List of Gibraltarian records in swimming

The Gibraltarian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Gibraltar, which are recognised and ratified by the Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association (GASA).

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.72	h	James Sanderson	Gibraltar	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[1]
100m freestyle	54.02	rh	James Sanderson	Gibraltar	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[2]
200m freestyle	2:00.32	h	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	5 October 2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India
400m freestyle	4:17.63		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	4 October 2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.19	h	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	7 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[3]
100m backstroke	1:01.38	h	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[4]
200m backstroke	2:25.92	h	Elijah Cruz	Gibraltar	21 July 2017	Commonwealth Youth Games	Nassau, The Bahamas	[5]
50m breaststroke	31.90	h	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	27 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[6]
100m breaststroke	1:11.55	h	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[7]
200m breaststroke	2:35.61	h	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	24 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[8]
50m butterfly	25.84	h	Aidan Carroll	Gibraltar	29 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[9]
100m butterfly	57.16	h	James Sanderson	Gibraltar	16 July 2013	Island Games	Devonshire, Bermuda	[10] [11]
200m butterfly	2:10.50	h	John Paul Balloqui	Gibraltar	31 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[12]
200m individual medley	2:13.74	h	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	29 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[13]
400m individual medley	4:30.97		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	16 July 2013	Island Games	Devonshire, Bermuda	[11] [14]
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay	8:08.83		Matt Savitz  (2:01.67) Jordan Gonzalez  (2:04.87) Aidan Carroll  (2:01.58) John Paul Balloqui  (2:00.71)	Gibraltar	1 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[15]
4×100m medley relay	4:08.07	h	Jordan Gonzalez  (1:02.96) James Sanderson  (1:11.29) Aidan Carroll  (58.20) Matt Savitz  (55.62)	Gibraltar	10 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	[16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Gibraltar Amateur 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	28.68	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[17]
100m freestyle	1:01.29	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[18]
200m freestyle	2:14.24		Elaine Reyes	-	5 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain
400m freestyle	4:54.09		Rachel Fortunato	-	5 May 2001	-	Millfield, England
800m freestyle	9:59.88		Rachel Fortunato	-	23 June 2001	-	Millfield, England
1500m freestyle	20:12.14		Ruby Randall	-	11 November 2023	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain	[ citation needed ]
50m backstroke	33.38	h	Rachel Fortunato	Gibraltar	19 March 2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia
100m backstroke	1:11.85	h	Rachel Fortunato	Gibraltar	17 March 2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia
200m backstroke	2:36.03		Rachel Fortunato	-	2 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain
50m breaststroke	33.18	h	Asia Kent	-	4 May 2024	Swim England South West Regional Summer Championships	Plymouth, United Kingdom	[ citation needed ]
100m breaststroke	1:12.86		Asia Kent	Gibraltar	8 August 2023	Youth Commonwealth Games	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[19]
200m breaststroke	2:37.26	h	Asia Kent	Gibraltar	6 August 2023	Youth Commonwealth Games	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[20]
50m butterfly	31.27	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	7 September 2015	Commonwealth Youth Games	Samoa
100m butterfly	1:09.10		Kyrene Cumbo	-	10 June 2010	-	San Fernando, Spain
200m butterfly	2:36.19		Kyrene Cumbo	-	5 August 2000	-	Coventry, United Kingdom
200m individual medley	2:36.19		Elaine Reyes	-	14 April 2002	-	Sheffield, United Kingdom
400m individual medley	5:40.59		Elaine Reyes	-	9 June 2001	-	Los Barrios, Spain
4×50m freestyle relay	1:58.78		Elaine Reyes Rachel Jackson Maxine Pardo Rachel Fortunato	-	3 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain
4×100m freestyle relay	4:22.96		Elaine Reyes Rachel Jackson Maxine Pardo Rachel Fortunato	-	2 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain
4×200 m Freestyle relay	9:43.05		Elaine Reyes Rachel Jackson Maxine Pardo Rachel Fortunato	-	2 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain
4×50m medley relay	2:13.71		Rachel Fortunato Andrew Elaine Reyes Maxine Pardo	-	2 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain
4×100m medley relay	4:56.46		Rachel Fortunato Andrew Elaine Reyes Maxine Pardo	-	3 July 2005	Provinciales	Cadiz, Spain

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Gibraltar Amateur 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

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.44	h	James Sanderson	Gibraltar	28 October 2018	British Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom
100m freestyle	52.17	h	James Sanderson	Gibraltar	28 June 2017	Island Games	Visby, Sweden	[21]
200m freestyle	1:54.87		Elijah Cruz	Gibraltar	7 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[22]
400m freestyle	4:04.78		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	2 July 2009	Island Games	Åland, Sweden	[23]
800m freestyle	8:43.85		Colin Bensadon	-	17 November 2007	-	Sheffield, United Kingdom
1500m freestyle	16:53.08		Colin Bensadon	-	16 November 2002	-	Algeciras, Spain
50m backstroke	26.52		Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	8 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[24]
100m backstroke	56.68		Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	11 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[25]
200m backstroke	2:11.84		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	4 April 2009	-	Los Barrios, Spain
50m breaststroke	30.82		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	16 July 2013	Island Games	Bermuda, Bermuda	[26]
100m breaststroke	1:05.58		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	15 July 2013	Island Games	Bermuda, Bermuda	[27]
200m breaststroke	2:22.12		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	18 July 2013	Island Games	Bermuda, Bermuda	[28]
50m butterfly	25.80		Aidan Carroll	Gibraltar	10 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[29]
100m butterfly	56.92	h	Jim Sanderson	Gibraltar	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[30]
200m butterfly	2:08.07	h	John Balloqui	Gibraltar	12 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[31]
100m individual medley	59.94	h	James Sanderson	-	27 October 2017	-	Sheffield, United Kingdom
200m individual medley	2:07.88	h	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[32]
400m individual medley	4:30.97		Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	16 July 2013	Island Games	Bermuda, Bermuda	[33]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:36.81		Elijah Cruz Jordan Gonzalez David Hitchcock James Sanderson	Gibraltar	9 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[34]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:28.52		Colin Bensadon Elijah Cruz Jordan Gonzalez James Sanderson	Gibraltar	11 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[35]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:49.06	h	David Hitchcock  (1:58.84) Colin Bensadon  (1:55.61) Jim Sanderson  (1:57.01) Matt Savitz  (1:57.60)	Gibraltar	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[36]
4×50m medley relay	1:45.63		Colin Bensadon Aidan Carroll Jordan Gonzalez James Sanderson	Gibraltar	8 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar, Gibraltar	[37]
4×100m medley relay	3:54.10		Jordan Gonzalez Colin Bensadon John Paul Balloqui James Sanderson	Gibraltar	10 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar	[38]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Gibraltar Amateur 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
50 m freestyle	27.95	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[39]
100 m freestyle	1:00.41	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[40]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	32.43	h	Rachel Fortunato	Gibraltar	18 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100 m backstroke	1:13.83	h	Arianne Carroll	Gibraltar	27 June 2017	Island Games	Visby, Sweden	[41]
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke	32.61	h	Asia Kent	Mount Kelly	16 December 2023	Swim England National Winter Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[42]
100 m breaststroke	1:11.22		Asia Kent	Mount Kelly	23 October 2023	CWSC + Millfield International Open	Millfield, United Kingdom	[43]
200 m breaststroke	2:33.12		Asia Kent	Mount Kelly	22 October 2023	CWSC + Millfield International Open	Millfield, United Kingdom	[44]
50 m butterfly	30.86	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	27 June 2017	Island Games	Visby, Sweden	[45]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley	1:11.66	h	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[46]
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:57.40		Arianne Carroll Christina Linares Rachel Sanders Katie Tunbridge	Gibraltar	8 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar	[47]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Gibraltar Amateur 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	1:45.92		David Hitchcock Christina Linares Rachel Sanders Matt Savitz	Gibraltar	11 July 2019	Island Games	Gibraltar	[48]
4×50m medley relay

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

References

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External links

• GASA official website