# List of Malawian records in swimming

The Malawian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Malawi, which are recognised and ratified by the Malawi Aquatic Union.
All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

## Long Course (50 m)
### Men

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| 50m freestyle | 24.00 | h | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 30 July 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan |
| 100m freestyle | 53.49 | | Filipe Gomes | - | | - | |
| 200m freestyle | 1:58.91 | | Filipe Gomes | - | | - | |
| 400m freestyle | 4:20.99 | | Filipe Gomes | - | | - | |
| 800m freestyle | 9:16.41 | | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 16 February 2019 | CANA Zone IV Championships | Windhoek, South Africa |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 50m breaststroke | 30.48 | h | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 11 September 2018 | African Championships | Algiers, Algeria |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:07.37 | h | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 23 July 2017 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:28.94 | h | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 27 July 2017 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| 50m butterfly | 26.29 | | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 17 February 2019 | CANA Zone IV Championships | Windhoek, South Africa |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200m individual medley | 2:17.92 | | Filipe Gomes | - | | - | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| 50 m freestyle | 27.73 | h | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 21 August 2014 | Youth Olympic Games | Nanjing, China |
| 100 m freestyle | 1:04.70 | | Ammara Pinto | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | 2:26.50 | | Ammara Pinto | - | | - | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | 11:19.30 | | Ammara Pinto | - | | - | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | 31.59 | h | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 20 August 2014 | Youth Olympic Games | Nanjing, China |
| 100 m backstroke | 1:16.68 | h | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 22 July 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | 42.56 | | Tayamika Chang'anamuno | - | | - | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | 29.59 | h | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 26 July 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | 3:05.76 | | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 19 February 2019 | CANA Zone IV Championships | Windhoek, South Africa |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | |

### Mixed relay

| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | 5:17.26 | | Malawi | 18 February 2019 | CANA Zone IV Championships | Windhoek, South Africa | |

## Short Course (25 m)
### Men

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| 50m freestyle | 26.22 | h | Michael Swift | Malawi | 8 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 100m freestyle | 59.15 | h | Michael Swift | Malawi | 10 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 50m breaststroke | 30.04 | h, † | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 11 December 2018 | World Championships | Hangzhou, China |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:04.18 | h | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 11 December 2018 | World Championships | Hangzhou, China |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:19.33 | h | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 13 December 2018 | World Championships | Hangzhou, China |
| 50m butterfly | 29.02 | h | Michael Swift | Malawi | 9 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| 50m freestyle | 27.37 | h | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m freestyle | 1:03.60 | h | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 17 December 2021 | World Championships | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | |
| 50m backstroke | 29.82 | h | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 6 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100m backstroke | 1:15.35 | h | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 6 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | |
| 50m breaststroke | 44.13 | h | Tayamika Chang'Anamuno | Malawi | 6 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | |
| 50m butterfly | 29.09 | h | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 4 December 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | |
| 100m individual medley | 1:20.65 | h | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 8 December 2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | |