Grousset Splits 19.96 As Part Of Relay Record Bonanza At Euro SC Champs

2025 EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• December 2-7, 2025
• Lublin, Poland
• SCM (25 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3| Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6

MEN’S 4×50 MEDLEY – FINAL

• WR: 1:29.72– Italy (2024)
• ER: 1:29.72– Italy (2024)
• EJR: 1:37.23 – Poland (2021)
• CR: 1:30.14 – Italy (2021)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Italy – 1:30.49
2. France – 1:30.99
3. Spain – 1:31.84
4. Austria – 1:31.85
5. Czechia – 1:31.93
6. Switzerland – 1:31.98
7. Germany – 1:32.46
8. Denmark – DSQ

Spain were one of eight teams to break their national record through the men’s and women’s 4×50 medley relay tonight, with their record being the longest standing. That had stood since 2009 until they first dipped under the mark of 1:33.25 this morning in 1:33.18, before blowing it away this evening.

Five of the eight teams in the men’s final broke their national standards, and that mark would have been six had Denmark not been disqualified. They had undercut their national mark by 0.86 seconds, but were disqualified as Anchor Frederik Moller jumped 0.13 seconds early.

The top six teams in the men’s event all swam a time that would have been quick enough to crack the all-time top-ten nations. Hungary were previously ranked 10th all-time in 1:32.10, but now sit down in 14th.

All-Time Top 15 Nations, Men’s 4x50m Medley Relay (SCM)

1. Italy – 1:29.72 (2022)
2. USA – 1:30.37 (2022)
3. Russia – 1:30.44 (2017)
4. Brazil – 1:30.51 (2014)
5. Australia – 1:30.81 (2022)
6. France – 1:30.99 (2025)
7. Japan – 1:31.28 (2022)
8. Germany – 1:31.79 (2022)
9. Spain – 1:31.84 (2025)
10. Austria- 1:31.85(2025)
11. Czechia – 1:31.93 (2025)
12. Switzerland – 1:31.98 (2025)
13. Belarus – 1:32.06 (2017)
14. Hungary – 1:32.10 (2019)
15. Netherlands – 1:32.16 (2021)

Surprisingly, the 8th-fastest performer all-time is not a nation, but the University of Florida squad which swam at their NCAA Dual Meet with Virginia last October. Their team of Johnny Marshall, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo and Ed Fullum-Hout clocked 1:31.31 then, just 0.03 behind the Japanese record and enough to have taken 3rd this evening.

Splits for all five records can be seen below.

Maxime Grousset‘s split looks to be the 3rd-fastest of all-time on the freestyle leg. Only the super-suited swims of Amaury Leveaux (19.93) and Fred Bousquet (19.87) rank above him, with Florent Manaudou‘s 20.04 from 2012 giving France control of the top four. Noe Ponti also had a historic split of 21.35 on fly for Switzerland, appearing to be tied for #2 with Szebasitan Szabo.

All of these teams except for France broke their national record this morning as well, as did Denmark, Azerbaijan and Lithuania. In total, 12 records were broken today by the men’s teams.

WOMEN’S 4×50 MEDLEY– FINAL

• WR: 1:42.35 – Australia (2021)
• ER: 1:42.38 – Sweden (2021)
• EJR: 1:49.62 – Russian Federation (2021)
• CR: 1:42.69 – Netherlands (2009)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Netherlands – 1:42.83
2. Sweden – 1:43.79
3. Italy – 1:44.33
4. Poland – 1:44.55
5. Germany – 1:44.71
6. Hungary – 1:45.41
7. Great Britain – 1:45.72
8. Norway – 1:47.12

The women’s final saw the teams of Poland, Germany and Hungary crack their records as they placed 4th, 5th and 6th. Poland kept up their streak of finishing in the top four in every relay final they have competed in, taking one silver medal (Men’s 4×50 free), two bronze medals (Women’s 4×50 free, Mixed 4×50 medley), and two 4th places (Mixed 4×50 free, Women’s 4×50 medley).

Germany had broken their national record in the heats, but the standard prior had stood since the super-suited European Championships of 2009. Hungary also broke their record this morning, and the previous mark had been set in 2008, even earlier than Germany’s.

Splits for the new records can be seen below.

These three nations now sit 11th, 13th, and 15th all-time.

All-Time Top 15 Nations, Women’s 4x50m Medley Relay (SCM)

1. Australia – 1:42.35 (2022)
2. USA/Sweden – 1:42.38 (2018/2021)
3. –
4. Netherlands – 1:42.69 (2009)
5. Canada – 1:43.56 (2022)
6. France – 1:43.96 (2022)
7. Italy – 1:43.97 (2023)
8. Denmark – 1:44.04 (2014)
9. Russia – 1:44.19 (2021)
10. China – 1:44.31 (2018)
11. Poland – 1:44.33 (2025)
12. Great Britain – 1:44.67 (2025)
13. Germany – 1:44.71 (2025)
14. Japan – 1:44.90 (2018)
15. Hungary – 1:45.41 (2025)

The Netherlands were hundredths away from making it a fourth team in the final to break their national record, as they touched just 0.14 seconds off their mark of 1:42.69. They got a European record leadoff from Marritt Steenbergen, her fifth of the meet, but Valerie van Roon could not quite match Ranomi Kromowidjojo‘s 22.70 anchor leg from that 2009 relay.