\t\t\t\t\t2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 29 \u2013 Saturday, May 2, 2026 Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n We have made it to the final session of the 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open! The last few days have seen some fast racing in Florida, and we have one more session with some of the most anticipated events on tonight\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n Watch Live Here<\/p>\n The evening will start off with the women\u2019s and men\u2019s 800 freestyle events. Last year, Katie Ledecky<\/a> set the 800 freestyle world record on the final day and she will lead the women\u2019s final tonight with her seed time of 8:04.12 (the aforementioned world record) coming in 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.<\/p>\n Bobby Finke<\/a> is the top seed in the men\u2019s event at 7:38.67, but William Mulgrew<\/a> is seeded 2nd and he has been having a very strong meet so far.<\/p>\n After the 800 freestyles, the women\u2019s and men\u2019s 100 backstroke events will race. Isabelle Stadden<\/a> swam the fastest time in the prelims of the 100 backstroke, but world record holder Regan Smith<\/a> will be right next to her in the final.<\/p>\n Hubert Kos<\/a> is the top seed in the men\u2019s race by almost two seconds over Jack Aikins<\/a>, and he will be looking to pick up the win tonight.<\/p>\n The women\u2019s and men\u2019s 200 breaststroke races will see two of the top swimmers in the world in the middle of the pool. Kate Douglass<\/a> is the women\u2019s top seed and Leon Marchand<\/a> is the men\u2019s. They are both heavy favorites to win.<\/p>\n Gretchen Walsh<\/a> is the top seed in the women\u2019s 100 butterfly, swimming 55.39 in prelims to earn the top seed by more than three seconds over Claire Curzan<\/a>\u2018s 58.61. She also set a world record in the event at last year\u2019s Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series and could be looking for a repeat performance tonight.<\/p>\n The men\u2019s race is looking like it will be the opposite of the domination we will likely see on the women\u2019s side. Ilya Kharun<\/a> and Josh Liendo<\/a> are the 1st and 2nd seeds respectively, touching just eight hundredths apart in prelims.<\/p>\n Phoebe Bacon<\/a>, Sadie Buckley, and Regan Smith<\/a> are gearing up for a close race in the women\u2019s 200 IM as all three were a little more than half-a-second apart in prelims.<\/p>\n The men\u2019s 200 IM will be all about the Texas athletes as the 1st, 3rd, and 4th seeds tonight are all from Austin including world record holder Leon Marchand<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, the meet will wrap up with the 50 freestyles. Gretchen Walsh<\/a> is the women\u2019s top seed by just two hundredths over Kate Douglass<\/a>. On the men\u2019s side, Josh Liendo<\/a> and Ilya Kharun<\/a> will meet again as the 1st and 3rd seeds with their 22.29 and 22.52 respective prelims swims. Dylan Carter<\/a> qualified 2nd in 22.41.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 800M Freestyle \u2014 Timed Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 800M Freestyle \u2014 Timed Final<\/p>\n World Record: 7:32.12 \u2014 Zhang Lin, CHN (2009) WOMEN\u2019S 100M BACKSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n MEN\u2019S 100M BACKSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n WOMEN\u2019S 200M BREASTSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n MEN\u2019S 200M BREASTSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n WOMEN\u2019S 100M BUTTERFLY \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n MEN\u2019S 100M BUTTERFLY \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n WOMEN\u2019S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n MEN\u2019S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n WOMEN\u2019S 50M FREESTYLE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n MEN\u2019S 50M FREESTYLE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open Wednesday, April 29 \u2013 Saturday, May 2, 2026 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[68034,108554,110836,249,251,250,65594,108560,108562,108563,108564,19679,107971,65595,99889,108581,108583,110780,110132],"class_list":["post-255870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-bobby-finke","tag-claire-curzan","tag-dylan-carter","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-gretchen-walsh","tag-hubert-kos","tag-ilya-kharun","tag-isabelle-stadden","tag-jack-aikins","tag-josh-liendo","tag-kate-douglass","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-leon-marchand","tag-phoebe-bacon","tag-regan-smith","tag-sadie-buckley","tag-william-mulgrew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nWorld Junior Record: 7:43.37 \u2014 Lorenzo Galossi, ITA (2022)
\nAmerican Record: 7:38.67 \u2014 Bobby Finke<\/a> (2023)
\nU.S. Open Record: 7:40.34 \u2014 Bobby Finke<\/a>, USA (2023)<\/p>\n