2024 European Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap
By Retta Race on SwimSwam
2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 17-23, 2024
LCM (50 meters)
Belgrade, Serbia
Prelims: 9:30 am local time
Finals: 6:30 pm local time
Psych Sheets
Men’s Storylines
Women’s Storylines
Live Results
Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals Live Recap
Day 4 Prelims Live Recap | Day 4 Finals Live Recap
Day 5 Prelims Live Recap
DAY 5 FINALS HEAT SHEET
Just 3 nights of action remain at the 2024 European Championships with this evening’s events bringing us several big stars’ races.
Hungary’s Kristof Milak is set to duel with top-seeded Krzysztof Chmielewski in the semi-finals of the men’s 200m fly.
Also, Irish ace Danielle Hill will try to follow up her first-ever international medal from last night’s 50m back with a high-caliber performance in the women’s 100m back semi-finals.
Anastasia Gorbenko if Israel will try to keep her IM winning streak alive with tonight’s 200m IM semi-final while the men’s 200m free will carry the likes of David Popovici of Romania and Danas Rapsys of Lithuania.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINAL
World Record: 55.18 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
European Record: 55.48 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2016)
Championship Record: 55.89 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2016)
GOLD – Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL), 57.47
SILVER – Georgia Damasioti (GRE), 57.74
BRONZE – Sara Junevik (SWE), 58.06
The women’s 100m butterfly event brought us our first national record of the evening, as 19-year-old Roos Vanotterdijk produced the fastest time of her career en route to gold.
Vanotterdijk stopped the clock in 57.47 to notch one of two swims under the 58-second barrier. Joining her was runner-up Georgia Damasioti who touched in 57.74 while Sweden’s Sara Junevik rounded out the podium in 58.06.
As for Vanotterdijk, the Belgian opened in 26.89 and closed in 30.58 to overwrite her own previous national mark of 57.82 put up during the 2023 Flemish Championships. That means tonight’s performance hacked .35 to now check in as the 23rd-quickest performer in the world this season.
For her part, Damasioti’s outing also represented a lifetime best and the Greek swimmer’s first-ever foray under the 58-second threshold. Entering this competition, Damasioti’s career-quickest stood at the 58.76 logged at April’s Acropolis Open.
MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL
World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)
European Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)
Championship Record: 1:42.97 – David Popovici, Romania (2022)
GOLD – David Popovici (ROU), 1:43.13
SILVER – Danas Rapsys (LTU), 1:45.65
BRONZE – Antonio Djakovic (SUI), 1:46.32
It was the David Popovici show once again at these European Championships, with the 19-year-old busting out a powerful performance of 1:43.13 to win this men’s 200m free.
Last night Popovici clocked a semi-final result of 1:46.15 to set the stage but this evening the #3 performer in history dropped nearly 3 seconds to handily defeat a world-class field and grab the gold.
Splits for Popovici included 23.83/26.25 (50.08)/26.71/26.34 to get the job done, handing Danas Rapsys of Lithuania the silver in 1:45.65. Swiss ace Antonio Djakovic held on for bronze in 1:46.32.
With the Olympic Games just a few weeks away, Popovici has just registered the sole sub-1:44 outing of the entire world this season.
Entering these Championships, Germany’s Lukas Maertens was #1 in the world rankings with the 1:44.14 produced at April’s German Championships. Popovici’s previous season-best of 1:44.74 from last month’s Mare Nostrum Tour ranked him 4th but he now rockets up to #1 and is the man to beat in Paris.
2023-2024 LCM Men 200 Free
POPOVICI
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HWANG KOR1:44.4009/274Matthew
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WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL
World Record: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, Russia (2023)
European Record: 2:19.11 – Rikke Pedersen, Denmark (2013)
Championship Record: 2:19.84 – Rikke Pedersen, Denmark (2014)
GOLD – Kristyna Horska (CZE), 2:23.60
SILVER – Clara Rybak-Andersen (DEN), 2:25.20
BRONZE – Lisa Mamie (SUI), 2:26.10
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 57.13 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
European Record: 58.08 – Kathleen Dawson, Great Britain (2021)
Championship Record: 58.08 – Kathleen Dawson, Great Britain (2021)
Top 8:
MEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2017)
European Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2017)
Championship Record: 26.09 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2018)
Top 8:
WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 23.61 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
European Record: 23.61 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
Championship Record: 23.74 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2018)
Top 8:
MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINAL
World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
European Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
Championship Record: 1:51.10 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2021)
Top 8:
WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015)
European Record: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015)
Championship Record: 2:07.30 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2016)
Top 8:
MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINAL
World Record: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2023)
European Record: 23.80 – Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2021)
Championship Record: 23.80 – Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2021)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL
World Record: 15:20.48 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
European Record: 15:38.88 – Lotte Friis, Denmark (2013)
Championship Record: 15:50.22 – Boglarka Kapas, Hungary (2016)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
MIXED 4×100 FREE RELAY – FINAL
World Record: 3:18.83 – Australia (2023)
European Record: 3:21.68 – Great Britain (2023)
Championship Record: 3:22.07 – France (2018)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
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