List of Malawian records in swimming

The Malawian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Malawi, which are recognised and ratified by the Malawi Aquatic Union.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	28.54	h	Lifa, BraveBrave Lifa	Malawi	11 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[1]
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	30.92	h	Lifa, BraveBrave Lifa	Malawi	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[2]
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 Malawi Aquatic Union; 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
50m freestyle	27.73	h	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	21 August 2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	[3]
100m freestyle	1:06.03	h	Millar, KirstieKirstie Millar	Malawi	27 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[4]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	31.59	h	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	20 August 2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	[5]
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	47.00	h	Chang'anamuno, TayamikaTayamika Chang'anamuno	Malawi	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[6]
100m breaststroke
200m breaststroke
50m butterfly	29.59	h	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	26 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[7]
100m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Malawi Aquatic Union; 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

Short Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m 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 Malawi Aquatic Union; 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
50m freestyle	27.37	h	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[8]
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.82	h	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[9]
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	29.09	h	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[10]
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 Malawi Aquatic Union; 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

References

1. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 1 Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
2. "Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
3. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 3 Results". result.nanjing2014.org. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
4. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 Results". www.glasgow2014.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
5. "Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 1 Results". result.nanjing2014.org. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
6. "Women's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
7. "Women's 50m Butterfly Heat 2 Results". www.glasgow2014.com. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
8. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
9. "Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
10. "Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.