List of Israeli records in swimming

This is a list of Israeli records in swimming, which are ratified by the Israel Swimming Association. To set a record, a swimmer has to be an Israeli citizen. All records were achieved in finals unless otherwise noted.

Long course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.60		Meiron Cheruti	Maccabi Haifa	17 May 2025	Union Cup	Netanya, Israel	[1]
100m freestyle	48.18		Tomer Frankel	Hapoel Jerusalem	10 June 2023	Israeli Championships	Netanya, Israel
200m freestyle	1:46.17		Denis Loktev	Maccabi Ashdod	9 June 2023	Israeli Championships	Netanya, Israel
400m freestyle	3:47.32		Bar Soloveychik	Maccabbi Kiryat Biyalik	6 June 2024	Israel Olympic Trials	Netanya, Israel	[2]
800m freestyle	7:55.48		Bar Soloveychik	Maccabbi Kiryat Biyalik	12 June 2021	Israeli Summer Championships	Wingate Institute, Israel	[3]
1500m freestyle	15:04.99		Matan Roditi	Bnei Herzeliya	8 June 2024	Israel Olympic Trials	Netanya, Israel	[4]
50m backstroke	24.60	tt	Jonatan Kopelev	-	26 July 2016	-	Israel	[5]
100m backstroke	53.60	r, =	Yakov-Yan Toumarkin	Maccabi Ashdod	4 August 2017	Israeli Summer Nationals	Wingate Institute, Israel	[6]
100m backstroke	53.60	h, =	Adam Maraana	Maccabi Haifa	6 June 2024	Israel Olympic Trials	Netanya, Israel	[7]
200m backstroke	1:55.96		Yakov-Yan Toumarkin	Maccabi Ashdod	12 August 2015	Israeli Championships	Netanya, Israel	[8]
50m breaststroke	27.02		Kristian Pitshugin	Israel	22 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[9]
100m breaststroke	59.63		Ron Polonsky	Maccabi Haifa	9 August 2024	Israeli Summer Championships	Netanya, Israel	[10]
200m breaststroke	2:11.44	h	Tom Be'eri	Israel	12 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
50m butterfly	23.01		Meiron Cheruti	Israel	14 April 2024	Eindhoven Qualification Meet	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[11]
100m butterfly	50.98	sf	Gal Cohen Groumi	Israel	28 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[12]
200m butterfly	1:57.02	h	Gal Nevo	Israel	28 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[13]
200m individual medley	1:57.01	sf	Ron Polonsky	Israel	22 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[14]
400m individual medley	4:11.51	h	Gal Nevo	Israel	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[15]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:14.03	h	Denis Loktev  (49.10) Tomer Frankel  (48.01) Ron Polonsky  (48.83) Gal Cohen Groumi  (48.09)	Israel	23 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[16]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:13.39	h, #	Alexey Glivinskiy  (48.72) Denis Loktev  (48.12) Daniel Krichevsky  (48.01) Martin Kartavi  (48.54)	Israel	27 July 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[17]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:08.43	h	Denis Loktev  (1:47.32) Bar Soloveychik  (1:47.53) Eytan Ben Shitrit  (1:48.01) Gal Cohen Groumi  (1:45.57)	Israel	30 July 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[18]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:06.29	h, #	Denis Loktev  (1:47.02) Yoav Romano  (1:46.92) Alexey Glivinskiy  (1:46.46) Daniel Krichevsky  (1:45.89)	Israel	1 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[19]
4×100m medley relay	3:36.23	h	Guy Barnea  (54.29) Tom Be'eri  (1:01.75) Alon Mandel  (51.60) Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  (48.59)	Israel	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[20]
4×100m medley relay	3:34.91	h, #	Inbar Danziger  (54.46) Jonathan Itzhaki  (1:01.43) Gal Cohen Groumi  (50.78) Daniel Krichevsky  (48.24)	Israel	3 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[21]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Israel Swimming Association; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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	25.03		Anastasia Gorbenko	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	11 June 2021	Israeli Summer Championships	Wingate Institute, Israel	[22]
100m freestyle	54.06	h	Andrea Murez	Israel	28 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[23]
200m freestyle	1:56.74	r	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	17 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[24]
400m freestyle	4:11.40		Daria Golovaty	Hapoel Bat Yam	7 June 2023	Israeli Championships	Netanya, Israel
800m freestyle	8:41.55	h	Meredith Budner	Israel	14 August 2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	[25]
1500m freestyle	16:44.61		Gali Zilberberg	Israel	6 July 2018	European Junior Championships	Helsinki, Finland	[26]
50m backstroke	27.55		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	18 May 2025	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco	[27]
100m backstroke	59.25		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	22 May 2025	Mare Nostrum	Barcelona, Spain	[28]
200m backstroke	2:08.54		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	29 May 2024	Mare Nostrum	Barcelona, Spain	[29]
50m breaststroke	30.45		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	10 April 2022	Swim Open Stockholm	Stockholm, Sweden	[30]
50m breaststroke	30.30	sf, #	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	2 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[31]
100m breaststroke	1:06.15	h	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	18 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[32]
200m breaststroke	2:25.20		Anastasia Gorbenko	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	11 June 2021	Israeli Summer Championships	Wingate Institute, Israel	[33]
50m butterfly	26.13	sf, so	Amit Ivry	Israel	18 August 2014	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[34]
100m butterfly	58.21		Amit Ivry	Hapoel Emek Hefer	8 August 2009	Israeli Championships	Netanya, Israel
200m butterfly	2:10.80	b	Lea Polonsky	University of California	2 December 2023	U.S. Open	Greensboro, United States	[35]
200m individual medley	2:08.55		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	29 May 2024	Mare Nostrum	Barcelona, Spain	[36]
400m individual medley	4:34.79		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	1 June 2024	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco	[37]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:41.13		Lea Polonsky  (56.40) Ayla Spitz  (55.89) Daria Golovaty  (54.71) Andrea Murez  (54.13)	Israel	19 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[38]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:51.83		Anastasia Gorbenko  (1:56.74) Daria Golovaty  (1:57.94) Ayla Spitz  (1:59.07) Lea Polonsky  (1:58.08)	Israel	17 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[39]
4×100m medley relay	4:03.28	h	Aviv Barzelay  (1:01.65) Anastasia Gorbenko  (1:07.02) Lea Polonsky  (59.42) Daria Golovaty  (55.19)	Israel	25 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[40]
4×100m medley relay	4:02.43	h, #	Aviv Barzelay  (1:02.10) Anastasia Gorbenko  (1:06.49) Arielle Hayon  (58.59) Lea Polonsky  (55.25)	Israel	3 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[41]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Israel Swimming Association; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay	3:27.02		Romano Yoav  (49.92) Alexey Glivinskiy  (48.44) Anastasia Gorbenko  (53.93) Andrea Murez  (54.73)	Israel	21 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[42]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:32.96		Denis Loktev  (1:48.08) Ron Polonsky  (1:48.71) Andrea Murez  (1:57.31) Anastasia Gorbenko  (1:58.86)	Israel	18 May 2021	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[43]
4×100m medley relay	3:43.94	h	Anastasia Gorbenko  (59.59) Itay Goldfaden  (59.65) Gal Cohen Groumi  (51.06) Andrea Murez  (53.64)	Israel	29 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[44]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Israel Swimming Association; WR – World record; ER – European record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.08		Meiron Cheruti	Maccabi Haifa	27 December 2019	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[45]
100m freestyle	46.90	r	Daniel Krichevsky	Hapoel Hod Hasharon	26 December 2024	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[46]
200m freestyle	1:43.24		Daniel Krichevsky	Hapoel Hod Hasharon	27 December 2024	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[47]
400m freestyle	3:42.86		Tomer Frankel	Hapoel Jerusalem	26 December 2018	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[48]
800m freestyle	7:49.29		Matan Roditi	Bnei Herzeliya	21 December 2022	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel
1500m freestyle	14:52.83		Gil Kiesler	Maccabi Haifa	31 December 2016	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[49]
50m backstroke	23.27		Guy Barnea	Israel	6 December 2015	European Championships	Netanya, Israel	[50]
100m backstroke	50.64	h	David Gamburg	Israel	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[51]
200m backstroke	1:49.84		Yakov Yan Toumarkin	Israel	2 December 2015	European Championships	Netanya, Israel	[52]
50m breaststroke	26.21	sf	Kristian Pitschugin	Israel	6 November 2021	European Championships	Kazan, Russia	[53]
100m breaststroke	57.56		Jonathan Itzhaki	Kfar Hamaccabi	27 December 2024	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[54]
200m breaststroke	2:05.87		Yakov Yan Toumarkin	Maccabi Ashdod	26 December 2019	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[55]
50m butterfly	22.77		Marcus Schlesinger	Hapoel Dolphin Netanya	21 August 2020	Israel End-of-season Meet	Netanya, Israel	[56]
100m butterfly	50.57		Gal Cohen Groumi	Hapoel Hod Hasharon	22 December 2021	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[57]
200m butterfly	1:51.84		Gal Nevo	Hapoel Jerusalem	12 December 2009	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[58]
100m individual medley	52.17		Yakov Yan Toumarkin	Israel	28 October 2021	World Cup	Kazan, Russia	[59]
200m individual medley	1:53.17		Yakov Yan Toumarkin	Iron	15 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[60]
400m individual medley	4:00.55		Gal Nevo	Israel	11 December 2009	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[61]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:26.90	h	Meiron Cheruti  (21.52) Marcus Schlesinger  (21.15) Tomer Frankel  (21.99) Gal Cohen Groumi  (22.24)	Israel	4 December 2019	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[62]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:16.26		David Grechik Adam Maraana Daniel Baruch Gregg Lichinsky	Maccabi Haifa	20 December 2022	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[63]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:33.69			Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	30 December 2011	Millenium Speedo	Kiryat Bialik, Israel	-
4×50m medley relay	1:34.50		David Grechik  (24.00) Ron Polonsky  (26.20) Gregg Lichinsky  (22.91) Meiron Cheruti  (21.39)	Maccabi Haifa	21 December 2022[a]	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[64]
4×100m medley relay	3:30.75	h	Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  (51.99) Kristian Pitschugin  (58.67) Eitan Ben Shitrit  (52.45) Denis Loktev  (47.64)	Israel	21 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[65]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Israel Swimming Association; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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	24.46	r	Anastasia Gorbenko	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	19 December 2022	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel
100m freestyle	52.16	r	Andrea Murez	LA Current	9 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[66]
200m freestyle	1:53.50		Andrea Murez	LA Current	16 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[67]
400m freestyle	4:07.21		Andrea Murez	Hapoel Jerusalem	7 November 2015	Serbia Grand Prix	Zrenjanin, Serbia	[68]
800m freestyle	8:28.29		Olga Beresnyeva	Israel	22 January 2005	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[69]
1500m freestyle	16:36.39		Ofek Adir	Hapoel Bat Yam	24 December 2024	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[70]
50m backstroke	26.63	h	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	1 October 2021	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[71]
100m backstroke	57.49	r	Anastasia Gorbenko	LA Current	25 November 2021	International Swimming League	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[72]
200m backstroke	2:04.40		Anastasia Gorbenko	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	19 December 2022	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel
50m breaststroke	29.34		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[73]
100m breaststroke	1:04.44		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	2 October 2021	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[74]
200m breaststroke	2:19.22		Anastasia Gorbenko	LA Current	9 September 2021	International Swimming League	Naples, Italy	[75]
50m butterfly	25.69	sf	Amit Ivri	Israel	11 December 2009	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[76]
100m butterfly	56.75		Amit Ivri	Hapoel Emek Hefer	24 December 2014	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[77]
200m butterfly	2:09.69	h	Keren Siebner	Hapoel Dolphin Netanya	17 December 2015	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[78]
100m individual medley	57.80		Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	19 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[79]
200m individual medley	2:05.04		Anastasia Gorbenko	LA Current	4 September 2021	International Swimming League	Naples, Italy	[80]
400m individual medley	4:32.67		Anastasia Gorbenko	LA Current	25 October 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[81]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:38.53		Zohar Shikler  (24.80) Amit Ivry  (24.90) Keren Siebner  (24.66) Andrea Murez  (24.17)	Israel	4 December 2015	European Championships	Netanya, Israel	[82]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:44.35		Daria Golovaty  (54.81) Yuval Segal  (56.68) Ofek Adir  (57.31) Bekky Pozdner  (55.55)	Hapoel Bat Yam	26 December 2024	Israeli Winter Championships	Netanya, Israel	[83]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:40.35			Maccabi Kiryat Ono	5 March 1999	-	HaGoshrim, Israel	-
4×50m medley relay	1:50.51	h	Andrea Murez  (28.34) Amit Ivry  (30.44) Keren Siebner  (26.89) Zohar Shikler  (24.84)	Israel	6 December 2015	European Championships	Netanya, Israel	[84]
4×100m medley relay	4:01.79		Ana Volchkov  (1:01.44) Yuliya Banach  (1:07.73) Amit Ivry  (57.63) Anna Gostomelsky  (54.99)	-		-		-

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Israel Swimming Association; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50m freestyle relay	1:32.55		Ziv Kalontarov  (22.09) Or Sabatier  (21.75) Zohar Shikler  (24.78) Andrea Murez  (23.93)	Israel	5 December 2015	European Championships	Netanya, Israel	[85]
4×50m medley relay	1:40.48		Guy Barnea  (23.62) Yahav Shahaff  (26.84) Amit Ivri  (25.83) Andrea Murez  (24.19)	Israel	3 December 2015	European Championships	Netanya, Israel	[86]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Israel Swimming Association; WR – World record; ER – European record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Notes

1. by official result source; 22 December 2022 by national association source, a typo