2026 Malstem Swim Open Stockholm: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2026 MALMSTEN SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM

• Thursday, April 9th – Sunday, April 12th
• Prelims at 9:30am local (3:30am ET)/Finals at 6pm local (Noon ET)
• Stockholm, Sweden
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• Entries
• Live Results

Welcome to the first finals session of the 2026 Malstem Swim Open in Stockholm. We are in for a very exciting few days of racing, starting tonight.

Night One Order of Events

• Men’s 200 Breaststroke Final
• Women’s 200 Freestyle Final
• Men’s 400 Freestyle Final
• Women’s 50 Backstroke Final
• Men’s 200 Backstroke Final
• Women’s 1500 Freestyle Final
• Men’s 50 Butterfly Final
• Women’s 50 Butterfly Final

Men’s 200 Breaststroke Final

• Meet Record: 2:07.85 — Erik Persson (SWE), 2017
• World Record: 2:05.48 — Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
• European Record: 2:05.85 — Leon Marchand (FRA), 2024

Top 3 Finishers

1. Caspar Corbeau (NED) — 2:08.76
2. Arno Kamminga (NED) — 2:11.95
3. Matti Mattsson (FIN) — 2:12.41

Caspar Corbeau won the first event of the meet, swimming the top time in the men’s 200 breaststroke of 2:08.76 to come in more than three seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

He jumped out to an early lead, splitting 28.92 on the first 50 to be one of three swimmers under 30 seconds and the only swimmer under 29 seconds.

He turned in 1:01.61 at the 100, about a second ahead of country mate Arno Kamminga, who turned in 1:02.76 for 2nd overall.

Corbeau was 1:07.15 on the 2nd 100, splitting 33.56/33.59 on his final two 50s. He had the fastest final 50 in the field by almost a second and was almost two seconds faster than Kamminga, who closed in 35.27 for the silver.

Finland’s Matti Mattsson finished 3rd in 2:12.42, splitting 1:03.13/1:09.29.

Women’s 200 Freestyle Final

• Meet Record: 1:54.87 — Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2016
• World Record: 1:52.23 — Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2024
• European Record: 1:52.98 — Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 2009

Top 3 Finishers

1. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) — 1:55.10
2. Zuzanna Famulok (POL) — 1:58.95
3. Linda Roth (GER) — 1:59.02

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey has been having a very strong return from her injury, and she continued her comeback with a win in the 200 freestyle final, swimming 1:55.10 to touch nearly four seconds ahead of the rest of the final.

Haughey has swam a few meets since returning to competition in November, and her time was just off the 1:54.85 she swam at the Dubai Open Championships in February which is the 3rd fastest time in the world this year.

She was out in 56.69 at the 100 mark, about a second ahead of Germany’s Linda Roth, who turned in 2nd at 57.63.

Haughey was very strong on the back end, splitting two 29 second 50s of 29.40/29.01 to split 58.41 on the 2nd 100, the only sub 1:00 split in the field.

Poland’s Zuzanna Famulok split 1:01.26 on the closing 100 to come in 2nd at 1:55.10, just out touching Linda Roth, who split 1:01.39 to touch in 1:59.02 for the bronze medal.

Men’s 400 Freestyle Final

• Meet Record: 3:39.96 — Lukas Martens (GER), 2025
• World Record: 3:39.96 — Lukas Martens (GER), 2025
• European Record: 3:39.96 — Lukas Martens (GER), 2025

Top 3 Finishers

1. Oliver Klemet (GER) — 3:43.14
2. Johannes Liebmann (GER) — 3:44.59
3. Lucas Henveaux (BEL) — 3:44.61

The men’s 400 freestyle was all about Germany with German swimmers taking the top two spots in the event.

Oliver Klemet grabbed an early lead, splitting 43.27 on the first 100 to turn about half-a-second ahead of Johannes Liebmann, who turned in 2nd at 53.77. He maintained his lead through the remainder of the race, touching in 3:43.14, about half-a-second off the 3:42.81 best time he swam in April of 2024.

Johanes Liebmann and Lucas Henveaux had a tight battle for the silver medal that came down to the wire. Liebmann led Henveaux the whole race, building a three tenth lead at the 350 mark, turning in 3:16.69 to Henveaux’s 3:17.02

Henveaux had the fastest closing 50 in the field, splitting 27.59 to nearly make up the whole deficit. Ultimately, Liebmann came home in 27.90 to touch in 3:44.59, just two hundredths ahead of Henveaux’s 3:44.61.

Henveaux’s 3:44.61 tied his Belgian Record time from the 2024 World Championships.

Women’s 50 Backstroke Final

• Meet Record: 27.53 — Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR), 2016
• World Record: 26.86 — Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• European Record: 27.10 — Kira Toussaint (NED), 2021

Top 3 Finishers

1. Adela Piskorska (POL) / Varvara Hlushchenko (POL) — 28.53
2. —
3. Fanny Teijonsalo (FIN) — 28.70

The women’s 50 backstroke final was the closest race of the meet so far and saw Polish teammates Adela Piskorska and Vavara Hlushchenko tie for the gold medal in 28.53.

Piskorska, has a lifetime best of 27.84 from the 2023 World University Games and Hlushchenko’s best is 28.14 from from the 2025 World Junior Championships over the summer.

Finland’s Fanny Teijonsalo swam 28.70, about a second off her best of 27..85 from the 2025 World Championships in Singapore

Men’s 200 Backstroke Final

• Meet Record: 1:56.84 — Danas Rapsys (LTU), 2018
• World Record: 1:51.92 — Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009
• European Record: 1:53.19 — Hubert Kos (HUN), 2025

Top 3 Finishers

1. Jan Cejka (CZE) — 1:57.64
2. Gabriel Jett (USA) — 1:58.13
3. Destin Lasco (USA) — 2:01.66

Czechia’s Jan Cejka earned the gold medal in the 200 backstroke final, stopping the clock in 1:57.64 to come in about half-a-second ahead of American Gabriel Jett.

Cjeka was out fast, turning in 57.15 at the 100 to lead Jett’s 58.43 by more than a second.

Cjeka was 30.01 and 30.48 on the final 100, splitting 1:00.49, giving up a little ground to Jett’s 29.88/29.82 splits and 59.70 on the 2nd 100. Cjeka still earned the gold with Jett coming in just behind at  1:58.13 for the silver.

This swim was a huge personal best for Jett, who had a previous best of 2:01.46 from the Olympic Trials in June of 2021.

American Destin Lasco split 59.27/1:02.39 to finish 3rd in 2:01.66.

Women’s 1500 Freestyle Final

• Meet Record: 15:58.17 — Isabel Gose (GER), 2025
• World Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky (USA), 2018
• European Record: 15:31.79 — Simona Quadarella (ITA), 2025

Top 3 Finishers

1. Isabel Gose (GER) — 15:55.04 *New Meet Record
2. Moesha Johnson (AUS) — 15:58.49
3. Maya Werner (GER) — 16:16.30

The women’s 1500 freestyle saw this year’s first meet record, as Isabel Gose swam 15:55.04 to earn the gold medal and take three seconds off her 2025 record time of 15:58.17.

Gose was in 2nd for the first 650 meters of the race behind Australia’s Moesha Johnson. The two swimmers were tied at the 100 meter mark, both turning in 1:01.15 on the first 100.

Johnson had a faster 2nd 100, moving into the lead to turn in 2:04.35 at the 200 mark to Gose’s 2:04.56.

From there, Johnson built her lead through the next 200 yards, building more than half-a-second lead to turn in 4:10.48, more than six tenths ahead of Gose, who turned in 4:11.11.

By the 650, that lead had shrunk to just one hundredth, with Johnson turning in 6:49.29 and Gose turning in 6:49.30. At that point, Gose took over the lead, which she only built through the remainder of the race.

Gose touched in 15:55.04, which was 13 seconds faster than the 16:08.41 mark she swam at the World Championships last summer.

Johnson touched in 15:58.49, four hundredths faster than the 15:58.53 she swam at last year’s Malstem Swim Open and four seconds faster than the 16:02.45 she swam to finish 6t in Singapore at the World Championships last summer.

Gose will move up to 3rd in the world this year and Johnson will jump to 5th.

Men’s 50 Butterfly Final

• Meet Record: 22.89 — Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2025
• World Record: 22.27 — Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018
• European Record: 22.27 — Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018

Top 3 Finishers

1. Diogo Ribeiro (POR) — 23.03
2. Luca Armbruster (GER) — 23.29
3. Abdelrahman Elaraby (EGY) — 23.31

Portugal’s Diogo Ribeiro swam the top time in the 50 fly final, stopping the clock in 23.03 to touch about two tenths ahead of Germany’s Luca Armbruster, who swam 23.29 for 2nd place.

Ribeiro has a lifetime best of 22.77, which he swam at the World Championships in Singapore over the summer. Armbruster’s best is 22.84, also from the World Championships.

Egypt’s Abdelrahman Elaraby finished 3rd in 23.32. This was half-a-second off his best of 22.80 from the Mare Nostrum stop in Monte-Carlo last May.

Women’s 50 Butterfly Final

• Meet Record: 24.92 — Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2024
• World Record: 24.43 — Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2014
• European Record: 24.43 — Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2014

Top 3 Finishers

1. Sara Junevik (SWE)/Louise Hansson (SWE) — 25.99
2. —
3. Tamara Potocka (SVK) — 26.25

In the 2nd tie of the night, two Swedish women tied for the gold medal in the 50 fly. Sara Junevik and Louise Hansson both swam 25.99 to earn the gold medals in the race ahead of Slovakia’s Tamara Potocka, who swam 26.25 for the bronze.

Junevik was about half-a-second off her lifetime best 25.50 from June of 2025 while Hansson added just over a tenth from her best of 25.84 from April of 2019.

Potocka’s swam 26.25, adding half-a-second from the 25.63 she swam at the World Championships in Singapore.