2026 European Championships: Day 7 Prelims Preview ...Middle East

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2026 European Swimming Championships

DAY 7 PRELIMS START LIST

Day 7 Prelims Schedule

We are now onto the final day of the 2026 European Championships, and that means a shorter prelims session with only six events.

Isabel Gose and Simona Quadarella match up for the third time, having finished as the top two in both the 800 free and 1500 free so far this week. This time the roles are reversed, as Gose is the top seed in 4:02.90 ahead of the Italian’s 4:03.44.

Maya Werner (4:06.04) has won bronze in both of those events and is the #3 seed here, with 200 free bronze medalist Freya Colbert (4:06.16) having opted for this event instead of the 200 IM. Sofia Diakova (4:07.06) and Linda Roth (4:06.89) are both medalists from the European Junior Championships last month.

Having had three Germans battling to make it through the heats of both the men’s 800 free and 1500 free, we now get to see four in the 400 free. World record holder Lukas Martens (3:40.61) is the top seed, ahead of Oliver Klemet (3:43.13), Johannes Liebmann (3:44.59), and Sven Schwarz (3:46.52).

Leon Marchand is in the final heat with Martens and Schwarz, having become the #6 performer in history in the 200 free when leading off the men’s 4×200 free relay on day 1. His lifetime best is 3:44.70, but that could be demolished here.

Former world junior record holder Petar Mitsin (3:44.31) is the #5 seed, with James Guy (3:44.04) the #4 seed having won bronze in the 200 free as he cracked 1:45 for the first time. Lucas Henveaux (3:44.61) lowered his Belgian record in the 200 free and will be dangerous here as well.

Zalan Sarkany (3:46.82) and Dan Wiffen (3:47.01) could be dangerous from outside lanes in the penultimate heat, while Greece’s Dimitrios Markos (3:47.59) could make some noise from heat 5. He has shattered his Greek records in the 200 free (1:44.93) and 800 free (7:43.52) so far this week.

The junior pair of Christian Giefing (3:47.92) and Sauveur Cristofini (3:47.99) join him in that heat, having placed 4th and 9th, respectively, in the 200 free as they moved into the all-time junior top ten. Franko Grgic (3:49.39), who won the distance free events at the 2019 World Junior Championships but has struggled with injuries since, also features.

We then have the women’s 4×100 medley relay, where the Netherlands and Neutral Athletes B look dangerous. Great Britain have also had some strong performances in the stroke 100s this week, while France have some breaststroker struggles with no women under 1:08 for them so far this season. There are 15 teams entered this morning, including defending champions Poland, gunning for eight spots in the final.

World champions Neutral Athletes B are in the final heat of the men’s 4×100 free relay, alongside Great Britain, France, and Spain. Italy will go in the first heat of three, and will need to throw down a strong performance to ensure that they make the final here, having missed out in the men’s 4×100 free relay. Defending champions Austria are in the second heat, racing against Germany, Poland, and Romania, who may swim double European champion David Popovici.

We then move onto the combined classification women’s 50 free and men’s 100 free. Alexander Hillhouse, who won the men’s 100 free last night, is the top seed in the men’s 50, and Defne Kurt is the top seed in the women’s 100 after placing 2nd in the women’s 50, having only missed the S10 world record by 0.03 seconds.

Our final event is an unusual one, as we have a swim-off for first reserve for the women’s 50 breast final. Kotryna Teterevkoca and Ralina Giliazova tied for 9th last night in 30.55, and then tied again in a swim-off at the end of the night in 30.43. We will see if a second swim-off can separate the pair.

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