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The Ghanaian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Ghana, which are recognised and ratified by the Ghana 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	22.92		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	March 2020	African Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana
100 m freestyle	50.67		Harry Stacey	Ghana	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola
200 m freestyle	2:04.76		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	June 2016	45th International Pfingstschwimmfest	Arnsberg, Germany
400 m freestyle	5:47.85	h	Christian Nortey	Ghana	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	27.26	h, †	Jason Arthur	Ghana	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
100 m backstroke	56.52	h	Jason Arthur	Ghana	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
200 m backstroke	2:03.91	h	Jason Arthur	Ghana	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
50 m breaststroke	30.90	h	Harry Stacey	Ghana	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m breaststroke	1:17.94	h	Ivan Snowden	Ghana	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
200 m breaststroke	3:08.58	h	Hector Ankrah	Ghana	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
50 m butterfly	23.87		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	21 June 2024	BRICS Games	Kazan, Russia
100 m butterfly	53.08		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	19 June 2024	BRICS Games	Kazan, Russia
200 m butterfly	2:11.75		Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	March 2020	Africa Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana
200 m individual medley	2:07.44	h	Jason Arthur	Ghana	10 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:37.05		Harry Stacey (50.95) Niklas Yeboah (56.70) Kow Jackson (56.63) Jackson Abeku (52.77)	Ghana	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay	4:04.98	h	Niklas Yeboah (1:05.81) Harry Stacey (1:09.22) Jackson Abeku (54.15) Kow Jackson (55.80)	Ghana	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	26.52		Joselle Mensah	Ghana	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m freestyle	59.86	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
200 m freestyle	2:13.02	r	Kaya Forson	R.C. Mediterráneo	13 July 2019	Andalusian Championships	Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	30.62		Nubia Adjei	Ghana	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m backstroke	1:09.26		Nubia Adjei	Ghana	6 March 2020	African Zone 2 Championships	Accra, Ghana
200 m backstroke	2:28.70	h	Kaya Forson	R.C. Mediterráneo	23 July 2016	Andalusian Championships	Málaga, Spain
50 m breaststroke	33.73	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m breaststroke	1:24.02		Unilez Takye	Ghana	21 August 2022	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	29.14	h	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m butterfly	1:13.40	tt	Zaira Forson	R.C. Mediterráneo	4 May 2019	Andalusian Circuit	Fuengirola, Spain
200 m butterfly	2:39.20	h	Zaira Forson	Ghana	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea
200 m individual medley	2:34.59	h	Kaya Forson	Ghana	21 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:42.97		Harry Stacey (51.78) Abeiku Jackson (51.72) Unilez Takyi Unilez (1:00.90) Joselle Mensah (58.57)	Ghana	9 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
4×100 m medley relay	4:09.33		Nubia Adjei (1:09.53) Harry Stacey (1:07.61) Abeiku Jackson (54.06) Joselle Mensah (58.13)	Ghana	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.70	h	Kwesi Abbiw Jackson	Ghana	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar
100m freestyle	57.68	h	Papa Poku Dwumoh	Ghana	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	38.18	h	Ebenezer Osabutey	Ghana	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
100m breaststroke	1:24.49	h	Ebenezer Osabutey	Ghana	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	23.62	h	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	27 December 2021	Vladimir Salnikov Cup	Saint Petersburg, Russia
100m butterfly	52.36	h	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	17 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia
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

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	27.21	h	Unilez Takyi	Ghana	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
100m freestyle	59.09	h	Kaya Forson	R.C. Mediterráneo	4 November 2018	Algarve International Meeting	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.96	h	Nubia Adjei	Ghana	15 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	29.11	h	Nubia Adjei	Ghana	13 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200m individual medley	2:31.46	h	Kaya Forson	Ghana	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
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

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