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The Zambian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Zambia, which are recognised and ratified by the Zambia Amateuer Swimming 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	23.86	h	Sumbotnyambe Shamambo	Zambia	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100m freestyle	52.62		Tom Donker	Zambia	April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius
200m freestyle	1:57.24		Tom Donker	Zambia	April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius
400m freestyle	4:10.44		Ralph Goveia	-		-
800m freestyle	8:33.55		Ralph Goveia	-		-
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	27.40		Tom Donker	Zambia	21 April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius
100m backstroke	58.66		Tom Donker	Zambia	16 February 2017	CANA Zone IV Championships	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
200m backstroke	2:12.34		Tom Donker	Zambia	April 2016	CANA Zone IV Championships	Mauritius
50m breaststroke	29.26	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	21 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco
100m breaststroke	1:06.03	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom
200m breaststroke	2:34.43	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	1 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
50m butterfly	24.49	sf	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
100m butterfly	54.10	sf	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
200m butterfly
200m individual medley	2:13.12	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	11 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
400m individual medley
4×100m freestyle relay	3:49.62	h	Ralph Goveia (55.05) Matthew Shone (58.75) Milimo Mweetwa (1:00.33) Alexandros Axiotis (55.49)	Zambia	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay	4:12.10	h	Milimo Mweetwa (1:08.70) Alexandros Axiotis (1:08.02) Ralph Goveia (57.69) Matthew Shone (57.69)	Zambia	29 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	26.27		Mia Phiri	Zambia	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m freestyle	58.47	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	29.17		Mia Phiri	Zambia	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m backstroke	1:04.05		Mia Phiri	Zambia	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
200 m backstroke	2:35.92	h	Marlise Findlay	Zambia	9 December 2023	African Junior Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
50 m breaststroke	32.05	sf	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
100 m breaststroke	1:12.01	h	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia
200 m breaststroke	2:55.98	h	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	6 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia
50 m butterfly	27.57		Mia Phiri	Zambia	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
100 m butterfly	1:05.96	h	Jade Anita Phiri	Zambia	9 December 2023	African Junior Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley	3:13.60		Lombe Mwape	Zambia	19 February 2019	CANA Zone IV Championships	Windhoek, South Africa
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay	4:18.18			Zambia	6 December 2023	African Junior Championships	Mauritius, Mauritius
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay	4:27.78	h	Moonarala Naidu (1:08.34) Tilka Palik (1:15.70) Ralph Goveia (56.80) Lombe Mwape (1:06.94)	Zambia	22 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.27	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
100m freestyle	53.94		Thomas Savory	Zambia	27 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda
200m freestyle	2:02.94		Naested Smit	Zambia	22 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
400m freestyle	4:24.34		Naested Smit	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
800m freestyle	9:13.38		Naested Smit	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	27.60	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	30 September 2014	FINA World Cup Event 3	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
100m backstroke	59.79	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	29 September 2014	FINA World Cup Event 3	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
200m backstroke	2:16.21		Naested Smit	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
50m breaststroke	28.02	h	Zach Moyo	Zambia	14 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
100m breaststroke	1:02.15	h	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	11 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
200m breaststroke	2:27.41		Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	19 October 2017	CANA Zone III Championships	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
50m butterfly	24.00	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
100m butterfly	53.63	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
200m butterfly	2:15.01		Naested Smit	Zambia	24 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
100m individual medley	57.15	h	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
200m individual medley	2:11.38		Alexandros Axiotis	-
400m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:41.72		Thomas Savory Matthew Shone Milimo Mweetwa Mulenga Kangololo	Zambia	27 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda
4×100m freestyle relay	3:47.80		Thomas Savory Mulenga Kangololo Milimo Mweetwa Matthew Shone	Zambia	25 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	1:51.92		Naested Smit (28.37) Kumaren Naidu (31.12) Darren Van Rensburg (27.61) Mapalo Mataka (24.82)	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
4×100m medley relay

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	26.15	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
100m freestyle	57.50	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
200m freestyle	2:16.51		Johanna Buys	Zambia	22 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
400m freestyle	5:27.60		Ami Tashiro	Zambia	26 April 2014	CANA Zone III & IV Championships	Kampala, Uganda
800m freestyle	10:16.43		Mia Phiri	Zambia	18 October 2017	CANA Zone III Championships	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	29.79	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
100m backstroke	1:04.35	h	Jade Howard	Zambia	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
200m backstroke	2:26.50		Mia Phiri	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
50m breaststroke	31.74		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
100m breaststroke	1:10.17		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
200m breaststroke	2:39.00		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	22 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
50m butterfly	29.28		Mia Phiri	-
100m butterfly	1:03.59	h	Ellen Hight	Zambia	12 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
200m butterfly	2:37.86		Mia Phiri	Zambia	19 October 2017	CANA Zone III Championships	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
100m individual medley	1:07.48	h	Ellen Lendra Hight	Zambia	10 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
200m individual medley	2:24.15		Tilka Paljk	Zambia	24 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
400m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:54.54		Johanna Buys (27.64) Elizabeth Buys (29.48) Victora Cowles (30.78) Tilka Paljk (26.64)	Zambia	24 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
4×100m freestyle relay	4:11.47		Tilka Paljk (59.31) Johanna Buys (1:01.96) Elizabeth Buys (1:05.65) Chibwe Chungu (1:04.55)	Zambia	22 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
4×200m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	2:04.42		Abigail Joubert (34.46) Tilka Paljk (31.81) Johanna Buys (29.19) Chibwe Chungu (28.96)	Zambia	21 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi
4×100m medley relay

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay	1:50.01	h	Jade Howard (30.08) Alex Axiotis (29.32) Ralph Goveia (24.20) Tilka Paljk (26.41)	Zambia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada
4×100 m medley relay	4:15.22		Naested Smit (1:01.87) Tilka Paljk (1:11.43) Johanna Buys (1:07.18) Mapalo Mataka (54.74)	Zambia	23 March 2018	CANA Zone IV Championships	Lilongwe, Malawi

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