Apostolos Siskos Blasts 1:54.12 200 Again Greek Record For #1 In The World (Video)

2026 ACROPOLIS SWIM OPEN

• Friday, May eighth – Sunday, May tenth
• Athens, Greece
• LCM (50m)
• Live Results

The 2026 Acropolis Swim Open kicked off yesterday from Athens, and day one caused a big-time nationwide document by the hands of 20-year-old Apostolos Siskos.

Racing within the remaining of the boys’s 200m backstroke, Siskos fired off a lifetime better of 1:54.12 to seize the gold, beating the sphere by properly over 5 seconds en path to topping the rostrum.

Lithuanian Dominik Grudinskij represented the next-fastest swimmer, attending to the wall in 1:59.85 as the one different sub-2:00 swimmer within the subject.

Ioannis Petrakis rounded out the rostrum in 2:01.23.

As for Siskos, his highly effective 1:54.12 hacked over half a second off his personal earlier Greek Record of 1:54.66, a time he produced on the 2025 Greek Championships.

While his entrance half was almost equivalent, 56.02 final yr to 56.03 in final night time’s efficiency, Siskos saved some gasoline on the ultimate 50m, dipping underneath 29 seconds on the surge to the wall.

Split Comparison

Siskos’ New 1:54.12 Greek Record	Siskos’ Old 1:54.66 Greek Record
26.76	27.04
29.27 (56.03)	28.98 (56.02)
29.35	29.42
28.74	29.22

Siskos now ranks #1 on the planet on the season, dethroning Olympic champion Hubert Kos of Hungary.

The Greek swimmer’s time would have gained gold on the 2024 Olympic Games, beating Kos’ effort of 1:54.26. He would have been the bronze medalist on the 2025 World Championships. Additionally, Siskos’ 1:54.12 checks him in because the Eleventh-best performer of all time within the 200m again occasion.

You can view the race video here.