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

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Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.13		José Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	14 March 2018	Bolivian Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia
100m freestyle	52.29		José Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	16 March 2018	Bolivian Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia
200m freestyle	1:57.87	h	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	14 March 2012	South American Championships	Belém, Brazil	[2]
400m freestyle	4:13.52		Hector Medina	-	1990	-	Lima, Peru
800m freestyle	8:40.12		Hector Medina	-	1990	-	Lima, Peru
1500m freestyle	16:46.83		Rodrigo Caballero	-	20 June 2013	Fort Lauderdale International Classic	Miami, United States
50m backstroke	27.08	h	Gabriel Castillo	Club Medley	20 April 2018	Youth Olympic Games Selection Meet	Lima, Peru
100m backstroke	58.57	h	Gabriel Castillo	Bolivia	9 April 2019	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	[3]
200m backstroke	2:10.87		Mauricio Prudencio	-	10 April 2003	-	Valladolid, Spain
50m breaststroke	28.91		Santiago Cavanagh	Santa Cruz	5 July 2018	Bolivian Club Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia
100m breaststroke	1:03.81		Santiago Cavanagh	Bolivia	20 November 2017	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	[4]
200m breaststroke	2:27.29		Andrew Rutherfurd	Dynamo	28 July 2007	Georgia LC Championships	Athens, United States
50m butterfly	25.27		Jose Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	31 January 2018	Bolivian Club Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[5]
100m butterfly	56.28		Jose Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	14 March 2018	Bolivian Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia
200m butterfly	2:10.32		Aldo Castillo	Bolivia	2 October 2014	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina
200m individual medley	2:10.81	h	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	9 March 2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	[6]
400m individual medley	4:44.54		Andrew Rutherfurd	Dynamo	27 July 2007	Georgia Championships	Athens, United States
4x50m  freestyle relay	1:46.06			Santa Cruz	19 December 2008	Bolivian Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  freestyle relay	3:38.43		(55.20) Gabriel Yañez  (54.96) Aldo Castillo  (54.59) Rafael Montaño  (53.68) Ivan Soruco	Bolivia	30 May 2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[7]
4x200m  freestyle relay	8:16.11		Esteban Nuñez Sebastian Cariaga Gabriel Castillo Aldo Castillo	Club Medley	14 February 2020	Bolivian Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[8]
4x50m  medley relay	1:57.81			Santa Cruz	2002	-	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  medley relay	3:58.85		(1:00.92) Rafael Montaño  (1:07.33) Santiago Cavanagh  (57.13) Aldo Castillo  (53.77) Ivan Soruco	Bolivia	29 May 2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[9]

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	25.00		Karen Torrez	Bolivia	22 November 2017	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	[10]
100m freestyle	56.14		Karen Torrez	Bolivia	21 November 2017	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	[11]
200m freestyle	2:05.74		Karen Torrez	C.N. Barcelona	22 July 2014	Catalonian Open Junior Championships	Mataró, Spain	[12]
400m freestyle	4:38.91		Karen Torrez	Cochabamba	17 January 2011	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[13]
800m freestyle	9:41.72		Karen Torrez	Cochabamba	27 January 2016	Bolivian Championships	Clausura, Bolivia	[14]
1500m freestyle	18:25.11		Karen Torrez	Cochabamba	27 January 2016	Bolivian Championships	Clausura, Bolivia	[15]
50m backstroke	31.31		Karen Torrez	Cochabamba	27 January 2012	Bolivian Championships	Sucre, Bolivia	[16]
100m backstroke	1:07.90	h	Karen Torrez	Bolivia	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[17]
200m backstroke	2:26.63		Mariana Zavalla	Santa Cruz	20 May 2011	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[18]
50m breaststroke	34.59		Ana Weiss	Santa Cruz	2 May 2013	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[19]
100m breaststroke	1:16.15	h	Katerine Moreno	Bolivia	17 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	[20]
200m breaststroke	2:35.86		Katerine Moreno	Bolivia	1989	Bolivarian Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela
50m butterfly	27.87		Rodriguez Margett	Bolivia	10 November 2018	South American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	[21]
100m butterfly	1:00.96		Karen Torrez	Bolivia	27 May 2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[22]
200m butterfly	2:23.23		Rodriguez Margett	Bolivia	9 November 2018	South American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	[23]
200m individual medley	2:26.72	h	Rodriguez Margett	Bolivia	7 November 2018	South American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	[24]
400m individual medley	5:27.53		Laura Guardia	Cochabamba	4 May 2013	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[25]
4x50m  freestyle relay	2:02.34			Santa Cruz	19 December 2008	Bolivian Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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	[26]
4x200m  freestyle relay	9:07.25		(2:10.92) Karen Torrez Valentina Aloisio Mikaela Daza  (2:16.04) Camila Mercado	Bolivia	27 May 2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[27]
4x50m  medley relay	2:19.72			Santa Cruz	19 December 2008	Bolivian Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  medley relay	4:33.38		(1:10.66) Valentina Aloisio  (1:18.97) Maria Jose Ribera  (1:01.52) Karen Torrez  (1:02.23) Mikaela Daza	Bolivia	27 May 2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	[28]

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	22.43		José Alberto Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[29]
100m freestyle	50.53		José Alberto Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[30]
200m freestyle	1:53.33	h	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[31]
400m freestyle	4:07.53		Rodrigo Caballero	Chuquisaca	6 July 2016	Bolivian Club Championships	Trinidad, Bolivia	[32]
800m freestyle	8:32.87	h, †	Walter Caballero Quilla	Bolivia	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[33]
1500m freestyle	16:10.91	h	Walter Caballero Quilla	Bolivia	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[34]
50m backstroke	25.84		José Alberto Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[35]
100m backstroke	56.30		Andrew Rutherfurd	-	14 December 2015	Mexican Junior Championships	Guadalajara, Mexico
200m backstroke	2:01.76		Andrew Rutherfurd	-	14 December 2015	Mexican Junior Championships	Guadalajara, Mexico
50m breaststroke	27.99	h	Santiago Cavanagh	Bolivia	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[36]
100m breaststroke	1:01.99	h	Santiago Cavanagh	Bolivia	6 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[37]
200m breaststroke	2:20.06		Santiago Cavanagh	Santa Cruz	6 June 2016	Bolivian Club Championships League B	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[38]
50m butterfly	24.16		José Alberto Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[39]
100m butterfly	55.77	h	Aldo Castillo	Bolivia	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[40]
200m butterfly	2:05.47	h	Aldo Castillo	Bolivia	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[41]
100m individual medley	56.77	h	José Alberto Quintanilla	Bolivia	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[42]
200m individual medley	2:04.09		José Alberto Quintanilla	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[43]
400m individual medley	4:26.13	h	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	13 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[44]
4x50m  freestyle relay	1:35.78			Club Samix	6 July 2016	Bolivian Club Championships League B	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  freestyle relay	3:44.18			Santa Cruz	10 December 2014	Bolivian Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia
4x200m  freestyle relay	8:34.83			Santa Cruz	10 December 2014	Bolivian Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia
4x50m  medley relay	1:44.81			Club Samix	6 July 2016	Bolivian Club Championships League B	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  medley relay	4:09.95			Santa Cruz	7 December 2003	-	Bolivia

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	25.07		Karen Torrez	Bolivia	6 September 2018	Copa España	Santiago, Chile
100m freestyle	55.25	h	Karen Torrez	Bolivia	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[45]
200m freestyle	2:01.06		Karen Torrez	Bolivia	6 September 2018	Copa España	Santiago, Chile
400m freestyle	4:20.22		Karen Torrez	C.N. Barcelona	22 November 2014	Trofeo Félix Serra Santamans	Manresa, Spain	[46]
800m freestyle	9:06.08	†	Karen Torrez	C.N. Barcelona	22 November 2014	Trofeo Félix Serra Santamans	Manresa, Spain
1500m freestyle	18:21.54		Mariana Zavalla	-	3 November 2012	Argentinian Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
50m backstroke	29.75		Maria Jose Ribera	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[47]
100m backstroke	1:05.66	h	Karen Torrez	Bolivia	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[48]
200 backstroke	2:23.47		Mariana Zavalla	Santa Cruz	17 September 2009	-	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[49]
50m breaststroke	33.28		Maria Jose Ribera	Santa Cruz	22 March 2017	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[50]
100m breaststroke	1:13.25		Maria Jose Ribera	BENI	28 November 2018	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
200m breaststroke	2:42.95		Valentina Aloisio	La Paz	28 November 2018	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
50m butterfly	27.44		Maria Jose Ribera	Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[51]
100m butterfly	1:00.66	h	Karen Torrez	Bolivia	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[52]
200m butterfly	2:24.03		Karen Torrez	La Paz	22 March 2017	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[53]
100m individual medley	1:04.27	h	Karen Torrez	Bolivia	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[54]
200m individual medley	2:22.84		Karen Torrez	La Paz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[55]
400m individual medley	5:11.22		Karen Torrez	La Paz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	[56]
4x50m  free relay	1:56.11			Santa Cruz	5 July 2017	Bolivia Club Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  free relay	4:22.66			Santa Cruz	1 October 2009	Bolivian Championships	Sucre, Bolivia
4x200m  free relay	9:35.61			Cochabamba	3 October 2009	Bolivian Championships	Sucre, Bolivia
4x50m  medley relay	2:09.16			Santa Cruz	October 2016	Bolivian Championships	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
4x100m  medley relay	4:47.50			Santa Cruz	10 December 2014	Bolivian Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia

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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