The 23-year-old ripped a huge lifetime best of 7:38.12 to claim gold, defeating Florian Wellbrock<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Oliver Klemet<\/a><\/strong> in the process. The former settled for silver well back in 7:43.79 while the latter earned bronze in 7:44.61.<\/p>\n Schwarz\u2019s time shaved .07 off the former European Record of 7:38.19 Irishman\u00a0Daniel Wiffen<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>put on the books en route to winning the gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.<\/p>\n Schwarz was in that final, reaping a 5th-place finish in a result of 7:43.59, although that wasn\u2019t his best-ever performance.<\/p>\n Entering this competition, Schwarz\u2019s career-quickest mark rested at the 7:41.77 notched at the inaugural U23 Championships to claim the gold there. That means tonight\u2019s groundbreaking outing hacked over 3 seconds off that prior PB.<\/p>\n He also dropped more than a second off the previous German national record of 7:39.48 Lukas M\u00e4rtens<\/a><\/strong> established at the 2023 World Championships.<\/p>\n Splits for Sven Schwarz<\/a>\u2018s New 7:38.12 European Record<\/p>\n With his monster performance, Schwarz now becomes the 5th-swiftest performer in history.<\/p>\n Top 10 Men\u2019s LCM 800 Free Performers All-Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Schwarz is continuing the momentum\u00a0Lukas M\u00e4rtens<\/a><\/strong> kicked off with his 400m free World Record<\/a> at April\u2019s Swim Open Stockholm.<\/p>\n Since then, multiple age records have fallen, including\u00a0Johannes Liebmann<\/strong> in the 1500m free<\/a> and\u00a0Kaii Winkler<\/strong> in the 100m free<\/a>. Additionally,\u00a0Anna Elendt<\/strong> produced a new national record of 2:23.93<\/a> in the women\u2019s 200m breast at the Berlin Swim Open.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-02-at-12.54.39-PM.png\")
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