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2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open
Wednesday, April 29 – Saturday, May 2, 2026 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center LCM (50 meters) All the Links Meet Central Psych Sheet Live Results: “Fort Lauderdale Open” on Meet Mobile Recaps Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2Day 3 Finals Heat Sheet
Welcome to the 3rd finals session of the 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open.
There are some exciting races on the docket this evening, and we are kicking off with some of the best swimmers in the world in the women’s 200 freestyle. The championship final is loaded. Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh, and Regan Smith are all World Record holders in their own events and they will be joined by Erin Gemmell, Rylee Erisman, Simone Manuel, Nikolett Padar, and Anna Moesch in the 2nd of two heats.
The men’s 200 freestyle will see Chris Guiliano as the top seed, less than a tenth ahead of Tomas Navikonis in 2nd. Hubert Kos and Luke Hobson will also be in the final heat.
In the women’s 50 breaststroke, Eneli Jefimova and Emma Weber were the only swimmers under 31 seconds in the prelims session while Ireland’s Mona McSharry was hot on their heels in 31.28, just three tenths back of Weber to qualify 3rd.
The men’s 50 breaststroke will see Jack Kelly as the top seed just a tenth ahead of 17-year-old Ian Call, one of the youngest ‘A’ finalists on the men’s side.
While some of the races are looking like they could be close tonight, the women’s 50 butterfly is all about Gretchen Walsh. She was 25.16 in prelims to come in almost four tenths ahead of teammate Kate Douglass, who will be the 2nd seed in 25.50.
Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo will face off in the men’s 50 fly as the 1st and 3rd seeds respectively. Dylan Carter qualified in between them in 23.49, just one hundredth faster than Liendo’s 23.50. Kharun is seeded in 23.06 for the middle lane.
Isabelle Stadden is the top seed in the women’s 200 backstroke, but American Record holder Regan Smith is the favorite to earn the win tonight from lane 7. Youngsters Rylee Erisman and Audrey Derivaux hold the other two middle lanes.
Hubert Kos is the clear favorite to win the men’s 200 backstroke, swimming 1:58.05 in prelims to be the only swimmer under 2:00 in the event.
The meet will wrap up with the 400 IM events where Emma Weyant and Leon Marchand are the respective top seeds. Weyant sits about a second ahead of 2nd seed Sadie Buckley. Marchand is looking at potentially one of the most dominant event wins of the night with his 4:13.50 in prelims earning the top seed by more than five seconds.
Women’s 200 Freestyle
World Record – 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2024) American Record – 1:53.61 – Allison Schmitt (2012) U.S. Open Record – 1:53.80 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2026)Men’s 200 Freestyle
World Record – 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009) American Record – 1:42.96 – Michael Phelps (2008) U.S. Open Record – 1:43.76 – Luke Hobson, USA (2025)Women’s 50 Breaststroke
World Record – 29.16 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2023) American Record – 29.40 – Lilly King (2017) U.S. Open Record – 29.62 – Lilly King, USA (2018)Men’s 50 Breaststroke
World Record – 25.95 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017) American Record – 26.39 – Van Mathias (2026) U.S. Open Record – 26.52 – Michael Andrew, USA (2022)Women’s 50 Butterfly
World Record – 24.43 – Sarah Sjöström, SWE (2014) American Record – 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh (2025) U.S. Open Record – 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)Men’s 50 Butterfly
World Record – 22.27 – Andriy Govorov, UKR (2018) American Record – 22.35 – Caeleb Dressel (2019) U.S. Open Record – 22.80 – Maxime Grousset, FRA (2022)Women’s 200 Backstroke
World Record – 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023) American Record – 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (2019) U.S. Open Record – 2:03.80 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)Men’s 200 Backstroke
World Record – 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009) American Record – 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol (2009) U.S. Open Record – 1:53.08 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)Women’s 400 IM
World Record – 4:23.65 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025) American Record – 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff (2008) U.S. Open Record – 4:26.98 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)Men’s 400 IM
World Record – 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2023) American Record – 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008) U.S. Open Record – 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open: Day 3 Finals Live Recap
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