By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
With the pool swimming portion of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships just days away, no complete start list has been produced, but the German Swimming Federation for its part has revealed its swimmers’ intended entries.
Watch the livestream of the meet free here.Among the most substantial revelations from the release is that 400 meter freestyle World Record holder Lukas Maertens will swim the 200 and 400, but no 800 or 1500, at this meet.
That leaves him out of the 800 free where he won a bronze medal at last year’s World Championships.
His schedule will see him start with the 800 free relay on day 1 and then swim the 200 free on days 4 and 5 with quite a bit of rest.
“I have a score to settle with that one. And I still haven’t won an international medal in this event; it’s about time,” the 24-year-old Magdeburg trainee explained.
The reference is to the Paris Olympics, where he started his race too aggressively and finished 5th. The German Federation cites the “400m gold medal race and the subsequent media frenzy” which were “still taking their toll on him at the time.”
Of course that 400 free will remain on his schedule later in the meet, with a chance to become the Olympic, World, and European Champion all at the same time.
“I’m far from satisfied. Perhaps I’ve become a bit more relaxed, now that I’ve already won the most important races,” he said of his focus. “But that doesn’t change the fact that I still want to be at the very top. In any case, I’m still training just as hard and with the same discipline.”
That choice allows him to avoid the cluster in the men’s distance freestyles where Germany is arguably the world’s best nation at the moment. While each country can enter up to four swimmers in the preliminary heats of each individual event, only two can advance to later rounds.
In his absence, 19-year-old Johannes Liebmann, Sven Schwarz, and Oliver Klemet still give Germany three realistic medal shots in the distance races.
Among swimmers who won’t be in that 200 free is Kaii Winkler, the American-trained performer. He’ll swim the 100 free and 100 fly but no 200 free in spite of swimming a best time of 1:46.6 in December.
day time Competition type Disciplines August 10 09:30 Preliminaries 400m Individual Medley Men with Cedric Büssing, Finn Hammer;100m Freestyle Women with Julianna Bocska, Nina Holt, Linda Roth, Nicole Maier;
50m Butterfly Men with Luca Armbruster, Ole Eidam, Julian Koch, Josha Salchow
; 200m Backstroke Women with Lise Seidel
; 100m Breaststroke Men with Melvin Imoudu, Lucas Matzerath, Mathis Schönung, Subäjr Bilatev;
4x200m Freestyle Women with DSV Relay
; 4x200m Freestyle Men with DSV Relay;
800m Freestyle Women with Isabel Gose, Maya Werner August 10th 18:30 Finals 50m Butterfly Men (HF) 100m Freestyle Women (HF) 400m Individual Medley Men (F) 200m Backstroke Women (HF) 100m Breaststroke Men (HF) 4x200m Freestyle Women (F) 4x200m Freestyle Men (F) August 11 09:30 Preliminaries 50m Butterfly Women with Angelina Köher, Yara Riefstahl;
100m Freestyle Men with Josha Salchow, Kaii Liam Winkler;
100m Breaststroke Women with Anna Elendt, Lena Ludwig;
200m Backstroke Men with Cornelius Jahn, Cedric Büssing;
4x100m Medley Mixed with DSV Relay;
800m Freestyle Men Johannes Liebmann, Sven Schwarz, Oliver Klemet August 11 18:30 Finals 200m Backstroke Women (F) 50m Butterfly Men (F) 100m Freestyle Women (F) 100m Breaststroke Men (F) 100m Breaststroke Women (HF) 200m Backstroke Men (HF) 50m Butterfly Women (HF) 100m Freestyle Men (HF) 800m Freestyle Women (F) 4x100m Medley Mixed (F) August 12 09:30 Preliminaries 200m Freestyle Women with Nina Holt, Linda Roth, Nicole Maier, Maya Tobehn;
100m Butterfly Men with Kaii Liam Winkler, Luca Armbruster, Josha Salchow, Björn Kammann;
50m Backstroke Women;
200m Breaststroke Men with Lucas Matzerath, Malte Gräfe, Mathis Schönung;
400m Individual Medley Women with Noelle Benkler;
4x100m Freestyle Women with DSV Relay August 12 18:30 Finals 200m Freestyle Women (SF) 200m Backstroke Men (F) 50m Butterfly Women (F) 100m Freestyle Men (F) 100m Breaststroke Women (F) 200m Breaststroke Men (SF) 50m Backstroke Women (SF) 100m Butterfly Men (SF) 400m Individual Medley Women (F) 800m Freestyle Men (F) 4x100m Freestyle Women (F) August 13 09:30 Preliminaries 200m Freestyle Men with Lukas Märtens, Jarno Bäschnitt, Timo Sorgius
; 100m Butterfly Women with Angelina Köhler, Yara Riefstahl;
50m Backstroke Men with Ole Braunschweig, Cornelius Jahn, Fritz Dietz;
200m Breaststroke Women with Anna Elendt, Lena Ludwig;
4x100m Freestyle Men with DSV Relay;
1500m Freestyle Women with Isabel Gose, Mayxa Werner August 13 18:30 Finals 100m Butterfly Men (F) 50m Backstroke Women (F) 200m Freestyle Men (SF) 100m Butterfly Women (SF) 50m Backstroke Men (SF) 200m Breaststroke Women (SF) 200m Breaststroke Men (F) 200m Freestyle Women (F) 4x100m Freestyle Men (F) August 14 09:30 Preliminaries 50m Freestyle Women with Julianna Bocska, Nina Jazy;
50m Breaststroke Men with Melvin Imoudu, Lucas Matzerath, Malte Gräfe, Subäjr Biltaev;
100m Backstroke Women with Lise Seidel
; 200m Butterfly Men with Björn Kammann;
200m Individual Medley Women with Linda Roth, Noelle Benkler;
4x100m Freestyle Mixed with DSV Relay;
1500m Freestyle Men with Sven Schwerz, Oliver Klemet, Johannes Liebmann August 14 18:30 Finals 100m Butterfly Women (F) 200m Freestyle Men (F) 200m Breaststroke Women (F) 100m Backstroke Women (SF) 50m Breaststroke Men (SF) 50m Freestyle Women (SF) 200m Butterfly Men (SF) 200m Individual Medley Women (SF) 50m Backstroke Men (F) 1500m Freestyle Women (F) 4x100m Freestyle Mixed (F) August 15 09:30 Preliminaries 50m Freestyle Men with Julian Koch;
200m Butterfly Women with Yara Riefstahl;
100m Backstroke Men with Ole Braunschweig, Cornelius Jahn, Kaii Liam Winkler;
50m Breaststroke Women with Anna Elendt, Lena Ludwig;
200m Individual Medley Men with Cedric Büssing, Finn Hammer;
4x200m Freestyle Mixed with DSV Relay;
50m Freestyle Para Women;
100m Freestyle Para Men August 15 18:30 Finals 200m Butterfly Men (F) 50m Freestyle Women (F) 50m Breaststroke Men (F) 200m Individual Medley Women (F) 50m Freestyle Men (SF) 50m Breaststroke Women (SF) 1500m Freestyle Men (F) 200m Butterfly Women (SF) 200m Individual Medley Men (SF) 100m Backstroke Women (F) 100m Backstroke Men (SF) 50m Freestyle Para Women (F) 100m Freestyle Para Men (F) 4x200m Freestyle Mixed (F) August 16 09:30 Preliminaries 400m Freestyle Women with Isabel Gose, Linda Roth, Maya Werner;
400m Freestyle Men with Lukas Märtens, Oliver Klemet, Johannes Liebmann, Sven Schwarz;
4x100m Medley Women with DSV Relay;
4x100m Medley Men with DSV Relay;
50m Freestyle Para Men
; 100m Freestyle Para Women August 16 18:30 Finals 50m Freestyle Men (F) 50m Breaststroke Women (F) 200m Individual Medley Men (F) 200m Butterfly Women (F) 100m Backstroke Men (F) 400m Freestyle Women (F) 400m Freestyle Men (F) 50m Freestyle Para Men (F) 100m Freestyle Para Women (F) 4x100m Medley Women (F) 4x100m Medley Men (F)
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