1995 European Aquatics Championships
# 1995 European Aquatics Championships

The European LC Championships 1995 in aquatics were staged in Vienna, Austria from 22–27 August. The competition, organised by the LEN, was held in a temporary pool in the Prater Stadium. The aquatics championships featured contests in swimming, open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming (women only) and water polo. It was the third time the European Aquatics Championships were held in Vienna, after 1950 and 1974.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 17 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | Germany | 13 | 13 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sweden | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | France | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 47 | 47 | 48 | 142 |

## Swimming

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle details | Alexander Popov Russia | 22.25 | Christophe Kalfayan France | 22.63 | Torsten Spanneberg Germany | 22.66 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Alexander Popov Russia | 49.10 | Torsten Spanneberg Germany | 49.67 | Björn Zikarsky Germany | 50.23 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Jani Sievinen Finland | 1:48.98 | Anders Holmertz Sweden | 1:49.12 | Antti Kasvio Finland | 1:49.24 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Steffen Zesner Germany | 3:50.35 | Paul Palmer Great Britain | 3:50.43 | Anders Holmertz Sweden | 3:51.01 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 15:11.25 | Graeme Smith Great Britain | 15:11.90 | Steffen Zesner Germany | 15:20.46 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Vladimir Selkov Russia | 55.48 | Jirka Letzin Germany | 56.24 | Stefaan Maene Belgium | 56.32 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Vladimir Selkov Russia | 1:58.48 | Nicolae Butacu Romania | 1:59.96 | Adam Ruckwood Great Britain | 2:00.16 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium | 1:01.12 | Károly Güttler Hungary | 1:01.38 | Andrey Korneyev Russia | 1:01.79 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Andrey Korneyev Russia | 2:12.62 | Károly Güttler Hungary | 2:12.95 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium | 2:14.01 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Denis Pankratov Russia | 52.32 WR | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 53.37 | Rafał Szukała Poland | 53.45 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Denis Pankratov Russia | 1:56.34 | Konrad Gałka Poland | 1:59.50 | Chris-Carol Bremer Germany | 1:59.96 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Jani Sievinen Finland | 1:58.61 | Attila Czene Hungary | 2:00.88 | Christian Keller Germany | 2:02.24 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Jani Sievinen Finland | 4:14.75 | Marcin Malinski Poland | 4:18.32 | Luca Sacchi Italy | 4:18.82 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Russia Vladimir Predkin Roman Shegolov Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov | 3:18.84 | Germany Christian Tröger Christian Keller Torsten Spanneberg Björn Zikarsky | 3:19.76 | Sweden Lars Frölander Christer Wallin Fredrik Letzler Anders Holmertz | 3:21.07 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Germany Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Torsten Spanneberg Steffen Zesner | 7:18.22 | Sweden Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Chris Eliasson | 7:19.95 | Italy Massimiliano Rosolino Pier Maria Siciliano Emanuele Merisi Emanuele Idini | 7:20.96 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Russia Vladimir Selkov Andrey Korneyev Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov | 3:38.11 ER | Hungary Tamás Deutsch Károly Güttler Péter Horváth Attila Czene | 3:40.88 | Germany Tino Weber Mark Warnecke Fabian Hieronimus Björn Zikarsky | 3:41.55 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle details | Linda Olofsson Sweden | 25.76 | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 25.80 | Angela Postma Netherlands | 25.86 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 55.34 | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 56.02 | Karen Pickering Great Britain | 56.05 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | 2:00.56 | Malin Nilsson Sweden | 2:01.35 | Mette Jacobsen Denmark Karen Pickering Great Britain | 2:01.52 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 4:08.37 | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 4:10.73 | Irene Dalby Norway | 4:13.44 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Julia Jung Germany | 8:36.08 | Jana Henke Germany | 8:36.68 | Irene Dalby Norway | 8:38.82 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 1:02.46 | Cathleen Rund Germany | 1:02.91 | Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia | 1:03.06 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 2:07.24 | Dagmar Hase Germany | 2:10.60 | Cathleen Rund Germany | 2:10.96 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brigitte Becue Belgium | 1:09.30 | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | 1:09.73 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 1:10.77 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Brigitte Becue Belgium | 2:27.60 | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | 2:30.50 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:30.59 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 1:00.64 | Ilaria Tocchini Italy | 1:01.13 | Cécile Jeanson France | 1:01.15 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Michelle Smith Ireland | 2:11.60 | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 2:12.29 | Sophia Skou Denmark | 2:13.31 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Michelle Smith Ireland | 2:15.27 | Brigitte Becue Belgium | 2:16.15 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:17.42 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 4:40.33 | Michelle Smith Ireland | 4:42.81 | Cathleen Rund Germany | 4:46.22 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Germany Franziska van Almsick Simone Osygus Kerstin Kielgass Daniela Hunger | 3:43.22 | Sweden Louise Jöhncke Louise Karlsson Linda Olofsson Ellenor Svensson | 3:45.21 | Great Britain Sue Rolph Claire Huddart Alex Bennett Karen Pickering | 3:46.89 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Germany Dagmar Hase Julia Jung Kerstin Kielgass Franziska van Almsick | 8:06.11 | Netherlands Carla Geurts Minouche Smit Patricia Stokkers Kirsten Vlieghuis | 8:10.17 | Great Britain Vickey Horner Claire Huddart Katja Goddard Alex Bennett | 8:14.31 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Germany Cathleen Rund Jana Dörries Julia Voitowitch Franziska van Almsick | 4:09.97 | Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi Ágnes Kovács Edit Klocker Gyöngyver Lakos | 4:12.00 | Spain María Tato María Olay María Peláez Claudia Franco | 4:12.52 |

## Open water swimming

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km open water | Aleksey Akatyev Russia | 55:00,3 | Christof Wandratsch Germany | 56:06,8 | Samuele Pampana Italy | 56:10,3 |
| 25 km open water | Christof Wandratsch Germany | 5:11:36,3 | Aleksey Akatyev Russia | 5:13:49,8 | Stéphane Lecat France | 5:14:46,4 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km open water | Rita Kovács Hungary | 1:00:38,3 | Peggy Büchse Germany | 1:00:50,8 | Valeria Casprini Italy | 1:01:07,6 |
| 25 km open water | Peggy Büchse Germany | 5:32:36,4 | Edith van Dijk Netherlands | 5:36:05,5 | Yvetta Hlaváčová Czech Republic | 5:38:08,3 |

## Diving

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 m springboard | Edwin Jongejans Netherlands | 420.75 | Joakim Andersson Sweden | 387.60 | Boris Lietzow Germany | 379.26 |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin Russia | 670.38 | Jan Hempel Germany | 634.05 | Roman Volodkov Ukraine | 615.81 |
| 10 m platform | Vladimir Timoshinin Russia | 673.83 | Jan Hempel Germany | 662.46 | Dmitri Sautin Russia | 648.84 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 m springboard | Vera Ilyina Russia | 275.25 | Dörte Lindner Germany | 271.20 | Svetlana Alekseyeva Belarus | 240.72 |
| 3 m springboard | Vera Ilyina Russia | 523.23 | Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | 520.20 | Claudia Bockner Germany | 518.64 |
| 10 m platform | Ute Wetzig Germany | 444.24 | Conny Schmalfuss Germany | 435.84 | Svetlana Timoshinina Russia | 431.55 |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Solo | Olga Sedakova Russia | 99.160 | Marianne Aeschbacher France | 97.520 | Christina Thalassinidou Greece | 95.360 |
| Duet | Elena Azarova Mariya Kiselyova Russia | 98.880 | Marianne Aeschbacher Myriam Lignot France | 96.920 | Giovanna Burlando Manuela Carnini Italy | 96.040 |
| Team | Russia Elena Antonova Elena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Mariya Kiselyova Gana Maximova Olga Novokshchenova Yuliya Pankratova Olga Sedakova | 98.880 | France Marianne Aeschbacher Agnes Berthet Julie Fabre Celine Leveque Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Charlotte Massardier Magali Rathier | 97.160 | Italy Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Giovanna Burlando Mara Brunetti Manuela Carnini Maurizia Cecconi Paola Celli Roberta Farinelli | 95.480 |

## Water polo

### Men's team event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team competition | Italy | Hungary | Germany |

### Women's team event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team Competition | Italy | Hungary | Netherlands |
