2026 EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, July 7 – Sunday, July 12, 2026
- Munich, Germany
- LCM (50 meters)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Recaps
We’re about to enter day three’s final session of the 2026 European Junior Swimming Championships taking place in Munich, Germany.
In addition to several semi-finals serving as the second round from this morning’s heats, we’ll be treated to the final of the girls’ 1500m freestyle, boys’ 200m IM, girls’ 100m butterfly, boys’ 1500m freestyle and girls’ 4x200m free relay.
On key race on which to especially keep an eye will be the boys’ 200m IM, with Neutral Athlete Mikhail Shcherbakov of Russia already well ahead of his gold medal-winning performance in the event from 2025.
Shcherbakov ripped a new Championships Record of 1:57.07 last night to claim the top seed, becoming the 6th-fastest 18&U male in history. We’ll see if he has more in the tank for tonight’s main event as he enters the pool nearly three seconds ahead of his peers.
Kicking us off, however, will be the girls’ 1500m freestyle, where Hungary’s ace Vivien Jackl will try to upgrade her bronze medal from last year to gold as one of the top-tier athletes headed to the medal-contesting race.
GIRLS 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 15:25.48, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2015
- European Junior Record: 15:55.23, Merve Tuncel (TUR), 2021
- Championship Record: 15:55.23, Merve Tuncel (TUR), 2021
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 16:10.23, Amelie Blocksidge (GBR)
GOLD – Kseniia Misharina (NA), 16:05.46
SILVER – Vivien Jackl (HUN), 16:11.59
BRONZE – Anna Arshavskaia (NA), 16:25.25
The women’s 1500m freestyle saw 17-year-old Kseniia Misharina get it done for gold, hitting a near-personal best of 16:05.46 to top the podium.
The Russian, competing as a neutral athlete here, beat the field by over 6 seconds, with last year’s bronze medalist Vivien Jackl of Hungary upgrading her hardware to silver this time around in 16:11.59.
Fellow Russian Anna Arshavskaia wrapped up the podium in 16:25.25.
World Junior Championships multi-medalist Misharina’s career-swiftest mark rests at the 16:03.42 put up earlier this year. Jackl was also outside of her PB tonight, with her best-ever performance remaining at the 16:06.37 which garnered her the European Championships gold medalist last year in Serbia.
Although Arshavskaia’s time was also outside her PB, it blew away the 16:48.32 performance she nabbed last year to place well off the podium in 7th overall.
GIRLS 200 BACKSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS
- World Junior Record: 2:03.35, Regan Smith (USA), 2019
- European Junior Record: 2:06.62, Benchmark
- Championship Record: 2:08.97, Polina Egrova (RUS), 2017
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 2:10.02, Estella Tonrath
TOP 8:
- Eva Rottink (NED) – 2:11.98
- Fanni Viktoria Kokas (HUN) – 2:12.08
- Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu (ROU) – 2:12.18
- Roos Rottink (NED) – 2:12.30
- Jeanne Lechevalier (FRA) – 2:12.37
- Mira Helget (GER) – 2:13.56
- Sara Costa (ESP) – 2:13.63
- Hanna Greta Kiraly (HUN) – 2:14.84
The girls’ 200m backstroke semi-finals saw Dutch swimmer Eva Rottink soar to the top of the rankings, with the Indiana University commit stopping the clock at a solid result of 2:11.98 as the sole swimmer of the field under the 2:12 barrier.
That’s a huge lifetime best for the future Hoosier, laying waste to the 2:13.96 notched at the Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale earlier this year.
Teammate Roos Rottink also made the top 8, claiming the 4th seed in 2:12.30, just .08 outside her best-ever 2:12.22 from the 2025 edition of the aforementioned competition.
Hungarian Fanni Viktoria Kokas claimed the top seed out of the morning heats in 2:12.13 and is very much still in the mix. She posted 2:12.08 tonight, with both efforts clearing her former PB of 2:13.18 notched at the Barcelona stop of the Mare Nostrum Tour this year.
The 2025 European Junior Championships bronze medalist Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu will also be in the hunt, capturing the 3rd seed in 2:12.18, already beating the 2:13.10 she logged last yer to land on the podium.
BOYS 200 IM – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 1:56.53, Yumeki Kojima (JPN), 2026
- European Junior Record: 1:56.99, Hubert Kos (HUN), 2021
- Championship Record: 1:57.07, Mikhail Shcherbakov (RUS), 2026
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 1:57.42, Dávid Antal (HUN)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
GIRLS 50 FREE – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 24.17, Claire Curzan (USA), 2021
- European Junior Record: 24.56, Sara Curtis (ITA), 2024
- Championship Record: 24.67, Sara Curtis (ITA), 2024
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 25.00, Martine Damborg (DEN)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
BOYS 50 FREESTYLE – SEMI-FINALS
- World Junior Record: 21.75, Michael Andrew (USA), 2017/21.75, Nikita Sheremet (UKR), 2025
- European Junior Record: 21.83, Artem Selin (GER), 2019
- Championship Record: 21.83, Artem Selin (GER), 2019
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 22.14 Tajus Juska (LTU)
TOP 8:
GIRLS 200 BREASTSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS
- World Junior Record: 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 2015
- European Junior Record: 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 2015
- Championship Record: 2:21.07, Evgenia Chikunova (RUS), 2019
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 2:27.48, Lena Ludwig (GER)
TOP 8:
BOYS 200 BREASTSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS
- World Junior Record: 21.75, Michael Andrew (USA), 2017/21.75 Nikita Sheremet (UKR), 2025
- European Junior Record: 2:08.32, Filip Nowacki (GBR), 2025
- Championship Record: 2:08.32, Filip Nowacki (GBR), 2025
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 2:08.32, Filip Nowacki (GBR)
TOP 8:
BOYS 200 BACKSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS
- World Junior Record: 1:55.14, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017
- European Junior Record: 1:55.14, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017
- Championship Record: 1:55.79, Oleksandr Zheltyakov (UKR), 2023
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 1:57.89, Zsombor Rácz (HUN)
TOP 8:
GIRLS 100 BUTTERFLY – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 56.20, Claire Curzan (USA), 2021
- European Junior Record: 56.46, Benchmark
- Championship Record: 56.95, Lana Pudar (BIH), 2023
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 58.30, Martine Damborg (DEN)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
BOYS 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINALS
- World Junior Record: 50.62, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2018
- European Junior Record: 50.62, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2018
- Championship Record: 51.35, Egor Kuimov (RUS), 2017
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 52.54, Tajus Juska (LTU)
TOP 8:
BOYS 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 14:41.22, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR), 2024
- European Junior Record: 14:41.22, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR), 2024
- Championship Record: 14:41.89, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR), 2024
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 14:45.05, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR)
GOLD –
SILVER –
BRONZE –
GIRLS 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 7:51.47, Canada, 2017
- European Junior Record: 7:56.06, Italy, 2025
- Championship Record: 7:56.06, Italy, 2025
- 2025 European Junior Champion: 7:56.06, Italy
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