The International Ice Swimming Association held its most recent IISA World Championships in Głogów, Poland where much of the entire IISA record book was rewritten in the 3.0°C water and 1.5°C air temperatures. The Top 3 swimmers in International Ice Swimming Association history are below:

Female Ice Kilometer, 1000m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2019) 12:48:70
2. Hanna Bakuniak (25, Poland, 2018) 13:05:70
3. Ciara Doran (21, Ireland, 2019) 13:06:39

Male Ice Kilometer, 1000m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Marcin Szarpak (20, Poland, 2022) 11:48:10 [shown above]
2. Sven Elfferich (20, Netherlands, 2019) 11:55:40
3. Axel Reymond (28, France, 2020) 11:56:60

Female 500m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2020) 6:13:50
2. Hanna Bakuniak (25, Poland, 2018) 6:26:70
3. Julia Wittig (42, Germany, 2018) 6:28:60

Male 500m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Marcin Szarpak (20, Poland, 2022) 5:38:97
2. Sven Elfferich (20, Netherlands, 2019) 5:56:76
3. Luka Turk (35, Slovenia, 2020) 5:59:05

Female 250m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Karolina Szalast (16, Poland, 2022) 2:56:81
2. Alisa Fatum (26, Poland, 2022) 2:57:04
3. Hanna Bakuniak (25, Poland, 2022) 3:10:76

Male 250m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Marcin Szarpak (20, Poland, 2022) 2:45:77
2. Jakub Muszyński (20, Poland, 2022) 2:46:19
3. Mieszko Palmi-Kukiełko (28, Poland, 2022) 2:53:36

Female 100m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2022) 1:05:41
2. Karolina Szalast (16, Poland, 2022) 1:06:11
3. Ola Dudek (20, Poland, 2022) 1:07:51

Male 100m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Paweł Bednarczyk (28, Poland, 2022) 58:08
2. Jakub Muszyński (20, Poland, 2022) 59:82
3. Mieszko Palmi-Kukiełko (28, Poland, 2022) 1:00:35

Female 50m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2019) 29:68
2. Alexa Xenia Ortwein (24, Germany, 2022) 30:73
3. Hanna Bakuniak (25, Poland, 2019) 30:77

Male 50m Freestyle Top 3 in History

1. Michał Perl (25, Poland, 2022) 26:24
2. Christoph Karow (37, Germany, 2022) 26:61
3. Sławomir Wilkowski (26, Poland, 2022) 26:74

Female 100m Breaststroke Top 3 in History

1. Marion Joffle (22, France, 2022) 1:24:00
2. Aleksandra Bednarek (24, Poland, 2019) 1:24:05
3. Franziska Partheymüller (26, Germany, 2022) 1:29:29

Male 100m Breaststroke Top 3 in History

1. Sebastian Engel (24, Germany, 2018) 1:12:80
2. Michał Perl (25, Poland, 2022) 1:13:23
3. Tobias Wybierek (28 Germany, 2022) 1:13:74

Female 50m Breaststroke Top 3 in History

1. Marion Joffle (22, France, 2019) 38:01
2. Franziska Partheymüller (26, Germany, 2022) 39:30
3. Aleksandra Bednarek (24, Poland, 2019) 39:43

Male 50m Breaststroke Top 3 in History

1. Michał Perl (25, Poland, 2019) 32:69
2. Tobias Wybierek (28, Germany, 2022) 32:84
3. Sebastian Engel (24, Germany, 2019) 33:46

Female 50m Backstroke Top 3 in History

1. Sandra Kazikova (45, Czech Republic, 2022) 34:04
2. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2022) 34:90
3. Jade-Fern Perry (39, Great Britain, 2022) 35:28

Male 50m Backstroke Top 3 in History

1. Sławomir Wilkowski (26, Poland, 2022) 29:44
2. Filip Kolodziejski (25, Poland, 2022) 29:67
3. Wilhelm Gromisz (45, Poland, 2022) 31:60

Female 50m Butterfly Top 3 in History

1. Karolina Szalast (16, Poland, 2022) 32:08
2. Elina Mäkinen (28, Finland, 2019) 32:53
3. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2019) 32:76

Male 50m Butterfly Top 3 in History

1. Sebastian Engel (24, Germany, 2019) 26:78
2. Filip Kolodziejski (25, Poland, 2022) 28:29
3. Paweł Bednarczyk (28, Poland, 2022) 28:40

Female 100m Individual Medley Top 3 in History

1. Alisa Fatum (26, Germany, 2022) 1:16:81
2. Tiffany Pierrejean (18, France, 2022) 1:19:03
3. Marie Therese Bartl (18, Germany, 2022) 1:19:62

Male 100m Individual Medley Top 3 in History

1. Sławomir Wilkowski (26, Poland, 2022) 1:04:17
2. Bartłomiej Kubkowski (27, Poland, 2022) 1:05:94
3. Mieszko Palmi-Kukiełko (28, Poland, 2022) 1:06:84

Country Freestyle Relay 4x250m Top 3 in History

1. Poland: Jakub Muszyński, Karolina Szalast, Paweł Bednarczyk, Marcin Szarpak 2022 11:41:22
2. Germany: Alisa Fatum, Kilian Franke, Tobias Wybierek, Christof Wandratsch 2022 12:08:39
3. Great Britain: Phillip Duma, Caroline Saxon, Laura Nesbitt, James Leitch 2022 12:45:68

IISA Ice Swimming World Record Holders

• Alisa Fatum has 5 world ice swimming records.
• Marcin Szarpak has 4 world ice swimming records.
• Karolina Szalast has 3 world ice swimming records.
• Michał Perl has 2 world ice swimming records.
• Marion Joffle has 2 world ice swimming records.
• Paweł Bednarczyk has 2 world ice swimming records.
• Sławomir Wilkowski has 2 world ice swimming records.
• Sebastian Engel has 2 world ice swimming records.
• Sandra Kazikova has 1 world ice swimming record.
• Jakub Muszyński has 1 world ice swimming record.

Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association

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