List of Emirates records in swimming

The UAE Records is swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer from the United Arab Emirates. These records are kept by the UAE Swimming Federation.^[1]

The federation maintains records for both long course (50m)^[2] and short course (25m)^[3] competition, for males, in the following events:

• freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
• backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• breastroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
• individual medley (or "IM"): 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;
• relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free, and 4×100 medley

Long course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.22		Mallala, Ayoub SalemAyoub Salem Mallala	Al Wahda	November 2007
100m freestyle	52.77		Abdulla Ibrahim, KhaledKhaled Abdulla Ibrahim	United Arab Emirates	7 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[4]
200m freestyle	1:58.08		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	Al Wahda	2009
400m freestyle	4:18.26		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	Al Wahda	April 2009
800m freestyle	9:04.59		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	Al Wahda	April 2009
1500m freestyle	17:10.36		Al Hammadi, Majid MohamedMajid Mohamed Al Hammadi	Al Wahda	November 2009
50m backstroke	26.83		Al-Saadi, YaaqoubYaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	5 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[5]
100m backstroke	59.33		Al Saadi, YaaqoubYaaqoub Al Saadi	United Arab Emirates	7 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[6]
200m backstroke	2:14.03		Al-Saadi, YaaqoubYaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	4 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[7]
50m breaststroke	28.79		Al Besher, MubarakMubarak Al Besher	United Arab Emirates	26 April 2014	Dubai International Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[8]
100m breaststroke	1:04.90		Al Besher, MubarakMubarak Al Besher	United Arab Emirates	24 April 2014	Dubai International Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[8]
200m breaststroke	2:26.28		Al Besher, MubarakMubarak Al Besher	Al Wasl	October 21, 2011	GCC Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	[9]
50m butterfly	25.47		Al Ghaferi, MohammedMohammed Al Ghaferi	Al Ain	November 25, 2011	UAE President Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[10]
100m butterfly	56.59		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	Al Wahda	2011
200m butterfly	2:13.50		Subait, AliAli Subait	United Arab Emirates	4 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[11]
200m individual medley	2:11.62	h	Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	July 29, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[12]
400m individual medley	4:50.45		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	Al Wahda	2010
4×100m  freestyle relay	3:34.57			UAE	2004
4×200m  freestyle relay	8:07.89	h	(2:00.57) Mohammed Al Ghaferi  (2:02.70) Ali Al Kaabi  (2:04.63) Mubarak Al Besher  (1:59.99) Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[13]
4×100m  medley relay	3:57.49		(59.87) Mohammed Al Ghaferi  (1:05.47) Mubarak Al Besher  (56.89) Obaid Al Jasmi  (55.26) Ahmed Al Jahouri	UAE	20 October 2011	GCC Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	[14]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation; 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	33.42	h	Albedwawi, NadaNada Albedwawi	United Arab Emirates	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[15]
100m freestyle	1:05.79		Gonzalez Pinero, DanielaDaniela Gonzalez Pinero	Hamilton Aquatics Dubai	2 April 2015	12th Arab Age Group Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[16]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	31.67		Mohtadi, JudyJudy Mohtadi	High Performance Swimming Club	2 April 2015	12th Arab Age Group Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[16]
100m backstroke	1:35.83	h	Al-Bedwawi, NadaNada Al-Bedwawi	United Arab Emirates	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[17]
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation; 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 (25m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.04	h	Aldabous, KhaledKhaled Aldabous	United Arab Emirates	5 October 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[18]
100m freestyle	51.59	h	Aldabous, KhaledKhaled Aldabous	United Arab Emirates	4 October 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[19]
200m freestyle	1:57.74	rh	Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[20]
400m freestyle	4:12.33		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	November 2010	President's Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
800m freestyle	8:59.13		Al Hammadi, Majid MohamedMajid Mohamed Al Hammadi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
1500m freestyle	17:20.43		Al Hammadi, Majid MohamedMajid Mohamed Al Hammadi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
50m backstroke	26.33	h	Al Ghaferi, MohammedMohammed Al Ghaferi	UAE	17 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[21]
100m backstroke	58.04	rh	Al Ghaferi, MohammedMohammed Al Ghaferi	UAE	19 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[22]
200m backstroke	2:08.86	h	Alsaadi, YaaqoubYaaqoub Alsaadi	UAE	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
50m breaststroke	28.64	h	Al-Besher, MubarakMubarak Al-Besher	UAE	1 July 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea
100m breaststroke	1:03.07	h	Al-Besher, MubarakMubarak Al-Besher	UAE	30 June 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea
200m breaststroke	2:22.33	h	Al Besher, MubarakMubarak Al Besher	UAE	December 17, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[24]
50m butterfly	25.13	h	Aldabous, KhaledKhaled Aldabous	United Arab Emirates	4 October 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[25]
100m butterfly	55.40		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
200m butterfly	2:10.69	h	Al Kaabi, AliAli Al Kaabi	UAE	December 19, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[26]
100m individual medley	58.23		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
200m individual medley	2:05.70		Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
400m individual medley	4:36.89	h	Al Jasmi, ObaidObaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[27]
4x50m  freestyle relay	1:36.48	h	(25.05) Ali Saeed Alkaabi Obaid Ahmed Aljasmi Mubarak Al Besher Mohamed Jasim Shafee	UAE	2 July 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea	[28]
4x100m  freestyle relay	3:31.19			UAE	February 2008	GCC Championships
4x200m  freestyle relay	8:03.02	h	(1:57.74) Obaid Al Jasmi  (2:01.00) Mubarak Al Besher  (2:00.70) Ali Al Kaabi  (2:03.58) Faisal Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[20]
4x50m  medley relay	1:46.11	h	(27.69) Ali Saeed Al-Kaabi Mubarak Al-Besher ObaidAhmed Al-Jasmi Mohamed Jasim Shafee	UAE	30 June 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea	[29]
4x100m  medley relay	3:51.83	h	(58.04) Mohammed Al Ghaferi  (1:03.56) Mubarak Al Besher  (57.98) Bakheet Al Jasmi  (52.25) Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 19, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[22]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation;
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

References

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