2022 European Championships: Watch Sjostrom’s 23.91 and More Day 6 Finals Videos

2022 EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, August 11 – Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (pool swimming)
• Rome, Italy
• Parco Del Foro Italico
• LCM (50m)
• Start Times
  • Prelims: 9:00 am local / 3:00 am ET
  • Finals: 6:00 pm local / 12:00 pm ET
• Meet Central
• Event Schedule
• Entries
• Live Results
• Live Stream
• Day 6 Finals Heat Sheet

This post contains videos of the finals races from day 6 of the 2022 European Championships in Rome. Those races include finals of the men’s 200 fly, women’s 50 free, men’s 50 breast, women’s 200 IM, men’s 1500 free, women’s 100 back, and the mixed 4×200 free relay. All videos in this post are from European Aquatics’ (LEN) YouTube channel.

MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2022 World Championships
• European Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2022 World Championships
• European Championships Record: 1:51.10, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2021
• 2020 European Champion: Kristof Milak (HUN), 1:51.10

1. Kristof Milak (HUN), 1:52.01
2. Richard Marton (HUN), 1:54.78
3. Alberto Razzetti (ITA), 1:55.01
4. Giacomo Carini (ITA), 1:55.17
5. Noe Ponti (SUI), 1:55.26
6. Denys Kesil (UKR) / Kregor Zirk (EST), 1:55.80
7. –
8. Krzysztof Chmielewski (POL), 1:56.43

The fastest man in history put his 200 butterfly prowess on display once again, as Kristof Milak opened up a big early lead in the final before widening his gap over the field on the back-half en route to winning his third straight European title in the event.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — FINAL

• World Record: 23.67, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2017 World Championships
• European Record: 23.67, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2017 World Championships
• European Championship Record: 23.74, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2018
• 2020 European Champion: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), 23.97

1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 23.91
2. Kasia Wasick (POL), 24.20
3. Valerie van Roon (NED), 24.64
4. Tessa Giele (NED), 24.74
5. Silvia Di Pietro (ITA), 24.77
6. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA), 24.82
7. Anna Hopkin (GBR), 24.87
8. Julie Kepp Jensen (DEN), 25.18

Sarah Sjostrom blasted her way to the title in the women’s 50 freestyle, putting up a time of 23.91 to mark the fastest we’ve seen in the world this year.

MEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE — FINAL

• World Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017 World Championships
• European Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017 World Championships
• European Championships Record: 26.09, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2018
• 2020 European Champion: Adam Peaty (GBR) – 26.21

1. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 26.33
2. Simone Cerasuolo (ITA), 26.95
3. Lucas Matzerath (GER), 27.11
4. Valentin Bayer (AUT), 27.19
5. Olli Kokko (FIN), 27.26
6. Bernhard Reitshammer (AUT), 27.29
7. Volodymyr Lisovets (UKR), 27.59
8. Peter John Stevens (SLO), 27.74

Nicolo Martinenghi roared to a decisive victory in the men’s 50 breaststroke, dipping under his Italian Record in a time of 26.33 to move into a tie for second all-time.

WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY — FINAL

• World Record: 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2015 World Championships
• European Record: 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2015 World Championships
• European Championship Record: 2:07.30, Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2016
• 2020 European Champion: Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR), 2:09.99

1. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR), 2:10.92
2. Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 2:11.14
3. Sara Franceschi (ITA), 2:11.38
4. Katie Shanahan (GBR), 2:12.29
5. Kristyna Horska (CZE), 2:12.49
6. Maria Ugolkova (SUI), 2:12.56
7. Dalma Sebestyen (HUN),2:13.45
8. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2:14.37

The times were a second slower, but the final of the women’s 200 IM turned into a race very similar to the one we saw just over a year ago in Budapest, and the same woman, Anastasia Gorbenko, came out on top once again.

MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL

• World Record: 14:31.02, Sun Yang (CHN) – 2012 Olympic Games
• European Record: 14:32.80, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) – 2022 World Championships
• European Championship Record: 14:34.04, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) – 2016
• 2020 European Champion: Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR), 14:39.89

1. Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR), 14:36.10
2. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 14:39.79
3. Damien Joly (FRA), 14:50.86
4. Domenico Acerenza (ITA), 14:56.15
5. Florian Wellbrock (GER), 15:02.51
6. Carlos Garach Benito (ESP), 15:05.11
7. Henrik Christiansen (NOR), 15:07.98
8. Oliver Klemet (GER), 15:10.57

Mykhailo Romanchuk silenced the crowd in the men’s 1500 freestyle, taking out hometown favorite Gregorio Paltrinieri with an exceptional performance that sees him repeat as the European champion in the event.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE — FINAL

• World Record: 57.45, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2021
• European Record: 58.08, Kathleen Dawson (GBR) – 2021
• European Championships Record: 58.44, Kathleen Dawson (GBR) – 2021
• 2020 European Champion: Kathleen Dawson (GBR), 58.49

1. Margherita Panziera (ITA), 59.40
2. Medi Harris (GBR), 59.46
3. Kira Toussaint (NED), 59.53
4. Pauline Mahieu (FRA), 1:00.00
5. Silvia Scalia (ITA), 1:00.12
6. Emma Terebo (FRA), 1:00.40
7. Simona Kubova (CZE),
8. Maaike de Waard (NED), 1:00.54

In an absolutely stunning finish, Italy’s Margherita Panziera completes the backstroke double as she claims gold in the women’s 100 back in a time of 59.40, winning a razor-thin battle with Great Britain’s Medi Harris and the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint.

MIXED 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

• World Record: N/A
• European Record: N/A
• European Championships Record: 7:26.67, Great Britain (Dean, Guy, Wood, Anderson) – 2020
• 2020 European Champion: Great Britain (Dean, Guy, Wood, Anderson) – 7:26.67

1. Great Britain, 7:28.16
2. France, 7:29.25
3. Italy, 7:31.85
4. Hungary, 7:34.55
5. Netherlands, 7:34.68
6. Israel, 7:38.45
7. Poland, 7:41.29
8. Denmark, 7:47.80

• Full Results

Great Britain wins a repeat European title in the mixed 4×200 freestyle relay, as Freya Anderson out-dueled France’s Lucile Tessariol to solidify the victory in a time of 7:28.16.