List of Emirati records in swimming

The UAE Records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer from the United Arab Emirates. These records are kept by the UAE Swimming Federation.

The federation maintains records for both long course (50m)^[1] and short course (25m)^[2] competition, for males, in the following events:

freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
breastroke: 50, 100 and 200;
butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
individual medley (or "IM"): 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;
relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free, and 4×100 medley

Long course (50m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.16	h	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	21 June 2024	Sette Colli Trophy	Rome, Italy	^[3]
100m freestyle	50.39	h	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	30 July 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	^[4]
200m freestyle	1:51.83		Rohayem Tolba	United Arab Emirates	28 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^{[citation needed]}
400m freestyle	4:02.28		Rohayem Tolba	United Arab Emirates	29 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^{[citation needed]}
800m freestyle	8:23.91		Rohayem Tolba	United Arab Emirates	27 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^{[citation needed]}
1500m freestyle	16:28.69		Rohayem Tolba	United Arab Emirates	28 April 2024	GCC Youth Games	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^{[citation needed]}

50m backstroke	26.83		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	5 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[5]
100m backstroke	59.33		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	7 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[6]
200m backstroke	2:14.03		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	4 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[7]

50m breaststroke	28.79		Mubarak Al-Besher	United Arab Emirates	26 April 2014	Dubai International Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[8]
100m breaststroke	1:04.17		Mubarak Salem	United Arab Emirates	28 October 2013	GCC Championships	Muscat, Oman
200m breaststroke	2:26.28		Mubarak Al-Besher	Al Wasl	21 October 2011	GCC Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	^[9]

50m butterfly	25.47		Mohammed Al-Ghaferi	Al Ain	25 November 2011	UAE President Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[10]
100m butterfly	56.52		Salem Ghalib	United Arab Emirates	6 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	^[11]
200m butterfly	2:06.97		Salem Ghalib	United Arab Emirates	17 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	^[12]

200m individual medley	2:11.32		Salem Ghalib	United Arab Emirates	19 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	^[13]
400m individual medley	4:50.45		Obaid Al-Jasmi	Al Wahda	2010

4×100m freestyle relay	3:34.57			United Arab Emirates	2004
4×200m freestyle relay	8:07.89	h	Mohammed Al-Ghaferi (2:00.57) Ali Al-Kaabi (2:02.70) Mubarak Al-Besher (2:04.63) Obaid Al-Jasmi (1:59.99)	United Arab Emirates	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[14]
4×100m medley relay	3:57.49		Mohammed Al-Ghaferi (59.87) Mubarak Al-Besher (1:05.47) Obaid Al-Jasmi (56.89) Ahmed Al-Jahouri (55.26)	United Arab Emirates	20 October 2011	GCC Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	^[15]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation; 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	30.66	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	28 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[16]
100 m freestyle	1:05.77	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	26 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[17]
200 m freestyle	2:17.37	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	6 April 2024	Arena Grand Prix Puchar Polski	Warsaw, Poland	^{[citation needed]}
400 m freestyle	4:55.46	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	26 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[18]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	31.67		Judy Mohtadi	High Performance Swimming Club	2 April 2015	12th Arab Age Group Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[19]
100 m backstroke	1:35.83	h	Nada Al-Bedwawi	United Arab Emirates	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[20]
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	32.05	†	Mira Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	15 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	^[21]
100 m butterfly	1:08.71		Mira AlShehhi	United Arab Emirates	6 April 2024	Arena Grand Prix Puchar Polski	Warsaw, Poland	^{[citation needed]}
200 m butterfly	2:38.48		Mira Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	15 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	^[22]
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 UAE Swimming Federation; 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 (25m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.04	h	Khaled Aldabous	United Arab Emirates	5 October 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[23]
100m freestyle	49.11		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	27 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m freestyle	1:57.74	rh	Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[24]
400m freestyle	4:12.33		Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	November 2010	President's Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
800m freestyle	8:59.13		Majid Mohamed Al Hammadi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
1500m freestyle	17:20.43		Majid Mohamed Al Hammadi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar

50m backstroke	26.33	h	Mohammed Al Ghaferi	UAE	17 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[25]
100m backstroke	58.04	rh	Mohammed Al Ghaferi	UAE	19 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[26]
200m backstroke	2:08.86	h	Yaaqoub Alsaadi	UAE	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[27]

50m breaststroke	28.37		Mubarak Al-Besher	UAE	4 February 2015	GCC Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100m breaststroke	1:01.66		Mubarak Al-Besher	UAE	5 February 2015	GCC Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m breaststroke	2:22.33	h	Mubarak Al Besher	UAE	December 17, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[28]

50m butterfly	24.72	h, †	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^[29]
100m butterfly	53.53		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	24 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m butterfly	2:03.91		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	26 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

100m individual medley	57.11		Obaid Ahmed Al-Gesma	UAE	6 March 2011	GCC Championships	Qatar
200m individual medley	2:05.70		Obaid Ahmed Al-Gesma	UAE	20 February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
400m individual medley	4:36.89	h	Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[30]

4x50m freestyle relay	1:36.48	h	Ali Saeed Alkaabi (25.05) Obaid Ahmed Aljasmi Mubarak Al Besher Mohamed Jasim Shafee	UAE	2 July 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea	^[31]
4x100m freestyle relay	3:31.19			UAE	February 2008	GCC Championships
4x200m freestyle relay	8:03.02	h	Obaid Al Jasmi (1:57.74) Mubarak Al Besher (2:01.00) Ali Al Kaabi (2:00.70) Faisal Al Jasmi (2:03.58)	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[24]
4x50m medley relay	1:46.11	h	Ali Saeed Al-Kaabi (27.69) Mubarak Al-Besher ObaidAhmed Al-Jasmi Mohamed Jasim Shafee	UAE	30 June 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea	^[32]
4x100m medley relay	3:51.83	h	Mohammed Al Ghaferi (58.04) Mubarak Al Besher (1:03.56) Bakheet Al Jasmi (57.98) Obaid Al Jasmi (52.25)	UAE	December 19, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[26]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation;
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

^ (lcm) (in Arabic) National Records 50m^{[permanent dead link]} from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ (scm) (in Arabic) National Records 25m Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Approved in 2010; retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^ "Men's 100m Backstroke Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^ "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 1 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^ Reem Abulleil (26 April 2014). "UAE's Saadi makes splash with historic B-standard time". www.sport360.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ (lcm) Men's 200 Breast results - final^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-21, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ (lcm) November 25+26, 2011 President Cup results^{[permanent dead link]}. Published by the UAE Swimming Federation, 2011-11, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). arabgames2023.dz. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "Team Qatar athletes keep up their winning streak in GCC Games". olympic.qa. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ "Al-Obaidly wins gold as Qatari swimmers impress again". gulf-times.com. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ (lcm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine from the 2009 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing on 2009-07-31, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ (lcm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-20, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "12th Arab Swimming Age Group Championships Results". dnan-sportslife.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b (scm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ (scm) Men's 50 Back results - prelims^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2010-03-26.
^ ^a ^b (scm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results - prelims Archived 2011-01-24 at the Wayback Machine from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-19, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ (scm) Men's 200 Breaststroke results - prelims Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine from he 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2012-03-26. (Note: In the results, the swimmer's name is listed as "Mubarak Al Besher"; however, another meet has the record swum by "Mubarak Mohamed Salem".
^ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ (scm) Men's 400 IM results - prelims from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ "Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
^ "Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

External links

UAE Swimming Federation official website

[1] (lcm) (in Arabic) National Records 50m^{[permanent dead link]} from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

[2] (scm) (in Arabic) National Records 25m Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Approved in 2010; retrieved 2012-03-26.

[3] "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[4] "Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[5] "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[6] "Men's 100m Backstroke Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

[7] "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 1 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[Reem_Abulleil-8] Reem Abulleil (26 April 2014). "UAE's Saadi makes splash with historic B-standard time". www.sport360.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

[9] (lcm) Men's 200 Breast results - final^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-21, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[Pres11-10] (lcm) November 25+26, 2011 President Cup results^{[permanent dead link]}. Published by the UAE Swimming Federation, 2011-11, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[11] "Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). arabgames2023.dz. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[12] "Team Qatar athletes keep up their winning streak in GCC Games". olympic.qa. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[13] "Al-Obaidly wins gold as Qatari swimmers impress again". gulf-times.com. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[14] (lcm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine from the 2009 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing on 2009-07-31, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[GCC11-15] (lcm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-20, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[16] "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[17] "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[18] "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[dnan-sportslife.com-19] "12th Arab Swimming Age Group Championships Results". dnan-sportslife.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[20] "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[21] "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[22] "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[23] "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[SCW10freerel-24] (scm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[25] (scm) Men's 50 Back results - prelims^{[permanent dead link]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2010-03-26.

[SCW10medrel-26] (scm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results - prelims Archived 2011-01-24 at the Wayback Machine from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-19, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[27] "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[28] (scm) Men's 200 Breaststroke results - prelims Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine from he 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2012-03-26. (Note: In the results, the swimmer's name is listed as "Mubarak Al Besher"; however, another meet has the record swum by "Mubarak Mohamed Salem".

[29] "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[30] (scm) Men's 400 IM results - prelims from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[31] "Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

[32] "Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

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