1985 European Aquatics Championships
# 1985 European Aquatics Championships

The 1985 European Aquatics Championships were held in "Cherveno zname" swim complex in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 August until 11 August 1985. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. The first ever women's tournament at the European Championships was played in Oslo, Norway.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Bulgaria)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | West Germany | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulgaria* | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 |

## Swimming

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Stéphan Caron (FRA) | Jörg Woithe (GDR) | Stefan Volery (SUI) |
| 200 m freestyle | Michael Groß (FRG) | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | Tommy Werner (SWE) |
| 400 m freestyle | Uwe Dassler (GDR) | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | Rainer Henkel (FRG) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Uwe Dassler (GDR) | Rainer Henkel (FRG) | Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG) |
| 100 m backstroke | Igor Polyansky (URS) | Dirk Richter (GDR) | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) |
| 200 m backstroke | Igor Polyansky (URS) | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) | Frank Baltrusch (GDR) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) | Rolf Beab (FRG) | Dmitry Volkov (URS) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Dmitry Volkov (URS) | Alexandre Yokochi (POR) | Étienne Dagon (SUI) |
| 100 m butterfly | Michael Groß (FRG) | Andy Jameson (GBR) | Marcel Gery (TCH) |
| 200 m butterfly | Michael Groß (FRG) | Benny Nielsen (DEN) | Frank Drost (NED) |
| 200 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Josef Hladký (TCH) | Peter Bermel (FRG) |
| 400 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS) | Raik Hannemann (GDR) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | West Germany Alexander Schowtka Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Michael Groß | East Germany Dirk Richter Sven Lodziewski Lars Hinneburg Jörg Woithe | Sweden Tommy Werner Michael Söderlund Bengt Baron Per Johansson |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | West Germany Alexander Schowtka Michael Groß André Schadt Thomas Fahrner | Sweden Anders Holmertz Per Johansson Michael Söderlund Tommy Werner | Netherlands Edsard Schlingemann Hans Kroes Patrick Dybiona Frank Drost |
| 4×100 m medley relay | West Germany Thomas Lebherz Rolf Beab Michael Groß Alexander Schowtka | East Germany Dirk Richter Ingo Grzywotz Thomas Dressler Jörg Woithe | Italy Mauro Marini Gianni Minervini Fabrizio Rampazzo Andrea Ceccarini |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | Manuela Stellmach (GDR) | Conny van Bentum (NED) |
| 200 m freestyle | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | Manuela Stellmach (GDR) | Vania Argirova (BUL) |
| 400 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | Anke Möhring (GDR) | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) |
| 800 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) | Anke Möhring (GDR) |
| 100 m backstroke | Birte Weigang (GDR) | Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) | Natalya Shibayeva (URS) |
| 200 m backstroke | Cornelia Sirch (GDR) | Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) | Jolanda de Rover (NED) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | Silke Hörner (GDR) | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | Silke Hörner (GDR) |
| 100 m butterfly | Kornelia Gressler (GDR) | Birte Weigang (GDR) | Tatyana Kurnikova (URS) |
| 200 m butterfly | Jacqueline Alex (GDR) | Kornelia Gressler (GDR) | Petra Zindler (FRG) |
| 200 m individual medley | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | Sonia Blagoeva (BUL) | Susanne Börnike (GDR) |
| 400 m individual medley | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | Cornelia Sirch (GDR) | Sonia Blagoeva (BUL) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Astrid Strauss Karen König Manuela Stellmach Heike Friedrich | Germany Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick | Netherlands Conny van Bentum Ilse Oegama Karin Brienesse Annemarie Verstappen |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | East Germany Astrid Strauss Karen König Manuela Stellmach Heike Friedrich | Netherlands Jolande van der Meer Ilse Oegama Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum | Sweden Suzanne Nilsson Maria Kardum Agneta Eriksson Eva Nyberg |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany Birte Weigang Sylvia Gerasch Kornelia Gressler Heike Friedrich | Soviet Union Natalya Shibaeva Svetlana Kuzmina Tatyana Kurnikova Yelena Dendeberova | Bulgaria Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Bogomilova Radovesta Pironkova Vania Argirova |

## Diving

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard | Nikolay Drozhin (URS) | Petar Georgiev (BUL) | Dieter Dörr (FRG) |
| 10 m platform | Thomas Knuths (GDR) | Albin Killat (FRG) | Domenico Rinaldo (ITA) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard | Zhanna Tsirulnikova (URS) | Irina Sidorova (URS) | Brita Baldus (GDR) |
| 10 m platform | Anzhela Stasyulevich (URS) | Ramona Pätow-Wenzel (GDR) | Alla Lobankina (URS) |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Solo | Carolyn Wilson (GBR) | Muriel Hermine (FRA) | Alexandra Worisch (AUT) |
| Duet | Eva-Maria Edinger (AUT) Alexandra Worisch (AUT) | Muriel Hermine (FRA) Pascale Besson (FRA) | Amanda Dodd (GBR) Carolyn Wilson (GBR) |
| Team competition | France (FRA) Pascale Besson Anne Capron Catherine Hameon Muriel Hermine Anne-Caroline Mathieu Sylvie Moisson Odile Petit Karine Schuler | Great Britain (GBR) Nicola Batchelor Georgina Coombs Amanda Dodd Jackie Dodd Alison Garrett Tracy Golding Nicola Shearn Carolyn Wilson | Netherlands (NED) Miranda Boerboom Angelique Friebel Joanni Janssen Marion Jansen Anita van Paassen Marjolijn Philipsen Marielle van der Heyde Marjolijn van Kolck |

## Water polo

### Men's event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team competition | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | West Germany |

### Women's event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team competition | Netherlands | Hungary | West Germany |
