List of Palauan records in swimming

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

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	25.21	h	Noel Keane	Palau	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[1]
100 m freestyle	54.10	h	Noel Keane	Palau	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	^[2]
200 m freestyle	1:59.77		Noel Keane	Palau	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[3]
400 m freestyle	4:18.65		Noel Keane	Palau	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[4]
800 m freestyle	9:12.19	†	Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[5]
1500 m freestyle	17:20.61		Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[6]
50 m backstroke	29.09		Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	22 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	^[7]
100 m backstroke	1:04.42	h	Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	21 April 2024	Oceania Championships	Gold Coast, Australia	^[8]
200 m backstroke	2:26.26		Noel Keane	Palau	24 March 2017	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^{[citation needed]}
50 m breaststroke	32.88	h	Noel Keane	Palau	11 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[9]
100 m breaststroke	1:14.40	h	Jion Hosei	Palau	23 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	^[10]
200 m breaststroke	2:40.70		Noel Keane	Palau	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[11]
50 m butterfly	27.03	h	Noel Keane	Palau		-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m butterfly	59.85		Noel Keane	Palau	10 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[12]
200 m butterfly	2:23.21			-		^{[citation needed]}
200 m individual medley	2:16.11	h	Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[13]
400 m individual medley	4:50.59		Noel Keane	Palau
4×100 m freestyle relay	4:00.42	h	Travis Sakurai (58.77) Shawn Wallace (1:02.91) Jion Hosei (59.75) Kazuumi Nestor (58.99)	Palau	20 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	^[14]
4×200 m freestyle relay	9:01.20		Jion Hosei Shawn Wallace Travis Sakurai Kazuumi Nestor	Palau	21 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	^[15]
4×100 m medley relay	4:29.31		Kazuumi Nestor Jion Hosei Shawn Wallace Travis Sakurai	Palau	24 November 2023	Pacific Games	Honiara, Solomon Islands	^[16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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	27.99		Nicole Hayes	-	2001
100 m freestyle	1:00.40		Nicole Hayes	-	2001
200 m freestyle	2:11.01		Nicole Hayes	-	2001
400 m freestyle	5:02.28		Osisang Chilton	Palau	28 June 2018	Oceania Championships	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	^[17]
800 m freestyle	10:28.54		Osisang Chilton	Palau	29 June 2018	Oceania Championships	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	^[18]
1500 m freestyle	20:06.36		Osisang Chilton	Palau		-		^{[citation needed]}
50 m backstroke	32.93		Nicole Hayes	-		-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m backstroke	1:16.55	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	22 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	^[19]
200 m backstroke	2:46.60	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	28 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[20]
50 m breaststroke	38.60		Romellen Maidoo	Palau	14 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^[21]
100 m breaststroke	1:26.71		Romellen Maidoo	Palau	12 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^[22]
200 m breaststroke	3:16.59		Romellen Maidoo	Palau	13 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^[23]
50 m butterfly	30.60	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	9 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[24]
100 m butterfly	1:10.22		Nicole Hayes	-	2002
200 m butterfly	2:51.25		Osisang Chilton	-	2016
200 m individual medley	2:36.77		Nicole Hayes	-		-		^{[citation needed]}
400 m individual medley	6:09.08		Osisang Chilton	Palau		-		^{[citation needed]}
4×50 m freestyle relay	2:05.72		Roylin Akiwo Romellen Maidoo Rhema Joy Maido Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	14 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^[25]
4×100 m freestyle relay	4:46.19			-	2002
4×200 m freestyle relay	10:29.97			-	2002
4×50 m medley relay	2:25.21		Roylin Akiwo Romellen Maidoo Dirngulbai Misech Berneace Balayo	Palau	13 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^[26]
4×100 m medley relay	5:25.83		Roylin Akiwo Romellen Maidoo Dirngulbai Misech Rhema Joy Maido	Palau	12 March 2015	SSC International Meet	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	^[27]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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 freestyle relay	1:51.48	Dirngulbai Misech Shawn Wallace Osisang Chilton Noel Keane	Palau	12 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[28]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:16.70	Noel Keane (1:03.03) Dirngulbai Misech (1:06.37) Shawn Wallace (59.44) Osisang Chilton (1:07.86)	Palau	24 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	^[29]
4×50m medley relay	2:07.23		Palau	13 July 2019	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	^[30]
4×100m medley relay	4:54.60	Roylin Akiwo (1:19.69) Malcolm Shae Gaymann (1:19.95) Dirngulbai Misech (1:14.97) Shawn Dingilius-Wallace (59.99)	Palau	21 June 2016	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	^[31]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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
50 m freestyle	25.18		Noel Keane	Palau	6 April 2019	Micronesian National Championships	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
100 m freestyle	53.67	h	Noel Keane	Palau	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[32]
200 m freestyle	1:56.72	h	Noel Keane	Palau	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[33]
400 m freestyle	4:25.14		Noel Keane	Palau	5 April 2019	Micronesian National Championships	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
800 m freestyle	9:22.25		Noel Keane	-	30 June 2017	-		^{[citation needed]}
1500 m freestyle	17:42.52		Noel Keane	-	19 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
50 m backstroke	28.40		Kazuumi Nestor	Hatohobei	5 July 2023	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	^[34]
100 m backstroke	1:03.13	h	Noel Keane	Palau	24 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[35]
200 m backstroke	2:22.47		-		-		^{[citation needed]}
50m breaststroke	32.55	h	Malcolm Gaymann	Palau	23 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[36]
100 m breaststroke	1:11.06	h	Malcolm Gaymann	Palau	22 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[37]
200 m breaststroke	2:37.31		-		-		^{[citation needed]}
50 m butterfly	27.01		Noel Keane	-	20 June 2019	-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m butterfly	1:00.31		Jericho Maido	-	20 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
200 m butterfly	2:25.42		-		-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m individual medley	1:02.00	h	Noel Keane	Palau	25 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[38]
200 m individual medley	2:16.83		Noel Keane	Palau	6 April 2019	Micronesian National Championships	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
400 m individual medley	4:54.86		Noel Keane	-	20 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:47.94			Palau	2021	-		^{[citation needed]}
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:56.06			Palau	2021	-		^{[citation needed]}
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay	2:01.63			Palau	2021	-		^{[citation needed]}
4×100 m medley relay	4:27.35			Palau	2021	-		^{[citation needed]}

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Palau Swimming Association; 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	28.53		Nicole Hayes	-	27 July 2002	-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m freestyle	1:01.50	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[39]
200 m freestyle	2:19.69		Dirngulbai Misech	-	21 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
400 m freestyle	4:47.14		Nicole Hayes	-	7 August 1998	-		^{[citation needed]}
800 m freestyle	10:15.29	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	^[40]
1500 m freestyle	20:22.80		Osisang Chilton	-	6 April 2019	-		^{[citation needed]}
50m backstroke	33.20		Dirngulbai Misech	-	21 June 2019	Belau Game	Koror, Palau	^{[citation needed]}
100 m backstroke	1:12.10	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[41]
200 m backstroke	2:39.50	h	Osisang Chilton	Palau	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	^[42]
50 m breaststroke	37.45		- -	-		-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m breaststroke	1:23.98		- -	-		-		^{[citation needed]}
200 m breaststroke	3:01.41		- -	-		-		^{[citation needed]}
50 m butterfly	30.60	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^[43]
100 m butterfly	1:08.44	h	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[44]
200 m butterfly	2:59.23		Dirngulbai Misech	-	25 June 2015	-		^{[citation needed]}
100 m individual medley	1:15.45	h	Dirngulbai Misech	-	21 June 2019	-		^{[citation needed]}
200 m individual medley	2:35.20	h	Nicole Hayes	-	8 August 1998	-		^{[citation needed]}
400 m individual medley	5:27.21		Nicole Hayes	-		-		^{[citation needed]}
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 Palau Swimming Association; 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

External links

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List of Palauan records in swimming

Contents

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Women

Mixed relay

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Women

References

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