Below is the list of current Commonwealth Records for finswimming. The records are ratified by the Commonwealth Finswimming Committee, which is made up of the National Finswimming Governing Bodies of Commonwealth of Nations. The First Commonwealth Championships were held in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia in February 2007.CUGA, 2008BFA, 2008Ozfin, 2007

This page does not include the Commonwealth Finswimming Championship Records. This list echoes that found on the Swansea Finswimming Club WebsiteSwansea Finswimming Club, 2008 and the British Finswimming Association documents website.BFA Doc's, 2008 These records are correct as of 4 December 2008. Times set before the First Commonwealth Championships have been allowed. All records have been accepted as a result of documentary evidence of the events or time-trials that they were set at.

Currently there are only four nations hold records: Australia (10), England (8), New Zealand (7) and Singapore (5). Finswimming is currently competed in eight Commonwealth Countries (including home nations); Australia, Canada, Cyprus, England, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa and Wales (Rotorua Geyser Dolphins, 2001CMAS, 2008The East London Dispatch, 2003CMAS 2008).

Long course metres Men

The records listed are correct as of 13 April 2008.

Event Time Name Team Location Surface 50 m 00:17.72 lim Yao Xiang 2003 Ho Chi Minh City 100 m 00:42.70 Lam Zhi Loong 2003 Ho Chi Minh City 200 m 01:37.44 Matt Saunders 2000 Palma de Majorca 400 m 03:30.62 Jeremy Morse 1994 Dong Guan 800 m 07:24.53 Jeremy Morse 1994 Dong Guan 1500 m 14:20.69 Jeremy Morse 1994 Dong Guan Stereofins 50 m 00:21.55 George Hopkinson 2007 Swansea 100 m 00:54.42 Alaric Smith 2007 Swansea 200 m 02:08.62 Jason Smith 2007 Antwerp Apnea 50 m 00:16.10 Leslie Kwok Ying Wah 2003 Ho Chi Minh City Immersion 100 m 00:40.89 Alaric Smith 2007 Antwerp 400 m 03:39.75 Josef Kyskila 1996 Canberra 800 m 08:54.12 Alaric Smith 2007 Swansea Relays 4 × 100 m 02:50.01 Singapore 2003 Ho Chi Minh City 4 × 200 m 07:03.41 Australia 1992 Athens

Women The records listed are correct as of 13 April 2008.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 50 m 00:20.93 Juliet Tompkins 2000 Palma de Majorca 100 m 00:46.54 Juliet Tompkins 2000 Palma de Majorca 200 m 01:43.52 Juliet Tompkins 2000 Palma de Majorca 400 m 03:44.70 Juliet Tompkins 2000 Brisbane 800 m 08:17.06 Noemi Domonkos 2001 Canberra 1500 m 16:17.08 Noemi Domonkos 1996 Canberra Stereofins 50 m 00:28.13 Aisling Crean 2001 Västerås 100 m 01:05.19 Aisling Crean 2002 Berlin 200 m 02:24.88 Aisling Crean 2002 Berlin Apnea 50 m 00:19.42 Juliet Tompkins 2000 Brisbane Immersion 100 m 00:47.56 Brierly McNab 1998 Cali 400 m 03:50.99 Noemi Domonkos 2000 Palma de Majorca 800 m 08:53.73 Sabina Lane 1992 Athens Relays 4 × 100 m 03:12.73 Singapore 2003 Ho Chi Minh City 4 × 200 m 08:00.47 Australia 1992 Athens

Short course metres

These have yet to be fully compiled. This may contain errors.

Men

The records listed are correct as of 13 April 2008.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 25 m 00:08.58 Alastair Smith 2008 Edenbridge 50 m 00:19.91 Brendan Rocha 2008 Hong Kong 100 m 00:43.35 Brendan Rocha 2008 Hong Kong 200 m 01:43.60 Brendan Rocha 2005 Canberra 400 m 03:49.34 Adam Wind 2000 Canberra 800 m 08:19.19 Danny Rogers 1999 Rotorua 1500 m 16:22.66 Adam Wind 2002 Canberra Stereofins 50 m 00:25.17 Alan Barber 2007 Edenbridge 100 m 01:13.09 Jon Bowring 2007 Edenbridge Apnea 25 m 00:07.42 Alaric Smith 2000 Glasgow 50 m 00:17.84 Brendan Rocha 2002 Canberra Immersion 100 m 00:45.43 Alaric Smith 2007 Edenbridge 400 m No Time 800 m 08:15.11 Alaric Smith 2000 Gillingham Relays 4×50 m 01:23.41 ACT Vikings 2002 Canberra 4 × 100 m 03:16.22 ACT Vikings 2002 Canberra 4 × 200 m No time

Women

The records listed are correct as of 13 April 2008.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 25 m 00:10.49 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua 50 m 00:21.86 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua 100 m 00:49.17 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua 200 m 01:47.92 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua 400 m 03:52.65 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua 800 m 08:34.71 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua 1500 m 17:12.32 Rebekah Tunevitsch 2001 Hobart Stereofins 50 m 00:28.24 Aisling Crean 2002 Edenbridge 100 m 01:06.42 Aisling Crean 2002 Edenbridge Apnea 25 m 00:09.84 Tamara Hosking 2004 Canberra 50 m 00:21.82 Juliet Tompkins 1999 Rotorua Immersion 100 m 01:09.86 Claire Jacob 2002 Edenbridge 400 m No Time 800 m No Time Relays 4×50 m 01:52.06 Tonbridge F.C. 2002 Edenbridge 4 × 100 m 04:13.61 ACT Vikings 1999 Canberra 4 × 200 m No time

Notes and references Notes

Other notes on these records will be put here when they arise.

References Canadian Underwater Games Association British Finswimming Association Ozfin, Australian Finswimming Association Swansea Finswimming Club Commonwealth Records Page British Finswimming Association documents website Rotorua Geyser Dolphins Confederation Mondial des Activities Sub-aquatiques The East London Dispatch, 3 May 2003