2016 European Championships: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

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Live coverage of day seven finals of the 2016 European Championships. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.

Women’s 50 free

The Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo set a meet record in the women’s 50-meter free for the win at the 2016 European Championships.

Kromowidjojo unleashed a 24.07 to clip Marleen Veldhuis’ meet record of 24.09 set at the 2008 edition of the meet.

Her swim moved her to second in the world behind only Cate Campbell’s 23.84 from Australian Nationals.

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall checked in with a second-place time of 24.44, short of her 24.21 from earlier in the week.

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen closed out the podium with a third-place time of 24.61.

France’s Anna Santamans (24.81), Greece’s Theodora Drakou (25.04), Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro (25.08), Belarus’ Yuliya Khitraya (25.12) and Sweden’s Therese Alshammar (25.15) also participated in the finale.

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Men’s 50 free

France’s Florent Manaudou touched out Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov in the men’s 50-meter free finale at the 2016 European Championships.

Manaudou, who already is the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 21.42 from French Nationals, cruised to a win in 21.73.

Govorov put up a second-place time of 21.79 to surge to seventh in the world rankings, while Great Britain’s Ben Proud put up a third-place time of 21.85 – off his third-ranked 21.65 from British Nationals.

Greece’s Kristian Gkolomeev (21.89), Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (22.01), Hungary’s Krisztian Takacs (22.07), Italy’s Luca Dotto (22.07) and Romania’s Norbert Trandafir (22.51) closed out the championship field.

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Women’s 50 breast

Sweden’s Jennie Johansson raced her way to the women’s 50-meter breast title at the 2016 European Championships.

Johansson stopped the clock in 30.81 for the win, just off her fifth-ranked season best of 30.71 from Australian Nationals.

Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir turned in a second-place time of 30.91, moving her to eighth in the world rankings with that swim.

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen comprised the rest of the podium with a bronze-winning effort of 30.95 to move to ninth in the world.

Ukraine’s Mariya Liver (30.99), Finland’s Veera Kivirinta (31.12), Sweden’s Sophie Hansson (31.13), Russia’s Natalia Ivaneeva (31.18) and Czech’s Petra Chocova (31.63) finished fourth through eighth.

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Women’s 200 fly

Germany’s Franziska Hentke powered her way down the stretch to win the women’s 200-meter fly title at the 2016 European Championships.

Hentke turned up the heat down the final 50 with a 32.63 after turning third at the 150 to win in 2:07.23. That’s well off her second-ranked season best of 2:05.77 from German Nationals, but good enough to pick up the title tonight.

Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi, the front-runner at the 100, wound up taking second in 2:07.24 to move to 10th in the world rankings.

Spain’s Judit Ignacio Sorribes closed out the top three with a third-place time of 2:07.52 in what proved to be an exciting finish.

Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:07.75), Italy’s Alessia Polieri (2:08.34), Slovenia’s Anja Klinar (2:09.57), Italy’s Stefania Pirozzi (2:09.92) and Switzerland’s Martina Van Berkel (2:10.36) completed the rest of the top eight.

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Men’s 400 IM

Hungary’s David Verraszto clearly won the men’s 400-meter IM at the 2016 European Championships.

Verraszto, ahead by three seconds at the 300-meter mark, held on for the win with a 4:13.15. That’s shy of his fifth-ranked 4:12.63 from the Golden Tour, but was enough for the title.

Slovakia’s Richard Nagy ran out of pool during freestyle as he cut his deficit to just a second in the final 100 meters to take second in 4:14.16. That put him 11th in the world rankings.

Italy’s Federico Turrini checked in with a third-place time of 4:14.74, well off his third-ranked 4:11.25 from Italian Nationals.

Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta took fourth in 4:14.94 with Great Britain’s Max Litchfield placing fifth in 4:15.10. That’s three seconds off Litchfield’s fourth-ranked season best of 4:12.05 from British Nationals.

Russia’s Alexander Osipenko (4:18.07), Israel’s Gal Nevo (4:18.94) and Russia’s Semen Makovich (4:19.31) placed sixth through eighth.

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Women’s 400 free

Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas completed the 400-800-1500 free sweep at the 2016 European Championships with a win in the women’s 400-meter free.

Kapas clocked in with a 4:03.47 for the victory, moving up to sixth in the world rankings with the swim.

Great Britain’s Jazmin Carlin placed second in 4:04.85, off her fourth-ranked season best of 4:04.33 from British Nationals.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia claimed third overall in 4:06.89.

Italy’s Martina De Memme (4:08.19), Spain’s Melanie Costa Schmid (4:09.10), The Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal (4:09.50), Italy’s Diletta Carli (4:09.51) and Great Britain’s Camilla Hattersley (4:09.51) closed out the finale.

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Women’s 400 medley relay

Great Britain dominated the women’s 400-meter medley relay at the 2016 European Championships.

Kathleen Dawson (59.82), Chloe Tutton (1:06.94), Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (57.69) and Fran Halsall (54.12) smoked the finale, much to the delight of the hometown crown, with a winning time of 3:58.57.

Italy’s Carlotta Zofkova (1:01.07), Martina Carraro (1:07.18), Ilaria Bianchi (58.36) and Erika Ferraioli (54.12) finished second with a time of 4:00.73.

Finland’s Mimosa Jallow (1:00.42), Jenna Laukkanen (1:06.42), Emilia Pikkarainen (59.56) and Hanna-Maria Seppala (55.09) grabbed bronze with a time of 4:01.49.

Czech Republic (4:02.73), Sweden (4:03.31), Iceland (4:05.06), Belgium (4:05.23) and Poland (4:06.82) also competed in the finale.

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Men’s 400 medley relay

Adam Peaty’s unreal breaststroke leg keyed Great Britain’s victory in the men’s 400-meter medley relay to close out the 2016 European Championships. The hometown crowd definitely was happy to close out the meet with a pair of relay victories.

Peaty unloaded a smoking time of 58.08 in the breaststroke leg as Christopher Walker-Hebborn (54.23), Peaty, James Guy (51.69) and Duncan Scott (48.15) posted the winning time of 3:32.15, nearly two seconds ahead of the rest of the pack.

France’s Ben Stasiulis (54.73), Giacomo Perez Dortona (1:00.23), Mehdy Metella (51.38) and Florent Manaudou (47.55) took silver with a time of 3:33.89.

Hungary’s Gabor Balog (54.40), Gabor Financsek (1:01.45), Laszlo Cseh (50.33) and Richard Bohus (47.94) claimed third in 3:34.12.

Greece (3:34.41), Lithuania (3:35.31), Sweden (3:37.39) and Ireland (3:37.47) finished fourth through seventh with clean swims.

Italy was disqualified due to an early relay takeoff between the third and fourth legs.

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SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 50 free
Men’s 50 free
Women’s 50 breast
Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 400 free
Women’s 400 medley relay
Men’s 400 medley relay

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