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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 | Day 7 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5| Day 6Men’s 4x100m Medley — Final
World Record: 3:26.78 — USA (Murphy, Andrew, Dressel, Apple) (2021) European Record: 3:26.93 – NAB (Lifintsev, Prigoda, Minakov, Kornev) (2025) Championship Record: 3:28.46 – Italy (Ceccon, Martinenghi, Rivolta, Miressi) (2022) 2025 World Champion: NAB (Lifintsev, Prigoda, Minakov, Kornev) — 3:26.93 2024 European Champion: Austria (Reitshammer, Bayer, Bucher, Gigler) — 3:33.41Final:
NAB (Kolesnikov, Kozhakin, Minakov, Kornev) — 3:28.67 Italy (Ceccon, Martinenghi, Razzetti, D’Ambrosio) — 3:28.86 France (Ndoye-Brouard, Aitkaci, Marchand, Grousset) — 3:29.03 Great Britain — 3:29.11 Germany — 3:31.55 Spain — 3:32.15 Denmark — 3:32.44 Switzerland — 3:32.49Backstroke
Kliment Kolesnikov blasted out in 24.68, leaving everyone except Ollie Morgan over a second behind at the halfway point. However, he faded hard, and by the 75 Morgan was pulling up next to him, as the Brit swam his fastest 100 back of the meet to lead the field here in 52.61.
That is a quarter of a second faster than the 52.87 he swam in the final of the mixed medley relay and 1.30 seconds faster than his individual swim, as he touched 0.11 seconds ahead of individual silver medalist Thomas Ceccon.
Ceccon was 52.28 in the 100 back final earlier tonight, and was four tenths slower tonight and nearly a second slower than his 51.80 leadoff in this event at the World Championships last summer. He was three tenths ahead of France’s Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, who was three tenths slower than the 52.71 he swam individually but over a second off his French record of 51.92 from last summer.
Kolesnikov was 53.00, splitting 24.68/28.32, with Spain’s Ivan Martinez Sota three tenths off his lifetime best of 53.26 with a 53.56 here. Robert Pedersen broke his Danish record for the third time this meet with a 53.61, a tenth of a second faster than his 53.71 from the individual semi-finals, while Roman Mityukov was half a second off his best. Cornelius Jahn missed his PB of 53.84 from the 100 back semi-finals by a quarter of a second for Germany.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Oliver MORGAN GBR 52.61 2 Thomas CECCON ITA 52.72 3 Kliment KOLESNIKOV NAB 53.00 4 Yohann NDOYE-BROUARD FRA 53.05 5 Ivan MARTINEZ SOTA ESP 53.56 6 Robert E. Falborg PEDERSEN DEN 53.61 7 Roman MITYUKOV SUI 53.81 8 Cornelius JAHN GER 54.09Breaststroke
Adam Ramsay-Peaty and Nicolo Martinenghi were almost dead even at the 50 split, but the Italian pulled away in the final 25 to split 58.00, six tenths of a second faster than the 58.58 he swam to win the 100 breast and a tenth faster than his 58.12 from this morning. Ramsay-Peaty split 58.56, his fastest of the season and four tenths under the 58.94 he clocked in the individual semi-finals.
Ivan Kozhakin split 58.48, 0.20 seconds faster than the PB of 58.68 he swam in the 100 breast final to win silver, and 0.07 seconds faster than Kirill Prigoda was this morning. Melvin Imoudu was 58.76 to shave 0.05 seconds off the 58.81 he clocked in the heats.
Carl Aitkaci was 59.43, four tenths off the 59.05 he split on the mixed medley relay for France. Elias Elsgaard was 59.35 for Denmark, two seconds faster than the 1:01.29 he swam for 39th individually.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Nicolo MARTINENGHI ITA 58.00 2 Ivan KOZHAKIN NAB 58.48 3 Adam RAMSAY-PEATY GBR 58.56 4 Melvin Athohame Michael IMOUDU GER 58.76 5 Elias Marius ELSGAARD DEN 59.35 6 Carl AITKACI FRA 59.43 7 Nil CADEVALL MICOLAU ESP 59.77 8 Gian-Luca GARTMANN SUI 1:01.13Butterfly
Noe Ponti swam the 6th-fastest split in history tonight for Switzerland, taking them from 8th to 6th with a split of 49.40. That is faster than any swimmer except Caeleb Dressel and Maxime Grousset has ever split, and is half a second under the 49.93 he swam to win bronze in the individual event.
Also under 50 seconds was France’s Leon Marchand, swimming this leg for the first time since 2022. He was 51.50 four years ago, and clocked 49.64 this time around to become the #5 performer in history. His split tied Josh Liendo‘s 49.64 from the mixed medley relay last summer for #12 all-time.
Marchand was 1.56 seconds faster than his flat start best of 51.20, set in December at the U.S. Open, and was 0.02 seconds faster than Maxime Grousset had been on the mixed medley relay for France.
His sprinting prowess will make him a serious option on this leg for future French relays, and indicates that there could be some lethal 100 free splits in his future. His split tonight was actually 0.06 seconds faster than his 100 free PB of 49.70.
Andrei Minakov split 50.34, just 0.17 seconds slower than he was at the World Championships last year, and 1.55 seconds faster than the 51.89 he swam in the individual final here. He did clock 51.43 in the semi-finals and has a lifetime best of 50.82, but this was a good swim for him nonetheless.
Ed Mildred notched his first sub-51 split this morning with a 50.80, and sliced a quarter of a second off that tonight with a 50.56 which put Great Britain into the lead with 100 to go. He was half a second under the 51.06 he swam for 5th in the individual final and a similar distance under his lifetime best of 51.06, and looks like a long-term fit on what has been a leg for Great Britain for the last four years.
Alberto Razzetti was 51.13 for Italy, four tenths faster than the 51.50 he swam for 9th in the semi-finals, as they still search for a go-to swimmer on this leg. Kaii Winkler was four tenths slower than his German record of 50.92 and off the 50.94 he split this morning for Germany.
Isak Fernandez Rodrigo was 51.97 for Spain, three tenths under his flat start best of 52.28 from the heats earlier this week, while Casper Puggaard was a tenth under his best of 51.50 but seven tenths of a second faster than the 52.11 he clocked in the heats.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Noe PONTI SUI 49.40 2 Leon MARCHAND FRA 49.64 3 Andrei MINAKOV NAB 50.34 4 Edward MILDRED GBR 50.56 5 Alberto RAZZETTI ITA 51.13 6 Kaii Liam WINKLER GER 51.32 7 Casper PUGGAARD DEN 51.41 8 Isak FERNANDEZ RODRIGO ESP 51.97Freestyle
Egor Kornev blasted out in 21.86, but was hanging on a little towards the finish as he only closed in 24.99 for a 46.85. That was a tenth of a second slower than the 46.74 he swam for individual silver, and half a second off the 46.32 he swam on the men’s 4×100 free relay.
Maxime Grousset was out even faster with a first 50 of 21.82, and hung on for his first sub-47 split in 46.91. Putting Marchand on fly and moving Grousset to the anchor seems to have been a phenomenally good lineup decision by the French coaches, with this potentially their go-to back half on this relay moving forward if Carl Aitkaci can hold down the breaststroke leg.
Grousset overhauled Great Britain’s Matt Richards, who was just faster than his 47.41 from the mixed 4×100 free relay with a 47.38 here. That is 0.15 seconds faster than his season best and faster than he was at the World Championships last year, but he couldn’t quite match the pace of Grousset, Kornev, or Carlos D’Ambrosio as Great Britain touched 4th by less than a tenth of a second.
D’Ambrosio notched his fastest split ever with a 47.01, two tenths under his former best of 47.20. That was also more than half a second faster than his flat start best, and Joshua Salchow was similarly under his German record with a 47.38 as they placed 5th. He was 0.42 seconds faster than the 47.80 he swam at the Paris Olympic Games.
Luca Hoek Le Guenedal has been on fire all week, and saved his best until last with a 46.85 here, four tenths of a second faster than his flat start best and national record of 47.26. The only swimmer in history to have been faster as a junior is Kyle Chalmers, who anchored Australia’s 4×100 medley relay in 46.72 at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Oliver Sogaard-Andersen was half a second under his Danish record of 48.55, but two tenths of a second slower than the 47.87 he posted this morning, while Balint Ashton was a full second under his flat start best of 49.17 and half a second faster than his 48.60 anchor, as both Denmark and Switzerland set national records.
Rank Swimmer Nation Split 1 Egor KORNEV NAB 46.85 2 Luca HOEK le GUENEDAL ESP 46.85 3 Maxime GROUSSET FRA 46.91 4 Carlos D’AMBROSIO ITA 47.01 5 Matthew RICHARDS GBR 47.38 6 Josha SALCHOW GER 47.38 7 Oliver SOGAARD-ANDERSEN DEN 48.07 8 Balint ASHTON SUI 48.15Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 European Championships: Day 7 Relay Analysis – Men’s 4×100 Medley
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