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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 | Day 6 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6Women’s 200m Individual Medley — Final
World Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025) European Record: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015) Championship Record: 2:07.30 – Katinka Hosszu,Hungary (2016) 2025 World Champion: Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2:06.69 2024 European Champion: Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR), 2:09.75Final:
Ellen Walshe (Ireland) — 2:09.81 Anita Gastaldi (Italy) — 2:10.07 Roos Vanotterdijk (Belgium) — 2:10.10 Abbie Wood (Great Britain) — 2:10.17 Justina Kozan (Poland) — 2:10.55 Amalie Smith (Great Britain) — 2:10.56 Anastasia Gorbenko (Israel) — 2:10.70 Alba Vazquez Ruiz (Spain) — 2:10.99Ellen Walshe broke her own Irish National Record in the women’s 200 IM on Saturday night, touching in a 2:09.81. She also swam to a European Championship title in the process. Her time broke her previous record of a 2:10.49 that she swam during semifinals last summer at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.
Split Comparison
2026 Euros 2025 Worlds Fly 28.67 27.8 Back 32.97 34.13 Breast 37.84 37.82 Free 30.33 30.74 2:09.81 2:10.49Walshe swam the race tonight much different than she did in Singapore last summer. She went out slower on the butterfly leg today but used a strong backstroke leg to put her ahead of record pace. She was able to close on her freestyle leg 0.41 seconds faster today to stay under the record.
Earlier this week, Walshe reset the Irish National Record in the 400 IM as well, touching in a 4:34.42. That broke her previous record of a 4:35.32. She also holds Irish National Records in the LCM 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free, and 200 back.
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