The heavyweights of the ice swimming world visited Oradea, Romania for the IISA 1st European Championship and none other than the English Channel record holder Andreas Waschburger of Germany kicked off Day 1 with a remarkable world record time of 5:32.72 in the 500m freestyle final.
The 36-year-old Olympian was pushed by Polish swimmer Marcin Szarpak of Poland who finished second in 5:35.77 and Axel Reymond of France who finished third in 5:55.80 in the 3.9°C water. They both broke the existing world record set by Radostin Krastev of Bulgaria of 5:36.49.
Men’s 500m Freestyle Final Resuls
- Andreas Waschburger (37) 5:32.72
- Marcin Szarpak (23) 5:35.77
- Axel Reymond (30) 5:55.80
- Rostislav Vítek (48) 6:08.02
- Phillip Duma (43) 6:18.17
- Petar Stoychev (48) 6:23.93
- Virgile Poirier (24) 6:24.91
- Ori Sela (51) 6:28.83
- James Leitch (49) 6:30.79
- 10 christof wandratsch (58) Ice 06:31.19
- Marek Rother (56) 6:32.49
- Henri Kaarma (50) 6:52.58
- Kilian Graef (19) 6:53.13
- Alex Rossi (48) 6:59.16
- Henry Lykke Stokholm (55) 7:00.01
- Nikolaj Kuhn (31) Cold 07:01.17
- Peter Plavec (37) Ice 07:01.95
- Stefan Runge (57) 7:02.64
- Raymond Oosterbaan (47) 7:05.87
- Ben Baker (38) 7:07.89
- Lubos Veneny (22) 7:08.46 21
- Simon Zdarsky (31) 7:14.01
- Max Munson (55) 7:16.41
- Graeme Abrahams (38) 7:22.18
- Richard Nyary (48) 7:24.21
- Brian Bain (64) 7:32.03
- Alexander Schilder (33) 7:34.70
- Kevin mcHugh (41) 7:39.57
- Florin Tomos (41) 7:41.82
- James Bridges (67) 7:43.40
- Robillot François (54) 7:44.30
- Albert Stienezen (59) 7:48.30
- Przemyslaw Konieczniak (29) 7:49.73
- Borys Kania (24) 7:52.02
- Jakub Holly (34) 7:56.65
- Dezider Pék (51) 8:04.28
- Kevin Audouy (28) 8:08.00
- Adrian Stroe (36) 8:11.70
- Mark Thies (55) 8:13.14
- Mateusz K?dzior (51) 8:15.24
- Valentin Cinciulescu (48) 8:17.33
- Josef Köberl (47) 8:31.58
- Brian Swift (55) 8:35.26
- Michal Bartal (40) 8:37.11
- Charalampos Theodosis (48) 8:37.24
- Neil Curtis (57) 8:38.86
- Shai Braitner (47) 8:56.14
- Andrei David (47) 8:58.17
- Simone Olivi (57) 8:58.92
- Christian Carlie (50) 9:01.25
- Attila Cseh (50) 9:08.42
- Ludovic Charfaz (48) 9:30.97
- Piotr Reiman (57) 9:31.17
- George Mathas (62) 9:33.00
- William van Overveld (60) 9:44.51
- Zeteny Horvath (18) 9:44.74
- Brian Dillon (55) 9:46.94
- Martin Shannon (52) 9:56.28
- Vladimir Kobylenko (33) 9:56.92
- Jonathan Coe (72) 9:57.62
- Zsolt Horvath (55) 10:02.39
- Marc Boutin (64) 10:09.35
- Tibor Galffy (55) 10:09.87
- Robert Vasiliu (51) 10:10.23
- Theo van der Meer (59) 10:12.97
- Thomas Stangl (53) 10:23.81
- Adrian Alejandro Wittwer (38) 10:28.71
- Maxime Valabregue (57) 12:26.23
- Martin Mc Devitt (50) 12:27.35
- Grzegorz Truchan (63) 14:18.97
- Bartlomiej Nagalewski (48) 16:09.43
The full results of the 500m freestyle are posted here.
The Championships will continue through February 4th.
320 swimmers from 27 countries including Albania, Cyprus, Great Britain, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey, Andorra. Czech Republic. Greece, Luxembourg, Romania, Ukraine, Armenia, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, Russia, Austria, Estonia, Iceland, Moldova, San Marino, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Monaco, Serbia, Belarus, Finland, Israel, Montenegro, Slovakia, Belgium, France, Italy, Isle of Man, Netherlands, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Spain, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Poland, and Switzerland will take part.
Race Day 1 on February 2nd 2024
- 500m freestyle
- 50m butterfly
- 100m backstroke
- 50m breaststroke
- 4x50m mixed freestyle relay
- 500m freestyle
Race Day 2 on February 3rd 2024
- 1000m freestyle
- 100m freestyle
- 100m breaststroke
- 4x50m VIP relay
Race Day 3 on February 4th 2024
- 250m freestyle
- 50m backstroke
- 100m butterfly
- 50m freestyle
- 4x250m country relay freestyle
With the water temperature at 4°C, all the events will be streamed live on the IISA YouTube TV channel (watch here).
For more information, visit here.
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