1947 European Aquatics Championships

6th European Aquatics Championships

Host city	Monte Carlo
Country	Monaco
Events	16
Opening	10 September 1947 (1947-09-10)
Closing	14 September 1947 (1947-09-14)

The 1947 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 10–14 September 1947 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	6	1	1	8
2	Denmark	5	0	1	6
3	Hungary	1	5	4	10
4	Sweden	1	4	0	5
5	Great Britain	1	2	2	5
	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
7	Italy	1	0	0	1
8	Austria	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
10	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		16	16	16	48

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Roger Heinkele France	126.71	Svante Johansson Sweden	118.88	László Hidvégi Hungary	114.50
10 m platform	Thomas Christiansen Denmark	105.55	Lennart Brunnhage Sweden	98.85	Louis Marchant Great Britain	95.32

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Madeleine Moreau France	100.43	Alma Staudinger Austria	90.67	Jeannette Aubert-Pinel France	86.78
10 m platform	Nicole Pellissard France	60.03	Eileen Szagot Hungary	59.86	Alma Staudinger Austria	58.02

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Alexandre Jany France	56.9	Per-Olof Olsson Sweden	58.8	Elemér Szathmáry Hungary	59.6
400 m freestyle	Alexandre Jany France	4:35.2	György Mitró Hungary	4:50.4	Miloslav Bartušek Czechoslovakia	4:51.4
1500 m freestyle	György Mitró Hungary	19:28.0	Ferenc Vörös Hungary	20:07.0	Marijan Stipetić Yugoslavia	20:08.5
100 m backstroke	Georges Vallerey France	1:07.6	Gyula Valent Hungary	1:10.5	Jirí Kovár Czechoslovakia	1:10.5
200 m breaststroke	Roy Romain Great Britain	2:40.1	Anton Cerer Yugoslavia	2:41.6	Sándor Németh Hungary	2:46.2
4×200 m freestyle relay	Sweden Per-Olof Olsson Martin Lundén Per-Olof Östrand Olle Johansson	9:00.5	France Alexandre Jany Charles Babey Georges Vallerey Jean Vallerey	9:00.7	Hungary Imre Nyéki Géza Kadas György Mitro Elemer Szathmary	9:01.0

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Fritzie Nathansen Denmark	1:07.8	Hannie Termeulen Netherlands	1:08.1	Greta Andersen Denmark	1:08.3
400 m freestyle	Karen Margrete Harup Denmark	5:18.2	Catherine Gibson Great Britain	5:19.8	Fernande Caroen Belgium	5:20.9
100 m backstroke	Karen Margrete Harup Denmark	1:15.9	Catherine Gibson Great Britain	1:16.5	Iet van Feggelen Netherlands	1:18.0
200 m breaststroke	Nel van Vliet Netherlands	2:56.6	Éva Székely Hungary	2:57.9	Jannie de Groot Netherlands	3:00.5
4×100 m freestyle relay	Denmark Elvi Svendsen Karen Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Nathansen	4:32.3	Netherlands Margot Marsman Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Hannie Termeulen	4:36.0	Great Britain Catherine Gibson Lillian Preece Nancy Riach Margaret Wellington	4:37.1

Water polo

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Italy	Sweden	Belgium

See also

• List of European Championships records in swimming