2026 SPANISH OPEN TRIALS
- Thursday, June 25th – Sunday, June 28th
- Son Hugo-IME Palma Municipal Swimming Pools, Mallorca, Spain
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Live Results
Day three of the 2026 Spanish Open Trials saw additional European Championships qualifiers, led by world champion Hugo Gonzalez in the men’s 200m backstroke.
In tonight’s final in Mallorca, 27-year-old Gonzalez stopped the clock at a speedy result of 1:55.95, beating his competitors by nearly three seconds en route to gold.
Diego Mira settled for silver in 1:58.52, as Ivan Martinez rounded out the podium in 1:58.74.
As for Gonzalez, his effort this evening checked in as the Spaniard’s 4th-quickest result of his career, qualifying for the European Championships en route to gold.
Hugo Gonzalez‘s Top 5 Performances in Men’s LCM 200 Backstroke
- 1:54.51, 2024
- 1:55.30, 2024
- 1:55.47, 2024
- 1:55.95, 2026
- 1:56.33, 2023
The former Cal Bear’s outing this evening represents a new season-best, checking him into the season’s world rankings list in slot #12.
2025-2026 LCM Men 200 BACK
SISKOS
1:54.12
| 2 | Hubert Kos | HUN | 1:54.21 | 12/06 |
| 3 | Pieter Coetze | RSA | 1:55.26 | 04/18 |
| 4 | Lee Juho | KOR | 1:55.34 | 12/16 |
| 5 | Roman MITYUKOV | SUI | 1:55.36 | 04/11 |
| 6 | Hidekazu Takehara | JPN | 1:55.50 | 09/04 |
| 7 | YUMEKI KOJIMA | JPN | 1:55.62 | 06/06 |
| 8 | John SHORTT | IRL | 1:55.70 | 04/11 |
| 9 | Alexey Tkachev | RUS | 1:55.76 | 06/09 |
| 10 | Lukas MARTENS | GER | 1:55.85 | 04/17 |
| 11 | Oliver MORGAN | GBR | 1:55.86 | 04/19 |
| 12 | Luke Greenbank | GBR | 1:56.01 | 04/19 |
| 13 | Georgy Smirnov | RUS | 1:56.11 | 04/19 |
| 14 | Jan Cejka | CZE | 1:56.26 | 05/27 |
| 15 | Dimitri SAVENKO | RUS | 1:56.35 | 06/09 |
19-year-old European Junior Championships multi-medalist Estella Tonrath proved too quick to catch in the women’s 200m back, posting a gold medal-worthy result of 2:09.17.
Although her lifetime best remains at the 2:08.03 established at last year’s edition of this competition, the teen put up enough speed to hold off Africa Zamorano and Sara Costa, who captured the minor medals. The former hit 2:11.59 for silver, while the latter bagged the bronze in 2:12.41.
