South African national and provincial swimming records

Since the first South African swimming championships were held at Port Elizabeth in 1900, the South African Amateur Swimming Union (SAASU) kept a list of national best times set by South Africans and open records set by overseas competitors. Unfortunately most of this information has been lost, although much of it can be found in old newspaper reports, where such achievements were actually reported.

Records were also kept by provincial associations, and at every other level of the sport, including individual, provincial and national primary and high schools records, age group records and disabled swimming records. In addition, the coloured and black swimming associations also kept their own records.

Records listed here are published as they are discovered.

1940 SA Records

South African records

June 2018

EVENT	NAME	TEAM	TIME	DATE	MEET
50 FREE	ERIN GALLAGHER	RSA	25.03	04/07/18	2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
100 FREE	ERIN GALLAGHER	RSA	54.23	04/09/18	2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
200 FREE	KARIN PRINSLOO	RSA	1:57.17	06/07/14	2014 INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF MONTE CARLO MONTE CARLO, MONACO
400 FREE	KARIN PRINSLOO	RSA	4:07.92	01/31/14	2014 BHP BILLITON AQUATIC SUPER SERIES PERTH, AUSTRALIA
800 FREE	WENDY TROTT	RSA	8:25.71	06/14/12	2012 SETTE COLLI ROMA ROME, ITALY
1500 FREE	WENDY TROTT	RSA	16:05.63	07/25/11	2011 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SHANGHAI, CHINA
50 BACK	CHANELLE VAN WIK	RSA	28.55	04/16/09	2009 SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
100 BACK	KARIN PRINSLOO	RSA	1:00.78	06/14/14	2014 GRAN PREMI INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BACRELONA BARCELONA, SPAIN
200 BACK	MELISSA CORFE	RSA	2:10.03	04/03/08	2008 SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
50 BREAST	TATJANA SCHOENMAKER	RSA	30.82	04/06/18	2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
100 BREAST	TATJANA SCHOENMAKER	RSA	1:06.41	04/09/18	2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
200 BREAST	TATJANA SCHOENMAKER	RSA	2:22.02	04/07/18	2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
50 FLY	LIZE-MARI RETIEF	RSA	26.36	07/08/08	2008 SPEEDO PRESTIGE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
100 FLY	LIZE-MARI RETIEF	RSA	58.20	08/09/09	2008 OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING, CHINA
200 FLY	KATHRYN MEAKLIM	RSA	2:09.41	08/12/08	2008 OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING, CHINA
200 IM	KATHERYN MEAKLIM	RSA	2:12.53	12/15/09	2009 SWIM SHOP KZN PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SOUTH AFRICA
400 IM	KATHRYN MEAKLIM	RSA	4:37.11	08/09/08	2008 OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING, CHINA

200 FREE RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA LEHESTA KEMP K ROSS A PEENS VANESSA MOHR	1:45.66	04/10/14	2014 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONALS DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
400 FREE RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA TRUDI MAREE KARIN PRINSLOO LEHESTA KEMP ERIN GALLAGHER	3:45.01	02/01/14	AQUATIC SUPER SERIES PERTH, AUSTRALIA
800 FREE RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA KARIN PRINSLOO MARLIES ROSS RENE WARNES ERIN GALLAGHER	8:08.12	07/26/14	2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
400 MEDLEY RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA MELISSA CORFE SUZAAN VAN BILJON MANDY LOOTS LIZE-MARI RETIEF	4:03.62	04/06/08	SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

EVENT	NAME	TEAM	TIME	DATE	MEET
50 FREE	ROLAND SCHOEMAN	RSA	21.67	08/16/08	2008 OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING, CHINA
50 FREE	ROLAND SCHOEMAN	RSA	21.67	08/02/13	2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BARCELONA, SPAIN
100 FREE	LYNDON FERNS	RSA	47.79	07/29/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
200 FREE	CHAD LE CLOS	RSA	1:45.20	08/08/16	2016 RIO OLYMPICS RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
400 FREE	MYLES BROWN	RSA	3:45.92	08/06/16	2016 RIO OLYMPICS RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
800 FREE	HEERDEN HERMAN	RSA	7:53.97	12/10/10	2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DUBAI, UAE
1500 FREE	HEERDEN HERMAN	RSA	14:57.88	12/10/10	2010 LEAGUE WP SASKO CHAMPIONSHIPS SOUTH AFRICA
50 BACK	GERHARD ZANDBERG	RSA	24.34	08/02/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
100 BACK	CHRISTOPHER REID	RSA	53.12	04/11/16	2016 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
200 BACK	GEORGE DU RAND	RSA	1:55.75	07/30/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
50 BREAST	CAMERON VAN DER BURGH	RSA	26.54	07/29/17	2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
100 BREAST	CAMERON VAN DER BURGH	RSA	58.46	07/29/12	2012 OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON, ENGLAND
200 BREAST	NEIL VERSFELD	RSA	2:09.61	07/30/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
50 FLY	ROLAND SCHOEMAN	RSA	22.90	07/26/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
100 FLY	CHAD LE CLOS	RSA	50.56	08/08/15	2015 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KAZAN, RUSSIA
200 FLY	CHAD LE CLOS	RSA	1:52.96	07/31/12	2012 OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON, ENGLAND
200 IM	DARIAN TOWNSEND	RSA	1:57.03	04/25/09	2009 FRENCH OPEN MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
400 IM	SEBASTIAN ROUSSEAU	RSA	4:11.11	08/01/13	2013 US OPEN IRVINE, CA, USA

RELAY	TEAM	TIME	DATE	MEET
400 FREE RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA LYNDON FERNS GRAEME MOORE DARIAN TOWNSEND ROLAND SCHOEMAN	3:11.93	07/26/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
800 FREE RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA JEAN BASSON DARIAN TOWNSEND JAN VENTER SEBASTIAN ROUSSEAU	7:08.01	07/31/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY
400 MEDLEY RELAY	SOUTH AFRICA GEORGE DU RAND CAMERON VAN DER BURGH LYNDON FERNS GRAEME MOORE	3:31.53	08/02/09	2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROME, ITALY

South African national and provincial swimming records

South African records

June 2018

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