2026 Mare Nostrum Monaco: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2026 Mare Nostrum Tour – Monaco

• May 23-24, 2026
• Prince Albert II Nautical Center
• LCM (50 meters)
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• Live Results
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The second and final night of the 2026 Mare Nostrum – Monaco leg features the men’s 400m IM, women’s 400m freestyle, men’s 100m butterfly, women’s 200m butterfly, men’s 200m backstroke, women’s 100m backstroke, men’s 100m breaststroke, women’s 200m breaststroke, men’s 200m freestyle, women’s 100m freestyle, and women’s 200m IM.

Refresh this post to stay updated on the latest results as they unfold throughout this evening’s session.

Scroll to the end of this recap to stay up to date on the speed tournament, which is taking place before and after the main finals session.

Men’s 400m IM – Final

• World Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, France (2023)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 4:07.96 – Laszlo Cseh, Hungary (2008)
• Monaco Record: 4:10.30 – Daiya Seto, Japan (2019)

GOLD – Gabor Zombori (Hungary), 4:16.68
SILVER – Alberto Razzetti (Italy), 4:17.28
BRONZE – Balazs Hollo (Hungary), 4:18.85

Women’s 400m Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 3:54.18 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 4:02.84 – Camille Muffat, France (2013)
• Monaco Record: 4:02.84 – Camille Muffat, France (2013)

GOLD – Erika Fairweather (New Zealand), 4:01.80 *Mare Nostrum Record*
SILVER – Agostina Hein (Argentina), 4:05.31
BRONZE – Simona Quadarella (Italy), 4:07.09

The women’s 400m free final was clear-cut, with the finishing order decided early.

New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather dominated from start to finish, hitting 57.76 at the 100, 1:58.98 at the 200, and 3:01.25 at the 300 before finishing in 4:01.80, three and a half seconds clear of the field.

Fairweather’s time sliced over a full second off Camille Muffat’s long-standing Mare Nostrum Record of 4:02.84.

Argentina’s Agostina Hein, the reigning World Junior Champion in the 400m IM, grabbed silver in 4:05.31, a new Argentine record that undercut her own 4:06.25 from last month’s Argentine Junior Championships by nearly a second.

Italy’s Simona Quadarella touched third in 4:07.09.

Fairweather was just a touch off her season-best 4:01.42 from the New Zealand Championships earlier this month, a time that ranks her fifth worldwide so far this season.

Men’s 100m Butterfly – Final

• World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, United States (2021)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 50.75 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2024)
• Monaco Record: 50.75 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2024)

GOLD – Kristof Milak (Hungary), 50.66 *Mare Nostrum Record*
SILVER – Noe Ponti (Switzerland), 51.11
BRONZE – Maxime Grouseet (France), 51.49

Just like yesterday’s 100m free final, Hungary’s Kristof Milak used a strong underwater off the start to seize an early lead and never relinquish it.

Milak, the 2024 Olympic champion and third-fastest man in the event’s history, opened in 23.65 before closing in 27.01 to win in 50.66, the only swimmer in the field to crack 51 seconds.

Women’s 200m Butterfly – Final

• World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, China (2009)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 2:06.70 – Suzuka Hasegawa, Japan (2017)
• Monaco Record: 2:06.70 – Suzuka Hasegawa, Japan (2017)

GOLD – Lilou Ressencourt (France), 2:09.62
SILVER – Yasmin Eliana Silva Contreras (Peru), 2:13.80
BRONZE – Roberta Piano Del Balzo (Italy), 2:14.95

France’s Lilou Ressencourt was a class above the women’s 200m fly field; she clocked the sole time under the 2:10 barrier en route to winning the race by over four seconds.

Ressencourt split 28.86/32.04/33.88/34.84 en route to the win, with Peru’s Yasmin Elana Silva Contreras (2:13.80) and Roberta Piano Del Balzo (2:14.95) next quickest to the wall.

Ressencourt’s time is a new season best, and puts her less than a second behind her lifetime-best 2:08.81 from last June’s French Championships, a good sign as that meet approaches in a few weeks’ time.

Men’s 200m Backstroke – Final

• World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Piersol, United States (2009)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 1:54.34 – Ryosuke Irie, Japan (2011)
• Monaco Record: 1:54.34 – Ryosuke Irie, Japan (2011)

GOLD – Roman Mityukov (Switzerland), 1:56.35
SILVER – Jan Cejka (Czechia), 1:57.06
BRONZE – Benedek Kovacs (Hungary), 1:59.17

The men’s 200m back was a race between two: Switzerland’s Roman Mityukov and Czechia’s Jan Cejka.

Mityukov led the entire way, but Cejka never let him get more than a quarter of a stroke’s length ahead until the final 50m.

Mityukov split 27.55/57.28/1:27.04 before winning in 1:56.35, with Cejka recording 27.66/57.61/1:27.13 through the first 150m before logging 1:57.06 for the silver medal.

Hungary’s Benedek Kovacs rounded out the top three, clocking a time of 1:59.17 to lead a trio of 1:59-point swims.

Women’s 100m Backstroke – Final

• World Record: 57.13 – Reagan Smith, United States (2024)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 58.57 – Kylie Masse, Canada (2022)
• Monaco Record: 59.23 – Emily Seebohm, Australia (2017)

GOLD – Leah Shackley (United States), 59.40
SILVER – Ingrid Wilm (Canada), 59.51
BRONZE – Analia Pigree (France), 1:01.29

The United States’ Leah Shackley commanded the women’s 100m back from the very first stroke, opening in 28.99 before closing in 30.41 to grab the win in 59.40.

Team Canada’s Ingrid Wilm never let Shackley get too far away, she opened in a more subdued 29.41 but closed in 30.10, hitting the wall just 0.11 behind at 59.51. The two will go head-to-head once more at the end of the session in the final of the 50m back.

The duo were the only swimmers to dip under the 1:01 barrier in tonight’s championship heat. France’s Analia Pigree was third in 1:01.29.

Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Final

• World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2019)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 58.15 – Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2019)
• Monaco Record: 58.78 – Yasuhiro Koseki, Japan (2018)

GOLD – Ivan Kozhakin (Russia), 59.68
SILVER – Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands), 59.78
BRONZE – Kirill Prigoda (Russia), 1:00.09

Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Final

• World Record: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, Russia (2023)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 2:19.67 – Rikke Moeller Pedersen, Denmark (2014)
• Monaco Record: 2:22.02 – Rikke Moeller Pedersen, Denmark (2014)

GOLD – Evgeniia Chikunova (Russia), 2:22.92
SILVER – Alexanne Lepage (Canada), 2:23.40
BRONZE – Tes Schouten (Netherlands), 2:24.50

World record holder Evgeniia Chikunova won the women’s 200m breast, but the race was much closer than most would have expected.

The 2024 world champion, Tes Schouten, led over the first 100m, splitting 32.64/36.38 to hit the wall in 1:09.02, but Chikunova picked up the pace from there with the sole sub-37 split of the field on the third 50, 36.79.

Canada’s Alexandra Lepage made a big charge over the final 50m, splitting a field-best 36.68 to pull ahead of Schouten and pull to within half a second of Chikunova.

Chikunova won in 2:22.92, with Lepage second in 2:23.40 and Schouten a clear bronze in 2:24.50.

Lepage’s time appears to be a lifetime best by over a second, undercutting the 2:24.70 she swam to win World Junior gold in 2023.

Men’s 200m Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 1:44.74 – David Popovici, Romania (2024)
• Monaco Record: 1:44.88 – Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)

GOLD – Gabriel Jett (United States), 1:46.81
SILVER – Patrick Sammon (United States), 1:47.16
BRONZE – Jack Dahlgren (United States), 1:48.63

It was a 1-2-3 punch for the Americans in the men’s 200m free.

Patrick Sammon got out to the early lead, splitting 25.01 through the first 50m, but it was Gabriel Jett who took the control for the remainder of the race.

Jett went on to win in a time of 1:46.81, with Sammon a few tenths back in 1:47.16. Jack Dahlgren rounded out the podium in a time of 1:48.63.

Both Jett and Sammon are already pre-qualified for this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships (Jett in the 200, Sammon in the 100), and both will likely line up for this event come Irvine.

Women’s 100m Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2017)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 52.08 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2017)
• Monaco Record: 52.60 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2017)

GOLD – Marrit Steenbergen (Netherlands), 52.13 *Mare Nostrum Record*
SILVER – Siobhan Haughey (Hong Kong), 52.67
BRONZE – Camille Spink (United States), 54.55

It was a rematch from last month’s Bergen Swim Festival in the women’s 100m free, and it did not disappoint.

Siobhan Haughey, the #3 performer all time in the event’s history, flipped first at the 50, 25.36 to Marrit Steenbergen‘s 25.51, but it was all Steenbergen over the final 50m.

Steenbergen blasted a 26.62 closing split, eerily similar to what we’ve seen from Mollie O’Callaghan over the past several seasons, to clock a new Dutch Record, Mare Nostrum Record, and the fastest time in the event since Haughey’s 52.02 during the 2023 World Cup circuit: 52.13.

Steenbergen, the two-time defending world champ, remains the 8th fastest woman of all time; her previous best was the 52.26 she produced to win the 2024 world title.

Haughey touched in 52.67, just off her season-best 52.40 from last month, while Team USA’s Camille Spink took bronze in 54.55.

Women’s 200m IM – Final

• World Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025)
• Mare Nostrum Record: 2:08.49 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2017)
• Monaco Record: 2:08.49 – Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2017)

GOLD – Mary-Sophie Harvey (Canada), 2:09.77
SILVER – Rebecca Meder (South Africa), 2:12.34
BRONZE – Agostina Hein (Argentina), 2:13.05

South Africa’s Rebecca Meder had the quickest fly split in the women’s 200m IM final, opening in 27.94, but it was the World Championship bronze medalist’s race from there.

Canadian Mary-Sophie Harvey, after opening in 28.57, split 32.64, 37.88, and 30.86 on the remaining three 50s to get the win by two and a half seconds, touching in 2:09.77.

Meder held on for second with a time of 2:12.34, while Argentina’s Agostina Hein completed a tough double, grabbing her second medal of the day in 2:13.05.

Tracking The Speed Tournament

The speed tournament has swimmers race through (potentially) five rounds in just two days. Whatever their preliminary entry times might be, all swimmers must race every step of the elimination tree: