By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- June 17-23, 2024
- LCM (50 meters)
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Prelims: 9:30 am local time
- Finals: 5:30 pm local time
- Psych Sheets
- Men’s Storylines
- Women’s Storylines
- Live Results
The 2024 European Championships kick off this morning in Belgrade, marking the first day of the 7-day meet. This morning’s heats will feature preliminaries of the men’s 400 IM, w0men’s 100 free, men’s 50 fly, women’s 200 back, men’s 100 breast, women’s 4×200 free relay, men’s 4×200 free relay, and women’s 800 free. The women’s 800 free prelims will take place this morning and the final will be in tomorrow night’s finals session.
The men’s 50 fly today will feature superstar Hungarian flyer Kristof Milak. Milak is the 9th seed coming into the event, however, as one of the fastest 100 flyers in history, we should see a great race out of him.
Czech Republic’s Barbora Seemanova and Denmark’s Signe Bro are the only two women entered under 54 seconds in the 100 free this morning. That sets the pair up quite well for this race, since there are only 8 total swimmers seeded under 55 seconds in the event.
Hungary holds 4 of the top 5 seeds in the men’s 400 IM this morning. Gabor Zambori leads the way with a 4:12.70 entry time, though be sure to keep an eye on Zalan Sarkany, who is coming off a terrific season in the USA competing for Arizona State University.
MEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – HEATS
- World Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, France (2023)
- European Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, France (2023)
- Championship Record: 4:09.59 – Laszlo Cseh, Hungary (2008)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
- Balazs Hollo (Hungary) – 4:12.46
- Gabor Zambori (Hungary) – 4:13.75
- Dominik Torok (Hungary) – 4:14.76*
- Zalan Sarkany (Hungary) – 4:15.16*
- Apostolos Papastamos (Greece) – 4:15.97
- Marius Toscan (Switzerland) – 4:18.91
- Daniil Giourtzidis (Greece) – 4:19.11
- Juraj Barcot (Croatia) – 4:20.96
- Richard Nagy (Slovakia) – 4:21.39
- Heorhii Lukashev (Ukraine) – 4:21.82
Hungary produced the top 4 swimmers in the heats this morning, led by Balazs Hollo, who put up a very strong prelims performance of 4:12.46. The 25-year-old was fantastic on the back half of the race, splitting a field-leading 1:11.39 on the breaststroke leg and 57.74 on free, which was also the fastest in the field. He paired very solid front half splits of 57.15 on fly and 1:06.20 on back with his back half.
Hungarian teammate Gabor Zambori opened up a huge lead early in the race this morning, splitting 2:00.75 on the opening 200m of the race. Zambori swam a 56.11 on fly, making him the only swimmer in the field to go under 57 seconds on that leg of the race. He then put up a field-leading 1:04.64 on backstroke, resulting in a huge lead at the halfway point. He would go on to finish 2nd overall with a 4:13.75.
Hungarians Dominik Torok and Zalan Sarkany came in the 3rd and 4th respectively this morning with times of 4:14.76 and 4:15.16. Unfortunately for those two, only two swimmers from each country are able to advance beyond the heats at the European Championships, so they will not be advancing to tonight’s final.
Greece’s Apostolos Papastamos came in 5th overall but will be the 3rd seed in the final tonight. This morning, Papastamos swam a 4:15.97, fueled by a great middle of the race. He split 1:05.03 on backstroke and a 1:11.89 on breaststroke, both of which were the 2nd-fastest splits in the field this morning.
WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – HEATS
- World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2017)
- European Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2017)
- Championship Record: 52.67 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2014)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – HEATS
- World Record: 22.27 – Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
- European Record: 22.27 – Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
- Championship Record: 22.48 – Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – HEATS
- World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2023)
- European Record: 2:04.94 – Anastasia Zueva, Russia (2009)
- Championship Record: 2:06.08 – Margherita Panziera, Italy (2021)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
- World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2019)
- European Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2019)
- Championship Record: 57.10 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2018)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
WOMEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – HEATS
- World Record: 7:37.50 – Australia (2023)
- European Record: 7:45.51 – Great Britain (2009)
- Championship Record: 7:50.53 – Italy (2014)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
MEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – HEATS
- World Record: 6:58.55 – USA (2009)
- European Record: 6:58.58 – Great Britain (2021)
- Championship Record: 7:03.49 – Russia (2021)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – HEATS
- World Record: 8:04.79 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2016)
- European Record: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain (2008)
- Championship Record: Jazmin Carlin, Great Britain (2014)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
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