List of Czech records in swimming

The Czech Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing the Czech Republic. These records are kept/maintained by the Czech Aquatics (Český svaz plaveckých sportů) (ČSPS).

Records are recognized for males and females in the following long course (50 m) and short course (25 m) events:^[1]

• freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 m
• backstroke: 50, 100 and 200 m
• breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200 m
• butterfly: 50, 100 and 200 m
• individual medley: 100 m (25 m only), 200 and 400 m
• relays: 4x50 m free (25 m only), 4x100 m free, 4x200 m free, 4x50 m medley (25 m only), and 4x100 m medley

Note: In the relay events, all records are by Czech club teams, and not by Czech national teams.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	22.62		Roman Procházka	KPS Ostrava	9 April 2023[a]	Eindhoven Qualification Meet	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[2]
100 m freestyle	48.93	h	Daniel Gracík	Czech Republic	26 May 2024[b]	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[3]
200 m freestyle	1:48.35	sf	Květoslav Svoboda	Czech Republic	1 August 2002	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[1][4]
400 m freestyle	3:48.32		Jan Micka	Czech Republic	26 August 2013	World Junior Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[5]
800 m freestyle	7:48.93	h	Jan Micka	Czech Republic	23 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[6]
1500 m freestyle	14:48.52		Jan Micka	Czech Republic	13 April 2019	Swim Open Stockholm	Stockholm, Sweden	[7]
50 m backstroke	24.64	sf	Miroslav Knedla	Czech Republic	6 September 2023[c]	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	[8]
100 m backstroke	53.28	sf	Miroslav Knedla	Czech Republic	4 September 2023	World Junior Championships	Netanya, Israel	[9]
200 m backstroke	1:56.66	h	Jan Čejka	Czech Republic	21 May 2021	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[10]
50 m breaststroke	27.52	h	Vojtěch Janecek	Ustecka akademie plaveckych sportu	11 April 2024	Eindhoven Qualification Meet	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[11]
100 m breaststroke	1:00.63	so	Matěj Zábojník	Czech Republic	11 August 2022	European Championships	Rome, Italy	[12]
200 m breaststroke	2:10.40		Matěj Zábojník	Czech Republic	9 April 2022	Swim Open Stockholm	Stockholm, Sweden	[13]
50 m butterfly	23.23		Daniel Gracík	Czech Republic	27 May 2024[d]	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[14]
100 m butterfly	51.40		Daniel Gracík	Czech Republic	20 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[15]
200 m butterfly	1:56.75		Ondřej Gemov	Czech Republic	21 October 2023[e]	World Cup	Budapest, Hungary	[16]
200 m individual medley	2:00.26		Miroslav Knedla	Czech Republic	5 July 2023[f]	European Junior Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[17]
400 m individual medley	4:18.34		Pavel Janeček	Delfín Náchod	8 April 2016	Dutch Championships	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[18]
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	3:24.27		David Kunčar  (52.03) Matěj Vobořil  (50.85) Ondřej Kelbl Martin Verner	Kometa Brno	12 July 2014	Czech Summer Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	[19]
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	7:29.92		David Noll Tomáš Havránek Jan Hanzal Petr Novák	Bohemians Praha	14 July 2018	Czech Summer Championships	Prague, Czech Republic
4 × 100 m  medley relay	3:44.78		Jan Čejka Albert Moc Pavel Janeček Daniel Gracík	SCPAP	19 March 2022	Czech Team Championships	České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Czech Swimming Federation; 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

Nation team times in relays
These appear to be the fastest times swum by Czech national relays at events; however, these times are not listed by CSPS as Czech records. (They have also not been verified as the fastest times.)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:18.67	h	Michal Rubáček  (49.46) Martin Verner  (48.87) Jan Šefl  (50.11) Květoslav Svoboda  (50.23)	Czech Republic	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[20]
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:22.48	h	Jakub Štemberk  (1:50.07) Adam Hloben  (1:48.70) Sebastian Luňák  (1:52.61) Roman Procházka  (1:51.10)	Czech Republic	23 August 2019	World Junior Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[21]
4×100 m medley relay	3:37.10	h	Tomáš Fučík  (55.88) Petr Bartůněk  (1:01.28) Michal Rubáček  (51.26) Martin Verner  (48.68)	Czech Republic	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[22]

Legend: 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	24.67		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	18 May 2021	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[23]
100 m freestyle	53.50		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	18 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[24]
200 m freestyle	1:55.12		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	26 May 2024[g]	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[25]
400 m freestyle	4:03.41		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	25 May 2024	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[26]
800 m freestyle	8:35.84		Jana Pechanová	PK Příbram	8 July 2001	Czech Summer Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	[1]
1500 m freestyle	16:34.00		Jana Pechanová	Czech Republic	28 August 2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	[1]
50 m backstroke	27.78	h	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	4 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[27]
100 m backstroke	59.65	sf	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	24 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[28]
200 m backstroke	2:09.92		Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	13 June 2014	Trofeo Sette Colli	Rome, Italy	[29]
50 m breaststroke	30.31	sf	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	3 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[30]
100 m breaststroke	1:07.66	h	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	19 August 2014	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[31]
200 m breaststroke	2:23.60		Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	21 June 2024	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[32]
50 m butterfly	26.18	h	Daryna Nabojcenko	Ustecka akademie plaveckych sportu	14 April 2024[h]	Eindhoven Qualification Meet	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[33]
100 m butterfly	57.50	h	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	27 July 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[34]
200 m butterfly	2:11.65	sf	Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	5 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[35]
200 m individual medley	2:11.25		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	27 May 2024[i]	AP Race London International	London, United Kingdom	[36]
400 m individual medley	4:35.60	h	Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	9 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[37]
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	3:51.95		Dominika Geržová Barbora Závadová Magdaléna Osadníková Zuzana Volovecká	KPS Ostrava	21 June 2019	Czech Summer Championships	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	8:23.56		Věra Kopřivová Tereza Závadová Michaela Petrová Barbora Závadová	KPS Ostrava	1 July 2016	Czech Summer Championships	Pardubice, Czech Republic
4 × 100 m  medley relay	4:15.31		Kristýna Horská Martina Moravčíková Anna Kolářová Tereza Muselová	Bohemians Praha	6 July 2017	Czech Summer Championships	Prague, Czech Republic

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Czech Swimming Federation; 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

Nation team times in relays
These appear to be the fastest times swum by Czech national relays at events; however, these times are not listed by CSPS as the Czech Records. (They have also not been verified as the fastest times.)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:40.78	h	Barbora Seemanová  (55.09) Anna Kolářová  (55.93) Simona Kubová  (55.50) Anika Apostalon  (54.26)	Czech Republic	21 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[38]
4×200 m freestyle relay	8:16.55		Kristýna Kyněrová Marcela Kubalčíková Jana Pechanová Hana Netrefová	Czech Republic	24 August 2001	Summer Universiade	Beijing, China
4×100 m medley relay	4:02.23	h	Simona Baumrtová  (1:00.13) Martina Moravčíková  (1:07.78) Lucia Svěcená  (59.18) Anna Kolářová  (55.16)	Czech Republic	30 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[39]

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay	3:48.86	h	Tomáš Franta  (54.61) Matěj Zábojník  (1:01.73) Barbora Janíčková  (1:00.01) Barbora Seemanová  (52.51)	Czech Republic	20 May 2021	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[40]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Czech Swimming Federation; 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
50 m freestyle	21.63	r	Tomáš Plevko	Czech Republic	25 November 2012	European Championships	Chartres, France	[41]
100 m freestyle	46.94	sf	Martin Verner	Czech Republic	11 December 2009	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[42]
200 m freestyle	1:43.54	h	Květoslav Svoboda	Czech Republic	14 December 2008	European Championships	Rijeka, Croatia	[43]
400 m freestyle	3:40.60		Ondřej Gemov	PK Slavia VS Plzeň	16 October 2022	Plzeňské sprinty	Plzeň, Czech Republic
800 m freestyle	7:33.23		Jan Micka	USK Praha	16 November 2018	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[44]
1500 m freestyle	14:24.88		Jan Micka	USK Praha	17 November 2018	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[45]
50 m backstroke	22.74	sf	Miroslav Knedla	Czech Republic	12 December 2024[j]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[46]
100 m backstroke	50.39	sf	Tomáš Franta	Czech Republic	13 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[47]
200 m backstroke	1:49.93		Jan Čejka	Czech Republic	21 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[48]
50 m breaststroke	26.83	h	Petr Bartůněk	Czech Republic	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[49]
100 m breaststroke	57.59	sf	Matěj Zábojník	Czech Republic	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[50]
200 m breaststroke	2:04.57	h	Matěj Zábojník	Czech Republic	16 December 2022[k]	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[51]
50 m butterfly	22.68	h	Daniel Gracík	Czech Republic	8 December 2023[l]	European Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[52]
100 m butterfly	50.02	sf	Daniel Gracík	Czech Republic	5 December 2023	European Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[53]
200 m butterfly	1:52.46	sf	Ondřej Gemov	Czech Republic	7 December 2023[m]	European Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[54]
100 m individual medley	51.90		Miroslav Knedla	Czech Republic	13 December 2024[n]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[55]
200 m individual medley	1:55.43	h	Jakub Bursa	Czech Republic	10 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[56]
400 m individual medley	4:07.27		Jakub Bursa	SPK Slavia Liberec	25 October 2024	Slovakia Cup	Šamorín, Slovakia	[57]
4 × 50 m  freestyle relay	1:28.90		Matěj Vobořil  (22.59) Ondřej Fleischmann  (22.41) Dominik Vavrečka  (22.12) Josef Moser  (21.78)	Kometa Brno	18 December 2016	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[58]
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	3:20.01		Matěj Vobořil  (51.43) Ondřej Němec  (50.97) Květoslav Svoboda Martin Verner	Kometa Brno	17 December 2011	Czech Championships	Chomutov, Czech Republic	[59]
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	7:22.53		Martin Verner  (1:49.42) Jakub Kočař  (1:51.94) Ondřej Němec Květoslav Svoboda	Kometa Brno	16 December 2011	Czech Championships	Chomutov, Czech Republic	[60]
4 × 50 m  medley relay	1:38.22		Jan Čejka Jan Prokop Albert Moc Daniel Gracík	SCPAP	24 November 2022	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic
4 × 100 m  medley relay	3:39.35		Adam Liška  (54.88) Petr Bartůněk  (58.91) Jiří Žák Ondřej Kubínek	TJ Chemička Ústí nad Labem	1 December 2013	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[61]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Czech Swimming Federation; 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

Nation team times in relays
These appear to be the fastest times swum by Czech national relays at events; however, these times are not listed by CSPS as the Czech Records. (They have also not been verified as the fastest times.)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:26.53		Tomáš Plevko  (21.63) Martin Verner  (21.75) Michal Ledl  (21.92) Jan Šefl  (21.23)	Czech Republic	25 November 2012	European Championships	Chartres, France	[41]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:15.28	h	Michal Rubáček  (48.44) Martin Verner  (48.12) Tomáš Fucík  (49.97) Jan Šefl  (48.75)	Czech Republic	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[62]
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:04.42		Jan Šefl  (1:45.22) Michal Rubáček  (1:46.12) Martin Verner  (1:46.52) Květoslav Svoboda  (1:46.56)	Czech Republic	16 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[63]
4×50 m medley relay	1:35.18		Martin Baďura  (24.51) Petr Bartůněk  (26.70) Michal Ledl  (22.97) Tomáš Plevko  (21.00)	Czech Republic	22 November 2012	European Championships	Chartres, France	[64]
4×100 m medley relay	3:26.18	h	Tomáš Franta  (50.42) Matěj Zábojník  (57.42) Jan Šefl  (50.48) Daniel Gracík  (47.86)	Czech Republic	18 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[65]

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	23.99	h	Barbora Janíčková	Czech Republic	14 December 2024[o]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[66]
100 m freestyle	51.71		Barbora Seemanová	Iron	28 November 2021	International Swimming League	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[67]
200 m freestyle	1:52.66	=	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	18 December 2022[p]	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[68]
200 m freestyle	1:52.66	=	Barbora Seemanová	MoP	15 October 2023	Plzeňské Sprinty	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[69]
200 m freestyle	1:52.66	=	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	10 December 2023	European Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[70]
400 m freestyle	4:00.15		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	21 October 2022	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[71]
800 m freestyle	8:27.52		Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	9 November 2019	Mladost Meet	Zagreb, Croatia	[72]
1500 m freestyle	16:08.08		Martina Elhenická	TJ Lokomotiva Trutnov	21 October 2017	Plzeňské sprinty	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[73]
50 m backstroke	26.17	h	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	15 December 2022[q]	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[74]
100 m backstroke	56.28		Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	13 December 2013	European Championships	Herning, Denmark	[75]
200 m backstroke	2:03.06		Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	15 December 2013	European Championships	Herning, Denmark	[76]
50 m breaststroke	30.00	h	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	12 December 2013	European Championships	Herning, Denmark	[77]
100 m breaststroke	1:04.78	h, =	Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	11 December 2024[r]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[78]
100 m breaststroke	1:04.78	sf, =	Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	11 December 2024[s]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[79]
200 m breaststroke	2:18.31		Kristýna Horská	Czech Republic	13 December 2024[t]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[80]
50 m butterfly	25.67		Daryna Nabojcenko	Ustecka akademie plaveckych sp	10 November 2024[u]	Belgian Championships	Ghent, Belgium	[81]
100 m butterfly	56.86	sf	Barbora Seemanová	SK Motorlet Praha	15 December 2023	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[82]
200 m butterfly	2:09.46		Barbora Seemanová	SK Motorlet Praha	18 October 2019	Plzeňské sprinty	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[83]
100 m individual medley	59.25	h	Barbora Janíčková	Czech Republic	12 December 2024[v]	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[84]
200 m individual medley	2:08.61		Simona Baumrtová	TJ Slávie Chomutov	29 November 2013	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[85]
400 m individual medley	4:28.21		Barbora Závadová	Czech Republic	11 December 2011	European Championships	Szczecin, Poland	[86]
4 × 50 m  freestyle relay	1:43.69		Michaela Vodičková  (26.89) Veronika Tondrová  (25.61) Adéla Kracíková  (25.78) Kristýna Štemberová  (25.41)	PK Slávia VŠ Plzeň	13 December 2019	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[87]
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	3:48.17		Tereza Kanalošová  (58.13) Michaela Petrová  (57.56) Petra Gebauerová Barbora Závadová	KPS Ostrava	30 November 2013	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[88]
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	8:16.70		Barbora Závadová  (2:00.95) Tereza Závadová  (2:06.03) Petra Gebauerová Michaela Petrová	KPS Ostrava	29 November 2013	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[89]
4 × 50 m  medley relay	1:53.18		Kristýna Horská  (29.37) Martina Moravčíková  (31.08) Anna Kolářová  (26.83) Tereza Muselová  (25.90)	TJ Bohemians Praha	15 December 2016	Czech Championships	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[90]
4 × 100 m  medley relay	4:11.21		Ilona Hlaváčková Michelle Vlasáková Andrea Šimáková Petra Skřivánková	TJ Bohemians Praha	1 December 2001	-	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Czech Swimming Federation; 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

Nation team times in relays
These appear to be the fastest times swum by Czech national relays at events; however, these times are not listed by CSPS as the Czech Records. (They have also not been verified as the fastest times.)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:38.24		Simona Kubová  (25.06) Anika Apostalon  (23.91) Barbora Seemanová  (23.90) Barbora Závadová  (25.37)	Czech Republic	16 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[91]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:52.89	h	Barbora Seemanová  (1:58.63) Simona Baumrtová  (1:57.33) Barbora Závadová  (1:58.15) Martina Elhenická  (1:58.78)	Czech Republic	10 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[92]
4×50 m medley relay	1:46.17		Simona Kubová  (26.58) Petra Chocová  (29.90) Lucie Svěcená  (25.86) Anika Apostalon  (23.83)	Czech Republic	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[93]
4×100 m medley relay	3:56.86	h	Simona Baumrtová  (57.77) Martina Moravčíková  (1:07.32) Lucie Svěcená  (58.13) Barbora Seemanová  (53.64)	Czech Republic	11 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[94]

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50 m freestyle relay	1:34.16	h	Tomáš Plevko  (21.95) Martin Verner  (21.74) Aneta Pechancová  (24.92) Barbora Závadová  (25.55)	Czech Republic	24 November 2012	European Championships	Chartres, France	[95]
4×50 m medley relay	1:39.29		Miroslav Knedla  (23.27) Matěj Zábojník  (26.44) Daryna Nabojčenko  (25.68) Barbora Janíčková  (23.91)	Czech Republic	10 December 2023	European Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[96]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Czech Swimming Federation;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Notes

1. by official result source; 6 April 2023 by ČSPS source, a typo
2. by official result source; 25 May 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
3. by official result source; 4 September 2023 by ČSPS source, a typo
4. by official result source; 25 May 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
5. by official result source; 20 October 2023 by ČSPS source, a typo
6. by official result source; 4 July 2023 by ČSPS source, a typo
7. by official result source; 25 May 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
8. by official result source; 11 April 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
9. by official result source; 25 May 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
10. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
11. by official result source; 13 December 2022 by ČSPS, a typo
12. by official result source; 5 December 2023 by ČSPS, a typo
13. by official result source; 5 December 2023 by ČSPS, a typo
14. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
15. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
16. by official result source; 13 December 2022 by ČSPS, a typo
17. by official result source; 13 December 2022 by ČSPS, a typo
18. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
19. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
20. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo
21. by official result source; 9 November 2024 by ČSPS, a typo
22. by official result source; 10 December 2024 by ČSPS source, a typo