List of Kenyan records in swimming

The Kenya Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by an individual representing Kenya. These national records are maintained by the Kenya Swimming Federation (KSF).

KSF keeps records for both for men and women, for long course (50m)^[1] and short course (25m)^[2] events. Records are kept in the following events (by stroke):

• 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: 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;
• relays: 4×50 free, 4×100 free, 4×200 free, 4×50 medley, and 4 × 100 medley.

Long course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m free	21.89	sf	Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
100m free	48.73		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	9 July 2009	World University Games	Belgrade, Serbia	[1]
200m free	1:50.30		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	13 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria	[1]
400m free	4:11.31		Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	11 September 2006	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	[1]
800m free	9:05.13		Maina, KimaniKimani Maina	Olympian Swim Club	26 July 2013	Canadian Age Group Championships	Montreal, Canada	[3]
1500m free	17:41.10		Shah, KamalKamal Shah	?	17 April 1998	?	Kasarani, Kenya	[1]
50m back	26.19		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	6 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[1]
100m back	57.57		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	18 July 2007	African Games	Algiers, Algeria	[1]
200m back	2:06.48		Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	13 September 2006	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	[1]
50m breaststroke	30.08	h	Fernandes, Micah JaiMicah Jai Fernandes	Kenya	27 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[4]
100m breaststroke	1:07.09	h	Fernandes, Micah JaiMicah Jai Fernandes	Kenya	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[5]
200m breaststroke	2:24.15	h	Fernandes, Micah JaiMicah Jai Fernandes	Kenya	24 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[6]
50m butterfly	23.04		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
100m butterfly	50.78	sf	Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	37 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
200m butterfly	2:02.52		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	7 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[1]
200m individual medley	2:14.55		Maina, KimaniKimani Maina	Kenya	11 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[7]
400m individual medley	4:53.34		Shah, KamalKamal Shah	Kenya	13 September 1998	Commonwealth Games	Bukit Jalil, Malaysia	[1]
4×50m  free relay	1:43.05			Kenya	10 January 2010	CANA Zone 3+4 Championships	Kasarani, Kenya	[1]
4×100m  free relay	3:29.84		(50.84) Jason Dunford  (48.63) David Dunford  (53.95) Rama Vyombo  (56.42) Kiptolo Boit	Kenya	8 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[1][8]
4×200m  free relay	8:01.07		(1:52.18) David Dunford  (2:07.68) Amar Shah  (2:08.37) Kiptolo Boit  (1:52.86) Jason Dunford	Kenya	7 September 2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[1][9]
4×50m  medley relay	2:01.17			Otters	29 October 2000	?	Kasarani, Kenya	[1]
4×100m  medley relay	3:53.55		(58.11) David Dunford  (1:08.86) Amar Shah  (52.26) Jason Dunford  (54.32) Rama Vyombo	Kenya	10 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[1][10]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Kenya Swimming Federation; AF – African record; CR – Commonwealth 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	26.73		Brunlehner, SylviaSylvia Brunlehner	Kenya	3 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[11]
100m freestyle	58.22		Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	?	30 July 2008	?	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[1]
200m freestyle	2:04.81		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	28 August 2015	British Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[12]
400m freestyle	4:28.56	h	Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	30 January 2016	Burns Open Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[13]
800m freestyle	10:43.71		Muteti, EmilyEmily Muteti	Kenya	25 April 2012	CANA Zone 3+4 Championships	Maputo, Mozambique	[1]
1500m freestyle	20:56.12		Brunlehner, SylviaSylvia Brunlehner	?	27 February 2009	?	Kasarani, Kenya	[1]
50m backstroke	31.00		Brunlenher, SylviaSylvia Brunlenher	?	9 August 2010	?	Singapore	[1]
100m backstroke	1:07.05	h	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[14]
200m backstroke	2:24.45	h	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	7 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[15]
50m breaststroke	31.30	h	Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	Kenya	1 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
100m breaststroke	1:08.60	sf	Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	Plymouth Leander	28 July 2009	ASA Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[1][16]
200m breaststroke	2:29.65		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	27 July 2016	British Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[17]
50m butterfly	28.62		Muteti, EmilyEmily Muteti	Kenya	7 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[18]
100m butterfly	1:03.74		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	23 May 2015	City of Sheffield Swim Squad No Frills Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[19]
200m butterfly	2:27.11		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	30 January 2015	17th Luxembourg Euro Meeting	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	[20]
200m individual medley	2:18.60		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	16 April 2015	British Championships	London, United Kingdom	[21]
400m individual medley	5:01.55		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	23 May 2015	City of Sheffield Swim Club No Frills Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[22]
4×50m  freestyle relay	2:03.64			Nairobi Swim Association	18 March 1997	?	Zambia	[1]
4×100m  freestyle relay	4:16.33		(1:03.98) Pina Ercolano  (1:04.26) S.Brunlehner  (1:09.32) Rachita Shah  (58.87) A.Ajulu-Bushell	Kenya	3 December 2008	African Championships	Johannesburg, South Africa	[1]
4×200m  freestyle relay	9:47.56		(2:19.72) Sylvia Brunlehner  (2:25.98) Talisa Lanoe  (2:29.46) Sonia Cege  (2:32.40) Soraya Oruya	Kenya	5 September 2011	African Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[1][23]
4×50m  medley relay	2:17.60			Kenya	9 January 2010	CANA Zone 3+4 Championships	Kasarani, Kenya	[1]
4×100m  medley relay	4:34.66	h	(1:10.24) Rachita Shah  (1:11.94) A.Ajulu-Bushell  (1:10.79) Pina Ercolano  (1:01.69) S.Brunlehner	Kenya	1 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Kenya 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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay	4:11.88			Kenya	10 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[24]

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

Short Course (25m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.85		Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	10 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[2]
100m freestyle	47.23	sf	Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	18 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[2][25]
200m freestyle	1:53.22		Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	?	29 October 2010	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
400m freestyle	3:59.13		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	?	29 October 2010	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
800m freestyle	8:43.08		Maina, KimaniKimani Maina	Olympian Swim Club	17 February 2013	Eastern Western Canadian Championships	Saskatoon, Canada	[26]
1500m freestyle	16:58.01		Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	?	28 January 2006	?	Marlborough, United Kingdom	[2]
50m backstroke	25.79	h	Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	7 April 2006	Short Course Worlds	Shanghai, China	[2]
100m backstroke	57.21	h	Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	5 April 2006	Short Course Worlds	Shanghai, China	[2]
200m backstroke	2:06.46	h	Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	Kenya	9 April 2006	Short Course Worlds	Shanghai, China	[2]
50m breaststroke	29.72		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	?	29 October 2010	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
100m breaststroke	1:04.51	h	Fernandes, MicahMicah Fernandes	Kenya	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[27]
200m breaststroke	2:20.35	h	Fernandes, MicahMicah Fernandes	Kenya	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[28]
50m butterfly	22.80	h	Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	17 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[2][29]
100m butterfly	50.38	h	Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	15 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[2][30]
200m butterfly	2:02.47	h	Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	9 April 2006	Short Course Worlds	Shanghai, China	[2]
100m individual medley	55.55	h	Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	Kenya	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[31]
200m I.M.	2:12.26		Dunford, JasonJason Dunford	?	28 August 2006	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
400m I.M.	4:53.66		Dunford, DavidDavid Dunford	?	26 August 2006	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
4×50m  free relay	1:37.26			Stingray Swim Club	27 August 2006	?	Nairobi, Kenya	[2]
4×100m  free relay	3:26.45	h	(47.78) Jason Dunford  (50.69) David Dunford  (53.46) Rama Vyombo  (54.52) Amar Shah	Kenya	5 April 2006	Short Course Worlds	Shanghai, China	[2]
4×200m  free relay	8:50.29			Mombasa Aquatic	3 June 2012	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
4×50m  medley relay	1:48.12			Stingray Swim Club	26 August 2006	?	Nairobi, Kenya	[2]
4×100m  medley relay	3:51.55	h	(57.64) David Dunford  (1:06.83) Amar Shah  (52.64) Jason Dunford  (54.44) Rama Vyombo	Kenya	9 April 2006	Short Course Worlds	Shanghai, China	[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Kenya 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

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	26.61	h	Brulehner, Sylvia TanyaSylvia Tanya Brulehner	Kenya	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[32]
100m freestyle	56.99		Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	?	1 March 2009	?	Plymouth, United Kingdom	[2]
200m freestyle	2:02.34		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	20 December 2015	ASA Winter Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[33]
400m freestyle	4:32.21		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	1 October 2016	Deventio Excel Open	Matlock, United Kingdom	[34]
800m freestyle	10:28.24		Awori, MariaMaria Awori	?	3 October 1998	?	Kenya	[2]
1500m freestyle	19:55.53		Muteti, EmilyEmily Muteti	Mombasa Aquatics	14 October 2011	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
50m backstroke	30.98	h	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[35]
100m backstroke	1:04.47	h	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[36]
200m backstroke	2:19.55	h	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[37]
50m breaststroke	32.22		Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	Kenya	9 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[2]
100m breaststroke	1:08.78		Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	?	28 February 2009	?	Exeter, United Kingdom	[2]
200m breaststroke	2:28.59		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	18 December 2015	ASA Winter Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[38]
50m butterfly	29.20		Ajulu-Bushell, AchiengAchieng Ajulu-Bushell	?	15 November 2008	?	Haslemere, United Kingdom	[2]
100m butterfly	1:03.40		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	1 October 2016	Deventio Excel Open	Matlock, United Kingdom	[39]
200m butterfly	2:22.33		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	19 April 2014	City of Birmingham 21st Open Meet	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[40]
100m individual medley	1:03.71		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	26 March 2016	City of Birmingham 23rd Open Meet	Stechford, United Kingdom	[41]
200m individual medley	2:14.81		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	17 December 2015	ASA Winter Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[42]
400m individual medley	4:44.18		Kamau, RebeccaRebecca Kamau	City of Birmingham	20 December 2015	ASA Winter Meet	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[43]
4×50m  free relay	2:06.36			Kenya	30 October 1994	?		[2]
4×100m  free relay	4:20.34	h	(1:01.81) S. Brunlehner  (1:06.03) Sonia Cege  (1:05.07) Soraya Oruya  (1:07.43) Anham Salyani	Kenya	18 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[2][44]
4×200m  free relay	10:45.81			LCVR	29 September 2001	?	Mombasa, Kenya	[2]
4×50m  medley relay	2:10.60			Hillcrest School	17 October 1976	?		[2]
4×100m  medley relay	4:48.80			Hillcrest School	12 March 1977	?	Nairobi, Kenya	[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Kenya 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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
Mixed 4×50m freestyle relay	1:44.57	h	(24.55) Hamdan Bayusuf  (27.43) Talisa Lanoe  (24.79) Micah Fernandes  (27.80) Emily Muteti	Kenya	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[45]
Mixed 4×50m medley relay	1:53.23	h	(26.66) Hamdan Bayusuf  (29.83) Micah Fernandes  (29.46) Emily Muteti  (27.28) Talisa Lanoe	Kenya	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[46]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Kenya Swimming Federation;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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