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 | Day 6 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5| Day 6DAY 7 FINALS START LIST
Day 7 Finals Schedule
Men’s 50 Freestyle Final Women’s 50 Breaststroke Final Men’s 200 IM Final Women’s 200 Butterfly Final Men’s 100 Backstroke Final Women’s 400 Freestyle Final Men’s 400 Freestyle Final Men’s 50 Freestyle Para Final Women’s 100 Freestyle Para Final Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay Final Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay FinalWe are now heading into the final session at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships, with a phenomenally fast week of racing coming to a close. We kick off with the fastest event on the program, and end with the two medley relays with only finals on the docket tonight and 11 champions to be crowned.
Nikita Sherement (21.38) is the top seed in the men’s 50 free after matching Vladyslav Bukhov‘s (21.51) Ukrainian record from 2024. Egor Kornev (21.44) clocked a Russian record of 21.06 earlier this year, while Kristof Milak (21.58) dropped two tenths from his lifetime best in the semi-finals and has looked fantastic every time he has touched the water this week.
Andrej Barna (21.52) was a finalist at the World Championships last year, and other than a likely title for Kornev the medals really could go anywhere.
Benedetta Pilato (29.84) and Eneli Jefimova (29.93) were the only two swimmers to break 30 seconds last night, but world record holder and world champion Ruta Meilutyte (30.05) will be a huge threat after winning four world titles in a row.
Veera Kivirinta (30.26) lowered the Finnish record to 30.17 in the heats, while Mona McSharry (30.43) has won two medals from two breaststroke events so far and threw down a blistering 1:04.75 split on the women’s medley relay this morning.
Just six tenths of a second separate the entire field, with every single swimmer owning their own national record, and we see the full podium go under 30 seconds.
Hugo Gonazalez (1:56.61), the 2021 champion, is the top seed heading into the men’s 200 IM final after clocking a new Championship record in prelims. Hubert Kos (1:56.73) scratched the 100 back prelims to focus on this event and won bronze at the World Championships last year in 1:55.34, while Duncan Scott (1:57.49) won silver at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
World junior champion Mikhail Shcherbakov (1:57.37) is also in the mix, as is 400 IM silver medalist Alberto Razzetti (1:57.46). Kos has won the last two titles and looks like a good bet for a third one here, having set lifetime bests in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 back so far this week.
Emily Richards set a new lifetime best of 2:07.10 to lead the women’s 200 fly semi-finals, and is the top seed here ahead of defending champion Helena Rosendahl Bach (2:07.18) and Spain’s Laura Cabanes Garzas (2:07.53), who also set a PB in the semi-finals to break 2:08 for the first time.
Commonwealth Games silver medalist (2:07.61) will be a medal threat, while Ireland’s double IM champion Ellen Walshe (2:08.96) won gold at the European Short Course Championships and has been on fire this week. There are several women who will fancy the title here.
The men’s 100 back semi-finals were a cagey affair, and the eight finalists were separated by just 0.35 seconds. Georgii Iakovlev (52.89) broke 53 seconds for the first time to claim lane 4, with world record holder Thomas Ceccon (52.93) and 2024 European Champion Apostolos Christou (52.94) joining him under that barrier.
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (53.16) won bronze at the World Championships last year in 51.92, but has not broken 53 seconds so far this season. Pavel Samusenko (53.12) won bronze in the 50 back and has a lifetime best of 52.40, with Poland’s #8 seed Ksawery Masiuk (53.24) clocking a 52.55 Polish record last year. This could be a fascinating race, with the top swimmers in this field looking to have held back through the first two rounds.
The women’s 400 freestyle could be another straight shootout between Isabel Gose (4:06.37), Simona Quadarella (4:08.07), and Maya Werner (4:05.40), with the latter taking the top seed this morning in a new lifetime best. Werner won bronze in both the 800 free and 1500 free, but could challenge the other two for gold and silver here.
Oliver Klemet (3:45.22) is the top seed in the men’s 400 free final, just ahead of Hungarian 16-year-old Oliver Papai (3:45.32). Leon Marchand (3:45.85) moved through 4th this morning and goes for his second title in as many days, while world record holder Lukas Martens was only 8th this morning in 3:46.33, more than six seconds off his best of 3:39.96.
Defne Kurt will be hoping to go one better in the women’s combined classification 100 free after winning silver on the 50 last night, while Alexander Hillhouse will be aiming to repeat as champion in the men’s 100 free after winning the 50 last night. They are the respective top seeds.
We wrap things up with the medley relays. Italy (3:57.11) are the top seed ahead of Germany (3:57.12) for the women, having got a 58.75 Italian record on the leadoff from Sara Curtis this morning. Angharad Evans (1:04.63) and Mona McSharry (1:04.75) both had huge breaststroke splits this morning for Great Britain (3:57.77) and Ireland (4:00.95), respectively.
For the men, Neutral Athletes B (3:30.81) are the top seeds ahead of Great Britain (3:31.19) and Italy (3:31.62), who got a 58.12 breaststroke split from individual champion Nicolo Martinenghi this morning. Noe Ponti was 49.70 on the fly leg for Switzerland (3:33.33) as they shattered their national record to make it through 8th, while France (3:32.79) will bring in Maxime Grousset, Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, and potentially even Leon Marchand on the anchor leg tonight.
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