European Swimming Championships, Budapest, Day 1 Heats: Hosszu & Detti Claim Lane 4 For Finals As Peaty Leads The Charge In Heated 100 Breaststroke
May 17 – Day 1 action from the pool at the European Swimming Championships, which for many national also doubles as a qualifying event for the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The venue: the Duna Arena, scene of the 2017 World Championships and the 2020 International Swimming League Bubble of Budapest.
On the first morning of action at what is the first major international championship since the 2019 World Championships before the COVID-19 pandemic, Katinka Hosszu and Gabriele Detti claimed lane 4 for their respective finals, the Hungarian in the 400m medley for the defence of the crown, the Italian in the 400m freestyle for a title he last won in 2016. No crowds but the remote audience, an anti-coronavirus safety bubble in place… life and life in sport, 2021.
A big semi and a cracking final ahead in the men’s 100m breaststroke: Olympic champion Adam Peaty led the way through to semis on 58.26 in heat 7 of 7, after watching a 58.46 from Ilya Shymanovich, of Belorus, in heat 5, and a 59.09 from Dutch challenger Arno Kamminga, the second and latest member of the sub-58sec club of late, in heat 6 ahead of Britain’s second man on the World champs podium in 2019, James Wilby, on 59.55 (British morning wrap here). Leading Peaty by 0.06sec with a 27.13 at the turn, Italian Nicolo Martinghengi came home closest to the Brit pace-setter and “attacker” of the title he owns (he prefers to see it as an attack not a defence) as the third man to get inside 59 in prelims, on 58.88.
Quartets from The Netherlands, women, and Italy, men, led the way to the 4x100m freestyle finals and Italy’s 1500m Free World champion Simona Quadarella booked an 8:26 ticket to lane 4 for the final of the 800m freestyle tomorrow. All results and qualifiers below with potted reports.
The swim meet stretches across seven days in traditional format of morning heats, from 10am local time each day, and evening finals, from 6pm local time each day. The livestream of the event is subject to broadcast rights but is available through the EBU/Eurovision link below. National broadcasts on mainstream media are also available far and wide (check local guides) among the 50-plus countries that form the membership of the European Swimming League (LEN).
Day 1 Heats: Women’s 400m medley, Men’s 400m freestyle; Women’s 50m freestyle; Men’s 50m backstroke; Women’s 100m butterfly; Men’s 100m breaststroke; Women’s 4x100m freestyle; Men’s 4x100m freestyle; Women’s 800m freestyle
Results / Livestream (with login access for extras) / LEN Championship website
See Tokyo 2020 Table of Target Times below qualifiers
Qualifiers for Day 1 finals:
Women’s 400m medley: The first event of the championships came down to boiling two heats down to eight qualifiers for the first final in the pool at the European Championships, the presence of Katinka Hosszu, the triple Olympic champion of Rio 2016, defending the crown at what is the fourth home major international campaign of her career, the Europeans having been held in Budapest in 2006 and 2010 and the World Championships staged in the same venue back in 2017.
In heat 1, World 200m butterfly champion Boglarka Kapas gave the hosts the first first-touch of the championships in 4:40.03 just ahead of Britain’s Aimee Willmott, 4:40.19 and Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato, 4:40.82. Kapas had a reason to use the energy of winning her heat: Hungary placed four swimmers on their blocks, four swimmers having been allowed per race since LEN accepted a proposal from Australian Bill Sweetenham during his time at the helm of the GBR program to extend entries. Just two per nation are allowed through too finals, and Kapas, at the helm of heat 1, would soon be out of contention
In heat 2, Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu dominated on her way to the defence of the crown in 4:37.12 ahead of Hungary teammates Viktoria Mihalyvari, 17, on 4:38.07, good for the second Magyar ticket to the showdown, and Zsuzsanna Jakabos, on 4:40.50. So, four Hungarians in the top 5 but just 2 go through:
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | DoB | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 |  HUN | HOSSZU Katinka | 03 MAY 1989 | 0.71 | 4:37.42 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | HUN | MIHALYVARI F. Viktoria | 26 NOV 2003 | 0.81 | 4:38.07 | 0.65 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | HUN | KAPAS Boglarka | 22 APR 1993 | 0.65 | 4:40.03 | 2.61 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 4 |  GBR | WILLMOTT Aimee | 26 FEB 1993 | 0.75 | 4:40.19 | 2.77 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | HUN | JAKABOS Zsuzsanna | 03 APR 1989 | 0.70 | 4:40.50 | 3.08 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 |  ITA | CUSINATO Ilaria | 05 OCT 1999 | 0.74 | 4:40.82 | 3.40 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 3 |  SRB | CREVAR Anja | 20 NOV 2000 | 0.69 | 4:41.14 | 3.72 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 7 |  ESP | CORRO LORENTE Catalina | 14 APR 1995 | 0.69 | 4:43.49 | 6.07 | q | ||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 1 |  GER | VOGELMANN Zoe | 21 SEP 2003 | 0.78 | 4:43.51 | 6.09 | q | ||||||||
| 10 | 2 | 5 | ITA | FRANCESCHI Sara | 01 FEB 1999 | 0.74 | 4:44.65 | 7.23 | q |
Men’s 400m freestyle: The pace picked up in heat 3 as Estonian Gregor Zirk clocked 3:48.39 in a tussle with British medley ace Max Litchfield, warming up for bigger targets on 3:48.41. Heat 4 and Lithuanian Danas Raspsys piled on the pressure, turning in 1:50.54 at the 200m mark before easing off. The top 4 home all clocked 3:47s: Antonio Djakovic, of Switzerland led the way in 3:47.23. Rapsys was fifth in 3:48.
Would it be good enough? As it turned out, yes, Max Litchfield’s effort from heat 3 making him first reserve after the last heat was led by 2016 champion Gabriele Detti, of Italy, on 3:47.56 a touch ahead of Austria’s Felix Auböck and a 3:47.61 – but no others from the last line up made the cut:
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | DoB | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 7 |  SUI | DJAKOVIC Antonio | 08 OCT 2002 | 0.65 | 3:47.23 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 2 |  NOR | CHRISTIANSEN Henrik | 09 OCT 1996 | 0.86 | 3:47.51 | 0.28 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | ITA | DETTI Gabriele | 29 AUG 1994 | 0.76 | 3:47.56 | 0.33 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 5 |  AUT | AUBOECK Felix | 19 DEC 1996 | 0.73 | 3:47.61 | 0.38 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | ITA | DE TULLIO Marco | 21 SEP 2000 | 0.67 | 3:47.81 | 0.58 | q | ||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 3 |  RUS | MALYUTIN Martin | 05 JUL 1999 | 0.73 | 3:47.95 | 0.72 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 4 |  LTU | RAPSYS Danas | 29 MAY 1995 | 0.64 | 3:48.05 | 0.82 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 1 |  EST | ZIRK Kregor | 03 JUL 1999 | 0.63 | 3:48.39 | 1.16 | q |
Women’s 4x100m freestyle: The Dutch have their biggest hitters, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk to come in, the Danes have Pernille Blume in the wings, Britain, often missing from the event altogether in recent years, is through to an international final in a top 3 position for the first time in many big meets. France has firepower to come, too…
| P | H | L | TEAM | Swimmers/Dob | 100 splits | TIME/splits | Gap | Q | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 |  NED | NETHERLANDS BUSCH Kim – 16 JUN 1998 TOUSSAINT Kira – 22 MAY 1994 STEENBERGEN Marrit – 11 JAN 2000 NEUMANN Robin – 12 DEC 1997 | 54.59 54.06 53.95 55.60 | 3:38.20 54.59 1:48.65 2:42.60 3:38.20 | q | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 |  DEN | DENMARK BRO Signe – 05 MAR 1999 OTTESEN Jeanette – 30 DEC 1987 GANTRIIS Emily – 29 MAY 1999 JENSEN Julie Kepp – 03 JAN 2000 | 54.01 54.86 55.42 54.59 | 3:38.88 54.01 1:48.87 2:44.29 3:38.88 | 0.68 | q | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | GBR | GREAT BRITAIN HOPE Lucy – 30 JAN 1997 DAVIS Evelyn – 18 MAY 2004 RUSSELL Emma – 27 DEC 2003 ANDERSON Freya – 04 MAR 2001 | 54.37 55.09 55.34 54.28 | 3:39.08 54.37 1:49.46 2:44.80 3:39.08 | 0.88 | q | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 |  FRA | FRANCE BONNET Charlotte – 14 FEB 1995 NOWACZYK Lison – 27 JAN 2003 TOUATI Assia – 23 APR 1995 MARTIN Anouchka – 05 FEB 1993 | 53.93 55.51 54.74 55.07 | 3:39.25 53.93 1:49.44 2:44.18 3:39.25 | 1.05 | q | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 3 |  SLO | SLOVENIA KLANCAR Neza – 19 FEB 2000 FAIN Katja – 31 AUG 2001 SEGEL Janja – 17 JUN 2001 PINTAR Tjasa – 15 FEB 1997 | 54.49 54.77 54.61 55.74 | 3:39.61 54.49 1:49.26 2:43.87 3:39.61 | 1.41 | q | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | ITA | ITALY TARANTINO Chiara – 14 AUG 2003 DI PIETRO Silvia – 06 APR 1993 COCCONCELLI Costanza – 26 JAN 2002 PELLEGRINI Federica – 05 AUG 1988 | 55.95 54.92 55.30 53.74 | 3:39.91 55.95 1:50.87 2:46.17 3:39.91 | 1.71 | q | |||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 8 |  SWE | SWEDEN COLEMAN Michelle – 31 OCT 1993 THORMALM Alma – 22 FEB 1996 HANSSON Sophie – 02 AUG 1998 HANSSON Louise – 24 NOV 1996 | 54.59 56.35 55.18 53.96 | 3:40.08 54.59 1:50.94 2:46.12 3:40.08 | 1.88 | q | |||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 4 | HUN | HUNGARY VERRASZTO Evelyn – 17 JUL 1989 SENANSZKY Petra – 01 JAN 1994 UGRAI Panna – 18 OCT 2004 GYURINOVICS Fanni – 24 OCT 2001 | 55.81 55.09 55.46 54.26 | 3:40.62 55.81 1:50.90 2:46.36 3:40.62 | 2.42 | q |
Men’s 4x100m freestyle: Italy led the way as the only team this morning with a sub-48sec split – and then it boasted two of those, including a 47.95 lead-off from Alessandro Miressi. Serbia was closest, Great Britain next and then Russia, which is without Vladimir Morozov in Budapest, the US-based sprinter having opted to bypass the European showcase. Even so, all top teams with podium ambitions have big guns and significant speed gains to call on for the final.
| P | H | L | TEAM | Swimmer/DoB | 100m splits | Time/splits | Gap | Q | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 6 | ITA | ITALY MIRESSI Alessandro – 02 OCT 1998 FRIGO Manuel – 18 FEB 1997 DEPLANO Leonardo – 21 JUL 1999 ZAZZERI Lorenzo – 09 AUG 1994 | 47.95 48.05 48.87 47.98 | 3:12.85 47.95 1:36.00 2:24.87 3:12.85 | q | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 7 | SRB | SERBIA STJEPANOVIC Velimir – 07 AUG 1993 NIKOLIC Uros – 20 JUL 1996 BARNA Andrej – 02 MAR 1998 ACIN Nikola – 19 DEC 1999 | 49.25 48.68 47.74 48.24 | 3:13.91 49.25 1:37.93 2:25.67 3:13.91 | 1.06 | q | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | GBR | GREAT BRITAIN RICHARDS Matthew – 17 DEC 2002 GUY James – 26 NOV 1995 WHITTLE Jacob – 25 SEP 2004 LITCHFIELD Joe – 08 JUL 1998 | 49.12 48.15 48.43 48.59 | 3:14.29 49.12 1:37.27 2:25.70 3:14.29 | 1.44 | q | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | RUS | RUSSIA ZHILKIN Andrey – 09 MAR 1995 VEKOVISHCHEV Mikhail – 05 AUG 1998 GIREV Ivan – 29 JUN 2000 RYLOV Evgeny – 23 SEP 1996 | 48.93 48.42 48.54 48.61 | 3:14.50 48.93 1:37.35 2:25.89 3:14.50 | 1.65 | q | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | SUI | SWITZERLAND MITYUKOV Roman – 30 JUL 2000 LIESS Nils – 24 AUG 1996 PONTI Noe – 01 JUN 2001 DJAKOVIC Antonio – 08 OCT 2002 | 48.21 49.02 48.70 48.79 | 3:14.72 48.21 1:37.23 2:25.93 3:14.72 | 1.87 | q | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | NED | NETHERLANDS KORSTANJE Nyls – 05 FEB 1999 PIJNENBURG Stan – 04 NOV 1996 DE BOER Thom – 24 DEC 1991 PUTS Jesse – 01 AUG 1994 | 48.88 48.01 49.00 48.91 | 3:14.80 48.88 1:36.89 2:25.89 3:14.80 | 1.95 | q | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 0 |  GRE | GREECE CHRISTOU Apostolos – 01 NOV 1996 GKOLOMEEV Kristian – 04 JUL 1993 MELADINIS Odyssefs – 05 APR 1990 VAZAIOS Andreas – 09 MAY 1994 | 48.65 48.46 49.56 48.49 | 3:15.16 48.65 1:37.11 2:26.67 3:15.16 | 2.31 | q | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 8 | HUN | HUNGARY KOZMA Dominik – 10 APR 1991 HOLODA Peter – 09 JAN 1996 SZABO Szebasztian – 11 MAR 1996 BOHUS Richard – 09 APR 1993 | 49.49 48.90 48.84 48.38 | 3:15.61 49.49 1:38.39 2:27.23 3:15.61 | 2.76 | q |
Women’s 800m freestyle (final tomorrow): Simona Quadarella, World 1500m champion and 800m silver medallist, wants the European 800m crown back and led the way into the final in 8:26.73, as the only sub-8:30 performance ahead of Italy teammate Rita Caramiognoli, and Spain’s Jimena Perez Blanco.
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | DoB | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ITA | QUADARELLA Simona | 18 DEC 1998 | 0.78 | 8:26.73 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ITA | CARAMIGNOLI Martina Rita | 25 MAY 1991 | 0.85 | 8:31.83 | 5.10 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ESP | PEREZ BLANCO Jimena | 22 AUG 1997 | 0.66 | 8:33.34 | 6.61 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | RUS | KIRPICHNIKOVA Anastasia | 24 JUN 2000 | 0.75 | 8:33.50 | 6.77 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 |  LIE | HASSLER Julia | 27 FEB 1993 | 0.81 | 8:34.18 | 7.45 | q | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | HUN | KESELY Ajna | 10 SEP 2001 | 0.70 | 8:35.71 | 8.98 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | RUS | EGOROVA Anna | 31 MAY 1998 | 0.61 | 8:35.88 | 9.15 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 7 | ESP | DE VALDES ALVAREZ Maria | 19 OCT 1998 | 0.77 | 8:36.92 | 10.19 | q |
Qualifiers for Day 1 Semi-Finals:
Women’s 50m freestyle: The presence of more than three swimmers from one nation always makes the heats a touch sharper, and 2012 Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo left nothing to chance, on 24.24 in the penultimate heat ahead of Dutch teammate Femke Heemskerk, on 24.51, which settled the Orange order, Kim Busch on 24.85 and out of contention.
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | DoB | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | NED | KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi | 20 AUG 1990 | 0.67 | 24.24 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 4 | DEN | BLUME Pernille | 14 MAY 1994 | 0.67 | 24.42 | 0.18 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | RUS | KAMENEVA Maria | 27 MAY 1999 | 0.63 | 24.47 | 0.23 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 5 | NED | HEEMSKERK Femke | 21 SEP 1987 | 0.72 | 24.51 | 0.27 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 3 |  POL | WASICK Katarzyna | 22 MAR 1992 | 0.69 | 24.51 | 0.27 | q | ||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | SWE | COLEMAN Michelle | 31 OCT 1993 | 0.67 | 24.77 | 0.53 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | GBR | HOPKIN Anna | 24 APR 1996 | 0.68 | 24.78 | 0.54 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | NED | BUSCH Kim | 16 JUN 1998 | 0.69 | 24.85 | 0.61 | |||||||||
| 9 | 6 | 2 |  FIN | TEIJONSALO Fanny | 06 FEB 1996 | 0.61 | 24.86 | 0.62 | q | ||||||||
| 10 | 7 | 3 | FRA | HENIQUE Melanie | 22 DEC 1992 | 0.59 | 24.89 | 0.65 | q | ||||||||
| 11 | 7 | 6 | DEN | JENSEN Julie Kepp | 03 JAN 2000 | 0.67 | 24.92 | 0.68 | q | ||||||||
| 12 | 5 | 1 |  CZE | SEEMANOVA Barbora | 01 APR 2000 | 0.60 | 24.93 | 0.69 | q | ||||||||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | HUN | SENANSZKY Petra | 01 JAN 1994 | 0.74 | 24.99 | 0.75 | q | ||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 6 | ESP | MUNOZ DEL CAMPO Lidon | 03 DEC 1995 | 0.64 | 25.01 | 0.77 | q | ||||||||
| 15 | 7 | 1 | SLO | KLANCAR Neza | 19 FEB 2000 | 0.68 | 25.07 | 0.83 | q | ||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 2 | GER | FELSNER Jessica | 12 JUL 1995 | 0.63 | 25.09 | 0.85 | q | ||||||||
| 17 | 5 | 6 | ITA | DI PIETRO Silvia | 06 APR 1993 | 0.65 | 25.22 | 0.98 | q |
Men’s 50m backstroke: Kliment Kolesnikov led the way in 24.23.
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | Dob | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | RUS | KOLESNIKOV Kliment | 09 JUL 2000 | 0.69 | 24.23 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 4 |  ROU | GLINTA Robert-Andrei | 18 APR 1997 | 0.58 | 24.51 | 0.28 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 7 | ESP | GONZALEZ DE OLIVEIRA H. | 19 FEB 1999 | 0.58 | 24.62 | 0.39 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | RUS | TARASEVICH Grigory | 01 AUG 1995 | 0.57 | 24.67 | 0.44 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | GRE | CHRISTOU Apostolos | 01 NOV 1996 | 0.58 | 24.78 | 0.55 | q | ||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | FRA | NDOYE BROUARD Yohann | 29 NOV 2000 | 0.62 | 24.96 | 0.73 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | GER | ULRICH Marek | 12 JAN 1997 | 0.59 | 24.98 | 0.75 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 1 | POL | MASIUK Ksawery | 17 DEC 2004 | 0.57 | 25.05 | 0.82 | q | ||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 5 | HUN | BOHUS Richard | 09 APR 1993 | 0.54 | 25.08 | 0.85 | q | ||||||||
| 10 | 6 | 3 |  BLR | TSMYH Mikita | 15 APR 1997 | 0.58 | 25.09 | 0.86 | q | ||||||||
| 11 | 4 | 3 | ITA | SABBIONI Simone | 03 OCT 1996 | 0.61 | 25.11 | 0.88 | q | ||||||||
| 12 | 5 | 1 | ITA | CECCON Thomas | 27 JAN 2001 | 0.65 | 25.14 | 0.91 | q | ||||||||
| 13 | 6 | 0 |  IRL | FERGUSON Conor | 11 OCT 1999 | 0.50 | 25.21 | 0.98 | q | ||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 6 | POL | POLEWKA Tomasz | 05 AUG 1994 | 0.56 | 25.23 | 1.00 | q | ||||||||
| 15 | 6 | 9 |  POR | SANTOS Alexis Manacas | 23 MAR 1992 | 0.58 | 25.28 | 1.05 | q | ||||||||
| 15 | 6 | 7 | BLR | STASELOVICH Viktar | 28 MAY 1994 | 0.52 | 25.28 | 1.05 | q | ||||||||
| 17 | 5 | 7 | CZE | CEJKA Jan |
Women’s 100m butterfly: No Sarah Sjostrom, out of racing as she recovers from a fractured elbow back in winter. Her Sweden teammate Louise Hansson was on hand to fill the void, on 57.06 at the helm of the last heat, after she’d watched France’s Marie Wattel lead heat 4 in 57.69.
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | DoB | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | SWE | HANSSON Louise | 24 NOV 1996 | 0.70 | 57.06 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | FRA | WATTEL Marie | 02 JUN 1997 | 0.69 | 57.69 | 0.63 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | RUS | SURKOVA Arina | 17 JUL 1998 | 0.73 | 57.89 | 0.83 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | RUS | CHIMROVA Svetlana | 15 APR 1996 | 0.68 | 58.05 | 0.99 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | BLR | SHKURDAI Anastasiya | 03 JAN 2003 | 0.65 | 58.26 | 1.20 | q | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | ITA | DI LIDDO Elena | 08 SEP 1993 | 0.66 | 58.29 | 1.23 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | GRE | NTOUNTOUNAKI Anna | 09 SEP 1995 | 0.64 | 58.31 | 1.25 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | ITA | BIANCHI Ilaria | 06 JAN 1990 | 0.69 | 58.40 | 1.34 | q | ||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 6 | GBR | STEPHENS Laura Kathleen | 02 JUN 1999 | 0.68 | 58.71 | 1.65 | q | ||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 7 | POL | PEDA Paulina | 18 MAR 1998 | 0.66 | 58.90 | 1.84 | q | ||||||||
| 11 | 5 | 7 |  BEL | BUYS Kimberly | 23 APR 1989 | 0.74 | 59.10 | 2.04 | q | ||||||||
| 11 | 5 | 0 | HUN | SEBESTYEN Dalma | 23 JAN 1997 | 0.71 | 59.10 | 2.04 | q | ||||||||
| 13 | 6 | 6 | GER | KOEHLER Angelina | 12 NOV 2000 | 0.73 | 59.12 | 2.06 | q | ||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 3 | DEN | BECKMANN Emilie | 04 FEB 1997 | 0.70 | 59.34 | 2.28 | q | ||||||||
| 15 | 4 | 3 | GBR | JONES Harriet | 27 MAY 1997 | 0.77 | 59.36 | 2.30 | q | ||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 8 | SUI | UGOLKOVA Maria | 18 JUL 1989 | 0.63 | 59.39 | 2.33 | q |
Men’s 100m breaststroke: A big semi and a cracking final ahead after Olympic champion Adam Peaty led the way through on 58.26 in heat 7 of 7, after watching a 58.46 from Ilya Shymanovich in heat 5 and a 59.09 from Arno Kamminga, the second and latest member of the sub-58sec club of late, in heat 6 ahead of Britain’s second man on the World champs podium in 2019, James Wilby, on 59.55, in heat 6. Leading Peaty with a 27.13 at the turn, Italian Nicolo Martinghengi came home closest to the Brit pace-setter and “attacker” of the title he owns (he prefers to see it as an attack not a defence) as the third man to get inside 59 in prelims, on 58.88. The four-per-nation rule saw some domestic rivalries unfold and meant that the last qualifier for top 16 and semis finished 19th in heats:
| P | H | L | Nation | Name | DoB | R | Time | Gap | Q | ||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 4 | GBR | PEATY Adam | 28 DEC 1994 | 0.64 | 58.26 | q | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | BLR | SHYMANOVICH Ilya | 02 AUG 1994 | 0.64 | 58.46 | 0.20 | q | ||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | ITA | MARTINENGHI Nicolo’ | 01 AUG 1999 | 0.68 | 58.88 | 0.62 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | NED | KAMMINGA Arno | 22 OCT 1995 | 0.62 | 59.09 | 0.83 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | RUS | CHUPKOV Anton | 22 FEB 1997 | 0.65 | 59.41 | 1.15 | q | ||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 3 | RUS | PRIGODA Kirill | 29 DEC 1995 | 0.62 | 59.43 | 1.17 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | ITA | PINZUTI Alessandro | 10 MAY 1999 | 0.71 | 59.45 | 1.19 | q | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | LTU | SIDLAUSKAS Andrius | 05 JUN 1997 | 0.75 | 59.54 | 1.28 | q | ||||||||
| 9 | 6 | 5 | GBR | WILBY James | 12 NOV 1993 | 0.67 | 59.55 | 1.29 | q | ||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 6 |  TUR | OEGRETIR Berkay Oemer | 16 FEB 1998 | 0.65 | 59.63 | 1.37 | q | ||||||||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | ITA | POGGIO Federico | 24 APR 1998 | 0.73 | 59.67 | 1.41 | |||||||||
| 12 | 6 | 6 | GER | MATZERATH Lucas | 03 MAY 2000 | 0.68 | 59.87 | 1.61 | q | ||||||||
| 13 | 6 | 3 | DEN | BJERG Tobias B. | 21 APR 1998 | 0.67 | 59.95 | 1.69 | q | ||||||||
| 14 | 5 | 0 | FIN | MATTSSON Matti | 05 OCT 1993 | 0.68 | 1:00.04 | 1.78 | q | ||||||||
| 15 | 7 | 6 | SRB | SILADJI Caba | 23 AUG 1990 | 0.65 | 1:00.14 | 1.88 | q | ||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 3 | GBR | MURDOCH Ross | 14 JAN 1994 | 0.64 | 1:00.19 | 1.93 | |||||||||
| 17 | 6 | 7 | IRL | GREENE Darragh | 20 OCT 1995 | 0.62 | 1:00.20 | 1.94 | q | ||||||||
| 18 | 7 | 1 | RUS | SEMYANINOV Danil | 09 JAN 1998 | 0.65 | 1:00.22 | 1.96 | |||||||||
| 19 | 7 | 9 | SWE | PERSSON Erik | 12 JAN 1994 | 0.66 | 1:00.23 | 1.97 | q |
European Goals: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Target Times
