1985 European Junior Swimming Championships
# 1985 European Junior Swimming Championships

The 1985 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 25 to July 28, 1985, in Geneva, Switzerland.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 14 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |

## Medal summary

### Boy's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Peter Wiedmann East Germany | 52.48 | Peter Sitt West Germany | 52.50 | Martin Hermann West Germany | 52.59 |
| 200 m freestyle | Peter Sitt West Germany | 1:52.69 | Giorgio Lamberti Italy | 1:54.49 | Peter Wiedmann East Germany | 1:54.78 |
| 400 m freestyle | Walter Klaus Hungary | 4:00.42 | Stefano Battistelli Italy | 4:00.88 | Grant Robins Great Britain | 4:01.76 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Stefano Battistelli Italy | 15:44.70 | Walter Klaus Hungary | 15:51.19 | Dirk Bludau East Germany | 15:51.96 |
| 100 m backstroke | Charala Papanikolaou Greece | 58.63 | Tamás Deutsch Hungary | 59.18 | Steffen Gröhst East Germany | 59.27 |
| 200 m backstroke | Tamás Deutsch Hungary | 2:05.42 | Charala Papanikolaou Greece | 2:05.61 | Sergey Palchikov Soviet Union | 2:07.10 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Gary Watson Great Britain | 1:05.43 | Enrico Muller East Germany | 1:05.92 | Burkhard Scmidt West Germany | 1:07.10 |
| 200 m breaststroke | József Szabó Hungary | 2:20.58 | Enrico Muller East Germany | 2:22.67 | Dmitriy Porotskiy Soviet Union | 2:24.20 |
| 100 m butterfly | Ludovic Depickère France | 56.95 | Andreas Maezulat West Germany | 57.43 | José Luis Ballester Spain | 57.4x |
| 200 m butterfly | József Szabó Hungary | 2:03.91 | Thomas Müller West Germany | 2:05.87 | José Luis Ballester Spain | 2:06.03 |
| 200 m individual medley | József Szabó Hungary | 2:06.75 | Charala Papanikolaou Greece | 2:07.02 | Mirko Erdman East Germany | 2:07.79 |
| 400 m individual medley | József Szabó Hungary | 4:27.71 | Charala Papanikolaou Greece | 4:31.27 | Mirko Erdman East Germany | 4:33.84 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | West Germany | 3:29.61 | Sweden | 3:32.18 | East Germany | 3:33.32 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | West Germany | 7:35.62 | East Germany | 7:39.33 | Italy | 7:43.36 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | East Germany | 3:54.71 | Soviet Union | 3:55.84 | West Germany | 3:56.33 |

### Girl's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle | Tamara Costache Romania | 56.69 | Stephanie Bofinger West Germany | 57.66 | Regina Dittman East Germany | 57.81 |
| 200 m freestyle | Regina Dittman East Germany | 2:02.27 | Stephanie Bofinger West Germany | 2:05.20 | Monica Olmi Italy | 2:05.35 |
| 400 m freestyle | Heide Grein East Germany | 4:16.35 | Monica Olmi Italy | 4:17.82 | Regina Dittman East Germany | 4:17.89 |
| 800 m freestyle | Heide Grein East Germany | 8:42.03 | Isabelle Arnould Belgium | 8:50.93 | Rita Kovács Hungary | 8:52.58 |
| 100 m backstroke | Silvia Krummholz East Germany | 1:04.27 | Camilla Olsson Sweden | 1:04.66 | Dora Varga Hungary | 1:05.02 |
| 200 m backstroke | Cornelia Seithe East Germany | 2:17.57 | Camilla Olsson Sweden | 2:17.86 | Silke Peppler West Germany | 2:18.04 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Pascaline Louvrier France | 1:10.74 | Franziska Zietemann East Germany | 1:12.08 | Åsa Hedlund Sweden | 1:13.28 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Franziska Zietemann East Germany | 1:12.08 | Pascaline Louvrier France | 1:10.74 | Anja Ewert East Germany | 2:36.22 |
| 100 m butterfly | Grit Sykora East Germany | 1:03.25 | Annamaria Ferrera Italy | 1:04.34 | Anna Rozer Soviet Union | 1:04.3x |
| 200 m butterfly | Monica Olmi Italy | 2:16.04 | Antje Wiesner East Germany | 2:16.46 | Diane Velissariou France | 2:20.19 |
| 200 m individual medley | Silvia Krummholz East Germany | 2:19.87 | Cornelia Seithe East Germany | 2:19.88 | Zara Long Great Britain | 2:20.63 |
| 400 m individual medley | Kathrin Bühler East Germany | 4:54.74 | Cornelia Seithe East Germany | 4:55.37 | Zara Long Great Britain | 4:57.37 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | East Germany | 3:53.15 | West Germany | 3:54.78 | Netherlands | 3:55.32 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | East Germany | 8:21.49 | Netherlands | 8:25.36 | West Germany | 8:28.98 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | East Germany | 4:18.69 | West Germany | 4:23.18 | Italy | 4:23.41 |
