Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu turned in the top time in the world in the women’s 400-meter IM to kick off the Mare Nostrum stop in Barcelona.
Hosszu hit the wall in 4:31.93 for the win, now ahead of Hannah Miley‘s 4:32.15 from British Nationals as the top time in the world.
Her swim is about a second-and-a-half off her European record of 4:30.31 from the 2009 World Championships. The swim also downed Miley’s meet record of 4:33.25 set last year.
Miley, meanwhile, took second overall in 4:36.96 with Catalina Corro placing third in the 400 IM with a 4:40.08.
Rikke Moller Pedersen improved upon her second-ranked 200-meter breast with a time of 2:21.58 for the win. That swim clipped her 2:21.60 from the Danish Open. Only Kanako Watanabe has been faster this year with a 2:20.90 from Japanese Nationals.
Watanabe, meanwhile, settled for second tonight in 2:23.96 with Kierra Smith taking third overall in 2:24.87.
Chad le Clos vaulted to second in the world in the men’s 200-meter fly with a time of 1:54.90. That swim cleared the meet record of 1:55.18 of Daiya Seto from last year. Seto is the only swimmer faster this year with a 1:54.46.
Seto placed second tonight in 1:55.11, while Viktor Bromer picked up third in 1:55.46, just off his fifth-ranked 1:55.39 from the Danish Open.
Jeanette Ottesen also moved to second in the world with a time of 57.15 in the women’s 100-meter fly. Only Sarah Sjostrom is faster with a 56.58 from the Golden Tour in Marseilles.
Ottesen’s time cleared her own meet record of 57.20 from last year.
Fran Halsall picked up second-place honors in 58.96, while Natsumi Hoshi posted a third-place time of 59.22.
Jazmin Carlin took home the women’s 800-meter free in a time of 8:28.59. That swim is well off her third-ranked 8:21.58 from British Nationals, but was more than enough to win tonight.
Keri-Anne Payne placed second in 8:30.16 with Melani Costa Schmid earning third in 8:32.08.
Christopher Walker-Hebborn (25.23) and Liam Tancock (25.48) went 1-2 in the men’s 50-meter backstroke. Takeshi Kawamoto placed third in 25.50.
Moniek Nijhuis topped the women’s 50-meter breaststroke with a time of 30.93. That’s a bit off her fifth-ranked season best of 30.65 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup.
Jenna Laukkanen finished second in 31.08 with Sally Hunter earning third overall in 31.31.
Ben Proud notched a win in the men’s 50-meter fly with a time of 23.70. He’s been a bit faster this year with a 15th-ranked 23.51 from British Nationals.
Konrad Czerniak placed second in 23.89, well off his 10th-ranked 23.43 from Spanish Nationals, while Chad le Clos finished third in 23.92.
Sebastiaan Verschuren, already ranked fourth in the world with a 48.25 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup, won the men’s 100-meter free in 49.01.
Katsumi Nakamura hit the wall second in 49.14, while Andrey Grechin snagged third overall in 49.50.
Mie Nielsen, third ranked in the world with a 59.14 from the Golden Tour in Marseilles, won the women’s 100-meter back in 59.37.
That swim beat the meet record of 59.47 set by Aya Terakawa back in 2013.
Elizabeth Simmonds took second tonight in 1:00.23 with Georgia Davies earning third in 1:00.39.
Adam Peaty, who set the 100 breast world record with a 57.92 at British Nationals in April, clinched the event title here in Barcelona with a 59.55. That’s a bit slower than his meet record of 59.25 from last year.
Yasuhiro Koseki, ranked third in the world with a 59.73 from Japanese Nationals, took second tonight in 59.81. Cameron van der Burgh wound up third overall in 1:00.68.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo hit the wall in 24.59 to win the women’s 50-meter free. That’s a bit off her third-ranked 24.35 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup.
Jeanette Ottesen, ranked sixth in the world with a 24.47, took second in 24.64. Fran Halsall put up a 24.76 to take third tonight, off her fifth-ranked 24.37 from British Nationals.
Ryosuke Irie, ranked #1 in the world with a 1:54.62 from the BHP Super Series, cranked out a 1:55.55 to win the men’s 200-meter back in Barcelona. That’s nearly better than the second-ranked time of 1:55.52 set by Mitch Larkin in Australia.
Masaki Kaneko touched well back in second in 1:57.50, while Radoslaw Kawecki wound up third in 1:57.74.
Kosuke Hagino, the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 1:56.30 from Japanese Nationals, won the men’s 200-meter IM in a meet-record time of 1:57.75. That effort cleared Laszlo Cseh’s mark of 1:58.94 from 2011.
Daniel Wallace wound up second overall in 2:00.71 with Roberto Pavoni taking third in 2:02.18.
Femke Heemskerk raced her way to a meet record in the women’s 200-meter free with a time of 1:55.22. That swim cut a second off Veronika Popova’s 1:56.20 from last year. Her time is a bit off Heemskerk’s world-best 1:54.68 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup.
Siobhan Marie O’Connor placed second in 1:57.23, while Melanie Margalis touched third in 1:57.91.
Nicholas Granger topped Ryan Cochrane, 3:48.29 to 3:48.69, in the men’s 400-meter free. James Guy placed third in 3:48.83.
2015 Mare Nostrum Barcelona, Day One – Results