Nicolo Martinenghi Ties 100 BR Italian Record, Bayer Cracks Austrian Record Again

2022 EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, August 11 – Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (pool swimming)
• Rome, Italy
• Parco Del Foro Italico
• LCM (50m)
• Start Times
  • Prelims: 9:00 am local / 3:00 am ET
  • Finals: 6:00 pm local / 12:00 pm ET
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• Event Schedule
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• Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019 World Championships
• European Record: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019 World Championships
• European Championships Record: 57.10, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2018
• 2020 European Champion: Adam Peaty (GBR) – 57.66

1. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 58.26
2. Federico Poggio (ITA), 58.98
3. Andrius Sidlauskas (LTU), 59.50
4. Valentin Bayer (AUT) / James Wilby (GBR), 59.54
5. –
6. Lucas Matzerath (GER), 59.64
7. Arno Kamminga (NED), 59.68
8. Bernhard Reitshammer (AUT), 1:00.12

In the final of the men’s 100 breast at the 2022 European Championships, Nicolo Martinenghi found himself at the top of the podium again, winning the event in 58.26. Coincidentally, Martinenghi won Gold at the World Championships earlier this summer in the exact same time – 58.26. That time also stands as the Italian Record in the event and makes him the #4 performer all-time in the event.

Here are the all-time top 5 performers in the men’s LCM 100 breast:

Martinenghi came home with blistering speed tonight in Rome, swimming a 30.78 on the 2nd 50. That was a tick faster than the 30.87 he came home in at World Champs in June. Here is a split comparison between Martinenghi’s swim tonight and his race at Worlds:

Winning Silver tonight was fellow Italian Federico Poggio. The 24-year-old roared to a new lifetime best tonight, breaking 59 seconds in the event for the first time in his career. His 58.98 makes him the #2 Italian performer all-time, and he’s just the 24th man in history to dip under 59 seconds in the event. His swim tonight would have been good for 5th at the World Championships in June.

Austrian’s Valentin Bayer came in a tie for 4th tonight, breaking the Austrian National Record yet again. After lowering the national record twice yesterday, getting it down to 59.59, Bayer took another 0.05 seconds off the record tonight. Here is the split comparison between his Austrian Records in prelims, semifinals, and finals:

Bayer steadily brought his 2nd 50 down through the 3 phases of the event, while keeping his 1st 50 split essentially even.