2024 European Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
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
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DAY 3 PRELIMS EVENT LINEUP
Women’s 200 free
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 50 back
Men’s 200 breast
Women’s 400 IM
Women’s 4×100 free relay
Day 3 of the 2024 European Championships are here. One of the most highly anticipated events on today’s schedule is the men’s 100 fly, which should see a great contest between European Record holder Kristof Milak and Switzerland’s Noe Ponti. Milak is the 2nd seed with a 50.75, though he’s been as fast as 49.68 in his career. Ponti comes in as the top seed with a 50.16.
Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko has been having a good meet so far this week and she enters as the top seed in the women’s 400 IM. Gorbenko comes in with a 4:34.87 entry time, which is just ahead of Hungary’s Vivien Jackl, who is 2nd with a 4:34.96.
WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – HEATS
World Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, Australia (2024)
European Record: 1:52.98 – Federica Pellegrini, Italy (2009)
Championship Record: 1:54.95 – Charlotte Bonnet, France (2018)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
Janja Segel (Slovenia) – 1:57.81
Panna Ugrai (Hungary) – 1:58.07
Barbora Seemanova (Czech Republic) – 1:58.58
SS Jorunnardottir (Israel) – 1:58.73
Nicole Maier (Germany) – 1:58.83 (TIE)
Minna Abraham (Hungary – 1:58.83 (TIE)
Nikolett Padar (Hungary) – 1:58.96*
Lea Polonsky (Israel) – 1:59.21
Daria Golovaty (Israel) – 1:59.21
Leah Schlosshan (Great Britain) – 1:59.73
Wiktoria Gusc (Poland) – 1:59.97
Zuzanna Famulok (Poland) – 2:00.01
Gizem Guvenc (Turkey) – 2:00.18
Ayla Spitz (Israel) – 2:00.41*
Francisca Martins (Portugal) – 2:00.86
Aleksa Gold (Estonia) – 2:01.27
Katja Fain (Slovenia) – 2:01.32
Maya Werner (Germany) – 2:01.88
Slovenian Janja Segel led prelims of the women’s 200 free this morning with a 1:57.81. She picked up the top seed for tonight’s semifinals thanks in large part to her 29.75 on the final 50m, which was the 2nd-fastest last 50 split in the field this morning.
Hungarian Nikolett Padar, the #2 seed coming into the race, ended up finishing 7th this morning in 1:58.96. While that would normally mean Padar did what she needed to do to make the semifinal, she was the 3rd-fastest Hungarian this morning, which means she won’t advance to the semifinals tonight. Panna Ungrai came in 2nd with a 1:58.07, and Minna Abraham tied for 5th with a 1:58.83, marking the top 2 Hungarian swims this morning.
Barbora Seemanova, the top seed coming into the race, took 3rd this morning in 1:58.58. Seemanova showed her speed this morning, splitting 57.07 on the opening 100m, which was the fastest first 100 in the field.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – HEATS
World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
European Record: 49.68 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2021)
Championship Record: 50.18 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2021)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – HEATS
World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2023)
European Record: 27.10 – Kira Toussaint, Netherlands (2021)
Championship Record: 27.19 – Kathleen Dawson, Great Britain (2021)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
World Record: 2:05.48 – Qin Haiyang, China (2023)
European Record: 2:06.12 – Anton Chupkov, Russia (2019)
Championship Record: 2:06.80 – Anton Chupkov, Russia (2018)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
WOMEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – HEATS
World Record: 4:24.38 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2024)
European Record: 4:26.36 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2016)
Championship Record: 4:30.90 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2016)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
WOMEN’S 4×100 FREE RELAY
World Record: 3:27.96 – Australia (2023)
European Record: 3:31.72 – Netherlands (2009)
Championship Record: 3:33.62 – Netherlands (2008)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
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