1970 European Aquatics Championships
Appearance
(Redirected from 1970 LEN European Championships)
Host city | Barcelona |
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Country | Spain |
Events | 34 |
Opening | 5 September 1970 |
Closing | 13 September 1970 |
The 1970 European Aquatics Championships were held in Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 13 September 1970. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). The swimming program was significantly expanded. Both men and women competed in the 200 m freestyle, 100 m breaststroke and 200 individual medley for the first time. Furthermore, in the men's swimming program the 100 m butterfly was introduced and the 100 m backstroke was re-introduced after having been absent for the last two championships. In the women's swimming program, the 800 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly were introduced.
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Spain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany | 16 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
3 | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
4 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Spain* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Totals (12 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
Medal summary
[edit]Diving
[edit]- Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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3 m springboard | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 555.21 | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 534.72 | Vladimir Vasin (URS) | 529.80 |
10 m platform | Lothar Matthes (GDR) | 454.74 | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 444.18 | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 435.36 |
- Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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3 m springboard | Heidi Becker (GDR) | 420.63 | Marina Janicke (GDR) | 407.22 | Tamara Safonova (URS) | 405.60 |
10 m platform | Milena Duchková (TCH) | 336.33 | Marina Janicke (GDR) | 329.85 | Sylvia Fiedler (GDR) | 322.26 |
Swimming
[edit]Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Water polo
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's competition | Soviet Union | Hungary | Yugoslavia |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "European Swimming Championships (Men)". GBRSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- "European Swimming Championships (Women)". GBRSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.