By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2026 European Swimming Championships
August 10-16, 2026 Paris, France – Olympic Aquatics Centre LCM (50 Meters) Meet Information Meet Central Entries Results Live Results SwimSwam Preview Index Live Stream Recaps: Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5Mixed 4×100 Freestyle Relay — Final
World Record: 3:18.48 – USA (2025) European Record: 3:19.68 – NAB (2025) Championship Record: 3:22.07 – Great Britain (2021) 2025 World Champion: USA, 3:18.48 2024 European Champion: Hungary, 3:25.69Top 7 Teams
Neutral Athletes B (Kornev, Girev, Klepikova, Manokina) — 3:19.95 **New Championship Record Netherlands (Niewold, Belmon, Van Wijk, Steenbergen) — 3:20.09 Italy (D’Ambrosio, Ceccon, Curtis, Menicucci) — 3:20.80 Spain — 3:22.91 Czechia — 3:32.21 Great Britain — 3:32.43 Sweden — 3:24.20 France — DSQ**French splits: Maxime Grousset – 47.39, Cedric Gabali – 48.07, Albane Cachot – 53.65, Marie Wattel – 52.98
Leadoff Splits
There was a huge gasp from the French crowd as Maxime Grousset went well before the start, disqualifying the French team from the off. He was not the first swimmer to 50 even so, as Egor Kornev blasted out in 22.22 en route to a 47.05 leadoff, half a second clear of the field and three tenths off the Russian record he swam in the individual event to win silver.
Luca Hoek Le Guenedal was three tenths off his Spanish record of 47.26, but had another fantastic swim. He came into this meet with a lifetime best of 47.72, and has notched performances of 47.26, 47.39, 47.47, and 47.56.
Carlos D’Ambrosio was three tenths off the 47.58 he swam in the individual final for Italy, while Sean Niewold was 0.15 seconds off his lietime best but a tenth faster than he swam individually.
Alex Cohoon was 0.15 seconds faster than the 48.44 he posted this morning, and only 0.09 seconds off his lifetime best of 48.20 on his return from injury, which ruled him out of the Aquatics GB Championships in April. Robin Hanson was 48.76 for Sweden, with Czechia’s Jakub Krischke 0.14 seconds slower than his 49.25 leadoff from this morning.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Egor KORNEV NAB 47.05 2 Luca HOEK le GUENEDAL ESP 47.56 3 Carlos D’AMBROSIO ITA 47.86 4 Sean NIEWOLD NED 47.95 5 Alexander COHOON GBR 48.29 6 Robin HANSON SWE 48.76 7 Jakub Jan KRISCHKE CZE 49.39Rolling Splits (Male)
Matt Richards clocked 47.41 for the fastest rolling men’s split, half a second faster than his 47.89 leadoff from the men’s medley relay last night and just under his season best of 47.53. Thomas Ceccon split a solid 47.56 for Italy, half a second slower than the 47.10 he notched on the men’s 4×100 free relay at the World Championships last summer.
Ivan Girev was 47.67, just slower than his 47.63 lifetime best set this season, while Miguel Perez-Godoy was six tenths faster than his 48.38 flat start best for Spain, and three tenths faster than the 48.12 he split on the men’s medley relay yesterday.
Ludvig Bartolek was eight tenths under the 48.85 he posted in the individual event for Sweden, splitting 48-flat as a junior, and Miroslav Knedla was 48.21 for Czechia having won the 50 back earlier in the session, eight tenths of a second faster than his 49.01 lifetime best set in June.
Merlin Belmon was three tenths under his lifetime best of 48.90, and just off the 48.44 he clocked in the men’s 4×100 free relay final yesterday. Cedric Gabali had another good split for France, clocking 48.07 to beat his 48.27 from this morning by two tenths of a second, undercutting his flat start best of 48.82 by three quarters of a second.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Matthew RICHARDS GBR 47.41 2 Thomas CECCON ITA 47.56 3 Ivan GIREV NAB 47.67 4 Miguel PEREZ GODOY BRAGELI ESP 47.81 5 Ludvig BARTOLEK SWE 48.07 6 Miroslav KNEDLA CZE 48.21 7 Merlin BELMON NED 48.55Rolling Splits (Female)
Marrit Steenbergen was absolute lightning yet again on a relay, splitting 50.74 to undercut her own #1 all-time split by 0.13 seconds and split nearly a full second under her flat start best – which is also the world record – of 51.68.
She very nearly ran down Kira Manokhina in the battle for gold, but the Neutral Athlete held on with a 53.02 split, seeing a 2.42 second lead turn into 0.14 seconds by the end of her swim.
Manokhina had been given that lead over the Dutch thanks to a blistering 52.21 from Daria Klepikova who beat her flat start best by eight tenths of a second and was nine tenths of a second under the 53.08 she swam to place 4th individually. She was up against Milou van Wijk, who won individual silver in 52.71, with the Dutch athlete splitting 52.85.
The second-fastest split in the field, however, came from Italy’s Sara Curtis as she posted a 51.79 on the third leg for Italy, the 26th-fastest in history. She was nine tenths of a second under her Italian record of 52.69 and half a second faster than the 52.29 she anchored the women’s 4×100 free relay in as Italy won silver. Emma Menicucci was 53.59 on the anchor, just under her flat start best of 53.75.
Czechia got a 53.06 split from 100 free national record holder Barbara Janickova, who placed 5th in the individual final, and a 52.55 anchor leg from 200 free champion Barbara Seemanova, a full second under her personal best of 53.50. They set a new national record with their 5th-place finish tonight.
Maria Daza Garcia split 53.50 for Spain, half a second under her flat start best of 54.01, while Irene Ciercoles Galve was seven tenths of a second off the 53.35 she split earlier this week, and only just faster than the flat start best of 54.06 she set leading off the prelims relay in the women’s 4×100 free. She is still just 16 years old, however, and broke 1:00 in the 100 back for the first time tonight in 59.77.
Sweden got two sub-54 splits, with Sofia Astedt backing up her 53.59 from this morning with a 53.44 that was a second under her flat start best of 54.43 from the individual event, while Sara Junevik was 1.6 seconds faster than her flat start best.
Great Britain’s Theodora Taylor was 0.14 seconds slower than her relay split on the women’s 4×100 free relay, while Evelyn Davis was a hundredth slower than her flat start best of 53.97.
Marie Wattel almost matched her 52.94 from the mixed medley relay anchor with a 52.96 here, while Albane Cachot split 53.65 after clocking a 53.27 in the women’s 4×100 free final, but both splits were in vain due to France’s disqualification.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Marrit STEENBERGEN NED 50.74 2 Sara CURTIS ITA 51.79 3 Daria KLEPIKOVA NAB 52.21 4 Barbora SEEMANOVA CZE 52.55 5 Milou van WIJK NED 52.85 6 Kira MANOKHINA NAB 53.02 7 Barbora JANICKOVA CZE 53.06 8 Sofia ASTEDT SWE 53.44 9 Maria DAZA GARCIA ESP 53.50 10 Emma Virginia MENICUCCI ITA 53.59 11 Theodora TAYLOR GBR 53.75 12 Sara JUNEVIK SWE 53.93 13 Evelyn DAVIS GBR 53.98 14 Irene CIERCOLES GALVE ESP 54.04
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