By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
Berlin Swim Open 2026
Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19, 2026 Swimming and Diving Hall in Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin, Germany Prelims at 9:30 am local (3:30 am ET), Finals at 4:00 pm local (10:00 am ET) LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Entries Results LivestreamIt’s no secret that Germany is the men’s distance freestyle capital of the world. If anyone needed a reminder, though, Sven Schwarz gave one this evening in Berlin.
The 24-year-old highlighted night 1 of the Berlin Swim Cup with a 14:40.93 in the evening’s final event, the 1500. This was Schwarz’ first time swimming the race since earning silver at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore in 14:35.69.
Schwarz’ speedy effort checks in as his third fastest time ever. He perhaps came into this race with a vengeance after his European Record in the 800 free was broken by compatriot youngster Johannes Liebmann last weekend. Schwarz fell short of knocking Liebmann down from his global #1 spot in the mile this season at 14:39.67, but he does earn 2nd place.
2025-2026 LCM Men 1500 FREEJohannes GERLiebmann04/1014:39.672Oliver KlemetGER14:41.7104/103 KAITOTABUCHIJPN14:45.5703/224DanielWIFFENIRL14:51.3804/085Zhang ZhanshuoCHN14:51.9303/20View Top 26»
Liebmann, Schwarz, and Oliver Klemet, all Germans, occupy the top three. One implication of this is a likely bloodbath in the prelims of the European Championships, as only two swimmers per nation can advance on to the final. They will also lock horns at the upcoming German Championships, which resulted in 14:3xs last year from Schwarz, Klemet, and Florian Wellbrock.
Klemet was also present in Berlin this evening. He opted for the 200 freestyle, registering a new lifetime best of 1:46.79.
Not to be overshadowed by their freestyle countrymates, backstrokers Vincent Passek and Ole Braunschweig made some waves in the backstroke. Passek hit 24.63 to win the 50 back, downing his lifetime best of 24.79 from Worlds last year. He came within six hundredths of Braunschweig’s 24.57 national record from 2023. Braunschweig had a speedy swim of 24.70 in his own right. They both enter the global top ten for 2025-2026.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 BACKXu 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»
Some women’s highlights from the first night included Maya Tobehn hitting a best time in the 200 freestyle after seven years. Her 1:58.69 effort would’ve won the 2025 German Championships. Open water swimmers Leonie Märtens and Lea Boy showed out for the women’s mile, turning in a 16:23.57 and 16:27.91 for 1-2, respectively.
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