1993 European Aquatics Championships

Water sport competitions

21st European Aquatics Championships

Host city|  Sheffield, United Kingdom
Date(s)| 3–8 August 1993
Venue(s)| Ponds Forge International Sports Centre
Events| 47

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The 1993 European Aquatics Championships were held in Sheffield, United Kingdom from Tuesday 3 August to Sunday 8 August, in the 50 m pool of the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. The 21st edition of the event was organised by the LEN.

Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo. The open water competition though was held in Slapy, Czech Republic from 28 to 29 August, while the women's water polo tournament was played in Leeds.

The swimming championships resulted in one world and one European record: Károly Güttler improved the world's best time in the qualifying heats of the men's 100 m breaststroke, while Franziska van Almsick bettered the continental's best time in the women's 100 m freestyle. Star swimmer at this meet was Krisztina Egerszegi, winning four gold medals for Hungary.

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Germany| 15| 6| 8| 29
2|  Russia| 12| 12| 5| 29
3|  Hungary| 6| 4| 2| 12
4|  Italy| 3| 2| 2| 7
5|  Finland| 3| 1| 0| 4
6|  France| 2| 5| 2| 9
7|  Great Britain*| 1| 3| 8| 12
8|  Netherlands| 1| 3| 3| 7
9|  Spain| 1| 1| 3| 5
10|  Czech Republic| 1| 0| 4| 5
11|  Belgium| 1| 0| 0| 1
Poland| 1| 0| 0| 1
13|  Sweden| 0| 6| 3| 9
14|  Ukraine| 0| 1| 2| 3
15|  Norway| 0| 1| 1| 2
16|  Romania| 0| 1| 0| 1
Slovakia| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Belarus| 0| 0| 1| 1
Croatia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Lithuania| 0| 0| 1| 1
Slovenia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (21 entries)| 47| 47| 47| 141

## Swimming

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle |  Alexander Popov
Russia |  Christophe Kalfayan
France |  Raimundas Mažuolis
Lithuania
100 m freestyle |  Alexander Popov
Russia |  Tommy Werner
Sweden |  Pavel Khnykin
Ukraine
200 m freestyle |  Antti Kasvio
Finland |  Yevgeny Sadovyi
Russia |  Anders Holmertz
Sweden
400 m freestyle |  Antti Kasvio
Finland |  Paul Palmer
Great Britain |  Anders Holmertz
Sweden
1500 m freestyle |  Jörg Hoffmann
Germany |  Sebastian Wiese
Germany |  Igor Majcen
Slovenia
100 m backstroke |  Martin López-Zubero
Spain |  Vladimir Selkov
Russia |  Martin Harris
Great Britain
200 m backstroke |  Vladimir Selkov
Russia |  Martin López-Zubero
Spain |  Emanuele Merisi
Italy
100 m breaststroke |  Károly Güttler
Hungary |  Nick Gillingham
Great Britain |  Vitaly Kirinchuk
Russia
200 m breaststroke |  Nick Gillingham
Great Britain |  Károly Güttler
Hungary |  Andrey Korneyev
Russia
100 m butterfly |  Rafał Szukała
Poland |  Denis Pankratov
Russia |  Miloš Milošević
Croatia
200 m butterfly |  Denis Pankratov
Russia |  Franck Esposito
France |  Chris-Carol Bremer
Germany
200 m individual medley |  Jani Sievinen
Finland |  Attila Czene
Hungary |  Christian Keller
Germany
400 m individual medley |  Tamás Darnyi
Hungary |  Jani Sievinen
Finland |  Marcel Wouda
Netherlands
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  Russia
Vladimir Predkin
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Yevgeny Sadovyi
Alexander Popov |  Sweden
Fredrik Letzler
Tommy Werner
Lars Frölander
Anders Holmertz |  Germany
Christian Tröger
Jochen Bludau
Steffen Zesner
Bengt Zikarsky
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  Russia
Sergey Lepikov
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Yuri Mukin
Yevgeny Sadovyi |  Germany
Jörg Hoffmann
Christian Tröger
Christian Keller
Steffen Zesner |  France
Christophe Marchand
Yann DeFabrique
Lionel Poirot
Christophe Bordeau
4 × 100 m medley relay |  Russia
Vladimir Selkov
Vitaly Kirinchuk
Denis Pankratov
Alexander Popov |  Hungary
Tamás Deutsch
Károly Güttler
Péter Horváth
Béla Szabados |  Great Britain
Martin Harris
Nick Gillingham
Mike Fibbens
Mark Foster

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle |  Franziska van Almsick
Germany |  Linda Olofsson
Sweden |  Inge de Bruijn
Netherlands
100 m freestyle |  Franziska van Almsick
Germany |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Catherine Plewinski
France
200 m freestyle |  Franziska van Almsick
Germany |  Liliana Dobrescu
Romania |  Karen Pickering
Great Britain
400 m freestyle |  Dagmar Hase
Germany |  Kerstin Kielgass
Germany |  Irene Dalby
Norway
800 m freestyle |  Jana Henke
Germany |  Irene Dalby
Norway |  Olga Šplíchalová
Czech Republic
100 m backstroke |  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary |  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Russia |  Sandra Völker
Germany
200 m backstroke |  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary |  Lorenza Vigarani
Italy |  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Russia
100 m breaststroke |  Sylvia Gerasch
Germany |  Svitlana Bondarenko
Ukraine |  Yelena Rudkovskaya
Belarus
200 m breaststroke |  Brigitte Becue
Belgium |  Anna Nikitina
Russia |  Marie Hardiman
Great Britain
100 m butterfly |  Catherine Plewinski
France |  Franziska van Almsick
Germany |  Bettina Ustrowski
Germany
200 m butterfly |  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary |  Katrin Jaeke
Germany |  Bárbara Franco
Spain
200 m individual medley |  Daniela Hunger
Germany |  Darya Shmeleva
Russia |  Silvia Parera
Spain
400 m individual medley |  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary |  Darya Shmeleva
Russia |  Hana Černá
Czech Republic
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  Germany
Franziska van Almsick
Kerstin Kielgass
Manuela Stellmach
Daniela Hunger |  Sweden
Ellen Svensson
Linda Olofsson
Louise Jöhncke
Malin Nilsson |  Russia
Svetlana Leshukova
Natalya Meshcheryakova
Olga Kirichenko
Nina Zhivanevskaya
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  Germany
Kerstin Kielgass
Simone Osygus
Franziska van Almsick
Dagmar Hase |  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Magdalena Schultz
Therèse Lundin
Malin Nilsson |  Great Britain
Sarah Hardcastle
Debbie Armitage
Claire Huddart
Karen Pickering
4 × 100 m medley relay |  Germany
Sandra Völker
Sylvia Gerasch
Bettina Ustrowski
Franziska van Almsick |  Russia
Nina Zhivanevskaya
Anna Nikitina
Olga Kirichenko
Natalya Meshcheryakova |  Great Britain
Kathy Osher
Jaime King
Nicola Kennedy
Karen Pickering

## Open water swimming

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Main article: 1993 European Open Water Swimming Championships

* Held in Slapy, Czech Republic on 28 and 29 August 1993.

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km open water  |  Marco Formentini (ITA) |  Claudio Cargaro (ITA) |  Alex Havranek (CZE)
25 km open water  |  Dario Taraboi (ITA) |  Hans van Goor (NED) |  Attila Molnar (HUN)

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km open water  |  Olga Šplíchalová (CZE) |  Carla Geurts (NED) |  Eva Novaková (CZE)
25 km open water  |  Anne Chagnaud (FRA) |  Gea Veldhuizen (NED) |  Wandy Kater (NED)

## Diving

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1 m springboard  |  Peter Böhler
Germany |  Joakim Andersson
Sweden |  Boris Lietzow
Germany
3 m springboard  |  Jan Hempel
Germany |  Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Joakim Andersson
Sweden
10 m platform  |  Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Bobby Morgan
Great Britain |  Jan Hempel
Germany

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1 m springboard  |  Simona Koch
Germany |  Irina Lashko
Russia |  Vera Ilyina
Russia
3 m springboard  |  Brita Baldus
Germany |  Vera Ilyina
Russia |  Simona Koch
Germany
10 m platform  |  Svetlana Khokhlova
Russia |  Ute Wetzig
Germany |  Olena Zhupina
Ukraine

## Synchronized swimming

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Solo  |  Olga Sedakova
Russia |  Marianne Aeschbacher
France |  Kerry Shacklock
Great Britain
Duet  |  Olga Sedakova
Anna Kozlova
Russia |  Marianne Aeschbacher
Céline Leveque
France |  Kerry Shacklock
Laila Vakil
Great Britain
Team  |  Russia
Elena Azarova
Olga Brusnikina
Natalia Gruzdeva
Anna Kozlova
Gana Maximova
Elena Nikashina
Olga Novokshchenova
Olga Sedakova |  France
Marianne Aeschbacher
Celine Leveque
Myriam Lignot
Isabelle Manable
Delphine Marechal
Charlotte Massardier
Magali Rathier
Eva Riffet |  Italy
Giada Ballan
Giovanna Burlando
Giorgia Canale
Manuela Carnini
Maurizia Cecconi
Paola Celli
Roberta Farinelli
Simona Ricotta

## Water polo

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### Men's team event

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Further information: 1993 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team competition  |  Italy |  Hungary |  Spain

### Women's team event

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Further information: 1993 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team competition  |  Netherlands |  Russia |  Hungary

## External links

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* Results
* "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.
* Results at TheSports.org (Men)
* Results at TheSports.org (Women)

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