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European Aquatics Championships | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sporting event |
Date(s) | mid-year |
Frequency | biennial |
Country | varying |
Inaugurated | 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]
Medal tables (1926–2022)
Overall
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 197 | 116 | 87 | 400 |
2 | Germany | 171 | 159 | 130 | 460 |
3 | East Germany | 143 | 115 | 68 | 326 |
4 | Italy | 127 | 149 | 199 | 475 |
5 | Hungary | 122 | 107 | 81 | 310 |
6 | Great Britain | 109 | 116 | 134 | 359 |
7 | Soviet Union | 97 | 87 | 79 | 263 |
8 | France | 92 | 98 | 92 | 282 |
9 | Netherlands | 88 | 98 | 90 | 276 |
10 | Sweden | 67 | 76 | 71 | 214 |
11 | Ukraine | 66 | 70 | 67 | 203 |
12 | West Germany | 41 | 33 | 49 | 123 |
13 | Spain | 31 | 59 | 50 | 140 |
14 | Denmark | 29 | 22 | 32 | 83 |
15 | Poland | 18 | 19 | 22 | 59 |
16 | Finland | 13 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
17 | Romania | 12 | 26 | 32 | 70 |
18 | Austria | 12 | 19 | 23 | 54 |
19 | Greece | 7 | 11 | 24 | 42 |
20 | Norway | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
21 | Switzerland | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 |
22 | Belarus | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 |
23 | Belgium | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
24 | Ireland | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
25 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
26 | Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
27 | Slovakia | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
28 | Lithuania | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
29 | Israel | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
30 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 14 | 13 | 29 |
31 | Croatia | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
32 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
33 | Slovenia | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
34 | Bulgaria | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
36 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
37 | Iceland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
38 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
39 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
41 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
42 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (42 entries) | 1495 | 1494 | 1496 | 4485 |
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)[2]2">edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany | 132 | 100 | 55 | 287 |
2 | Hungary | 104 | 88 | 67 | 259 |
3 | Germany | 93 | 86 | 70 | 249 |
4 | Russia | 79 | 57 | 46 | 182 |
5 | Italy | 76 | 90 | 108 | 274 |
6 | Great Britain | 73 | 91 | 112 | 276 |
7 | France | 70 | 64 | 63 | 197 |
8 | Netherlands | 65 | 82 | 75 | 222 |
9 | Soviet Union | 61 | 55 | 52 | 168 |
10 | Sweden | 60 | 58 | 63 | 181 |
11 | West Germany | 35 | 27 | 42 | 104 |
12 | Ukraine | 33 | 30 | 23 | 86 |
13 | Denmark | 27 | 22 | 28 | 77 |
14 | Spain | 23 | 26 | 28 | 77 |
15 | Poland | 18 | 19 | 21 | 58 |
16 | Romania | 11 | 25 | 32 | 68 |
17 | Finland | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
18 | Austria | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
19 | Norway | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
20 | Greece | 6 | 6 | 16 | 28 |
21 | Belarus | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
22 | Belgium | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
23 | Switzerland | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
24 | Ireland | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
25 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
26 | Slovakia | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
27 | Lithuania | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
28 | Israel | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
29 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
30 | Croatia | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
31 | Slovenia | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
32 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
33 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
34 | Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
36 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
37 | Iceland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
38 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
39 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
40 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (40 entries) | 1032 | 1028 | 1034 | 3094 |
Diving (1926–2022)edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 59 | 55 | 44 | 158 |
2 | Russia | 53 | 43 | 33 | 129 |
3 | Soviet Union | 27 | 26 | 24 | 77 |
4 | Italy | 24 | 22 | 27 | 73 |
5 | Great Britain | 23 | 22 | 19 | 64 |
6 | Ukraine | 17 | 20 | 33 | 70 |
7 | East Germany | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 |
8 | Sweden | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
9 | France | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
10 | Austria | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
11 | West Germany | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
12 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
13 | Finland | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
14 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
15 | Hungary | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
16 | Spain | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
17 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
18 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
20 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
21 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 248 | 249 | 247 | 744 |
Artistic swimming (1974–2022)edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 53 | 3 | 0 | 56 |
2 | Ukraine | 15 | 19 | 11 | 45 |
3 | Great Britain | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
4 | France | 9 | 19 | 8 | 36 |
5 | Spain | 7 | 24 | 12 | 43 |
6 | Italy | 4 | 18 | 34 | 56 |
7 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
8 | Netherlands | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
9 | Austria | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
10 | Greece | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
11 | West Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
12 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
13 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
15 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 entries) | 106 | 106 | 106 | 318 |
Open water swimming (1991–2022)edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 18 | 19 | 23 | 60 |
2 | Germany | 18 | 15 | 14 | 47 |
3 | Netherlands | 13 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
4 | Russia | 12 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
5 | France | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
6 | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
7 | Greece | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
11 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Spain | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
13 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
15 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 entries) | 77 | 78 | 78 | 233 |
High diving (2022)edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Water polo (1926–1997)edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hungary | 12 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
3 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
4 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
5 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
7 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
12 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
15 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 entries) | 30 | 31 | 29 | 90 |
Multiple medalists in swimming (long course)edit
Update after the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.[3][4]
Menedit
# | Athlete | Country | Total | |||
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1 | Alexander Popov | Soviet Union Russia |
21 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
2 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
3 | László Cseh | Hungary | 14 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
4 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
5 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
6 | Emiliano Brembilla | Italy | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
7 | Filippo Magnini | Italy | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
8 | Peter Nocke | West Germany | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
9 | Tamás Darnyi | Hungary | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
10 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
11 | Oleh Lisohor | Ukraine | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
12 | James Guy | Great Britain | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |