List of Fijian records in swimming

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

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Event	Male	Female
freestyle
50 free		25.90 Caroline Pickering (Fiji) New Zealand Open 2003 13 April 2003 / Wellington
100 free	51.34 Carl Probert (Fiji) 2000 Olympics 19 September 2000 / Sydney	56.94 Caroline Pickering (Fiji) XVII Commonwealth Games 31 July 2002 / Manchester
200 free	1:54.84 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games 1999 /  Guam
400 free	4:13.83 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games July 2003 /  Guam	4:45.90 Sharon Pickering (Fiji) 1992 /  Tahiti
800 free	9:16.48 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1992 /  Tahiti
1500 free	17:11.51 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1995 South Pacific Games 1995 / Papeete	20:18.71 Matelita Buadromo (Fiji) Unknown
backstroke	male	female
100 back		1:05.38 Caroline Pickering (Fiji) New Zealand Championships 2003 13 April 2003 / Wellington
200 back	2:09.64 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games  Guam	2:29.04 Caroline Pickering (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games  Guam
breaststroke	male	female
50 breast		33.76 Rachel Ah Koy (Fiji) 2003 New Zealand Age Group Championships 2 March 2003
butterfly	male	female
100 fly	58.88 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games  Guam	1:03.65 Caroline Pickering (Fiji) 2007 South Pacific Games 30 August 2007 / Apia
200 fly	2:16.08 Terry Labudde (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games  Guam
individual medley	male	female
200 IM	2:12.18 Carl Probert (Fiji) 1999 South Pacific Games  Guam
relays	male	female
200 Medley Relay	1:56.31 Babale  (S.Chow, C.Liew, M.Howard, R.Patterson) Fiji Nationals 2008 April 2008 / Suva

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.18	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Lake Erie Silver	31 March 2016	Speedo Sectionals	Geneva, United States	[1]
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500m freestyle	17:11.51
50m backstroke	27.76	h, †	Clark, WilliamWilliam Clark	Fiji	10 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
100m backstroke	1:00.75		Clark, WilliamWilliam Clark	Fiji	10 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[2]
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	29.25	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	23 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[3]
100m breaststroke	1:04.97	h, =	Rabua, EpeliEpeli Rabua	Fiji	22 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[4]
100m breaststroke	1:04.97	=	Rabua, EpeliEpeli Rabua	Fiji	22 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[5]
200m breaststroke	2:23.29		Vakasama, TaichiTaichi Vakasama	Fiji	24 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[6]
50m butterfly	25.34	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	21 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[7]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200m individual medley	2:12.18
400m individual medley	4:47.31		Vakasama, TaichiTaichi Vakasama	Fiji	22 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[8]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:43.45		B. Erbsleben G. Thompson William Clard M. Davison	MAK	23 February 2013	Grand Prix 1	Fiji
4×100m freestyle relay	3:35.61
4×200m freestyle relay	8:22.03
4×50m medley relay
4×100m medley relay	4:02.94		(1:03.45) Gordon Thompson  (1:05.81) Epeli Rabua  (1:00.76) Temafa Yalimaiwai  (52.92) Meli Malani	Fiji	24 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[9]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Fiji Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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
100 m freestyle
200m freestyle	2:05.05	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	21 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[10]
400m freestyle	4:30.49		Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	23 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[11]
800m freestyle	9:33.71		Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	9 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[12]
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.83		Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	7 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[13]
100 m backstroke
200m backstroke	2:27.00		Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Dolphins	22 January 2016	Anthony Mosse Classic
50 m breaststroke
100m breaststroke	1:14.70	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	25 July 2011	World Championships	Shanghai, China	[14][15]
200 m breaststroke	2:44.01	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	28 July 2011	World Championships	Shanghai, China	[16][17]
50m butterfly	28.61		Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	6 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
100m butterfly	1:03.91		Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Dolphins	16 March 2013	Grand Prix 2
200m butterfly	2:26.65		Erasito, TieriTieri Erasito	Dolphins	20 June 2014	Fijian Age Group Championships
200m individual medley	2:23.038		Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	12 December 2015	Queensland Championships	Australia
400m individual medley	5:24.09		Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	6 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[18]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:53.71		E. Nagatelevu S. Nagatelevu F. Nagatelevu Carolina Puamau	BAR	20 April 2007	Fijian Championships
4×100m freestyle relay	3:57.92		(1:00.77) Adi Kinisimere Naivalu  (59.91) Cheyenne Rova  (59.03) Caroline Puamau  (58.21) Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	6 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[19]
4×200m freestyle relay	9:06.12		R. Rova B. Smith Tieri Erasito Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	July 2015	Pacific Games
4×50m medley relay	2:01.37		Matelita Buadromo T Chung C Panuve K Yee	YSS	9 June 2011	Fiji School Competition
4×100m medley relay	4:41.45		C Rova Matelita Buadromo Tieri Erasito S Eden	Fiji	29 August 2011	Pacific Games	Nouméa, New Caledonia

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Fiji Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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
4×50m mixed freestyle relay	1:40.45		(23.65) Meli Malani  (23.74) Carl Probert  (26.80) Yolani Blake  (26.26) Caroline Puamau	Fiji	9 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[20]
4×100m mixed freestyle relay	3:58.97		Matelita Buadromo G Thompson K Naivalu E Kado	Fiji	20 May 2014	Oceania Championships	Auckland, New Zealand
4×50m mixed medley relay	1:53.48		(31.44) Cheyenne Rova  (29.51) Epeli Rabua  (29.30) Matelita Buadromo  (23.23) Meli Malani	Fiji	22 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[21]
4×100m mixed medley relay	4:17.76		(1:09.97) Cheyenne Rova  (1:05.23) Epeli Rabua  (1:00.43) Viliame Takayawa  (1:02.13) Rosemarie Rova	Fiji	21 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[22]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Fiji Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	22.89	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
100m freestyle	52.01	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[24]
200m freestyle	1:57.54	h	Elaisa, PaulPaul Elaisa	Fiji	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[25]
400m freestyle	4:12.16	h	Elaisa, PaulPaul Elaisa	Fiji	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[26]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200m backstroke	2:25.75		Miller, DouglasDouglas Miller	Tritons Swimming Club	20 August 2011	Grand Prix 2	Suva, Fiji	[27]
50m breaststroke	29.50	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[28]
100m breaststroke	1:08.62	h	Miller, DouglasDouglas Miller	Fiji	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[29]
200m breaststroke	2:31.13	h	Miller, DouglasDouglas Miller	Fiji	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[30]
50m butterfly	25.35	h	Malani, MeliMeli Malani	Fiji	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[31]
100m butterfly	58.50	h	Elaisa, PaulPaul Elaisa	Fiji	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[32]
200m butterfly	2:15.03	h	Elaisa, PaulPaul Elaisa	Fiji	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[33]
100m individual medley	59.67	h	Miller, DouglasDouglas Miller	Fiji	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[34]
200m individual medley	2:12.36	h	Miller, DouglasDouglas Miller	Fiji	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[35]
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 Fiji Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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	26.65	h	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[36]
100m freestyle	57.96	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[37]
200m freestyle	2:06.33	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[38]
400m freestyle	4:45.17	h	Erasito, TieriTieri Erasito	Fiji	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[39]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.55	h	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[40]
100m backstroke	1:04.37	h	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[41]
200m backstroke	2:45.41	h	Rova, CheyenneCheyenne Rova	Fiji	17 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
50m breaststroke	34.50	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[42]
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	28.62	h	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[43]
100m butterfly	1:03.30	h	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[44]
200m butterfly	2:22.33	h	Erasito, TieriTieri Erasito	Fiji	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[45]
100m individual medley	1:05.47	h	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[46]
200m individual medley	2:23.80	h	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[47]
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 Fiji Swimming; WR – World record; OC – Oceanian 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

References

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External links

• Fiji Swimming website
• Fijian Long Course records