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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 SwimSwam Preview Meet Central Entries Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Finals Recaps: Day 1| Day 2 | Day 3 Start Lists/Live Results LivestreamWe’re over the halfway point in the 2026 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, with the list of British European Championships qualifiers and Home Nation qualifiers for this year’s Commonwealth Games continuing to grow as each event unfolds.
Tonight’s agenda includes the men’s 50m back, women’s 50m fly, men’s 100m fly, women’s 400m free, men’s 200m IM and women’s 200m back, which means multiple Olympians and World Championship swimmers are back in the water.
START LIST
Last night we saw two British national records fall, both on the women’s side, with Angharad Evans cracking a mark of 2:19.70 to produce the first-ever 200m breaststroke performance under the 2:20 barrier. Freya Colbert also made major noise, hitting a lifetime best of 1:54.34 for a new national standard in the women’s 200m free.
Half of tonight’s events own British national records that date back to the 2009 supersuit era, including the men’s 50m back, women’s 400m free and women’s 200m back, and it would be extra special if one of these bit the dust.
Already the 100m back champion here, Ollie Morgan will try to double up with a win in the 50m back. His morning swim of 24.67 represented the sole outing of the field to delve under the 25-second barrier, although Jack Skerry is ranked just behind with his AM effort of 25.05.
Eva Okaro holds a narrow advantage over the women’s 50m fly field, courtesy of the 26.35 she put up to land the pole position.
Harriet Rogers touched a hair behind to claim the 2nd seed in 26.37, with Ciara Schlosshan, Lucy Grieve and Theodora Taylor among those very much in the mix.
Lucy Fox will try to hold off Colbert in the women’s 200m fly, as teenagers Amelie Blocksidge and Amalie Smith look to add another piece of hardware to their collection.
Then the 200m IM will feature Olympic multi-silver medalist in the event, Duncan Scott, as the versatile veteran hit 1:58.85 as one of three sub-2:00 swimmers in the heats.
Evan Jones picked up the 2nd seed in 1:59.35 and the 400m IM victor here, Max Litchfield, was also under that threshold in 1:59.60.
This is most likely Scott’s race to lose, although Matthew Ward, Charlie Hutchison and Filip Nowacki will do their best to rain on the Stirling star’s parade.
Finally, in the women’s 200m back, this morning’s heats played their cards close to their chest, with only Katie Shanahan dipping below 2:12 in 2:11.96 as the woman to beat.
MEN’S 50 BACK – FINAL
British Record – 24.04, Liam Tancock, 2009 GBR Euros QT – 24.70 ENG Commonwealth QT – 25.22 WAL Commonwealth QT – 25.47 SCO Commonwealth QT – 25.30 NI Commonwealth QT – 25.49GOLD – Ollie Morgan, 24.36 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT* SILVER – Jack Skerry, 24.66 *GBR Euros QT* *ENG Commonwealth QT* BRONZE – Cameron Brooker, 24.85
This men’s 50m backstroke final did not disappoint, with 22-year-old Birmingham University star Ollie Morgan busting out another personal best en route to gold.
Morgan scorched the field with a monster effort of 24.36 to double up with his 100m back victory from last night.
His time this evening eliminated his former career-quickest time of 24.43 logged at last year’s edition of this competition.
Morgan remains the #2 British performer of all time, sitting only behind the supersuited national record of 24.04 Liam Tancock put on the books at the 2009 World Championships.
Remarkably, this is Morgan’s 10th consecutive British title. He has not been beaten at these Aquatics GB Championships since 2022, winning four 100 back titles, three 200 back titles, and now three 50 back titles.
After what he called a disappointing 100m back, Bath Performance Centre’s Jack Skerry notched a PB of his own, with his outing of 24.66 this evening as the silver medalist representing his first-ever foray under the 25-second barrier. He now ranks as GBR’s 4th-fastest man in history.
His Bath teammate Cameron Brooker was also impressive, capturing bronze in 24.85.
Top 5 British Men’s LCM 50 Backstroke Performers All-Time
Liam Tancock – 24.04, 2009 Ollie Morgan – 24.36, 2026 Scott Gibson – 24.83, 2023 Cameron Brooker – 24.85, 2026 Jonathan Marshall – 24.88, 2025For their efforts, Morgan now ties Chinese Olympic medalist Xu Jiayu to rank as the #1 swimmer in the world, while Skerry checks in as the 6th-best. Brooker sits just outside the list of top 10 performers on the season.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 BACK
Xu CHNJiayu11/1624.362MicheleLAMBERTIITA24.3804/143Henry AllanAUS24.5104/174Shaine Casas USA24.5312/045Pieter CoetzeRSA24.5404/156OliverMORGANGBR24.7303/146Wang ZichengCHN24.7311/168Hubert Kos HUN24.7412/049AdrianSANTOS MARTIN ESP24.7603/1110Ruard van RenenRSA24.8304/15View Top 27»WOMEN’S 50 FLY – FINAL
British Record – 25.20, Francesca Halsall, 2014 GBR Euros QT – 25.99 ENG Commonwealth QT – 26.36 WAL Commonwealth QT – 26.48 SCO Commonwealth QT – 26.61 NI Commonwealth QT – 26.62GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
MEN’S 100 FLY – FINAL
British Record – 50.67, James Guy, 2017 GBR Euros QT – 51.35 ENG Commonwealth QT – 51.66 WAL Commonwealth QT – 52.57 SCO Commonwealth QT – 52.16 NI Commonwealth QT – 52.55GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
WOMEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL
British Record – 4:00.60, Joanne Jackson, 2009 GBR Euros QT – 4:06.23 ENG Commonwealth QT – 4:08.82 WAL Commonwealth QT – 4:11.17 SCO Commonwealth QT – 4:11.37 NI Commonwealth QT – 4:13.98GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL
British Record – 1:55.28, Duncan Scott, 2021 GBR Euros QT – 1:57.77 ENG Commonwealth QT – 1:58.61 WAL Commonwealth QT – 2:00.41 SCO Commonwealth QT – 2:00.41 NI Commonwealth QT – 2:00.84GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
WOMEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL
British Record – 2:06.66, Gemma Spofforth, 2009 GBR Euros QT – 2:08.68 ENG Commonwealth QT – 2:10.17 WAL Commonwealth QT – 2:11.16 SCO Commonwealth QT – 2:12.20 NI Commonwealth QT – 2:13.05GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
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