By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
2026 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona
May 30-31, 2026 Barcelona, Spain — Club Natació Sant Andreu LCM (50 meters) Mare Nostrum Tour Central Results Livestream Psych Sheets Day 1 Prelims RecapWelcome to the first finals session of the final stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour in Barcelona!
There are just two days left of the Tour, and swimming fans are in for a treat today if the last two stops are anything to go by.
Today’s session features one of the most anticipated events of this stop, the women’s 100 freestyle. Marrit Steenbergen has been on fire, and has been steadily dropping time over the stops. In Monaco, she swam 52.13, and in Canet, she stopped the clock in 51.86 to become the #2 performer all-time.
Today, she will be hunting the tour sweep and the World Record. It currently stands at 51.71, set by Sarah Sjostrom back in 2017.
Event Lineup
Men’s 800 Freestyle — Final Heat Women’s 50 Backstroke Men’s 50 Breaststroke Women’s 50 Butterfly Men’s 400 IM Women’s 100 Freestyle Men’s 100 Backstroke Women’s 100 Breaststroke Men’s 50 Freestyle Women’s 200 BackstrokeThere are a lot of other events tonight. The men’s 800 freestyle final heat, which will see Sweden’s Victor Johansson as the top seed, but Romania’s Andrei Theodor Proca had a very strong 1500 in Canet and could be looking for a major drop here.
There are three 50s directly after the final heat of the men’s 800. American Leah Shackley is the top seed in the women’s 50 back. Russia’s Ivan Kozhakin is the top seed in the men’s 50 breast, and Canada’s Taylor Ruck is the top seed in the women’s 50 fly.
Hungary’s Gabor Zombori will lead the men’s 400 IM final as the last event before Marrit Steenbergen‘s 100 freestyle final. The women’s 100 free final will also feature fellow Dutch athlete Milou van Wijk as the 2nd seed and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey as the 3rd seed.
Miron Lifintsev, from Russia, is the top seed in the men’s 100 backstroke, just ahead of two swimmers from Czechia, Jan Cejka and Miroslav Knedla.
The women’s 100 breaststroke sees a stacked field with Alexanne Lepage from Canada as the top seed, just ahead of seven other athletes who could all realistically walk home with the top time including World Champion Anna Elendt.
In the men’s 50 freestyle, Serbia’s Andrej Barna and American Quintin McCarty were the only swimmers under 22 seconds in the prelims.
The final event of the session will be the women’s 200 backstroke, where Canadian teenager Madison Kryger is the top seed.
Men’s 800 Freestyle Final Heat
World Record: 7:32.12 – Zhang Lin (CHN), 2009 European Record: 7:37.94 – Johannes Liebmann (GER), 2026 Mare Nostrum Record: 7:45.17 – Daniel Wiffen (IRL), 2025 Barcelona Record: 7:45.17 – Daniel Wiffen (IRL), 2025Women’s 50 Backstroke
World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023 European Record: 27.10 – Kira Toussaint (NED), 2021 Mare Nostrum Record: 27.24 – Kylie Masse (CAN), 2024 Barcelona Record: 27.24 – Kylie Masse (CAN), 2024Men’s 50 Breaststroke
World Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty (GBR), 2017 European Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty (GBR), 2017 Mare Nostrum Record: 26.33 – Felipe Lima (BRA), 2019 Barcelona Record: 26.55 – Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019Women’s 50 Butterfly
World Record: 24.43 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2014 European Record: 24.43 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2014 Mare Nostrum Record: 24.76 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2013 Barcelona Record: 24.76 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2017Men’s 400 IM
World Record: 4:02.50 – Léon Marchand (FRA), 2023 European Record: 4:02.50 – Léon Marchand (FRA), 2023 Mare Nostrum Record: 4:07.96 – László Cseh (HUN), 2004 Barcelona Record: 4:11.22 – László Cseh (HUN), 2011Women’s 100 Freestyle
World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2017 European Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2017 Mare Nostrum Record: 51.86 – Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 2026 Barcelona Record: 52.28 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2017Men’s 100 Backstroke
World Record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022 European Record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022 Mare Nostrum Record: 53.02 – Ryosuke Irie (JPN), 2022 Barcelona Record: 53.08 – Hugo González de Oliveira (ESP), 2021Women’s 100 Breaststroke
World Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (USA), 2017 European Record: 1:04.35 – Rūta Meilutytė (LTU), 2013 Mare Nostrum Record: 1:04.82 – Yuliya Efimova (RUS), 2013 Barcelona Record: 1:05.21 – Rūta Meilutytė (LTU), 2013Men’s 50 Freestyle
World Record: 20.88 – Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 2026 European Record: 20.94 – Frédérick Bousquet (FRA), 2009 Mare Nostrum Record: 21.31 – Bruno Fratus (BRA), 2019 Barcelona Record: 21.58 – Ben Proud (GBR), 2019Women’s 200 Backstroke
World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023 European Record: 2:04.94 – Anastasia Fesikova (RUS), 2009 Mare Nostrum Record: 2:06.66 – Emily Seebohm (AUS), 2013 Barcelona Record: 2:07.30 – Emily Seebohm (AUS), 2017Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Mare Nostrum Tour — Barcelona: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
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