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The Salvadoran records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from El Salvador, which are recognized and ratified by the Federación Salvadoreña de Natación.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.62	h	Nixon Hernández	El Salvador	14 April 2024	Eindhoven Qualification Meet	Eindhoven, Netherlands
100m freestyle	52.27		Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	30 June 2017	CCCAN Championships	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
200m freestyle	1:50.35	h	Marcelo Acosta	Kentucky	6 May 2017	Arena Pro Swim Series	Atlanta, United States
400m freestyle	3:48.82	h	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	6 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
800m freestyle	7:55.70	h	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	25 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
1500m freestyle	15:04.79	h	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	29 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
50m backstroke	28.01		Rodrigo Suriano	El Salvador	16 March 2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica
100m backstroke	59.93		Rodrigo Suriano	El Salvador	17 November 2013	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Peru
200m backstroke	2:09.27	h	Douwe Yntema	-	28 March 2007	US Spring Championships	East Meadow, United States
50m breaststroke	29.64		Juan Guerra	-	13 April 2010	-	Puerto Rico
100m breaststroke	1:04.31	h	Francisco Suriano	El Salvador	16 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
200m breaststroke	2:17.10		Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	29 June 2016	CISC	Nassau, The Bahamas
50m butterfly	25.95		Diego Arriola	El Salvador	10 April 2014	CAMEX	Panama, Panama
100m butterfly	55.57		Ruben Pineda	El Salvador	10 August 1998	CAC Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela
200m butterfly	2:02.07		Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	4 December 2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua
200m individual medley	2:02.55	b	Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	18 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada
400m individual medley	4:27.40	b, =	Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	16 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada
400m individual medley	4:27.40	=	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	5 December 2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua
4×100m freestyle relay	3:37.63		Nixon Hernandez (53.76) Andres Alfaro (55.37) Jose Campo (55.34) Nector Segovia (53.16)	El Salvador	18 August 2023	CCCAN Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador
4×200m freestyle relay	8:05.14		Carlos Meléndez Ruben Pineda Eduardo Aguilar Kristian Soto	El Salvador	9 December 1997	Central American Games	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
4×100m medley relay	3:54.67		Eduardo Gil Francisco Suriano Ruben Pineda Kristian Soto	El Salvador	13 August 1998	CAC Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.96		Marina Spadoni	El Salvador	15 November 2023	SMV Invitational	United States
100m freestyle	56.72	b	Marina Spadoni	El Salvador	23 October 2023	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile
100m freestyle	56.64	h, #	Marina Spadoni	Unattached	16 May 2024	Longhorn Elite Invite	Austin, United States
200m freestyle	2:02.28		Pamela Benítez	El Salvador	3 July 2009	CCCAN Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
400m freestyle	4:14.61		Golda Marcus	-	1 February 2008	-	United States
800m freestyle	8:44.47		Pamela Benítez	El Salvador	22 July 2010	CAC Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1500m freestyle	16:49.37		Golda Marcus	Brandon Sports & Aquatic Center	8 June 2008	Ultra Swim	Charlotte, United States
50m backstroke	29.55		Celina Márquez	Azura Florida Aquatics	20 May 2021	Puerto Rican International Open	Salinas, Puerto Rico
100m backstroke	1:01.92	h	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	8 August 2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
200m backstroke	2:13.83		Celina Márquez	Azura Florida Aquatics	15 November 2020	U.S. Open	Sarasota, United States
50m breaststroke	33.09	not ratified	Elisa Funes	Univ. Sagrado Corazon	24 April 2023	Justas LAI	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
100m breaststroke	1:12.47		Elisa Funes	-	18 March 2024	NCAA Division II Invitational	Geneva, United States
200m breaststroke	2:38.67		Elisa Funes	Univ. Sagrado Corazon	25 April 2023	Justas LAI	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
50m butterfly	27.54	not ratified	Marina Spadoni	El Salvador	15 August 2023	CCCAN Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador
100m butterfly	1:02.00		Celina Márquez	Azura Florida Aquatics	1 May 2021	UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States
200m butterfly	2:22.28	b	Fatima Portillo	El Salvador	23 October 2023	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile
200m individual medley	2:20-70		Isabella Alas	El Salvador	14 August 2021	NCSA Championships	Huntsville, United States
400m individual medley	5:12.33		Elisa Funes	Univ. Sagrado Corazon	26 April 2023	Justas LAI	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
4×100m freestyle relay	3:58.70	not ratified	Isabella Alas (1:00.45) Celina Márquez (1:00.82) Elisa Funes (59.72) Marina Spadoni (57.71)	El Salvador	18 August 2023	CCCAN Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador
4×200m freestyle relay	8:36.40	not ratified	Pamela Benítez (2:05.05) Ana Hernández (2:14.98) Ileana Murillo (2:09.75) Golda Marcus (2:06.62)	El Salvador	17 July 2006	CAC Games	Cartagena, Colombia
4×100m medley relay	4:21.59		Celina Márquez (1:04.91) Elisa Funes (1:17.41) Isabella Alas (1:00.23) Marina Spadoni (59.04)	El Salvador	15 August 2023	CCCAN Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:53.03		Celina Márquez Aarón Granadeño Katherine López Otto Borgads	El Salvador	7 June 2016	CAMEX	Panama City, Panama
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:54.37			El Salvador	27 November 2021	Junior Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia
4×50 m medley relay	2:00.65		Gabriela Vaquero Otto Borgards Nixon Hernández Elisa Funes	Aqua Center	15 December 2022	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×100 m medley relay	4:14.40		Celina Marquez Elisa Funes Aaron Grandeño Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	20 July 2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.05	h	Nixon Hernández	El Salvador	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
100m freestyle	50.54	h	Nixon Hernández	Merliot Olympic	13 November 2020	-	Polideportivo Vitoria-Gasteiz, El Salvador
200m freestyle	1:47.00	h	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
400m freestyle	3:42.74	h	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
800m freestyle	7:49.69	h, †	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
1500m freestyle	14:45.78	h	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
50m backstroke	26.70	h	Rodrigo Suriano	El Salvador	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar
100m backstroke	57.34	h	Rodrigo Suriano	El Salvador	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar
200m backstroke	2:04.58	h	Rodrigo Suriano	El Salvador	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar
50m breaststroke	29.17	h	Juan Guerra Quiñonez	El Salvador	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
50m breaststroke	29.16	h, †, unratified	Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
100m breaststroke	1:02.02	h	Rafael Alfaro	El Salvador	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
200m breaststroke	2:14.26	h	Juan Guerra Quiñonez	El Salvador	17 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
50m butterfly	25.29		Ruben Pineda	CDI	4 April 1999	-	San Salvador, El Salvador
100m butterfly	55.24		Ruben Pineda	CDI	1 April 1999	-	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
200m butterfly	2:05.43		Carlos Melendez	El Salvador	1 November 2002	-	Spain
100m individual medley	1:00.50		Nixon Hernández	Deportivo Merliot Dos	16 October 2015	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
100m individual medley	56.87	h, #	Jose Hernández	Stipendium Hungaricum	9 November 2024	Hungarian Championships	Kaposvár, Hungary
200m individual medley	2:12.46		Otto Borgards	-	9 October 2016	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
400m individual medley	4:41.86		Carlos Melendez	El Salvador	8 October 2004	-	United States
4×50m freestyle relay	1:42.09		Christian Gonzalez Josue Castillo Nelson Merino Ronald Hernandez	Deportivo Merliot Dos	1 October 2008	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×100m freestyle relay	3:45.93		Harold Sánchez Alejandro Guirola Ricardo Garcia Nixon Hernández	Deportivo Merliot Dos	17 October 2015	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	1:53.32		Nixon Hernández Ricardo Garcia Harold Sánchez Alejandro Guirola	Deportivo Merliot Dos	17 October 2015	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×100m medley relay	4:10.51		Nixon Hernández Ricardo Garcia Harold Sánchez Alejandro Guirola	Deportivo Merliot Dos	18 October 2015	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.86	h	Marina Spadoni	El Salvador	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
100m freestyle	55.70	h	Marina Spadoni	El Salvador	11 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
200m freestyle	2:01.76	h	Pamela Benítez	El Salvador	19 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
400m freestyle	4:15.79		Golda Marcus	El Salvador	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
800m freestyle	8:44.97		Golda Marcus	El Salvador	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.43	h	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	28 October 2022	World Cup	Toronto, Canada
100m backstroke	1:00.82	h	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	29 October 2022	World Cup	Toronto, Canada
200m backstroke	2:10.23		Celina Márquez	El Salvador	30 October 2022	World Cup	Toronto, Canada
50m breaststroke	32.93	h	Elisa Funes	El Salvador	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
100m breaststroke	1:11.36	h	Elisa Funes	El Salvador	19 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m breaststroke	2:35.42		Elisa Funes	Aqua Center	21 October 2022	Puerto Rico International Open	San Juan, Puerto Rico
50m butterfly	28.05	h	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
100m butterfly	1:00.60	h	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China
200m butterfly	2:23.04	h	Fatima Portillo	El Salvador	3 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States
100m individual medley	1:04.40		Isabella Alas	Merliot Olympic Swimming Team	4 September 2021	National Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador
200m individual medley	2:20.41		Isabella Alas	Merliot Olympic Swimming Team	1 September 2021	National Championships	La Libertad, El Salvador
400m individual medley	5:13.64		Rebeca Quinteros	El Salvador	26 September 2015	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico
400m individual medley	5:09.79	unratified	Rebeca Quinteros	El Salvador	4 December 2015	Puerto Rican Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4×50m freestyle relay	2:00.20		Katherine López Krisscia Solórzano Genesis Granadeño Michele Cornejo	-	7 October 2016	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×100m freestyle relay	4:18.52		Paula Guevara Vanessa García Laura Cisneros Celina Márquez	Deportivo Merliot Dos	17 October 2015	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	2:14.13		Fátima Peñate Pamela Flamenco Cristina Cisneros Nadia Sánchez	Aquatica La Libertad	8 October 2016	National Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
4×100m medley relay	4:49.99		Laura Gil Laura Ferracuti Elvia Castro Andrea Ramirez	CDI	2 April 1995	-	San Salvador, El Salvador

Mixed relay

Notes

1. by official result source; 16 April 2024 by national federation source, a typo

References

General

• Salvadoran Long Course Records23 April 2024 updated
• Salvadoran Short Course Records7 December 2023 updated

Specific

1. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). knzb.nl. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
2. "CCCAN 2017 Full Results" (PDF). Barbados Amateur Swimming Association. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
3. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
4. "Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "Men's 800m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
6. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 29 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
7. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Total Ranking". Omega Timing. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
8. "100m Breaststroke Men Heats Total Ranking". Omega Timing. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
9. "XXI CISC 2016 Session 2 Results" (PDF). Bahamas Swimming Federation. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
10. "Niños 18&O 50 Metro Mariposa Finales" (PDF). cdmesa.com. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
11. Bismarck Picado (5 December 2017). "Managua 2017 pone en escena 7 nuevos récords en la natación centroamericana". diariometro.com.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "Men's 200m IM B Final Results" (PDF). results.toronto2015.org. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
13. "Men's 400m IM Final B Results" (PDF). results.toronto2015.org. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
14. "Panamá logra seis medallas de oro en los Centroamericanos". m.panamaamerica.com.pa (in Spanish). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
15. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results". txlameetresults.com. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
16. "Girls 15-17 200 LC Meter Freestyle Finals" (PDF). bahamasswimmingfederation.com. 9 July 2009. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
17. "Women, 1500m Freestyle, Timed Final, Open". swimrankings.net. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
18. "Salvadoreños sobresalieron en el Puerto Rico International Swimming Open" (in Spanish). gob.sv. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
19. "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). lima2019.pe. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
20. "Women's 200m Backstroke Timed Final Results" (PDF). usaswimming.org. 15 November 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
21. "63 recordes nacionais batidos no Torneio UANA na Flórida". bestswimming.swimchannel.net. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
22. "UANA Tokyo Qualifier Results" (PDF). bestswimming.swimchannel.net. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
23. "2016 CAMEX Results" (PDF). CCCAN. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
24. "Mixed 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Results". calivalle2021.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
25. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
26. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
27. "Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results". omegatiming.com. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
28. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
29. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
30. "Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
31. "Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
32. The current federation source lists the 200 backstroke record as 2:12.63 by Suriano from the 2014 World Championships. However, results from the meet show that Suriano went a 2:04.58
33. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
34. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
35. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
36. "Men's 100m IM Heats Results". musz.hu. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
37. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
38. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
39. "Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
40. "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
41. "Women's 200m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
42. "Women's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
43. "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
44. "Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
45. "Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
46. "Women's 200m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
47. "Puerto Rican Championships 2015 Results" (PDF). FPN. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

External links

• Federación Salvadoreña de Natación official website
• Salvadorian Records subpage

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