European Aquatics Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencybiennial
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1926 (1926)

The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years (in even years); and since 2022, they have included 5 aquatics disciplines: Swimming (long course/50m pool), Diving, Synchronised swimming, Open water swimming and High diving. Prior to 1999, the championships also included Water polo, which beginning in 1999 LEN split-off into a separate championships. The open water events are not held during the Olympic year.

The Championships are generally held over a two-week time-period in mid-to-late Summer; however, in the most recent Summer Olympics years (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), the Championships were moved to the Spring to be moved away from the Summer Olympic Games.

The swimming portion of these championships is considered one of the pre-eminent swimming competitions in the world. Note however that LEN also conducts an annual short-course (25 meters) swimming championship, which is a completely separate and a completely distinct event (typically held in early December).

Championships

Historically, the Championships were first held in 1926, and included water polo prior to 1999 when the discipline was moved to the European Water Polo Championship. From 1973-1999 Europeans were held in years without a Summer Olympics or World Championships, save 1979 (1973 being the inception year of the World Championships; and 1999 being the last year before Worlds moved from even-years between Summer Olympics to every-odd year beginning in 2001). Women were first allowed to participate at the second Championships in 1927[1]

Number Year Host city Country Events Dates First in the Medal Table Second in the Medal Table Third in the Medal Table
11926Budapest Hungary918–22 August 1926 Germany Sweden Hungary
21927Bologna Italy1631 August – 4 September 1927 Germany Sweden Netherlands
31931Paris France1623–30 August 1931 Hungary Germany Netherlands
41934Magdeburg Germany1612–19 August 1934 Germany Netherlands Hungary
51938London Great Britain166–13 August 1938Nazi Germany Germany Denmark Netherlands
61947Monte Carlo Monaco1610–14 September 1947 France Denmark Hungary
71950Vienna Austria1620–27 August 1950 France Netherlands West Germany
81954Turin Italy1831 August – 5 September 1954 Hungary Soviet Union East Germany
91958Budapest Hungary2031 August – 6 September 1958 Soviet Union Great Britain Netherlands
101962Leipzig East Germany2318–25 August 1962 Netherlands East Germany Soviet Union
111966Utrecht Netherlands2320–27 August 1966 Soviet Union East Germany Netherlands
121970Barcelona Spain345–13 September 1970 East Germany Soviet Union West Germany
131974Vienna Austria3718–25 August 1974 East Germany West Germany Great Britain
141977Jönköping Sweden3714–21 August 1977 East Germany Soviet Union West Germany
151981Split Yugoslavia374–12 September 1981 East Germany Soviet Union Great Britain
161983Rome Italy3822–27 August 1983 East Germany Soviet Union West Germany
171985Sofia
Oslo
 Bulgaria
 Norway
394–11 August 1985
12–18 August 1985
 East Germany Soviet Union West Germany
181987Strasbourg France4116–23 August 1987 East Germany Soviet Union West Germany
191989Bonn West Germany4315–20 August 1989 East Germany Soviet Union France
201991Athens
Terracina
 Greece
 Italy
4718–25 August 1991
14–15 September 1991
 Soviet Union Germany Hungary
211993Sheffield
Slapy
 Great Britain
 Czech Republic
473–8 August 1993
28–29 August 1993
 Germany Russia Hungary
221995Vienna Austria4722–27 August 1995 Russia Germany Hungary
231997Seville Spain5119–24 August 1997 Russia Germany Hungary
241999Istanbul Turkey5526 July – 1 August 1999 Germany Russia Netherlands
252000Helsinki Finland553–9 July 2000 Russia Germany Italy
262002Berlin Germany5729 July – 4 August 2002 Germany Russia Italy
272004Madrid Spain585–16 May 2004 Ukraine Russia Italy
282006Budapest Hungary5826 July – 6 August 2006 Russia Germany France
292008Eindhoven Netherlands5413–24 March 2008 Russia Italy France
302010Budapest Hungary614–15 August 2010 Russia Germany France
312012Debrecen
Eindhoven
 Hungary
 Netherlands
5515–27 May 2012 Hungary Germany Italy
322014Berlin Germany6413–24 August 2014 Great Britain Russia Italy
332016London Great Britain649–22 May 2016 Great Britain Hungary Russia
342018[lower-alpha 1]Glasgow
Edinburgh
 Great Britain722–12 August 2018 Russia Great Britain Italy
352020Budapest Hungary7310–23 May 2021 Russia Great Britain Italy
362022Rome Italy7711–21 August 2022 Italy Great Britain Ukraine
372024Belgrade Serbia7710–23 June 2024

Medal tables (1926–2022)

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia19711687400
2 Germany171159130460
3 East Germany14311568326
4 Italy127149199475
5 Hungary12210781310
6 Great Britain109116134359
7 Soviet Union978779263
8 France929892282
9 Netherlands889890276
10 Sweden677671214
11 Ukraine667067203
12 West Germany413349123
13 Spain315950140
14 Denmark29223283
15 Poland18192259
16 Finland1381233
17 Romania12263270
18 Austria12192354
19 Greece7112442
20 Norway68519
21  Switzerland5121734
22 Belarus5101732
23 Belgium561627
24 Ireland46111
25 Serbia4116
26 Czech Republic401519
27 Slovakia311418
28 Lithuania351018
29 Israel34916
30 Yugoslavia2141329
31 Croatia27716
32 Czechoslovakia251118
33 Slovenia251017
34 Bulgaria24915
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina1012
36 Faroe Islands0303
37 Iceland0213
38 Portugal0145
39 Estonia0101
 Yugoslavia0101
41 Turkey0022
42 Armenia0011
Totals (42 entries)1495149414964485

Note: The table includes medals won in swimming (since 1926), diving (since 1926), synchronized swimming (since 1974), open water swimming (since 1991), high diving (since 2022) and water polo since 1926 until and including 1997 when the discipline was part of the event. From 1999 the water polo event was separated and got its own independent tournament as European Water Polo Championship.

As of 2022, Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino have yet to win a medal.

Swimming (1926–2022)

See LEN official report.[2]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany13210055287
2 Hungary1048867259
3 Germany938670249
4 Russia795746182
5 Italy7690108274
6 Great Britain7391112276
7 France706463197
8 Netherlands658275222
9 Soviet Union615552168
10 Sweden605863181
11 West Germany352742104
12 Ukraine33302386
13 Denmark27222877
14 Spain23262877
15 Poland18192158
16 Romania11253268
17 Finland116825
18 Austria791127
19 Norway68519
20 Greece661628
21 Belarus571022
22 Belgium561324
23  Switzerland47718
24 Ireland46111
25 Serbia4105
26 Slovakia311216
27 Lithuania351018
28 Israel34815
29 Czech Republic30912
30 Croatia27716
31 Slovenia251017
32 Yugoslavia17917
33 Czechoslovakia13913
34 Bulgaria13711
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina1012
36 Faroe Islands0303
37 Iceland0213
38 Portugal0134
39 Estonia0101
40 Turkey0022
Totals (40 entries)1032102810343094

Diving (1926–2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany595544158
2 Russia534333129
3 Soviet Union27262477
4 Italy24222773
5 Great Britain23221964
6 Ukraine17203370
7 East Germany11141338
8 Sweden715830
9 France75921
10 Austria46515
11 West Germany4329
12 Netherlands4127
13 Finland2248
14 Denmark2046
15 Hungary15713
16 Spain1449
17 Czechoslovakia1124
18 Bulgaria1102
19 Belarus0257
20  Switzerland0202
21 Armenia0011
 Poland0011
Totals (22 entries)248249247744

Artistic swimming (1974–2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia533056
2 Ukraine15191145
3 Great Britain122317
4 France919836
5 Spain7241243
6 Italy4183456
7 Soviet Union4318
8 Netherlands16613
9 Austria14611
10 Greece0369
11 West Germany0336
12  Switzerland01910
13 Belarus0123
14 Slovakia0022
15 Hungary0011
 Israel0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (17 entries)106106106318

Open water swimming (1991–2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy18192360
2 Germany18151447
3 Netherlands138425
4 Russia1211730
5 France691025
6 Hungary56415
7 Greece1225
8  Switzerland1214
9 Great Britain1102
10 Czech Republic1067
11 Ukraine1001
12 Spain0448
13 Czechoslovakia0101
14 Bulgaria0022
15 Portugal0011
Totals (15 entries)777878233

High diving (2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania1102
2 Germany1001
3 Ukraine0101
4 Italy0022
Totals (4 entries)2226

Water polo (1926–1997)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary128222
2 Soviet Union53210
3 Netherlands5139
4 Italy50510
5 West Germany2024
6 Yugoslavia17412
7 Germany0325
8 Sweden0303
9 Russia0213
10 France0123
 Spain0123
12 East Germany0101
 Yugoslavia0101
14 Belgium0033
15 Austria0011
Totals (15 entries)30312990

Multiple medalists in swimming (long course)

  Still active

Update after the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.[3][4]

Men

#AthleteCountry1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
1 Alexander Popov Soviet Union
 Russia
213226
2 Adam Peaty Great Britain160016
3 László Cseh Hungary144523
4 Michael Gross West Germany134219
5 Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands105419
6 Emiliano Brembilla Italy103013
7 Filippo Magnini Italy95519
8 Peter Nocke West Germany91010
9 Tamás Darnyi Hungary8008
10 Duncan Scott Great Britain74011
11 Oleh Lisohor Ukraine73313
12 James Guy Great Britain72312

Women

#AthleteCountry1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
1 Franziska van Almsick Germany183021
2 Sarah Sjöström Sweden177428
3 Katinka Hosszú Hungary156425
4 Heike Friedrich East Germany
 Germany
112013
5 Therese Alshammar Sweden107421
6 Fran Halsall Great Britain103417
7 Yana Klochkova Ukraine102416
8 Sandra Völker Germany94417
9 Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary94013
9 Astrid Strauss East Germany94013
11 Freya Anderson Great Britain93416
12 Laure Manaudou France91313
13 Kristin Otto East Germany91111
14 Ute Geweniger East Germany91010
15 Simona Quadarella Italy81110
16 Federica Pellegrini Italy76720
17 Yuliya Yefimova Russia74213
18 Mette Jacobsen Denmark73818
19 Daniela Hunger East Germany
 Germany
73010
20 Ágnes Kovács Hungary72413
21 Boglárka Kapás Hungary72312
22 Lucy Hope Great Britain7209
22 Britta Steffen Germany7209

Championships records

See also

References

  1. European Championships, 17 April 2011
  2. "LEN European Championships aquatic finalists - All time medals tables" (PDF). len.eu. p. 203. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AQUATIC FINALISTS 1926 – 2016 – by Kelvin Juba" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. "Female swimmer with the most medals in the history of Euro Aquatics Championships". Swimming Stats. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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