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2026 Italian Swimming Championships Tuesday, April 14th – Saturday, April 18th Prelims at 10am local (4am ET)/Finals at 6pm local (Noon ET) *Friday finals start at 5:15pm local (11:15am ET) Riccione, Italy LCM (50m) 2026 European Championship Selection Criteria Entry List SwimSwam Italia Preview Live Results Livestream Recaps Prelims: Day 1 Finals: Day 2Day 2 finals are here at the Italian Swimming Championships in Riccione, where seven event champions will be crowned tonight in what should be a relatively quick session, as no races longer than 200 meters will be contested.
Sara Curtis narrowly missed out on the 50 back Italian record this morning in the women’s 50 back, touching just 12 hundredths slower than Silvia Scalia‘s 2021 mark of 27,39 in 27.51. Still, she will have another shot at it tonight as the heavily favored top seed.
Frederico Burdisso, the men’s 200 fly national record holder, lived up to his reputation by claiming the top time in the prelims by over a second in 1:56.40, and looking to add to his decorated Italian Championships career total.
Five women cracked the 1:00 mark in the women’s 100 fly as Anita Gastaldi enters these finals holding a narrow four-hundredths lead over Paola Borrelli in 59.22.
The men’s 100 back is shaping up to be one of the tightest events of the evening, as both Michele Lamberti and Daniele Del Signore tied this morning for the top spot in the finals in 54.42, as the rest of the field sits about a second off of those two leaders.
Lucrezia Mancini leads the way in the women’s 200 breast following the only performance under 2:28 this morning, having touched in 2:27.52 in the heats, while the next four swimmers all sat within a second and a half of her in the morning.
Federico Poggio headlines the men’s 100 breast as the only swimmer under a minute in prelims, posting a 59.84 to secure lane four for tonight’s championship bout, the only swimmer in the prelims to sneak under that 1:00 mark.
In the final event of the session, we will see International Championship mainstay Simona Quadarella as the favorite to take the 200 free crown, having comfortably earned the top seed this morning in 1:58.50.
Women’s 50 Back – Final
World Record – 26.86, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023 European Record – 27.10, Kira Toussaint (NED), 2021 ITA Record – 27.39, Silvia Scalia, 2021 European Championships Qualifying Time – 27.90Top 8:
Sara Curtis – 27.33 *New Italian Record* Federica Toma– 28.20 Francesca Pasquino – 28.32 Francesca Romana Furfaro – 28.50 Chiara Lamanna – 28.52 Martina Biasioli – 28.75 Greta Rossi – 28.87 Martina Zanet – 28.99Building off of a strong prelims showing where she nearly clipped the Italian Record in the prelims, Sara Curtis managed to dip below Silvia Scalia’s Italian record of 27,39 to win here in 27.33, a near two-tenth time drop from the morning.
This time not only marks a new career best for Curtis, having dropped this morning from her 27.94, but it now makes her the 3rd fastest performer in the world in 2026, only trailing Americans Katharine Berkoff and Isabelle Stadden in 27.24 and 27.29, respectively.
No other swimmer in the field managed to get under that European Championships qualifying time besides Curtis, but it was a battle to fill the rest of the top 8, as Federica Toma was just able to surge to the wall 12 hundreths quicker than Francesca Pasquino to take silver in 28.20
Men’s 200 Fly – Final
World Record – 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2022 European Record – 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2022 ITA Record – 1:54.28, Frederico Burdisso, 2021 European Championships Qualifying Time – 1:56.00Top 8:
Women’s 100 Fly – Final
World Record – 54.60, Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2025 European Record – 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2016 ITA Record – 57.04, Elena Di Liddo, 2019 European Championships Qualifying Time – 57.80Top 8:
Men’s 100 Back – Final
World Record – 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022 European Record – 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022 ITA Record – 51.60, Thomas Ceccon, 2022 European Championships Qualifying Time – 53.50Top 8:
Women’s 200 Breast – Final
World Record – 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS), 2023 European Record – 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS), 2023 ITA Record – 2:23.06, Francesca Fangio, 2021 European Championships Qualifying Time – 2:25.00Top 8:
Men’s 100 Breast – Final
World Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019 European Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019 ITA Record – 58.26, Nicolò Martinenghi, 2022 European Championships Qualifying Time – 59.60Top 8:
Women’s 200 Free – Final
World Record – 1:52.23, Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2024 European Record – 1:52.98, Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 2009 ITA Record – 1:52.98, Federica Pellegrini, 2009 European Championships Qualifying Time – 1:58.10Top 8:
Women’s 4×200 Free – Final
Top 3:
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