1974 European Aquatics Championships
# 1974 European Aquatics Championships

The 1974 European Aquatics Championships were held in Austrian capital of Vienna from 18 to 25 August 1974. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo (men).

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany | 17 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 2 | West Germany | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |

## Medal summary

### Diving

**Men's events**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 603.51 | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 593.94 | Vyacheslav Strakhov (URS) | 583.71 |
| 10 m platform | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 562.83 | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) | 557.28 | Aleksandr Gendrikson (URS) | 522.51 |

**Women's events**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard | Ulrika Knape (SWE) | 465.57 | Irina Kalinina (URS) | 460.17 | Tamara Safonova (URS) | 455.34 |
| 10 m platform | Ulrika Knape (SWE) | 408.87 | Irina Kalinina (URS) | 399.54 | Elena Vaytsekhovskaya (URS) | 366.12 |

### Swimming

**Men's events**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Peter Nocke (FRG) | 52.18 | Vladimir Bure (URS) | 52.19 | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) | 52.31 |
| 200 m freestyle | Peter Nocke (FRG) | 1:53.10 | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) | 1:53.72 | Aleksandr Samsonov (URS) | 1:53.74 |
| 400 m freestyle | Aleksandr Samsonov (URS) | 4:02.11 | Bengt Gingsjö (SWE) | 4:03.79 | Andrey Krylov (URS) | 4:04.32 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Frank Pfütze (GDR) | 15:54.57 | James Carter (GBR) | 15:54.78 | Igor Yevgrafov (URS) | 16:04.42 |
| 100 m backstroke | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 58.21 | Lutz Wanja (GDR) | 58.66 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | 58.78 |
| 200 m backstroke | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 2:04.64 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | 2:04.96 | Robert Rudolf (HUN) | 2:07.52 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Nikolay Pankin (URS) | 1:05.63 | Walter Kusch (FRG) | 1:06.04 | David Leigh (GBR) | 1:06.17 |
| 200 m breaststroke | David Wilkie (GBR) | 2:20.42 | Nikolay Pankin (URS) | 2:22.84 | David Leigh (GBR) | 2:23.79 |
| 100 m butterfly | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | 55.90 | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 56.68 | Folkert Meeuw (FRG) | 57.60 |
| 200 m butterfly | András Hargitay (HUN) | 2:03.80 | Brian Brinkley (GBR) | 2:04.13 | Hartmut Flöckner (GDR) | 2:04.55 |
| 200 m individual medley | David Wilkie (GBR) | 2:06.32 WR | Christian Lietzmann (GDR) | 2:07.61 | András Hargitay (HUN) | 2:09.08 |
| 400 m individual medley | András Hargitay (HUN) | 4:28.89 WR | Christian Lietzmann (GDR) | 4:30.32 | Andrey Smirnov (URS) | 4:32.48 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | West Germany Klaus Steinbach Gerhard Schiller Kersten Meier Peter Nocke | 3:30.61 | Soviet Union Vladimir Bure Aleksandr Samsonov Anatoly Rybakov Georgiy Kulikov | 3:32.01 | East Germany Roger Pyttel Roland Matthes Wilfried Hartung Lutz Wanja | 3:32.54 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | West Germany Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Folkert Meeuw Peter Nocke | 7:39.70 | Soviet Union Aleksandr Samsonov Andrey Krylov Viktor Aboymov Georgiy Kulikov | 7:42.06 | Sweden Bernt Zarnowiecki Anders Bellbring Peter Pettersson Bengt Gingsjö | 7:43.10 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | West Germany Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Folkert Meeuw Peter Nocke | 3:51.57 | Great Britain Colin Cunningham David Wilkie Stephen Nash Brian Brinkley | 3:54.13 | Soviet Union Igor Potyakin Nikolay Pankin Viktor Sharygin Vladimir Bure | 3:54.37 |

**Women's events**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | 56.96 WR | Angela Franke (GDR) | 57.82 | Enith Brigitha (NED) | 58.10 |
| 200 m freestyle | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | 2:03.22 WR | Enith Brigitha (NED) | 2:03.73 | Andrea Eife (GDR) | 2:05.04 |
| 400 m freestyle | Angela Franke (GDR) | 4:17.83 | Cornelia Dörr (GDR) | 4:19.72 | Novella Calligaris (ITA) | 4:22.92 |
| 800 m freestyle | Cornelia Dörr (GDR) | 8:52.45 | Novella Calligaris (ITA) | 8:57.93 | Gudrun Wegner (GDR) | 8:59.79 |
| 100 m backstroke | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | 1:03.30 WR | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | 1:05.07 | Enith Brigitha (NED) | 1:05.94 |
| 200 m backstroke | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | 2:17.35 WR | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | 2:18.72 | Enith Brigitha (NED) | 2:21.33 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Christel Justen (FRG) | 1:12.55 WR | Renate Vogel (GDR) | 1:13.69 | Ágnes Kaczander (HUN) | 1:14.95 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Karla Linke (GDR) | 2:34.99 WR | Anne-Katrin Schott (GDR) | 2:38.88 | Marina Yurchenya (URS) | 2:42.04 |
| 100 m butterfly | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | 1:01.99 WR | Anne-Katrin Leucht (GDR) | 1:03.63 | Gunilla Andersson (SWE) | 1:04.67 |
| 200 m butterfly | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | 2:14.45 | Anne-Katrin Leucht (GDR) | 2:18.45 | Barbara Schwarzfeldt (FRG) | 2:19.71 |
| 200 m individual medley | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | 2:18.97 WR | Andrea Hübner (GDR) | 2:23.97 | Irina Fetisova (URS) | 2:25.40 |
| 400 m individual medley | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | 4:52.42 WR | Gudrun Wegner (GDR) | 4:58.78 | Susan Richardson (GBR) | 5:06.71 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Kornelia Ender Angela Franke Andrea Eife Andrea Hübner | 3:52.48 | Netherlands Anke Rijnders Ada Pors Veronica Stel Enith Brigitha | 3:57.08 | France Claude Mandonnaud Sylvie Le Noach Chantal Schertz Guylaine Berger | 3:57.61 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany Ulrike Richter Renate Vogel Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender | 4:13.78 WR | West Germany Angelika Grieser Christel Justen Beate Jasch Jutta Weber | 4:23.50 | Sweden Gunilla Lundberg Jeanette Pettersson Gunilla Andersson Diana Olsson | 4:23.90 |

### Synchronised swimming

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Solo | Jane Holland (GBR) | 93.820 | Angelika Honsbeek (NED) | 82.040 | Brigitte Serwonski (FRG) | 79.320 |
| Duet | Great Britain Jane Holland Jennifer Lane | 89.050 | West Germany Beate Mäckle Brigitte Serwonski | 82.415 | Netherlands Helma Giuvers Angelika Honsbeek | 78.010 |
| Team | Great Britain | 88.490 | West Germany | 85.293 | Netherlands | 78.859 |

### Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's competition | Hungary | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia |
