| Swimming at the 2023 Island Games | |
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| Venue | Beau Sejour |
| Dates | 10–13 July |
| Nations | 18 |
Swimming , for the 2023 Island Games, held at Beau Sejour, Guernsey in July 2023. [1] The events were held in a short course (25 m) pool.
| Swimming at the 2023 Island Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Beau Sejour |
| Dates | 10–13 July |
| Nations | 18 |
Swimming , for the 2023 Island Games, held at Beau Sejour, Guernsey in July 2023. [1] The events were held in a short course (25 m) pool.
* Host nation (Guernsey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jersey (JEY) | 15 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 |  Guernsey (GUE) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 |  Isle of Man (IOM) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 |  Cayman Islands (CAY) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 |  Faroe Islands (FRO) | 4 | 11 | 11 | 26 |
| 6 |  Isle of Wight (IOW) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Gibraltar (GIB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Shetland (SHE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Gotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Åland (ALA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Joel Watterson Isle of Man | 22.93 | George Storey Jersey | 23.30 | Oliver Brehaut Jersey | 23.60 |
| 100 m freestyle | Joel Watterson Isle of Man | 50.01 | Oliver Brehaut Jersey | 50.45 | Bartal Erlingsson Eidesgaard Faroe Islands | 51.09 |
| 200 m freestyle | Peter Allen Isle of Man [2] | 1:51.89 | Bartal Erlingsson Eidesgaard Faroe Islands | 1:52.52 | Matthew Deffains Jersey | 1:53.32 |
| 400 m freestyle | Isaac Dodds Jersey | 3:57.01 | Matthew Deffains Jersey | 3:59.78 | Líggjas Joensen Faroe Islands | 4:00.24 |
| 800 m freestyle | Isaac Dodds Jersey | 8:13.03 | Líggjas Joensen Faroe Islands | 8:17.63 | Heini Mohr Askham Faroe Islands | 8:21.19 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Líggjas Joensen Faroe Islands | 15:54.63 | Heini Mohr Askham Faroe Islands | 15:57.45 | Will Sellars Cayman Islands | 16:11.60 |
| 50 m backstroke | Robert Jones Jersey | 26.26 | Thomas Hollingsworth Guernsey [3] | 26.29 | Joel Watterson Isle of Man | 26.34 |
| 100 m backstroke | Robert Jones Jersey | 55.87 | Thomas Hollingsworth Guernsey | 56.81 | Will Sellars Cayman Islands | 57.69 |
| 200 m backstroke | Will Sellars Cayman Islands [4] | 2:03.92 | Thomas Hollingsworth Guernsey | 2:05.51 | Luke Fleming Jersey | 2:09.22 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Charlie-Joe Hallett Guernsey | 28.11 | Ronny Hallett Guernsey | 28.17 | Róland Toftum Faroe Islands | 29.05 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ronny Hallett Guernsey | 1:01.70 | Charlie-Joe Hallett Guernsey | 1:02.29 | Bartal Erlingsson Eidesgaard Faroe Islands | 1:03.78 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ronny Hallett Guernsey | 2:17.89 | Elias Lyth Gotland | 2:18.27 | Bartal Erlingsson Eidesgaard Faroe Islands | 2:19.49 |
| 50 m butterfly | Joel Watterson Isle of Man | 24.39 | Peter Allen Isle of Man | 24.93 | Robert Jones Jersey | 25.39 |
| 100 m butterfly | Peter Allen Isle of Man [2] | 55.09 | Robert Jones Jersey | 55.40 | Jake Bailey Cayman Islands | 56.49 |
| 200 m butterfly | Isaac Dodds Jersey | 1:59.94 | Peter Allen Isle of Man | 2:01.94 | Isak Dag Brisenfeldt Faroe Islands | 2:03.70 |
| 100 m individual medley | Robert Jones Jersey | 56.59 | Charlie-Joe Hallett Guernsey | 57.46 | Ronny Hallett Guernsey | 57.66 |
| 200 m individual medley | Isaac Dodds Jersey | 2:02.04 | Robert Jones Jersey | 2:02.88 | Charlie-Joe Hallett Guernsey | 2:07.94 |
| 400 m individual medley | Isaac Dodds Jersey | 4:20.07 | Thomas Deffains Jersey | 4:28.04 | Will Sellars Cayman Islands [5] | 4:33.40 |
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | Jersey Oliver Brehaut Isaac Dodds Robert Jones George Storey Matthew Deffains [a] Thomas Deffains [a] | 1:32.96 | Isle of Man Peter Allen Benjamin Kebbell Carrick Thompson Joel Watterson Alexander Turnbull [a] | 1:33.09 | Guernsey Jonathan Beck Owain Edwards Charlie-Joe Hallett Ronny Hallett Joshua Dunning [a] Samuel Lowe [a] | 1:35.20 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Isle of Man Peter Allen Benjamin Kebbell Carrick Thompson Joel Watterson Magnus Kelly [a] Alexander Turnbull [a] | 3:24.19 | Jersey Oliver Brehaut Matthew Deffains Isaac Dodds Robert Jones Thomas Deffains [a] Joseph Swart [a] | 3:25.24 | Faroe Islands Heini Mohr Askham Isak Dag Brisenfeldt Bartal Erlingsson Eidesgaard Líggjas Joensen | 3:27.28 |
| 4 × 50 m medley relay | Isle of Man [2] Peter Allen Benjamin Kebbell Alexander Turnbull Joel Watterson Carrick Thompson [a] | 1:42.82 | Jersey Oliver Brehaut Isaac Dodds Robert Jones George Storey Matthew Deffains [a] Thomas Deffains [a] | 1:43.08 | Guernsey Jonathan Beck Charlie-Joe Hallett Ronny Hallett Thomas Hollingsworth Owain Edwards [a] Samuel Lowe [a] | 1:43.80 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Jersey Oliver Brehaut Thomas Deffains Isaac Dodds Robert Jones Matthew Deffains [a] Joseph Swart [a] | 3:45.30 | Guernsey Jonathan Beck Charlie-Joe Hallett Ronny Hallett Thomas Hollingsworth Owain Edwards [a] Samuel Lowe [a] | 3:46.91 | Isle of Man Peter Allen Benjamin Kebbell Alexander Turnbull Joel Watterson Carrick Thompson [a] | 3:47.29 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Alison Jackson Cayman Islands [4] | 26.07 | Hannah Jones Guernsey | 26.69 | Alisa Bech Vestergård Faroe Islands | 26.70 |
| 100 m freestyle | Gemma Atherley Jersey | 57.35 | Alison Jackson Cayman Islands | 57.51 | Alisa Bech Vestergård Faroe Islands | 57.83 |
| 200 m freestyle | Gemma Atherley Jersey | 2:02.79 | Alisa Bech Vestergård Faroe Islands | 2:04.29 | Alison Jackson Cayman Islands [4] | 2:05.46 |
| 400 m freestyle | Kyra Rabess Cayman Islands [4] | 4:15.78 GR | Eyðrið Mortensen Faroe Islands | 4:20.41 | Orla Rabey Guernsey | 4:21.86 |
| 800 m freestyle | Kyra Rabess Cayman Islands [6] | 8:46.33 GR | Eyðrið Mortensen Faroe Islands | 9:00.04 | Clara Ginnis Jersey | 9:05.84 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Kyra Rabess Cayman Islands [5] | 17:01.45 | Eyðrið Mortensen Faroe Islands | 17:18.94 | Clara Ginnis Jersey | 17:25.31 |
| 50 m backstroke | Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir Faroe Islands | 28.49 GR, NR | Tatiana Tostevin Guernsey | 28.83 | Gemma Atherley Jersey | 29.07 |
| 100 m backstroke | Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir Faroe Islands | 1:01.07 GR | Gemma Atherley Jersey | 1:01.65 | Tatiana Tostevin Guernsey | 1:02.39 |
| 200 m backstroke | Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir Faroe Islands | 2:12.38 | Gemma Atherley Jersey | 2:13.98 | Tatiana Tostevin Guernsey | 2:15.08 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Laura Kinley Isle of Man | 32.13 | Laura Le Cras Guernsey | 32.22 | Jasmin Smith Shetland | 32.74 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Laura Kinley Isle of Man | 1:09.50 | Jasmin Smith Shetland | 1:12.04 | Asia Kent Gibraltar | 1:12.48 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Asia Kent Gibraltar [7] | 2:34.30 | Lea Osberg Højsted Faroe Islands | 2:37.24 | Grace Poynter Isle of Wight | 2:37.72 |
| 50 m butterfly | Orla Rabey Guernsey | 28.00 | Molly Staples Guernsey | 28.86 | Ellen Woivalin Åland | 28.91 |
| 100 m butterfly | Orla Rabey Guernsey | 1:01.16 | Gemma Atherley Jersey | 1:02.72 | Siena Stephens Jersey | 1:04.07 |
| 200 m butterfly | Orla Rabey Guernsey | 2:16.26 | Jóhanna Ólavsdóttir Faroe Islands | 2:22.09 | Clara Ginnis Jersey | 2:23.71 |
| 100 m individual medley | Abigail Lacey Isle of Wight [8] | 1:05.09 | Laura Kinley Isle of Man | 1:05.41 | Laura Le Cras Guernsey | 1:05.74 |
| 200 m individual medley | Megan Hansford Jersey | 2:20.98 | Abigail Lacey Isle of Wight | 2:21.29 | Oriana Wheeler Guernsey | 2:21.97 |
| 400 m individual medley | Oriana Wheeler Guernsey | 4:54.94 | Clara Ginnis Jersey | 4:58.55 | Eyðrið Mortensen Faroe Islands | 5:00.96 |
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | Guernsey Hannah Jones Laura Le Cras Orla Rabey Tatiana Tostevin Ailish Rabey [a] Molly Staples [a] | 1:44.92 GR | Cayman Islands Veronika Fankina Alison Jackson Sarah Jackson Kyra Rabess | 1:47.07 | Jersey Gemma Atherley Megan Hansford Elizabeth Powell Siena Stephens Alana Woodhall [a] | 1:47.31 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Jersey Gemma Atherley Megan Hansford Siena Stephens Alana Woodhall Clara Ginnis [a] Elizabeth Powell [a] | 3:51.19 | Cayman Islands Veronika Fankina Alison Jackson Sarah Jackson Kyra Rabess | 3:52.20 | Guernsey Laura Le Cras Ailish Rabey Orla Rabey Tatiana Tostevin Hannah Jones [a] Molly Staples [a] | 3:52.64 |
| 4 × 50 m medley relay | Guernsey Hannah Jones Laura Le Cras Orla Rabey Tatiana Tostevin Ailish Rabey [a] Molly Staples [a] | 1:54.11 GR | Faroe Islands Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir Lea Osberg Højsted Jóhanna Ólavsdóttir Alisa Bech Vestergård Eyðrið Mortensen [a] | 1:58.34 | Jersey Gemma Atherley Erin Goodbody Megan Hansford Siena Stephens Alana Woodhall [a] | 1:59.16 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Guernsey Laura Le Cras Ailish Rabey Orla Rabey Tatiana Tostevin Molly Staples [a] Oriana Wheeler [a] | 4:14.30 | Faroe Islands Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir Lea Osberg Højsted Jóhanna Ólavsdóttir Alisa Bech Vestergård Eyðrið Mortensen [a] | 4:18.71 | Jersey Gemma Atherley Erin Goodbody Megan Hansford Alana Woodhall Clara Ginnis [a] | 4:18.76 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | Jersey Gemma Atherley Megan Hansford Robert Jones George Storey Oliver Brehaut [a] Elizabeth Powell [a] | 1:38.30 | Guernsey Charlie-Joe Hallett Ronny Hallett Hannah Jones Orla Rabey Jonathan Beck [a] Tatiana Tostevin [a] | 1:38.47 | Cayman Islands [6] Jake Bailey Thomas Ferguson Alison Jackson Kyra Rabess | 1:38.67 |
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