2026 Italian Swimming Championships
- Tuesday, April 14th – Saturday, April 18th
- Prelims at 10am local (4am ET)/Finals at 6pm local (Noon ET) *Friday finals start at 5:15pm local (11:15am ET)
- Riccione, Italy
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Welcome to the 3rd finals session of the 2026 Italian Swimming Championships!
On the docket tonight, we have the fastest heat of the men’s 800 free to start the session and the fastest heat of the women’s 1500 freestyle to close the individual events out.
Tommaso Griffante is the top seed on the men’s side, and he will be hoping to dip under the 7:50.00 European Championships qualifying time. In the women’s event, Italian record-holder and 2nd fastest performer in history, Simona Quadarella, will be in lane four.
In between those two events will be the men’s and women’s 200 IM and 100 free. In the 200 IM, Anita Gastaldi and Chiara Della Corte qualified 1st and 2nd in the women’s event just over two tenths apart. Both women were over the Euros qualifying time of 2:11.90, but have another crack at it in tonight’s final. Jacopo Babotti is the top seed in the men’s event in 1:59.50 with Simone Spediacci qualifying just behind him in 1:59.64. Again, both men will be aiming for the Euros time of 1:58.90.
Italian record-holder Sara Cutis leads the women’s 100 freestyle event after swimming 53.60 in prelims to be the only swimmer sub-54. She is fresh off an Italian record in the women’s 50 backstroke on day 2 of the meet and could be chasing her own national record tonight.
Carlos D’Ambrosio is the men’s top seed in 48.80, just seven hundredths ahead of Italian record-holder Alessandro Miressi‘s 48.87.
The session will wrap up with the 400 freestyle relays.
Men’s 800 Freestyle Fastest Heat
- World Record — 7:32.12, Zhang Lin (CHN), 2009
- European Record — 7:38.12, Sven Schwarz (GER), 2025
- Italian Record — 7:39.27, Gregorio Paltrinieri, 2019
- European Championships Qualifying — 7:50.00
Top 8 Finishers
- Luca De Tullio — 7:47.60
- Davide Marchello — 7:52.26
- Filippo Bertoni — 7:54.48
- Matteo Diodato — 7:56.20
- Ivan Giovannoni — 7:59.57
- Francesco Volpe — 7:59.60
- Gabriele Detti — 8:00.78
- Pietro Paolo Sarpe — 8:04.89
The men’s 800 freestyle went to Luca De Tullio in 7:47.60 as he was the only swimmer to come in under the Euros qualifying time of 7:50.00.
De Tullio started the race in 4th overall, turning in 27.41 at the 50. He moved into 3rd at the 100 with his 56.82 split putting him behind Tommaso Griffante‘s 56.68 and Filippo Bertoni’s 56.69.
He passed Griffante and took over the 2nd place position at the 150 mark and he stayed in 2nd behind Bertoni until the 400 meter turn, when he flipped in 3:55.18 to sit one tenth ahead of Bertoni’s 3:55.28.
From there, De Tullio maintained the lead, steadily building his lead until the finish, splitting under 30 second all on his remaining 50s. His time of 7:47.60 was just over three seconds off his best of 7:44.07 from the 2024 Olympic Games.
Davide Marchello finished 2nd in 7:52.26 after sitting in 3rd behind Bertoni for the first 250 meters. Going intot he final 50, he turned in 7:25.01, exactly three tenths back of Bertoni’s 7:24.71.
Marchello brought the race home in a blistering 27.25 to pass Bertoni’s 29.77 and move into the silver medal position. Marchello touched in 7:52.26 and Bertoni swam 7:54.48.
Both swims were new personal bests. Marchello took about a second off his 7:53.32 from last year’s Italian Championships and Bertoni dropped two seconds from his 7:56.49 at this meet last year.
Women’s 200 IM Final
- World Record — 2:05.70, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
- European Record — 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015
- Italian Record — 2:09.30, Sara Franceschi, 2023
- European Championships Qualifying — 2:11.90
Top 8 Finishers
- Anita Gastaldi — 2:11.06
- Chiara Della Corte — 2:11.58
- Sara Franceschi — 2:12.79
- Anna Pirovano — 2:13.54
- Giada Alzetta — 2:14.58
- Francesca Fresia — 2:14.82
- Aurora Velati — 2:16.18
- Irene Burato — 2:19.14
The top two swimmers in the women’s 200 IM final earned their tickets to the 2026 European Championships by both swimming under the Euros qualifying time.
Anita Gastaldi won the event in 2:11.06 after leading from start to finish. She turned in 28.38 on the fly and then split 32.68/38.50/31.50 to earn the gold medal by about half-a-second over Chiara Della Corte. Gastaldi’s time was just off her lifetime best 2:10.97 from this meet last year.
Della Corte swam 2:11.58 to earn the silver medal and touch just three tenths under the Euros time of 2:11.90. She started the race in 4th, splitting 28.80/34.01 on the opening 100 to sit almost two seconds behind Gasaldi and three tenths behind 2nd place Giada Alzetta’s 1:02.54.
Della Corte was 37.55/31.22 on the final 100, the fastest breaststroke and freestyle splits in the field to take over the 2nd place position. This was a huge personal best for her, taking about a second off the 2:12.25 she swam in August of 2024.
The bronze medal went to Italian Record holder Sara Franceschi’s 2:12.79 with her 28.73/34.34/37.93/31.79 splits. She holds the national record at 2:09.30 from June of 2023.
Men’s 200 IM Final
- World Record — 1:52.69, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2025
- European Record — 1:52.69, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2025
- Italian Record — 1:56.21, Alberto Razzetti, 2023
- European Championships Qualifying — 1:58.90
Top 8 Finishers
- Jacopo Barbotti — 1:57.75
- Alberto Razzetti — 1:57.76
- Simone Spediacci — 1;59.27
- Emanuele Potenza — 2:00.41
- Alessandro Tredici — 2:00.47
- Massimiliano Matteazzi — 2:00.82
- Biagio Aldrighetti — 2:01.73
- Lorenzo Altini — 2:01.85
The men’s 200 IM final was as close as it could possibly be. Italian Record holder Alberto Razzetti and Jacopo Barbotti came in separated by just one hundredth of a second, but ultimately Barbotti came out on top in 1:57.75 to make his first senior international team for Italy.
Razzetti led the race through the first 150 meters, getting out to nearly a second lead on the butterfly with his 25.06 split coming in nine tenths ahead of Barbotti’s 25.97.
Barbotti made up a little ground on the backstroke, splitting 29.66 to Razzetti’s 30.39, but Razzetti took some of that ground back on the breaststroke with his 33.97 split to Barbotit’s 34.42.
Going into the final 50, Razzetti turned in 1:29.42, more than six tenths ahead of Barbotti’s 1:30.05. On the freestyle leg, Barbotti had a monster 27.70 split, the fastest in the field to overtake Razzetti and earn the win in 1:57.75.
Razzetti was 28.34 on the freestyle to touch in 1:57.76 for 2nd overall. Barbotti’s swim was a two second personal best from the 1:59.80 he swam in March of this year.
Simone Spediacci earned the bronze in 1:59.27 with his 25.86/29.82/34.94/28.65 splits making him the final sub-2:00 swimmer in the field. Before today Spediacci had never been under 2:00. In prelims he swam 1:59.64 to drop from his pre-meet best of 2:00.11.
Women’s 100 Freestyle Final
- World Record — 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
- European Record — 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
- Italian Record — 53.01, Sara Curtis, 2025
- European Championships Qualifying — 54.00
Top 8 Finishers
- Sara Curtis — 53.40
- Emma Virginia Menicucci — 53.75
- Chiara Tarantino — 54.30
- Cristiana Stevanato — 54.67
- Sara Gailli — 55.32
- Alessandra Leoni — 55.43
- Sofia Mornini — 55.56
- Matilde Biagiotti — 55.87
Sara Curtis won the women’s 100 freestyle in 53.40, touching just four tenths off her Italian Record time of 53.01 and setting the 7th fastest time in the world this year
2025-2026 LCM Women 100 FREE
STEENBERGEN
51.86
| 2 | Anna MOESCH | USA | 51.94 | 05/25 |
| 3 | Siobhan Haughey | HKG | 52.36 | 05/27 |
| 4 | Meg HARRIS | AUS | 52.56 | 12/15 |
| 5 | Mollie O'CALLAGHAN | AUS | 52.66 | 04/06 |
| 6 | Kate DOUGLASS | USA | 53.01 | 04/30 |
| 7 | Simone MANUEL | USA | 53.33 | 12/06 |
| 8 | Rylee ERISMAN | USA | 53.34 | 01/17 |
| 9 | Sara CURTIS | ITA | 53.40 | 04/16 |
| 10 | Gretchen WALSH | USA | 53.44 | 04/30 |
Curtis jumped out to the lead early, flipping in 25.23 to be more than seven tenths ahead of Cristiana Stevanato, who turned 2nd in 25.97.
She came home in 28.17, the 3rd fastest closing 50 in the field to lock up the gold medal and event win just off her record time of 53.01.
Emma Virginia Menicucci secured her spot on the European Championships team in this event, touching 2nd in 53.75 to undercut the Euros qualifying time of 54.00. She was out in 25.98 and had the fastest closing 50 in the field of 27.77. This swim marked her first time under 54 seconds with her previousb est coming in at 54.14 from last year’s Italian Championships.
Chiara Tarantino won the bronze medal in 54.30, splitting 26.20/28.10 to touch there tenths ahead of Stevanato’s 54.67 Her lifetime best standsa t 54.05 from March of 2024.
Men’s 100 Freestyle Final
- World Record — 46.40, Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
- European Record — 46.51, David Popovici (ROU), 2025
- Italian Record — 47.45, Alessandro Miressi, 2021
- European Championships Qualifying — 48.40
Top 8 Finishers
- Carlos D’Ambrosio — 47.83
- Alessandro Miressi — 48.46
- Lorenzo Zazzeri — 48.53
- Leonardo Deplano — 48.67
- Manuel Frigo — 48.86
- Lorenzo Ballarati — 48.95
- Giovanni Carrago — 49.23
- Lorenzo Actis Dato — 49.69
The men’s 100 freestyle was all about Carlos D’Ambrosio. He won the gold medal in 47.83, about six tenths ahead of National Record holder Alessandro Miressi, who swam 48.46 to finish 2nd.
D’Ambrosio got out to the lead early, flipping in 22.76 to come in about seven hundredths ahead of Leonardo Deplano who was the only other person under 23 with his 22.83 opening split.
D’Ambrosio also had the fastest closing split in the field of 25.07 with Miressi’s 25.21 coming in as 2nd fastest, though Miressi was out in 23.25.
This swim was just off D’Ambrosio’s lifetime best of 47.78 from the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.
Lorenzo Zazzeri split 23.11/25.42 to pick up the bronze medal in 48.53, just off his personal best of 47.96 from June of 2022.
Women’s 1500 Freestyle Fastest Heat
- World Record — 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2018
- European Record — 15:31.79, Simona Quadarella (ITA), 2025
- Italian Record — 15:31.79, Simona Quadarella, 2025
- European Championships Qualifying — 16:10.00
Top 8 Finishers
- Simona Quadarella — 15:55.89
- Ginevra Taddeucci — 16:08.35
- Emma Vittoria Giannelli — 16:18.99
- Azzurra Sbaragali — 16:26.23
- Emma Randellini — 16:29.35
- Noemi Cesarano — 16:29.68
- Mahila Spennato — 16:36.44
- Alisia Tettamanzi — 16:40.24
Simona Quadarella easily took the top spot in the women’s 1500 freestyle, leading the race from start to finish, touching in 15:55.89.
She was out in 1;01.07 to be the only swimmer under 1:02. From there, she settled in at the 31-high to 32-low range in her 50 splits before stopping the clock 13 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Her swim tonight was eight seconds faster than the 16:03.77 she swam to win the event last year.
Ginevra Taddeucci finished 2nd in 16:08.35, about a second ahead of the 16:09.81 she swam to win the silver medal in 2025. She sat behind the field through the first 300 meters of the race with Ema vittoria Giannelli sitting in 2nd place, but she took over that position at the 350 mark as she settled in around the 32-mid range to Giannelli’s 32-high splits.
The bronze medal went to Gianelli in 16:18.99.
