Aquatics GB Championships 2026

April 9, 2026

Next week the fastest swimmers in Great Britain will descend upon the London Aquatic Centre for the biggest meet of the domestic calendar. The Aquatics GB Championships will take place from from 14th-19th April 2026. The event will play a key role for the selection of both swimming and para-swimming European championship teams and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games team. Tickets are still available to purchase (at See Tickets or thorough the Aquatics GB site) for you to go and cheer on the big names we all know as well as our very own Hatfield swimmers, present and past.

Heats will start daily at 9:30am with finals commencing at 6pm. The B finals will be swum first with Open finals, Junior and Multi-classification finals to be competed following a pre-show interval. Finalists will qualify based on performances in heats and be classified into respective finals in the following format:

Para-swimming final [MC]: Top eight seeded para-swimming qualifiers (multi-classification race format)
Open Final [A]: Top eight seeded qualifiers
Junior final [J]: Next top eight seeded athletes born between 2008-2012
B final [B]: eight seeded athletes to have not qualified for either the Open or Junior final.

The schedule for the week of competition is as follows:

Tuesday 14th April

Men’s 400m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 50m Breaststroke [B-J-A]
Women’s 200m Butterfly [B-J-A]
Men’s 100m Breaststroke [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 100m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]

Wednesday 15th April

Women’s 1500m Freestyle [Heats declared – fastest heat in evening session]
Men’s 50m Breaststroke [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 200m Butterfly [B-J-A]
Women’s 100m Backstroke [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 400m Individual Medley [B-J-A]
Women’s 400m Individual Medley [B-J-A]

Thursday 16th April

Men’s 1500m Freestyle [Heats declared – fastest heat in evening session]
Women’s 50m Backstroke [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 200m Breaststroke [B-J-A]
Men’s 100m Backstroke [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 200m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 100m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]

Friday 17th April

Men’s 50m Backstroke [B-J-A]
Women’s 50m Butterfly [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 100m Butterfly [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 400m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 200m Individual Medley [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 200m Backstroke [B-J-A]

Saturday 18th April

Women’s 100m Butterfly [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 800m Freestyle [Heats declared – fastest heat in evening session]
Men’s 50m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 200m Individual Medley [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 200m Breaststroke [B-J-A]

Sunday 19th April

Women’s 100m Breaststroke [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 50m Butterfly [B-J-MC-A]
Women’s 800m Freestyle [Heats declared – fastest heat in evening session]
Men’s 200m Backstroke [B-J-A]
Women’s 50m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]
Men’s 200m Freestyle [B-J-MC-A]

(*Hatfield representation in bold purple)

As you can imagine, just qualifying for this level of meet is a accomplishment in itself. This year the Pink Army have five swimmers representing us on the big stage with another three who are currently away swimmers at University. We wish them all the best of luck!

Ashley Ransome – 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke