2000 European Aquatics Championships

Main article: LEN European Championships

25th European Aquatics Championships

Host city|  Helsinki, Finland
Date(s)| 3–9 July 2000
Events| 55

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The 2000 LEN European Championships were held Monday 3 July to Sunday 9 July 2000 in Helsinki, Finland. Competition was swum in the 50 m, long course pool at the Mäkelänrinne Swimming Center. The 25th edition of the event was organised by the LEN less than three months prior to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The championships included the aquatic disciplines of Swimming (long course),[1] Open Water Swimming,[2] Diving,[3] and Synchronised swimming.[4]

## Medal table[edit]

Host nation

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia| 15| 3| 4| 22
2|  Germany| 7| 12| 2| 21
3|  Italy| 6| 7| 4| 17
4|  Sweden| 6| 2| 3| 11
5|  Ukraine| 4| 3| 6| 13
6|  Spain| 4| 2| 5| 11
7|  Romania| 3| 6| 5| 14
8|  Hungary| 3| 1| 0| 4
9|  France| 2| 1| 6| 9
10|  Slovakia| 1| 2| 1| 4
11|  Finland*| 1| 1| 1| 3
Switzerland| 1| 1| 1| 3
13|  Belarus| 1| 1| 0| 2
Poland| 1| 1| 0| 2
15|  Croatia| 1| 0| 0| 1
16|  Netherlands| 0| 5| 2| 7
17|  Great Britain| 0| 2| 6| 8
18|  Denmark| 0| 2| 2| 4
19|  Belgium| 0| 1| 2| 3
20|  Lithuania| 0| 1| 0| 1
21|  Czech Republic| 0| 0| 2| 2
22|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Israel| 0| 0| 1| 1
Turkey| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (24 entries)| 56| 54| 55| 165

## Swimming[edit]

### Men's events[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle |  Alexander Popov
Russia |  Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands  |  Lorenzo Vismara
Italy
100 m freestyle |  Alexander Popov
Russia |  Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands |  Lars Frölander
Sweden
200 m freestyle |  Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy |  Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands |  Paul Palmer
Great Britain
400 m freestyle |  Emiliano Brembilla
Italy |  Dragoş Coman
Romania |  Paul Palmer
Great Britain
1500 m freestyle |  Igor Chervynskyi
Ukraine |  Emiliano Brembilla
Italy |  Dragoş Coman
Romania
50 m backstroke |  Stev Theloke
Germany |  Darius Grigalionis
Lithuania |  David Ortega
Spain
100 m backstroke |  David Ortega
Spain |  Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
Ukraine |  Derya Büyükuncu
Turkey
200 m backstroke |  Gordan Kožulj
Croatia |  Emanuele Merisi
Italy |  Yoav Gath
Israel
50 m breaststroke |  Mark Warnecke
Germany |  Oleg Lisogor
Ukraine |  Remo Lütolf
Switzerland
100 m breaststroke |  Domenico Fioravanti
Italy |  Jarno Pihlava
Finland |  Dmitry Komornikov
Russia
200 m breaststroke |  Dmitry Komornikov
Russia |  Domenico Fioravanti
Italy |  Maxim Podoprigora
Austria
50 m butterfly |  Jere Hård
Finland |  Lars Frölander
Sweden |  Mark Foster
Great Britain
100 m butterfly |  Lars Frölander
Sweden |  Thomas Rupprath
Germany |  James Hickman
Great Britain
200 m butterfly |  Anatoly Polyakov
Russia |  James Hickman
Great Britain |  Ioan Gherghel
Romania
200 m individual medley |  Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy |  Christian Keller
Germany |  Xavier Marchand
France
400 m individual medley |  István Batházi
Hungary |  Cezar Bădiţă
Romania |  Johann Le Bihan
France
4×100 m freestyle relay |  Russia
Denis Pimankov
Dmitriy Chernychev
Andrey Kapralov
Alexander Popov |  Germany
Stefan Herbst
Lars Conrad
Christian Tröger
Stephan Kunzelmann |  France
Romain Barnier
Nicolas Kintz
Hugo Viart
Frédérick Bousquet
4×200 m freestyle relay |  Italy
Massimiliano Rosolino
Matteo Pelliciari
Simone Cercato
Emiliano Brembilla |  Germany
Michael Kiedel
Christian Keller
Stefan Herbst
Stefan Pohl |  Netherlands
Martijn Zuijdweg
Marcel Wouda
Mark van der Zijden
Pieter van den Hoogenband
4×100 m medley relay |  Russia
Vladislav Aminov
Dmitry Komornikov
Dmitriy Chernyshev
Alexander Popov |  Sweden
Mattias Ohlin
Martin Gustavsson
Lars Frölander
Stefan Nystrand |  Ukraine
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
Oleg Lisogor
Andriy Serdinov
Pavel Khnykin

### Women's events[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle |  Therese Alshammar
Sweden |  Wilma van Hofwegen
Netherlands |  Olga Mukomol
Ukraine
100 m freestyle |  Therese Alshammar
Sweden |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Mette Jacobsen
Denmark
200 m freestyle |  Natalya Baranovskaya
Belarus |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Camelia Potec
Romania
400 m freestyle |  Yana Klochkova
Ukraine |  Natalya Baranovskaya
Belarus |  Camelia Potec
Romania
800 m freestyle |  Flavia Rigamonti
Switzerland |  Chantal Strasser
Switzerland |  Kirsten Vlieghuis
Netherlands
50 m backstroke |  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Spain |  Diana Mocanu
Romania |  Ilona Hlaváčková
Czech Republic
100 m backstroke |  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Spain |  Diana Mocanu
Romania |  Louise Ørnstedt
Denmark
200 m backstroke |  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Spain |  Diana Mocanu
Romania |  Antje Buschschulte
Germany
50 m breaststroke |  Ágnes Kovács
Hungary |  Zoë Baker
Great Britain |  Sylvia Gerasch
Germany
100 m breaststroke |  Ágnes Kovács
Hungary |  Sylvia Gerasch
Germany |  Svitlana Bondarenko
Ukraine
200 m breaststroke |  Beatrice Câșlaru
Romania |  Ágnes Kovács
Hungary |  Karine Bremond
France
50 m butterfly |  Anna-Karin Kammerling
Sweden |  Karen Egdal
Denmark |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia
100 m butterfly |  Martina Moravcová
Slovakia |  Otylia Jędrzejczak
Poland |  Johanna Sjöberg
Sweden
200 m butterfly |  Otylia Jędrzejczak
Poland |  Mette Jacobsen
Denmark |  Mireia García
Spain
200 m individual medley |  Yana Klochkova
Ukraine

Beatrice Câșlaru
Romania

| None |  Sue Rolph
Great Britain
400 m individual medley |  Yana Klochkova
Ukraine |  Beatrice Câșlaru
Romania |  Yseult Gervy
Belgium
4×100 m freestyle relay |  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Johanna Sjöberg
Anna-Karin Kammerling
Therese Alshammar |  Italy
Luisa Striani
Sara Parise
Cecilia Vianini
Cristina Chiuso |  Belgium
Nina van Koeckhoven
Liesbet Dreesen
Sofie Goffin
Tine Bossuyt
4×200 m freestyle relay |  Romania
Camelia Potec
Simona Păduraru
Ioana Diaconescu
Beatrice Câșlaru |  Italy
Luisa Striani
Cecilia Vianini
Sara Parise
Sara Goffi |  France
Solenne Figuès
Laetitia Choux
Katarine Quelennec
Alicia Bozon
4×100 m medley relay |  Sweden
Therese Alshammar
Emma Igelström
Johanna Sjöberg
Louise Jöhncke |  Belgium
Sofie Wolfs
Brigitte Becue
Fabienne Dufour
Nina van Koeckhoven |  Romania
Raluca Udroiu
Beatrice Câșlaru
Diana Mocanu
Camelia Potec

## Open water swimming[edit]

### Men's events[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km open water  |  Luca Baldini (ITA) |  Fabio Venturini (ITA) |  David Meca (ESP)
25 km open water  |  Stéphane Lecat (FRA) |  David Meca (ESP) |  Fabio Fusi (ITA)

### Women's events[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km open water  |  Peggy Büchse (GER) |  Britta Kamrau (GER) |  Jana Pechanová (CZE)
25 km open water  |  Peggy Büchse (GER) |  Edith van Dijk (NED) |  Valeria Casprini (ITA)

## Diving[edit]

### Men's events[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1 m springboard  |  Alexander Mesch
Germany |  Dmitri Baibakov
Russia |  Joona Puhakka
Finland
3 m springboard  |  Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Stefan Ahrens
Germany |  Alexander Dobroskok
Russia
10 m platform  |  Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Heiko Meyer
Germany |  Igor Lukashin
Russia
3 m springboard synchro  |  Tobias Schellenberg
Andreas Wels
Germany |  Alexander Dobroskok
Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Rafael Álvarez
José Miguel Gil
Spain
10 m platform synchro  |  Igor Lukashin
Dmitri Sautin
Russia |  Aleksandr Skripnik
Roman Volodkov
Ukraine |  Leon Taylor
Pete Waterfield
Great Britain

### Women's events[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1 m springboard  |  Vera Ilyina
Russia |  Heike Fischer
Germany |  Natalya Umyskova
Russia
3 m springboard  |  Yuliya Pakhalina
Russia |  Dörte Lindner
Germany |  Anna Lindberg
Sweden
10 m platform  |  Svetlana Timoshinina
Russia |  Ute Wetzig
Germany |  Olena Zhupina
Ukraine
3 m springboard synchro  |  Vera Ilyina
Yuliya Pakhalina
Russia |  Dörte Lindner
Conny Schmalfuß
Germany |  Ganna Sorokina
Olena Zhupina
Ukraine
10 m platform synchro  |  Anke Piper
Ute Wetzig
Germany |  Yevgeniya Olshevskaya
Svetlana Timoshinina
Russia |  Olga Leonova
Olena Zhupina
Ukraine

## Synchronized swimming[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Solo  |  Olga Brusnikina
Russia |  Virginie Dedieu
France |  Gemma Mengual
Spain
Duet  |  Virginie Dedieu
Myriam Lignot
France |  Gemma Mengual
Paola Tirados
Spain |  Maurizia Cecconi
Alessia Lucchini
Italy
Team  |  Russia
Elena Azarova
Olga Brusnikina
Mariya Kiselyova
Olga Novokshchenova
Irina Pershina
Elena Soya
Yuliya Vasilyeva
Olga Vasyukova |  Italy
Giada Ballan
Serena Bianchi
Mara Brunetti
Giovanna Burlando
Chiara Cassin
Maurizia Cecconi
Alessia Lucchini
Clara Porchetto |  France
Cinthia Bouhier
Virginie Dedieu
Charlotte Fabre
Myriam Glez
Rachel le Bozec
Myriam Lignot
Charlotte Massardier
Magali Rathier

## References[edit]

1. ^ European Championships 2000 - Swimming results Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, published by Omega Timing in 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
2. ^ European Championships 2000 - Open Water results Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, published by Omega Timing in 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
3. ^ European Championships 2000 - Diving results Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, published by Omega Timing in 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
4. ^ European Championships 2000 - Synchronized Swimming results Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, published by Omega Timing in 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

## External links[edit]

* Results
* Swim Rankings results
* "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.

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