List of Bolivian records in swimming

The Bolivian Records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by an individual from Bolivia. These records are maintained by Bolivia's national swimming federation: la Federación Boliviana de Natación (FEBONA).^[1]

FEBONA keeps records for both for men (varones) and women (damas), for events in long course (50m, Piscina Larga) and short course (25m, Piscina Corta) courses. Records are kept in the following events (by stroke):

• freestyle (libre): 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
• backstroke (espalda): 50, 100 and 200;
• breaststroke (pecho): 50, 100 and 200;
• butterfly (mariposa): 50, 100 and 200;
• individual medley (combinado): 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;
• relays: 4x50 free, 4x100 free, 4x200 free, 4x50 medley, and 4 × 100 medley.

Long course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.35	h	Quintanilla, JoseJose Quintanilla	Bolivia	11 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[2]
100m freestyle	52.57	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	31 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[3]
200m freestyle	1:57.87	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	14 March 2012	South American Championships	Belém, Brazil	[4]
400m freestyle	4:13.52		Medina, HectorHector Medina	Sucre	1990	?	Lima, Peru	[1]
800m freestyle	8:40.12		Medina, HectorHector Medina	Sucre	1990	?	Lima, Peru	[1]
1500m freestyle	16:46.83		Caballero, RodrigoRodrigo Caballero	Sucre	20 June 2013	Fort Lauderdale International Classic	Miami, United States	[1]
50m backstroke	27.85		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	?	2001	?	Porto, Portugal	[1]
100m backstroke	58.42		Quintanilla, Jose AlbaJose Alba Quintanilla	-		?
200m backstroke	2:10.87		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	?	10 April 2003	?	Valladolid, Spain	[1]
50m breaststroke	28.97		Cavanagh, SantiagoSantiago Cavanagh	Santa Cruz	25 February 2005	?	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
100m breaststroke	1:04.51		Cavanagh, SantiagoSantiago Cavanagh	Santa Cruz	24 February 2005	?	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
200m breaststroke	2:27.29		Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Dynamo	28 July 2007	Georgia LC Championships	Athens, United States	[1]
50m butterfly	25.49		Castillo, Aldo EstebanAldo Esteban Castillo
100m butterfly	56.91		Navarro, MiguelMiguel Navarro	Bolivia	17 November 2006	South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[1]
200m butterfly	2:10.32		Castillo Sulca, AldoAldo Castillo Sulca	Bolivia	2 October 2014	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	[1]
200m individual medley	2:10.81	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	9 March 2014	2014 South American Games	Santiago, Chile	[5]
400m individual medley	4:44.54		Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Dynamo	27 July 2007	Georgia LC Championships	Athens, United States	[1]
4x50m  freestyle relay	1:46.06			Santa Cruz	19 December 2008	Bolivia Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100m  freestyle relay	3:40.29		(52.92) Andrew Rutherfurd  (57.56) Tarco Llobet  (55.76) Armando Zayas  (54.05) Martin Tomasin	Bolivia	17 March 2012	South American Championships	Belém, Brazil	[6]
4x200m  freestyle relay	8:40.97			Bolivia	1 May 2013	Bolivia Open Elite Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x50m  medley relay	1:57.81			Santa Cruz	2002	?	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100m  medley relay	4:03.16		(1:02.14) Armando Zayas  (no split) Tarco Llobet  (3:08.69) Andrew Rutherfurd  (54.47) Martin Tomasin	Bolivia	16 March 2012	South American Championships	Belém, Brazil	[6]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FEBONA;
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
50m freestyle	25.67		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	1 April 2016	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	[7]
100m freestyle	56.97		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	2 April 2016	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	[8]
200m freestyle	2:05.74		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	22 July 2014	-	Catalonia, Spain	[1]
400m freestyle	4:38.91		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	17 January 2011	Fuerza Libre Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
800m freestyle	9:44.79		Castillo, AlondraAlondra Castillo	Cochabamba	13 November 2013	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Peru	[1]
1500m freestyle	18:56.02		Aponte, MikaelaMikaela Aponte	La Paz	14 March 2013	-	Fort Lauderdale, United States	[1]
50m backstroke	31.31		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	27 January 2012	Fuerza Libre Nationals	Sucre, Bolivia	[1]
100m backstroke	1:07.90	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
200m backstroke	2:26.63		Zavalla, MarianaMariana Zavalla	Santa Cruz	20 May 2011	Bolivia Open Elite Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
50m breaststroke	34.59		Weiss, AnaAna Weiss	Santa Cruz	2 May 2013	Bolivia Open Elite Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
100m breaststroke	1:16.15	h	Moreno, KaterineKaterine Moreno	Bolivia	17 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	[1]
200m breaststroke	2:35.86		Moreno, KaterineKaterine Moreno	Santa Cruz	1989	?	Maracaibo, Venezuela	[1]
50m butterfly	28.31		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	2 April 2016	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	[9]
100m butterfly	1:02.42		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	26 January 2012	Fuerza Libre Nationals	Sucre, Bolivia	[1]
200m butterfly	2:31.55		Mejia, VanessaVanessa Mejia	La Paz	1993	?	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
200m individual medley	2:28.29		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	22 July 2014	-	Catalonia, Spain	[1]
400m individual medley	5:27.53		Guardia, LauraLaura Guardia	Cochabamba	4 May 2013	Bolivia Open Elite Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x50m  freestyle relay	2:02.34			Santa Cruz	19 December 2008	Bolivia Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100m  freestyle relay	4:07.14		(58.23) Karen Torrez  (1:03.55) Maria Jose Lopez  (1:03.50) Alondra Castillo  (1:01.86) Maria Jose Ribera	Bolivia	16 March 2012	South American Championships	Belém, Brazil	[6]
4x200m  freestyle relay	9:11.14			Bolivia	2000	?		[1]
4x50m  medley relay	2:19.72			Santa Cruz	19 December 2008	Bolivia Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100m  medley relay	4:54.08			Santa Cruz	4 May 2013	Bolivia Open Elite Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FEBONA;
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	23.46		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	Cochabamba	2001	?	Spain	[1]
100m freestyle	51.45	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[10]
200m freestyle	1:53.33	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[11]
400 freestyle	4:15.74		Medina, HectorHector Medina	Sucre	1989	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]
800 freestyle	9:09.03		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	Cochabamba	2001	?	Spain	[1]
1500 freestyle	16:32.57		Medina, HectorHector Medina	Sucre	1991	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]
50 backstroke	26.14		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	Gimn. Valladolid	2 May 2003	?	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	[12]
100 backstroke	56.79		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	Gimn. Valladolid	3 Mayo 2003	?	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	[13]
200 backstroke	2:02.26		Prudencio, MauricioMauricio Prudencio	Gimn. Valladolid	4 May 2003	?	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	[13]
50m breaststroke	29.75		Cavanagh, SantiagoSantiago Cavanagh	Santa Cruz	7 December 2003	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]
100m breaststroke	1:03.74	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[14]
200m breaststroke	2:25.11		Cavanagh, SantiagoSantiago Cavanagh	Santa Cruz	7 December 2003	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]
50m butterfly	25.56	h	Castillo, AldoAldo Castillo	Bolivia	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[15]
100m butterfly	55.77	h	Castillo, AldoAldo Castillo	Bolivia	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[16]
200m butterfly	2:05.47	h	Castillo, AldoAldo Castillo	Bolivia	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[17]
100m I.M.	59.04	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	12 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[18]
200m I.M.	2:09.98	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	11 April 2008	Short Course Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	[19]
400m individual medley	4:26.13	h	Rutherfurd, AndrewAndrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[20]
4x50m  free relay	1:45.10			Cochabamba Delfines	18 December 2010	Bolivia Club Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100m  free relay	3:49.26			Santa Cruz	7 December 2003	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]
4x200m  free relay	8:41.15			Cochabamba	26 November 2011	Bolivia Closed Elite Nationals	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[1]
4x50m  medley relay	1:51.33			Santa Cruz	7 December 2003	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]
4x100m  medley relay	4:09.95			Santa Cruz	7 December 2003	?	Beni, Bolivia	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FEBONA;
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 (25m)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.13	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[21]
100m freestyle	55.48	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[22]
200m freestyle	2:02.51	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[23]
400m freestyle	4:25.70	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[24]
800 freestyle	9:39.50		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	19 July 2012	Time Trials for the Pacific Cup	-, Bolivia	[1]
1500 freestyle	18:21.54		Zavalla, MarianaMariana Zavalla	Santa Cruz	3 November 2012	Argentinian Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[1]
50 backstroke	31.44	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[25]
100 backstroke	1:05.66	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[26]
200 backstroke	2:23.47		Zavalla, MarianaMariana Zavalla	Santa Cruz	17 September 2009	Department Elite meet	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
50 breaststroke	34.90		Moreno, KaterineKaterine Moreno	Santa Cruz	2002	?	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[1]
100 breaststroke	1:15.83		Moreno, KaterineKaterine Moreno	Santa Cruz	2002	?	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[1]
200m breaststroke	2:43.25	h	Moreno, KaterineKaterine Moreno	Bolivia	7 April 2002	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[27]
50m butterfly	27.69	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[28]
100m butterfly	1:00.66	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[29]
200m butterfly	2:30.00		Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Cochabamba	19 July 2012	Time Trials for the Pacific Cup	-, Bolivia	[1]
100m individual medley	1:04.88	h	Torrez, KarenKaren Torrez	Bolivia	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[30]
200m individual medley	2:28.64		Moreno, KaterineKaterine Moreno	Santa Cruz	2002	?	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[1]
400m individual medley	5:25.65		Lopez, MariaMaria Lopez	Santa Cruz	19 September 2009	Department Elite meet	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x50  free relay	1:57.71			Santa Cruz	18 December 2010	Bolivia Club Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100  free relay	4:22.66			Santa Cruz	1 October 2009	Bolivia Closed Elite Nationals	Sucre, Bolivia	[1]
4x200  free relay	9:35.61			Cochabamba	3 October 2009	Bolivia Closed Elite Nationals	Sucre, Bolivia	[1]
4x50  medley relay	2:12.47			Santa Cruz	16 December 2010	Bolivia Club Nationals	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[1]
4x100  medley relay	4:48.80			Cochabamba	4 October 2009	Bolivia Closed Elite Nationals	Sucre, Bolivia	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FEBONA;
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

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