The Mexican Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer from Mexico. These records are kept/maintained by Mexico's national swimming federation: la Federación Mexicana de Natación (FMN). FMN recognizes records in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools, in the following events:
- freestyle (libre): 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
- backstroke (dorso): 50, 100 and 200;
- breaststroke (pecho): 50, 100 and 200;
- butterfly (mariposa): 50, 100 and 200;
- individual medley (I.M.) (combinado, C.I.): 200 and 400;
- relays (relevos): 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, and 400 medley.
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