1997 European Aquatics Championships

Swimming event of LEN in Sevilla (Spain)

1997 European Aquatics ChampionshipsHost city| Seville

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Country|  Spain
Sport| 5
Events| 51
Opening| 19 August 1997 (1997-08-19)
Closing| 24 August 1997 (1997-08-24)
Main venue| Centro Deportivo San Pablo

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1999 Istanbul ->

1997 European
Aquatics Championships

Freestyle
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
800 m| | women
1500 m| men|
Backstroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Breaststroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Butterfly
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Individual medley
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m| men| women
4×200 m| men| women
Medley relay
4×100 m| men| women

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The 1997 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Seville, Spain from Tuesday 19 August to Sunday 24 August, in the 50 m pool of the Centro Deportivo San Pablo. The 23rd edition of the event was organised by the LEN. Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming (women) and - for the last time - water polo.

The swimming championships resulted in two European records: Ágnes Kovács on the women's 200 m breaststroke and Russia in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Alexander Popov returned in competition after being stabbed down in Moscow, shortly after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Spain)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia| 16| 9| 3| 28
2|  Germany| 15| 8| 10| 33
3|  Hungary| 4| 1| 2| 7
4|  Italy| 3| 5| 5| 13
5|  Netherlands| 2| 2| 3| 7
6|  Spain*| 2| 2| 2| 6
7|  Ireland| 2| 2| 0| 4
8|  Great Britain| 2| 1| 3| 6
9|  Belarus| 2| 0| 1| 3
10|  France| 1| 7| 4| 12
11|  Sweden| 1| 3| 3| 7
12|  Denmark| 1| 0| 2| 3
13|  Ukraine| 0| 6| 3| 9
14|  Slovakia| 0| 3| 0| 3
15|  Poland| 0| 1| 1| 2
16|  Israel| 0| 1| 0| 1
Yugoslavia| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Czech Republic| 0| 0| 3| 3
19|  Belgium| 0| 0| 2| 2
20|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Finland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Romania| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (22 entries)| 51| 52| 50| 153

## 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 |  Mark Foster
Great Britain |  Julien Sicot
France
100 m freestyle |  Alexander Popov
Russia |  Lars Frölander
Sweden |  Oleg Rykhlevich
Belarus
200 m freestyle |  Paul Palmer
Great Britain |  Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy |  Béla Szabados
Hungary
400 m freestyle |  Emiliano Brembilla
Italy |  Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy |  Paul Palmer
Great Britain
1500 m freestyle |  Emiliano Brembilla
Italy |  Igor Snitko
Ukraine |  Denis Zavhorodny
Ukraine
100 m backstroke |  Martin López-Zubero
Spain |  Eithan Urbach
Israel |  Vladimir Selkov
Russia
200 m backstroke |  Vladimir Selkov
Russia |  Emanuele Merisi
Italy |  Ralf Braun
Germany
100 m breaststroke |  Aleksandr Gukov
Belarus |  Károly Güttler
Hungary |  Daniel Málek
Czech Republic
200 m breaststroke |  Aleksandr Gukov
Belarus |  Andrey Korneyev
Russia |  Daniel Málek
Czech Republic
100 m butterfly |  Lars Frölander
Sweden |  Denys Sylantyev
Ukraine |  Franck Esposito
France
200 m butterfly |  Franck Esposito
France |  Denys Sylantyev
Ukraine |  Stephen Parry
Great Britain
200 m individual medley |  Marcel Wouda
Netherlands |  Xavier Marchand
France |  Jani Sievinen
Finland
400 m individual medley |  Marcel Wouda
Netherlands |  Frederik Hviid
Spain |  Robert Seibt
Germany
4×100 m freestyle relay |  Russia
Alexander Popov
Roman Yegorov
Denis Pimankov
Vladimir Pyshnenko |  Germany
Alexander Lüderitz
Steffen Zesner
Christian Tröger
Torsten Spanneberg |  Netherlands
Bram van Haandel
Martijn Zuijdweg
Mark Veens
Pieter van den Hoogenband
4×200 m freestyle relay |  Great Britain
Paul Palmer
Andrew Clayton
Gavin Meadows
James Salter |  Netherlands
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Mark van der Zijden
Martijn Zuijdweg
Marcel Wouda |  Germany
Lars Conrad
Christian Keller
Stefan Pohl
Steffen Zesner
4×100 m medley relay |  Russia
Vladimir Selkov
Andrey Korneyev
Vladislav Kulikov
Alexander Popov |  Germany
Ralf Braun
Jens Kruppa
Thomas Rupprath
Christian Tröger |  Poland
Mariusz Siembida
Marek Krawczyk
Marcin Kaczmarek
Bartosz Kizierowski

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle |  Natalya Meshcheryakova
Russia |  Sandra Völker
Germany |  Therese Alshammar
Sweden
100 m freestyle |  Sandra Völker
Germany |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Antje Buschschulte
Germany
200 m freestyle |  Michelle Smith
Ireland |  Nadezhda Chemezova
Russia |  Camelia Potec
Romania
400 m freestyle |  Dagmar Hase
Germany |  Michelle Smith
Ireland |  Kerstin Kielgass
Germany
800 m freestyle |  Kerstin Kielgass
Germany |  Carla Geurts
Netherlands |  Jana Henke
Germany
100 m backstroke |  Antje Buschschulte
Germany |  Roxana Maracineanu
France |  Sandra Völker
Germany
200 m backstroke |  Cathleen Rund
Germany |  Antje Buschschulte
Germany |  Roxana Maracineanu
France
100 m breaststroke |  Ágnes Kovács
Hungary |  Svitlana Bondarenko
Ukraine |  Brigitte Becue
Belgium
200 m breaststroke |  Ágnes Kovács
Hungary |  Alicja Pęczak
Poland |  Brigitte Becue
Belgium
100 m butterfly |  Mette Jacobsen
Denmark |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Johanna Sjöberg
Sweden
200 m butterfly |  María Peláez
Spain |  Michelle Smith
Ireland |  Mette Jacobsen
Denmark
200 m individual medley |  Oxana Verevka
Russia |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
400 m individual medley |  Michelle Smith
Ireland |  Yana Klochkova
Ukraine |  Hana Černá
Czech Republic
4×100 m freestyle relay |  Germany
Katrin Meissner
Simone Osygus
Antje Buschschulte
Sandra Völker |  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Josefin Lillhage
Malin Svahnström
Therese Alshammar |  Russia
Svetlana Leshukova
Natalya Meshcheryakova
Inna Yaitskaya
Nadezhda Chemezova
4×200 m freestyle relay |  Germany
Dagmar Hase
Janina Götz
Antje Buschschulte
Kerstin Kielgass |  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Josefin Lillhage
Johanna Sjöberg
Malin Svahnström |  Denmark
Britt Raaby
Berit Puggaard
Mette Jacobsen
Ditte Jensen
4×100 m medley relay |  Germany
Antje Buschschulte
Sylvia Gerasch
Katrin Meissner
Sandra Völker |  Russia
Olga Kochetkova
Olga Landik
Svetlana Pozdeyeva
Natalya Meshcheryakova |  Great Britain
Sarah Price
Jaime King
Caroline Foot
Karen Pickering

## Open water swimming

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km open water  |  Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) |  Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS) |  Luca Baldini (ITA)
25 km open water  |  Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) |  Christof Wandratsch (GER)
Stéphane Lecat (FRA) |

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km open water  |  Peggy Büchse (GER) |  Valeria Casprini (ITA) |  Rita Kovács (HUN)
25 km open water  |  Rita Kovács (HUN) |  Valeria Casprini (ITA) |  Edith van Dijk (NED)

## Diving

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1 m springboard  |  Andreas Wels
Germany |  Holger Schlepps
Germany |  Rafael Álvarez
Spain
3 m springboard  |  Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Andreas Wels
Germany |  Stefan Ahrens
Germany
10 m platform  |  Jan Hempel
Germany |  Yaroslav Makogin
Ukraine |  Heiko Meyer
Germany
3 m springboard synchro  |  Holger Schlepps
Alexander Mesch
Germany |  José Luis Hidalgo
Rubén Santos
Spain |  Donald Miranda
Nicola Marconi
Italy
10 m platform synchro  |  Jan Hempel
Michael Kühne
Germany |  Igor Lukashin
Aleksandr Varlamov
Russia |  Frédéric Pierre
Gilles Emptoz-Lacote
France

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1 m springboard  |  Vera Ilyina
Russia |  Irina Lashko
Russia |  Dörte Lindner
Germany
3 m springboard  |  Yuliya Pakhalina
Russia |  Vera Ilyina
Russia |  Anna Lindberg
Sweden
10 m platform  |  Olga Khristoforova
Russia |  Annika Walter
Germany |  Svitlana Serbina
Ukraine
3 m springboard synchro  |  Claudia Bockner
Conny Schmalfuss
Germany |  Irina Lashko
Yuliya Pakhalina
Russia |  Julia Cruz
Dolores Sáez
Spain
10 m platform synchro  |  Ute Wetzig
Anke Piper
Germany |  Julie Danaux
Odile Arboles-Souchon
France |  Marion Reiff
Anja Richter
Austria

## Synchronized swimming

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Solo  |  Olga Sedakova
Russia |  Virginie Dedieu
France |  Giovanna Burlando
Italy
Duet  |  Olga Brusnikina
Mariya Kiselyova
Russia |  Virginie Dedieu
Myriam Lignot
France |  Giada Ballan
Serena Bianchi
Italy
Team  |  Russia
Elena Azarova
Elena Barantseva
Olga Brusnikina
Natalia Gruzdeva
Mariya Kiselyova
Olga Medvedeva
Olga Novokshchenova
Anna Yuriaeva |  France
Agnes Berthet
Virginie Dedieu
Julie Fabre
Myriam Lignot
Isabelle Manable
Delphine Marechal
Charlotte Massardier
Eva Riffet |  Italy
Giada Ballan
Serena Bianchi
Giovanna Burlando
Brunella Carrafelli
Chiara Cassin
Alessia Lucchini
Letizia Nuzzo
Clara Porchetto

## Water polo

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### Men's team event

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Further information: 1997 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team competition  |  Hungary |  Yugoslavia |  Russia

### Women's team event

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Further information: 1997 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team competition  |  Italy |  Russia |  Netherlands

## External links

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* Results
* LEN European Aquatics Championships at SVT's open archive (including 1997 event) (in Swedish)
* "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.

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