List of Qatari records in swimming

The Qatari records in swimming are the fastest-ever performances by a swimmer from Qatar. These records are recognized and maintained by the Qatar Swimming Association (QSA).

Records are currently listed for the following events:

• 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: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.

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	22.57	b	Ali Sayed	Club Aquatique Montreal	9 June 2025	Canadian Trials	Victoria, Canada	[1]
50 m freestyle	22.45	'#'	Ali Sayed	Qatar	29 September 2025	Asian Championships	Ahmedabad, India	[2]
100 m freestyle	49.10	h	Ali Sayed	Qatar	25 May 2025	Mare Nostrum	Canet-en-Roussillon, France	[3]
200 m freestyle	1:55.85		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	27 August 2016 [a]	GCC Championships	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
400 m freestyle	4:08.37		Anas Samir Abou Youssef	Qatar	9 May 2005	-	Doha, Qatar
800 m freestyle	8:40.55		Anas Samir Abou Youssef	Qatar	9 May 2005	-	Doha, Qatar
1500 m freestyle	16:40.99		Anas Samir Abou Youssef	Qatar	9 May 2005	-	Doha, Qatar
50m backstroke	26.76		Tameem El-Hamayda	Qatar	27 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines
100m backstroke	58.87		Abdalla El-Ghamry	Qatar	30 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[4]
200m backstroke	2:08.03		Abdalla El-Ghamry	Al-Sadd	26 April 2025	Qatar Trophy	Doha, Qatar
50m breaststroke	28.06	h	Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	17 June 2025[b]	French Championships	Montpellier, France	[5]
50m breaststroke	27.81	h, #	Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	29 September 2025	Asian Championships	Ahmedabad, India	[6]
100m breaststroke	1:02.72		Mahmoud Mohamed	C.N. Las Palmas	28 June 2025	Absolute and Junior Summer Regional Championship	Las Palmas, Spain	[7]
200m breaststroke	2:19.23		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	20 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[8]
50m butterfly	24.11		Ali Sayed	Qatar	28 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[9]
100m butterfly	53.54	b	Ali Sayed	Club Aquatique Montreal	8 June 2025	Canadian Trials	Victoria, Canada	[10]
100 m butterfly	53.23	not ratified	Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	-	25 February 2018	Greek Winter Championships	Greece
200m butterfly	2:06.46		Tameem El-Hamayda	Qatar	11 January 2024	Arab Age Group Championships	Doha, Qatar	[11]
200m individual medley	2:03.72		Mahmoud Mohamed	Qatar	17 June 2025	French Championships	Montpellier, France	[12]
400m individual medley	4:34.31		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	17 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[13]
4×50m   freestyle relay	1:52.93	not ratified		Al Saad	1 January 2013	-	Doha, Qatar
4×100m   freestyle relay	3:30.86			Qatar	30 October 2023	-	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4×100m   freestyle relay	3:30.54	h, #	Ali Sayed  (51.26) Abdalla El-Ghamry  (53.29) Hamza Shalan  (54.53) Mahmoud Mohamed  (51.46)	Qatar	29 September 2025	Asian Championships	Ahmedabad, India	[14]
4×200m   freestyle relay	7:55.80		Abdalla Elghamry  (1:56.30) Hamza Shalan  (2:01.80) Mohamed Ismail  (1:57.27) Ahmed Diab  (2:00.43)	Qatar	29 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[15]
4×50m   medley relay	2:09.30	not ratified		Al Saad	3 March 2013	-	Doha, Qatar
4×100m   medley relay	3:51.65		Abdalla Elghamry  (59.48) Hamza Shalan  (1:04.85) Mohamed Ismail  (55.39) Ahmed Diab  (51.93)	Qatar	31 August 2025	Arab Championships	Casablanca, Morocco	[16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by QSA; 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	28.86	h	Kaitlyn De Zilwa	Qatar	27 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	^[citation needed]
100m freestyle	1:02.71		Jessie Sarangel Seneviratne	Qatar	29 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	^[citation needed]
200m freestyle	2:12.49	h	Yalindi Minagi Rupesinghe	Qatar	26 February 2024	Asian Age Group Championships	New Clark City, Philippines	^[citation needed]
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	33.69	h, †	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[17]
100m butterfly	1:17.30	h	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	2 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[18]
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 QSA; 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 (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	22.08		Ali Sayed	Qatar	25 October 2025	Dolphin Cup	Ljubljana, Slovenia	[19]
100 m freestyle	47.69		Ali Sayed	Club Aquatique Montreal	28 June 2025	Canadian Team Festival - Section 1	Montreal, Canada	[20]
200 m freestyle	1:51.26		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	1 March 2017	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
400 m freestyle	4:01.62		Yacob Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	2 March 2017	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
800 m freestyle	8:35.20		Noah Al-Khulaifi	-	1 March 2024	-	Doha, Qatar
1500 m freestyle	16:13.47		Talaat Abdelrahman	-	10 November 2018	-	Tokyo, Japan
50m backstroke	24.46		Ali Sayed	Qatar	25 October 2025	Dolphin Cup	Ljubljana, Slovenia	[21]
100m backstroke	57.54		Youssef Abouelela	Al-Sadd	23 February 2023	Qatar Trophy	Doha, Qatar
200m backstroke	2:03.60	h	Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	21 October 2022	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[22]
50m breaststroke	27.70	†	Ali Sayed	Club Aquatique Montreal	29 June 2025	Canadian Team Festival - Section 1	Montreal, Canada	[23]
100m breaststroke	1:00.72		Ali Sayed	Club Aquatique Montreal	29 June 2025	Canadian Team Festival - Section 1	Montreal, Canada	[24]
200m breaststroke	2:13.94		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	26 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
50m butterfly	23.73		Ali Sayed	Qatar	25 October 2025	Dolphin Cup	Ljubljana, Slovenia	[25]
100m butterfly	52.52		Ali Sayed	Club Aquatique Montreal	27 June 2025	Canadian Team Festival - Section 1	Montreal, Canada	[26]
200m butterfly	2:04.89		Tameem El-Hamayda	Al Gharafa	23 February 2023	Qatar Trophy	Doha, Qatar
100m individual medley	54.49	h	Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	11 October 2025	International Meeting of Saint-Dizier	Saint-Dizier, France	[27]
200m individual medley	2:00.62	h	Mohamed Mohmond	Qatar	19 October 2024	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[28]
400m individual medley	4:24.90		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly	Qatar	27 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4×50m freestyle relay	1:40.77	h	Abdalla Aboughazala  (24.79) Naser Hassaan  (24.50) Firas Binmourad Saidi  (24.64) A. Al-Obaidly  (26.84)	Qatar	24 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[29]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:35.43			Qatar	4 February 2016	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
4×200m freestyle relay	7:50.46			Qatar	3 February 2016	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
4×50m medley relay	1:50.98	h	A. Al-Obaidly  (29.47) Naser Hassaan  (29.89) A. Aboughazala  (26.49) Firas Saidi  (25.13)	Qatar	22 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[30]
4×100m medley relay	4:09.26			Qatar	3 February 2016	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by QSA; 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
50 m freestyle	30.59	h	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[31]
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	35.65		Nawifa Al-Azam	Qatar	2006
100 m backstroke	1:20.31		Nawifa Al-Azam	Qatar	2006
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke	1:31.19		Nada Arkaji	Qatar	2012
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	33.09	h	Nada Arkaji	Qatar	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[32]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200 m individual medley
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 QSA; 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

Notes

1. by QSA source, 25 August 2016 by FINA source
2. by official result source; 15 June 2025 by QSA source, a typo

References

General

• Qatari Swimming records – Men 25 October 2025 updated

Specific

1. "Men's 50m Freestyle B-Final Results" (PDF). swimming.ca. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
2. "Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
3. "100 Freestyle Men - Prelims". liveffn.com. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
4. "Men's 100m Backstroke Results". swimcloud.com. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
5. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results". liveffn.com. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
6. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
7. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". fedecanat.es. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
8. "Team Qatar athletes shine at GCC Games". olympic.qa. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
9. "Event 7 Boys 19 & Over 50 LC Meter Butterly Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 28 August 2025. p. 2. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
10. "Men's 100m Butterfly B-Final Results" (PDF). swimming.ca. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
11. "Men's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
12. "Men's 200m IM Final Results". liveffn.com. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
13. Fareeha Imtiaz (18 May 2022). "Qatari athletes win multiple medals at Gulf Sports Games in Kuwait". iloveqatar.net. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
14. "Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heats Results" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
15. "Event 39 Boys 17-18 800 LC Meter Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 28 August 2025. p. 9. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
16. "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 31 August 2025. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
17. "100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
18. "100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
19. "Men's 50m Freestyle Results". swimify.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
20. "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
21. "Men's 50m Backstroke Results". swimify.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
22. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
23. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
24. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
25. "Men's 50m Butterfly Results". swimify.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
26. "Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
27. "Men's 100m IM Heats Results". liveffn.com. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
28. "Men's 200m IM Heats Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
29. "Men's 4×50m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
30. "Men's 4×50m Medley Relay Heat 2 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
31. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
32. "Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

External links

• QSA official web site