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Hungary Breaks 15 Year Old National Record In Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay With 3:36.77

2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

WOMEN’S 4×100 FREE RELAY- FINAL

  • World Record: 3:27.96 – Australia (2023)
  • European Record: 3:31.72 – Netherlands (2009)
  • Championship Record: 3:33.62 – Netherlands (2008)

Top 8

  1. Hungary (Senanszky, Abraham, Ugrai, Padar) – 3:36.77
  2. Denmark (Ebbesen, Bro, Jensen, Tabor) – 3:38.48
  3. Poland (Fiedkiewicz, Famulok, Gusc, Polanska) – 3:41.01
  4. Israel (Polonsky, Spitz, Golovaty, Murez) – 3:41.14
  5. Austria (Berger, Pammer, Jelic, Kreundl) – 3:41.99
  6. Sweden (Thormalm, Junevik, Bergman, Mortstrand) – 3:42.86
  7. Slovenia (Segel, Fain, Sekuti, Pintar) – 3:44.30
  8. Serbia (Milutinovic, Kaljevic, Markovic, Bukvic) – 3:45.64

Hungary swam to a win and a national record in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay to close the third night of swimming in Belgrade, Serbia. The relay swam to a 3:36.77, faster than their previous record of a 3:37.64 from the 2009 World Championships.

Split Comparison:

2024 Euros 2009 Worlds
Petra Senanszky 54.79 Eszter Dara 55.29
Minna Abraham 54.43 Evelyn Verraszto 53.9
Panna Ugrai 53.88 Agnes Mutina 54.28
Nikolett Padar 53.67 Katinka Hosszu 54.17
3:36.77 3:37.64

The biggest difference tonight was on the lead off leg as Petra Senanszky put the relay up by half a second already as well as Nikolett Padar who anchored in a 53.67, notably another half of a second faster than the previous record as Hungarian great Katinka Hosszu anchored in a 54.17 in the old record.  Hosszu notably is the National Record holder in the 100 freestyle as she swam a 53.64 in 2014. Padar won bronze in the 100 freestyle here in Belgrade last night in a 54.22.

The relay also earned the country their second gold medal of the meet. They currently hold the most medals of any country with 14 total including 2 gold, 6 silver, and 6 bronze.

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HeGetsItDoneAgain
4 months ago

Is Padar still going to ASU or is she following Bob to Texas

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Reply to  HeGetsItDoneAgain
4 months ago

As far as I understand, she revoked her verbal commitment to ASU (she also started following the Longhorn swimmming account on insta).

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