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2024 Mare Nostrum Barcelona: Day 2 Finals Live Recap | SwimSwam

By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2024 MARE NOSTRUM – BARCELONA

Hello folks and welcome back for the second (and final) day at the Barcelona stop of the 2024 Mare Nostrum tour. It was a busy prelims session, and you can check out the full recap here.

The main highlight of the morning was Benedetta Pilato taking down Ruta Meilutyte‘s Barcelona meet record of 29.96, which Meilutyte posted way back in 2013. In prelims, Pilato rewrote the standard with a 29.89 performance. The overall Mare Nostrum tour record is a 29.75–set last year by Lara van Niekerk–and Pilato will get another shot at that record during the final. Van Niekerk is in the final as well, sitting further back with a 31.96 out of prelims.

Kristof Milak had a busy morning, taking on the 100 freestyle and 200 butterfly. He missed out on the 100 free final with a 9th place finish, but that race is still stacked. Florent Manaudou holds down the top seed (48.78). In the final, he’ll try to fend off the likes of Hwang Sunwoo, Thomas Ceccon, David Popovici, Alessandro Miressi, and Katsuhiro Matsumoto. 

Milak will feature in the 200 fly final. The world record holder comes into the final as the second seed (1:57.11) behind top qualifier Kim Minseop. 

WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINAL (Fastest Heat)

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 8:19.86 – Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain (2012)
  • OQT:  8:26.71
  1. Francisca Soares Martins (POR) — 8:40.71
  2. Emma Gianelli (RNF) — 8:41.80
  3. Dune Coetzee (TSC) — 8:43.38
  4. Jimena Perez Blanco (CNB) — 8:49.12
  5. Paula Otero Fernandez (ESP) — 8:51.39
  6. Johanna Enkner (AUT) — 8:55.28
  7. Ludovica Terlizza (GNMS) — 8:55.32
  8. Hanne Naess (BSV) — 8:56.74

Francisca Soares Martins took the win in the women’s 800 freestyle to open the session. The Portugese swimmer clocked 8:40.71 to win the race by just over a second ahead of Emma Gianelli. Back in January, Martins set her personal best in this event at 8:36.95. This performance today is the third-fastest in her career.

Swimming for her South African club team, Dune Coetzee earned bronze in 8:43.38. While not a season best, it does improve on the 8:48.40 she posted less than two weeks ago at the Atlanta Classic while still racing in the United States.

MEN’S 50 BACKSTOKE – FINAL

  1. Ulises Juan Saravia Pelaez (CDNC) — 25.09
  2. Michele Lamberti (ITA) — 25.25
  3. Kai Van Westering (NED) — 25.50
  4. Adam Jaszo (HUN) — 25.70
  5. Adrian Santos Martin (CNSA) / Markus Lie (NOR) — 25.81
  6. (tie)
  7. Robert Pedersen (DEN) — 25.86
  8. Joao Costa (POR) — 25.95

The men’s 50 backstroke final kicks off a flurry of 50s of stroke on Day 2 in Barcelona. Ulises Juan Saravia Pelaez earned the win, touching .16 seconds ahead of Italy’s Michele Lamberti.

Kai Van Westering finished .25 seconds back from Lamberti for third place. It’s a new season best for Van Westering, improving on the25.69 that he posted at the 2024 World Championships. His personal best stands at 25.19 from last summer.

WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 29.75 – Lara Van Nierkerk, South Africa (2023)
  1. Benedetta Pilato (ITA) — 30.06
  2. Skyler Smith (NCAC) — 30.69
  3. Reona Aoki (JPN) — 30.89
  4. Kara Hanlon (SWP) — 31.20
  5. Silje Slyngstadli (NOR) — 31.83
  6. Lara Van Nieker (PAC) — 31.98
  7. Mikaela Goelst (Seals) — 32.25
  8. Celia Monforte Millan (CNLH) — 32.83

MEN’S 50 Butterfly – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 22.53 – Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
  1. Nyls Korstanje (NED) — 23.29
  2. Dylan Carter (TTO) — 23.36
  3. Szebasztian Szabo (HUN) — 23.38
  4. Quah Zheng Wen (SGP) — 23.56
  5. Thomas Verhoeven (FAZ) — 23.58
  6. Tibor Tistan (SVK) — 23.71
  7. Alberto Lozano Mateos (CNT) — 23.93
  8. Casper Puggaard (DEN) — 23.96

WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 4:30.75 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2012)
  • OQT: 4:38.53

MEN’S 100 Freestyle – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 48.08 – Nathan Adrian, USA (2014)
  • OQT: 48.34

Women’s 100 Backstroke – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 58.57 – Kylie Masse, Canada (2022)
  • OQT: 59.99

MEN’S 100 Breaststroke – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 58.15 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2019)
  • OQT: 59.49

Women’s 50 Freestyle – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 23.82 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
  • OQT: 24.70

MEN’S 200 Backstroke – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 1:54.34 – Ryosuke Irie, Japan (2007)
  • OQT: 1:57.50

Women’s 200 Breaststroke – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 2:19.67 – Rikke Moeller Pedersen, Denmark (2010)
  • OQT: 2:23.91

MEN’S 200 Butterfly – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 1:53.89 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
  • OQT: 1:55.78

Women’s 100 Butterfly – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 55.76 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2013)
  • OQT: 57.92

MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 1:56.31 – Hugo Gonzalez, Spain (2021)
  • OQT: 1:57.94

Women’s 200 Freestyle – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 1:54.66- Camille Muffat, France (2008)
  • OQT: 1:57.26

MEN’S 400 Freestyle – FINAL

  • Mare Nostrum Record: 3:41.71 – Ian Thorpe, Australia (2001)
  • OQT: 3:46.78

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