# South American Swimming Championships

The South American Swimming Championships are a biennial aquatics championships (held in even years) for countries from CONSANAT (the South American Swimming Confederation). These championships include competition in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming.

## Countries

CONSANAT member countries participate in these Championships:
* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Championships

2006 Open water swimming in Cartagena and 2010 in South American Games.
| Year | Number | Host City | Host Country |
| 1929 | 1 | Santiago | Chile |
| 1934 | 2 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 1935 | 3 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 1937 | 4 | Montevideo | Uruguay |
| 1938 | 5 | Lima | Peru |
| 1939 | 6 | Guayaquil | Ecuador |
| 1941 | 7 | Viña del Mar | Chile |
| 1946 | 8 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 1947 | 9 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 1949 | 10 | Montevideo | Uruguay |
| 1952 | 11 | Lima | Peru |
| 1956 | 12 | Viña del Mar | Chile |
| 1958 | 13 | Montevideo | Uruguay |
| 1960 | 14 | Cali | Colombia |
| 1962 | 15 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 1963 | 16 | Viña del Mar | Chile |
| 1965 | 17 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 1966 | 18 | Lima | Peru |
| 1968 | 19 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 1970 | 20 | Lima | Peru |
| 1972 | 21 | Arica | Chile |
| 1974 | 22 | Medellín | Colombia |
| 1976 | 23 | Maldonado | Uruguay |
| 1978 | 24 | Guayaquil | Ecuador |
| 1980 | 25 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 1982 | 26 | La Paz | Bolivia |
| 1984 | 27 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 1986 | 28 | Santiago | Chile |
| 1988 | 29 | Medellín | Colombia |
| 1990 | 30 | Rosario | Argentina |
| Year | Number | Host City | Host Country | Events |
| 1992 | 31 | Medellín | Colombia | |
| 1994 | 32 | Maldonado | Uruguay | |
| 1996 | 33 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | |
| 1998 | 34 | San Felipe | Venezuela | |
| 2000 | 35 | Mar del Plata | Argentina | |
| 2002 | 36 | Belém | Brazil | |
| 2004 | 37 | Maldonado | Uruguay | |
| 2006 | 38 | Medellín | Colombia | |
| 2008 | 39 | São Paulo | Brazil | |
| 2010 | 40 | Medellín | Colombia | |
| 2012 | 41 | Belém | Brazil | 40 |
| 2014 | 42 | Mar del Plata | Argentina | 40 |
| 2016 | 43 | Asunción | Paraguay | 42 |
| 2018 | 44 | Trujillo | Peru | 42 |
| 2021 | 45 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 41 |
| 2024 | 46 | Cali | Colombia | 42 |

## Championships records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

### Men

| Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location |
| 50m freestyle | 21.85 | César Cielo | Brazil | 16 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Belém, Brazil |
| 100m freestyle | 48.70 | César Cielo | Brazil | 17 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Belém, Brazil |
| 200m freestyle | 1:47.39 | Federico Grabich | Argentina | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 400m freestyle | 3:51.33 | Luiz Altamir Melo | Brazil | 31 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 800m freestyle | 7:58.23 | Esteban Enderica Salgado | Ecuador | 2 October 2014 | 2014 Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| 1500m freestyle | 15:08.57 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 50m backstroke | 25.01 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 10 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 100m backstroke | 53.40 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 200m backstroke | 1:59.47 | Fábio Santi | Brazil | 31 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 50m breaststroke | 27.12 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 8 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 100m breaststroke | 59.87 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 7 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:10.44 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 50m butterfly | 23.26 | César Cielo | Brazil | 14 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Belém, Brazil |
| 100m butterfly | 51.90 | Albert Subirats | Venezuela | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 200m butterfly | 1:57.71 | Jonathan Gómez | Colombia | 9 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 200m individual medley | 1:58.49 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 16 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Belém, Brazil |
| 400m individual medley | 4:17.46 | Thiago Pereira | Brazil | 15 March 2008 | 2008 Championships | São Paulo, Brazil |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:17.54 | Federico Grabich (48.98)Matías Aguilera (49.64)Lautaro Rodriguez (49.59)Guido Buscaglia (49.33) | Argentina | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 7:22.97 | Giuliano Rocco (1:50.58)Joao de Lucca (1:52.07)Kaue Carvalho (1:51.70)Breno Correia (1:48.62) | Brazil | 10 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:36.88 | Robinson MolinaCarlos ClaverieAlbert SubiratsCristian Quintero | Venezuela | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |

### Women

| Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location |
| 50m freestyle | 24.80 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 1 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 100m freestyle | 54.83 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 2 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 200m freestyle | 1:58.94 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 400m freestyle | 4:07.17 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 31 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 800m freestyle | 8:32.31 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 1500m freestyle | 16:06.78 | Kristel Köbrich | Chile | 18 March 2021 | 2021 Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 50m backstroke | 28.11 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 2 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 100m backstroke | 1:00.38 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 200m backstroke | 2:13.47 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 31 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 50m breaststroke | 31.27 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 18 March 2021 | 2021 Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:08.25 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 7 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:26.54 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 11 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru |
| 50m butterfly | 26.53 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | 2 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 100m butterfly | 59.11 | Daynara de Paula | Brazil | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 200m butterfly | 2:09.92 | Andreina Pinto | Venezuela | 1 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 200m individual medley | 2:13.46 | Virginia Bardach | Argentina | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 400m individual medley | 4:41.39 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 15 March 2012 | 2012 Championships | Belém, Brazil |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:43.91 | Graciele Herrmann (56.57)Daynara de Paula (56.07)Manuella Lyrio (55.15)Etiene Medeiros (56.12) | Brazil | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 8:04.29 | Joanna Maranhão (2:00.65)Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:00.69)Bruna Primati (2:03.19)Manuella Lyrio (1:59.76) | Brazil | 2 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 4×100m medley relay | 4:07.48 | Andrea BerrinoMacarena CeballosVirginia BardachMaría Belén Díaz | Argentina | 3 April 2016 | 2016 Championships | Asunción, Paraguay |

### Mixed relay

| Event | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:30.81 | Breno Correia (49.22)João de Lucca (48.86)Daynara de Paula (56.64)Rafaela Raurich (56.09) | Brazil | 9 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | |
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:51.05 | Guilherme Guido (54.73)Felipe Lima (59.77)Daynara de Paula (59.63)Rafaela Raurich (56.92) | Brazil | 8 November 2018 | 2018 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | |