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2026 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday, April 14th – Sunday, April 19th Prelims at 9:30am local (4:30am ET)/B-Finals & Junior Finals at 6pm local (1pm ET)/A-finals at 7:45pm local (2:45pm ET) London Aquatics Centre European Championships Selection Policy Meet Central Entries Start Lists/Live Results LivestreamThe 2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships are taking place this week, with the thrilling action set to kick off from the London Aquatics Centre tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14th.
This six-day affair represents the primary qualification opportunity for British swimmers to etch their names onto the nation’s roster for this year’s European Championships and also plays a role in swimmers earning the chance of representing their Home Nation at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Of note, the B-Finals and Junior Finals will see their session begin at 6pm local (1pm ET) daily, while the A-Finals and Para finals will take place later in the evening, beginning at 7:45pm local (2:45pm ET).
Regarding the European Championships, a squad of a maximum of 40 swimmers may be selected, with a maximum of four selections per individual event and one relay team per event.
The selection policy linked above indicates that athletes having achieved a medal in an individual event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships will be selected; however, Ben Proud represented the sole medalist (silver in the 50m free) and has since moved on to pledge his allegiance to the controversial Enhanced Games.
As such, all roster slots will be determined from first-place finishers in the open finals of these championships, as long as the athletes achieve the qualification time listed in table one below. The second-place finishers will also be selected, subject to the swimmer meeting or exceeding those same time standards.
As with all Aquatics GB qualification systems in the past, there is room for discretionary picks at the hands of the Aquatics GB performance coaching brain trust. With that in mind, we won’t know the final list of qualified athletes until all has been done and dusted and the coaches convey their picks.
Some swimmers have opted to take in some tune-up racing ahead of these championships, including at the Edinburgh International Meet and the Giant Open in France. Olympic multi-medalist Duncan Scott also raced at the McCullagh International in Ireland.
Two standout performers from this season already are Angharad Evans and Freya Colbert, both of whom rattled the all-time British rankings as they wasted no time getting their 2026 year of racing underway.
22-year-old Colbert established a new national record of 1:54.98 in the 200m freestyle in Edinburgh last month, while Evans logged near-lifetime bests of 1:05.46 in the 100m and 2:22.02 in the 200m breast to rank 2nd in the world in both so far this season.
Adam Peaty, Filip Nowacki, Scott and Oliver Morgan have already taken to the pool this season but will look for this key selection competition to put their tapers to work.
As a refresher, two swimmers who will not be attending these Aquatics GB Championships are Olympic medalist Tom Dean and his 2024 Olympic teammate Alex Cohoon. Both announced via social media that they will not be racing due to health issues.
Key Entries
Freya Anderson – women’s 100m/200m free Amelie Blocksidge – women’s 400m/800m/1500m free Imogen Clark – women’s 50m breast Freya Colbert – women’s 100m/200m/400m free, 200m IM Lauren Cox – women’s 50m/100m back Angharad Evans – women’s 100m/200m breast Archie Goodburn – men’s 50m/100m breast Kara Hanlon – women’s 50m/100m/200m breast Max Litchfield – men’s 200m/400m IM Keanna MacInnes – women’s 100m/200m fly Jack McMillan – men’s 100m/200m/400m free Tyler Melbourne-Smith – men’s 400m/800m free Ed Mildred – men’s 100m/200m fly Jacob Mills – men’s 50m/100m free Ollie Morgan – men’s 50m/100m/200m back Filip Nowacki – men’s 50m/100m/200m breast Eva Okaro – women’s 50m/100m free, 50m/100m fly Adam Peaty – men’s 50m/100m breast Emily Richards – 200m free, 100m/200m fly Matt Richards – men’s 50m/100m/200m free Leah Schlosshan– women’s 100m/200m free, 200m IM, 100m breast Katie Shanahan – women’s 100m/200m back Duncan Scott – men’s 200m free, 200m fly, 200m IM Theodora Taylor – women’s 100m/200m free, 50m fly, 50m/100m breast, 200m IM Abbie Wood – women’s 100m/200m free, 200m breast, 200m IMRead the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Aquatics GB Championships: Preview & All The Links
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