{"id":652216,"date":"2026-08-20T04:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652216"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:33:17","slug":"combined-world-championships-hubert-kos-sam-short-lead-two-events-apiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/combined-world-championships-hubert-kos-sam-short-lead-two-events-apiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Combined World Championships: Hubert Kos, Sam Short Lead Two Events Apiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Combined World Championships: Hubert Kos, Sam Short Lead Two Events Apiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past several weeks, most of the world\u2019s top swimmers have raced in their main long course competition for 2026. The Commonwealth Games came first in Glasgow, Scotland, before the European Championships in Paris and the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Calif., took place simultaneously. While there will be a Short Course World Championships in December, the best way to determine the best long course swimmers of the year is to compare times from these three meets plus the upcoming Asian Games.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"dappier-ask-ai-widget\">\n<div class=\"dappier-widget-wrapper\" data-widget-id=\"wd_01kkm3mz5te7h8jcbjt0saw4pf\">\n<p>Below are the top-five times recorded in finals at the three recent international meets. Swimmers who raced at two of these competitions are considered with their fastest finals time between the two opportunities, and only the top two swimmers per country were ranked. These competitions took place under different circumstances with different event programs, but this mythical World Championships show how the swimmers stack up.<\/p>\n<p>Two male swimmers led the way in multiple individual events. <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong> topped the 200 backstroke after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-hubert-kos-blasts-european-record-in-200-back-just-misses-legendary-wr-of-aaron-peirsol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his stunning semifinal time of 1:52.30<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/approaching-legendary-world-record-elevates-hubert-kos-alongside-marchand-as-worlds-dominant-swimmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the second-fastest mark in history<\/a>, and his European-title-winning performance in the 200 IM also made him the best of 2026.\u00a0<strong>Sam Short<\/strong> took first place in the 400 and 800 freestyle based on his performances at the Pan Pacific Championships, and he also ranked second in the 1500 free.<\/p>\n<p>The lone world record on this list belongs to\u00a0<strong>Johannes Liebmann<\/strong>, the German who annihilated the global standard in the 1500 free. Several others came close, though, including\u00a0<strong>Cam McEvoy<\/strong> (50 free) and\u00a0<strong>Pieter Coetze<\/strong> (100 back) at the Commonwealth Games plus\u00a0<strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> (100 butterfly) and\u00a0<strong>David Popovici<\/strong> (100 free) at the European Championships. And although\u00a0<strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> was unable to race his signature medley events at the European Championships, he still posted the world&#8217;s top time in the 200 fly by a huge margin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/combined-world-championships-top-womens-performances-from-summers-international-meets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women&#8217;s Standings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2026\/2026-pan-pacific-champs-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pan Pacs Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2026-pan-pacific-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pan Pacs Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2026\/european-aquatics-swimming-championships--live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Championships Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2026-european-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>50 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cam McEvoy (AUS), 20.97 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<li>Nikita Sheremet (UKR), 21.13 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Jack (AUS), 21.35 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Egor Kornev (RUS), 21.37 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Andrej Barna (SRB), 21.37 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>100 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>David Popovici (ROU), 46.56 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Egor Kornev (RUS), 46.74 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Kristof Milak (HUN), 46.87 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Flynn Southam (AUS), 47.13 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<li>Jack Alexy (USA), 47.14 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>200 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Luke Hobson (USA), 1:43.85 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Jett (USA), 1:43.96 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>David Popovici (ROU), 1:44.15 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Tomas Navikonis (LTU), 1:44.55 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN), 1:44.59 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_652075\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652075\" data-attachment-id=\"652075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/combined-world-championships-hubert-kos-sam-short-lead-two-events-apiece\/sam-short-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit.jpg\" class=\"size-medium-small wp-image-652075\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"sam short\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sam-short-2026-Pn-Pacs-5954-Edit.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-652075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Short &#8212; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>400 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sam Short (AUS), 3:40.52 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN), 3:42.42 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Leon Marchand (FRA), 3:43.14 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Shackell (USA), 3:43.44 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Papai (HUN), 3:44.46 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>800 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sam Short (AUS), 7:37.02 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Johannes Liebmann (GER), 7:37.59 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Sven Schwarz (GER), 7:41.16 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Zalan Sarkany (HUN), 7:41.75 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Finke (USA), 7:42.52 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>1500 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Johannes Liebmann (GER), 14:26.79 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Sam Short (AUS), 14:33.97 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Zalan Sarkany (HUN), 14:39.45 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Klemet (GER), 14:40.64 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Kazushi Imafuku (JPN), 14:42.59 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>50 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Miroslav Knedla (CZE), 24.11 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 24.12 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Pavel Samusenko (RUS), 24.14 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Apostolos Christou (GRE), 24.15 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Pieter Coetze (RSA), 24.18 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>100 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pieter Coetze (RSA), 51.77 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<li>Apostolos Christou (GRE), 52.27 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 52.28 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Pavel Samusenko (RUS), 52.57 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Morgan (ENG), 52.66 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>200 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hubert Kos (HUN), 1:53.08 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Apostolos Siskos (GRE), 1:53.81 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 1:53.96 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Roman Mityukov (SUI), 1:54.07 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Pieter Coetze (RSA), 1:54.22 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>50 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sam Williamson (AUS), 26.36 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Michael Houlie (RSA)\/Van Mathias (USA), 26.42 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>None (tie for second)<\/li>\n<li>Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 26.57 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Koen de Groot (NED)\/Simone Cerasuolo (ITA), 26.62 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>100 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Van Mathias (USA), 58.02 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Shin Ohashi (JPN), 58.54 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 58.58 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Ivan Kozhakin (RUS), 58.58 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Simone Cerasuolo (ITA), 58.90 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>200 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Filip Nowacki (GBR), 2:07.70 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Caspar Corbeau (NED), 2:07.78 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS), 2:08.09 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Josh Matheny (USA), 2:08.25 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Shin Ohashi (JPN), 2:08.27 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>50 Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Egor Kornev (RUS), 22.52 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Maxime Grousset (FRA), 22.54 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Grigori Pekarski (BLR), 22.68 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 22.72 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Chalmers (AUS)\/Ben Armbruster (AUS), 22.73 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_650794\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-650794\" data-attachment-id=\"650794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-kristof-milak-roars-to-european-100-fly-record-to-clinch-historic-fourth-straight-title\/european-aquatics-championships-paris-2026-swimming-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260813_ASta_AS98115.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Kristof Milak of Hungary celebrates after winning the gold medal in the swimming 100m Butterfly Men Final during the European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Paris (France), August 13, 2026.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1786642428&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;560&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, Swimming&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, Swimming\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kristof Milak of Hungary celebrates after winning the gold medal in the swimming 100m Butterfly Men Final during the European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Paris (France), August 13, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260813_ASta_AS98115-700x500.jpg\" 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1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-650794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristof Milak &#8212; Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>100 Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kristof Milak (HUN), 49.48 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Maxime Grousset (FRA), 49.70 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>No\u00e8 Ponti (SUI), 49.93 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Hubert Kos (HUN), 50.25 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Matt Temple (AUS), 50.39 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>200 Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Leon Marchand (FRA), 1:51.72 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Luca Urlando (USA), 1:53.11 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Carson Foster (USA), 1:53.67 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Richard Marton (HUN), 1:54.06 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Apostolos Siskos (GRE), 1:54.13 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hubert Kos (HUN), 1:54.24 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Hugo Gonzalez (ESP), 1:54.44 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Tomoyuki Matsushita (JPN), 1:56.02 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Mikhail Shcherbakov (RUS), 1:56.16 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Duncan Scott (GBR), 1:56.32 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tomoyuki Matsushita (JPN), 4:06.75 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Carson Foster (USA), 4:07.11 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Finke (USA), 4:07.59 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Ilya Borodin (RUS), 4:08.17 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Clareburt (NZL), 4:08.72 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>400 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>United States (Sammon, Guiliano, Lasco, Alexy), 3:09.01 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Australia (Southam, Taylor, Turner, Chalmers), 3:09.49 \u2013 Commonwealth<\/li>\n<li>Hungary (Kos, Szabo, Nemeth, Milak), 3:10.03 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Russia (Giryov, Kukushkin, Shehegolev, Kornev), 3:10.02 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Croatia (Hribar, Nenadic, Sivec, Dragoja), 3:11.08 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>800 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>United States (Hobson, Shackell, Sammon, Jett), 6:59.37 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Australia (Giuliani, Taylor, Hawke, Short), 7:01.10 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<li>Great Britain (Richards, McMillan, Guy, Scott), 7:01.52 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>France (Marchand, Largeron, Cristofini, Fuchs), 7:02.23 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Germany (Martens, Sorgius, Baschnitt, Jahn), 7:02.28 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>400 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Russia (Kolesnikov, Kozhakin, Minakov, Kornev), 3:28.67 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>Australia (Allan, Williamson, Temple, Southam), 3:28.71 \u2013 Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<li>Italy (Ceccon, Martinenghi, Razzetti, D&#8217;Ambrosio), 3:28.86 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>France (Ndoye-Brouard-Aitkaci, Marchand, Grousset), 3:29.03 \u2013 European Championships<\/li>\n<li>United States (Modglin, Mathias, Urlando, Alexy), 3:29.06 \u2013 Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combined World Championships: Hubert Kos, Sam Short Lead Two Events Apiece Over the past several weeks, most of the world\u2019s top swimmers have raced in their main long course 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