigeria	17 December 2010	World Championships	United Arab Emirates, Dubai ! Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14 ! 100m butterfly	57.74	h	Yeiyah, YellowYellow Yeiyah	Nigeria	15 December 2010	World Championships	United Arab Emirates, Dubai ! Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15 ! 200m butterfly	2:20.20	h	Ayejon, Sunday PriceSunday Price Ayejon	Nigeria	13 April 2008	World Championships	Great Britain, Manchester ! Manchester, United Kingdom
16 ! 100m individual medley	1:01.11	h	Yeiyah, YellowYellow Yeiyah	Nigeria	18 December 2010	World Championships	United Arab Emirates, Dubai ! Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17 ! 200 m individual medley
18 ! 400 m individual medley
19 ! 4×50 m freestyle relay
20 ! 4×100 m freestyle relay
21 ! 4×200 m freestyle relay
22 ! 4×50 m medley relay
23 ! 4×100 m medley relay

Women

A source is needed to show that Nigeria short course records exist.

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
01 ! 50m freestyle	26.94	h	Monu, NgoziNgozi Monu	Nigeria	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	United Kingdom, Manchester ! Manchester, United Kingdom	^[16]
02 ! 100m freestyle	59.95		Monu, NgoziNgozi Monu	-	2008
03 ! 200m freestyle	2:13.83	h	Monu, NgoziNgozi Monu	Nigeria	13 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	United Kingdom, Manchester ! Manchester, United Kingdom	^[17]
04 ! 400 m freestyle
05 ! 800 m freestyle
06 ! 1500 m freestyle
07 ! 50m backstroke	35.47	h	Monu, UcheUche Monu	Nigeria	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	United Kingdom, Manchester ! Manchester, United Kingdom	^[18]
08 ! 100m backstroke	1:14.83	h	Monu, UcheUche Monu	Nigeria	9 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	United Kingdom, Manchester ! Manchester, United Kingdom	^[19]
09 ! 200 m backstroke
10 ! 50m breaststroke	35.35	h	Tonjor, RachaelRachael Tonjor	Nigeria	12 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[20]
11 ! 100m breaststroke	1:17.95	h	Tonjor, RachaelRachael Tonjor	Nigeria	5 December 2014	World Championships	Qatar, Doha ! Doha, Qatar	^[21]
12 ! 200 m breaststroke
13 ! 50m butterfly	31.02	h	Edorodoin, FaithFaith Edorodoin	Nigeria	13 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[22]
14 ! 100m butterfly	1:09.60	h	Edorodoin, FaithFaith Edorodoin	Nigeria	15 December 2012	World Championships	Turkey, Istanbul ! Istanbul, Turkey	^[23]
15 ! 200 m butterfly
16 ! 100m individual medley	1:15.60	h	Tonjor, RachaelRachael Tonjor	Nigeria	16 December 2010	World Championships	United Arab Emirates, Dubai ! Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17 ! 200 m individual medley
18 ! 400 m individual medley
19 ! 4×50 m freestyle relay
20 ! 4×100 m freestyle relay
21 ! 4×200 m freestyle relay
22 ! 4×50 m medley relay
23 ! 4×100 m medley relay

References

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↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Results". theccsa.com. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ (lcm-w) Chaker Belhadj (24 October 2003). "2003 All-Africa Games Roundup & Results". www.swimnews.com. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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↑ (lcm-w) "10th All African Games 2011 Day 2 Heats Results" (PDF). SSA. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
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↑ "Women's 200m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
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