2026 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona
- May 30-31, 2026
- Barcelona, Spain — Club Natació Sant Andreu
- LCM (50 meters)
- Mare Nostrum Tour Central
- Results
- Livestream
- Psych Sheets
- Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
The Mare Nostrum Tour wrapped up on Sunday, and for the first time, Dutch swimmer Marrit Steenbergen did not earn the most money. New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather won €1,600 after she broke the Mare Nostrum Record in the women’s 400 freestyle to earn an extra €950.
Ilya Kharun earned the 2nd most money with €1,350 after won three events and broke the Barcelona stop record in the men’s 50 butterfly.
Marrit Steenbergen and Caspar Corbeau both earned an additional €600 for swimming the top World Aquatics point times for men and women. Steenbergen swam 51.97 in the women’s 100 freestyle to score 985 points while Corbeau scored 931 points with his 2:08.50 in the men’s 200 breaststroke.
Barcelona Totals
Top 4 Award Winners
Following the competition, they also awarded the overall series money to the top four men and women. In order to be eligible, athletes needed to compete at all three stops. Marrit Steenbergen was the women’s champion and Ilya Kharun was the men’s. Each of them will earn an additional €7,000.
| Women | Men | |
| Marrit Steenbergen (NED) | 1st – €7,000 |
Ilya Kharun (USA*)
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| Siobhan Haughey (HKG) | 2nd – €2,000 |
Ivan Kozhakin (RUS)
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| Ingrid Wilm (CAN) | 3rd – €1,000 |
Victor Johansson (SWE)
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| McKenzie Siroky (USA) | 4th – €500 |
Andrej Barna (SRB)
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Overall Prize Money Standings
Marrit Steenbergen and Ilya Kharun finished the tour atop the overall prize money standings with Steenbergen earning €15,850 (approx. 18,400 USD) and Kharun bringing home €10,200 (approx. 11,800 USD) for the top men’s prize.
| Athlete | Monaco | Canet-en-Roussillon | Barcelona | Top 4 | Total |
| Marrit Steenbergen (NED) | €2,300 | €5,300 | €1,250 | €7,000 | €15,850 |
| Ilya Kharun (USA*) | €600 | €1,250 | €1,350 | €7,000 | €10,200 |
| Siobhan Haughey (HKG) | €1,900 | €4,150 | €750 | €2,000 | €8,800 |
| Erika Fairweather (NZL) | €1,900 | €950 | €1,600 | €4,450 | |
| McKenzie Siroky (USA) | €1,950 | €1,125 | €700 | €500 | €4,275 |
| Ivan Kozhakin (RUS) | €950 | €1,050 | €200 | €2,000 | €4,200 |
| Kristof Milak (HUN) | €2,050 | €1,750 | €3,800 | ||
| Patrick Sammon (USA) | €1,350 | €1,100 | €700 | €3,150 | |
| Victor Johansson (SWE) | €350 | €1,150 | €550 | €1,000 | €3,050 |
| Ingrid Wilm (CAN) | €500 | €1,050 | €450 | €1,000 | €3,000 |
| Leah Shackley (USA) | €1,300 | €550 | €600 | €2,450 | |
| Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) | €700 | €1,300 | €350 | €2,350 | |
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Taylor Ruck (CAN)
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€800 | €1,300 | €2,100 | ||
| Analia Pigree (FRA) | €100 | €1,850 | €1,950 | ||
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Andrej Barna (SRB)
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€300 | €950 | €200 | €500 | €1,950 |
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Miron Lifintsev (RUS)
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€950 | €1,000 | €1,950 | ||
| Caspar Corbeau (NED) | €550 | €1,300 | €1,850 | ||
| Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) | €450 | €1,050 | €350 | €1,850 | |
| Alberto Razzetti (ITA) | €650 | €550 | €550 | €1,750 | |
| Agostina Hein (ARG) | €650 | €500 | €550 | €1,700 | |
| Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) | €950 | €700 | €1,650 | ||
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Michael Houlie (RSA)
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€1,100 | €450 | €1,550 | ||
| Quintin McCarty (USA) | €600 | €200 | €750 | €1,550 | |
| Simona Quadarella (ITA) | €200 | €875 | €450 | €1,525 | |
| Gabor Zombori (HUN) | €450 | €350 | €550 | €1,350 | |
| Kirill Prigoda (RUS) | €600 | €550 | €200 | €1,350 | |
| Alexanne Lepage (CAN) | €550 | €400 | €200 | €1,150 | |
| Gabe Jett (USA) | €550 | €550 | €1,100 | ||
| Jan Cejka (CZE) | €200 | €550 | €350 | €1,100 | |
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Andrei Theodor Proca (ROM)
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€775 | €200 | €975 | ||
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Pavel Samusenko (RUS)
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€975 | €975 | |||
| Lilou Ressencourt (FRA) | €550 | €300 | €850 | ||
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Barbora Seemanova (CZE)
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€700 | €100 | €800 | ||
| Miroslav Knedla (CZE) | €300 | €200 | €300 | €800 | |
| Marco De Tullio (ITA) | €100 | €200 | €350 | €650 | |
| Anastasiya Kuliashova (BLR) | €100 | €400 | €100 | €600 | |
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Milou Van Wijk (NED)
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€100 | €450 | €550 | ||
| Oleg Kostin (RUS) | €300 | €200 | €500 | ||
| Rebecca Meder (RSA) | €300 | €200 | €500 | ||
| Skyler Smith (USA) | €300 | €200 | €500 | ||
| Richard Marton (HUN) | €350 | €100 | €450 | ||
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Ilya Shymanovich (BLR)
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€100 | €300 | €400 | ||
| Neza Klancar (SLO) | €300 | €100 | €400 | ||
| Noe Ponti (SUI) | €400 | €400 | |||
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Pauline Mahieu (FRA)
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€400 | €400 | |||
| Tes Schouten (NED) | €300 | €100 | €400 | ||
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Helena-Rosendahl Bach (DEN)
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€350 | €350 | |||
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Laura Cabanes Garzas (ESP)
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€350 | €350 | |||
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Madison Kryger (CAN)
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€350 | €350 | |||
| Roman Mitykov (SUI) | €350 | €350 | |||
| Andrej Barna (SRB) | €300 | €300 | |||
| Aleksandr Zhigalov (RUS) | €100 | €200 | €300 | ||
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Alina Zmushka (BLR)
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€300 | €300 | |||
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Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR)
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€300 | €300 | |||
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Diego Mira Albaladejo (ESP)
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€200 | €100 | €300 | ||
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Emma Carrasco (ESP)
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€300 | €300 | |||
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Kamil Sieradzki (POL)
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€200 | €100 | €300 | ||
| Melanie Henique (FRA) | €300 | €300 | |||
| Ulises Saravia (ARG) | €200 | €100 | €300 | ||
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Carlos D’Ambrosio (ITA)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Chad Le Clos (RSA)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Ciara Schlosshan (GBR)
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€200 | €200 | |||
| Dora Molnar (HUN) | €200 | €200 | |||
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Ella Jansen (CAN)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Estella Tonrath (ESP)
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€100 | €100 | €200 | ||
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Florine Gaspard (BEL)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Grigori Pekarski (BLR)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Hanne Stamnesfet Naess (NOR)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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John Shortt (IRE)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Julia Pujadas Rusinol (ESP)
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€100 | €100 | €200 | ||
| Ludovica Patetta (ITA) | €200 | €200 | |||
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Matei-Cristian State (ROM)
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€200 | €200 | |||
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Matteo Venini (ITA)
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€200 | €200 | |||
| Sauveur Cristofini (FRA) | €200 | €200 | |||
| Yasmin Eliana Silva Contreras (PER) | €200 | €200 | |||
| Adam Jaszo (HUN) | €100 | €100 | |||
| €100 | €100 | ||||
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Alberto Hernandez Garcia (ESP)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Alessandro Ragaini (ITA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Anita Gastaldi (ITA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Anna Elendt (GER)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Antoine Herlem (FRA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Antoine Marc (FRA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Balzas Hollo (HUN) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Barbara Mazurkiewicz (POL)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Benedek Kovacs (HUN) | €100 | €100 | |||
| Bertille Cousson (FRA) | €100 | €100 | |||
| Camille Spink (USA) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Camille Tissandi (FRA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Damien Joly (FRA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Dawid Wiekiera (POL)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Diana Gabriela Stiger (ROM)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Duncan Scott (GBR)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Dylan Buonaguro (ITA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Ian Ho (HKG) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Isak Fernandez Rodrigo (ESP)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Jack Dahlgren (USA) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Jacopo Barbotti (ITA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Jaouad Syoud (ALG)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Jules Andre (FRA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Julie Brousseau (CAN)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Khiew Hoe-Yean (MYS)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Macarena Ceballos (ARG)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Maxime Grousset (FRA) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Melvin Imoudu (GER)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Minna Abraham (HUN)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Nandor Nemeth (HUN) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Nicholas Santos (BRA)
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€100 | €100 | |||
| Roberta Piano Del Balzo (ITA) | €100 | €100 | |||
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Roman Shevliakov (RUS)
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€100 | €100 | |||
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Tommaso Griffante (ITA)
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€100 | €100 |
Are you serious posting slave labour wages. Is this a joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣 or what? These wages represent maybe 🤔🤔🤔🤔 1/2 weeks of living in NYC or London or Paris or Rome. It is a joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣 period. The blame is squarely with USA Swimming and FINA or what is there new name? The CEO of USA Swimming makes more than this stats you have presented in 3/6 months. I guarantee you that. The athletes need to UNITE for better prize 🏆🏆🏆 money 💰💰💰💰 in the Olympics and World Championships, etc. Swimming is no longer a fringe sport. The USA Olympics Swimming Trials in Indianapolis proved that there is a market out there. It is now time to act professional and… Read more »
I agree with what you say in general.
Just a couple of things, this is not a wage or salary, it is prize money from a swim organization in southern Europe that has not increased their payouts for 1st, 2nd, 3rd in decades. They have nothing to do with USA Swimming or FINA other than running a meet under a NF that falls under FINA rules.
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Same as posted below by Whodunthat, a few swimmers do have their travel and accommodations paid for.
I wonder if someone from the other side of the Atlantic, like Kharun, can break even. Or do they get an appearance fee, like at the China Open? Or at least get the flight and accomodations paid for?
If Kharun earned around $11,800 I’d think that would be enough to cover expenses for the week? NCAA rules say he can use prize money to offset travel expenses.
With maybe an exception here or there, no appearance fee but yes they take care of travel and hotel for the studs
Did not look at the money breakdown for Barcelona, but didn’t Steenbergen break the Barcelona record for the Women’s 100 Free?
Yep! There were a few people who broke Barcelona records, but that was the only event Steenbergen earned prize money in. €350 for winning 100 free + €300 for Barcelona record + €600 for top AQUA points = €1250
These are plain and simple slave labour wages period.
You might be right but supply and demand. If there was a market for the sport, they would get more money! 10 days in Europe is not a bad gig!
“slave labour wages” bruh needs to open a history book.