1993 European Aquatics Championships

21st European Aquatics Championships
Host city	Sheffield, United Kingdom
Date(s)	3–8 August 1993
Venue(s)	Ponds Forge International Sports Centre
Events	47
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The 1993 European Aquatics Championships were held in Sheffield, United Kingdom from Tuesday 3 August to Sunday 8 August, in the 50 m pool of the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. The 21st edition of the event was organised by the LEN.

Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo. The open water competition though was held in Slapy, Czech Republic from 28 to 29 August, while the women's water polo tournament was played in Leeds.

The swimming championships resulted in one world and one European record: Károly Güttler improved the world's best time in the qualifying heats of the men's 100 m breaststroke, while Franziska van Almsick bettered the continental's best time in the women's 100 m freestyle. Star swimmer at this meet was Krisztina Egerszegi, winning four gold medals for Hungary.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	15	6	8	29
2	Russia	12	12	5	29
3	Hungary	6	4	2	12
4	Italy	3	2	2	7
5	Finland	3	1	0	4
6	France	2	5	2	9
7	Great Britain*	1	3	8	12
8	Netherlands	1	3	3	7
9	Spain	1	1	3	5
10	Czech Republic	1	0	4	5
11	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
13	Sweden	0	6	3	9
14	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
15	Norway	0	1	1	2
16	Romania	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
18	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		47	47	47	141

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	Christophe Kalfayan France	Raimundas Mažuolis Lithuania
100 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	Tommy Werner Sweden	Pavel Khnykin Ukraine
200 m freestyle	Antti Kasvio Finland	Yevgeny Sadovyi Russia	Anders Holmertz Sweden
400 m freestyle	Antti Kasvio Finland	Paul Palmer Great Britain	Anders Holmertz Sweden
1500 m freestyle	Jörg Hoffmann Germany	Sebastian Wiese Germany	Igor Majcen Slovenia
100 m backstroke	Martin López-Zubero Spain	Vladimir Selkov Russia	Martin Harris Great Britain
200 m backstroke	Vladimir Selkov Russia	Martin López-Zubero Spain	Emanuele Merisi Italy
100 m breaststroke	Károly Güttler Hungary	Nick Gillingham Great Britain	Vitaly Kirinchuk Russia
200 m breaststroke	Nick Gillingham Great Britain	Károly Güttler Hungary	Andrey Korneyev Russia
100 m butterfly	Rafał Szukała Poland	Denis Pankratov Russia	Miloš Milošević Croatia
200 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov Russia	Franck Esposito France	Chris-Carol Bremer Germany
200 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen Finland	Attila Czene Hungary	Christian Keller Germany
400 m individual medley	Tamás Darnyi Hungary	Jani Sievinen Finland	Marcel Wouda Netherlands
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Russia Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Yevgeny Sadovyi Alexander Popov	Sweden Fredrik Letzler Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz	Germany Christian Tröger Jochen Bludau Steffen Zesner Bengt Zikarsky
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Russia Sergey Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Yuri Mukin Yevgeny Sadovyi	Germany Jörg Hoffmann Christian Tröger Christian Keller Steffen Zesner	France Christophe Marchand Yann DeFabrique Lionel Poirot Christophe Bordeau
4 × 100 m medley relay	Russia Vladimir Selkov Vitaly Kirinchuk Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov	Hungary Tamás Deutsch Károly Güttler Péter Horváth Béla Szabados	Great Britain Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Mike Fibbens Mark Foster

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick Germany	Linda Olofsson Sweden	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands
100 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick Germany	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Catherine Plewinski France
200 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick Germany	Liliana Dobrescu Romania	Karen Pickering Great Britain
400 m freestyle	Dagmar Hase Germany	Kerstin Kielgass Germany	Irene Dalby Norway
800 m freestyle	Jana Henke Germany	Irene Dalby Norway	Olga Šplíchalová Czech Republic
100 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia	Sandra Völker Germany
200 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	Lorenza Vigarani Italy	Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia
100 m breaststroke	Sylvia Gerasch Germany	Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine	Yelena Rudkovskaya Belarus
200 m breaststroke	Brigitte Becue Belgium	Anna Nikitina Russia	Marie Hardiman Great Britain
100 m butterfly	Catherine Plewinski France	Franziska van Almsick Germany	Bettina Ustrowski Germany
200 m butterfly	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	Katrin Jaeke Germany	Bárbara Franco Spain
200 m individual medley	Daniela Hunger Germany	Darya Shmeleva Russia	Silvia Parera Spain
400 m individual medley	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	Darya Shmeleva Russia	Hana Černá Czech Republic
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Germany Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Manuela Stellmach Daniela Hunger	Sweden Ellen Svensson Linda Olofsson Louise Jöhncke Malin Nilsson	Russia Svetlana Leshukova Natalya Meshcheryakova Olga Kirichenko Nina Zhivanevskaya
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Germany Kerstin Kielgass Simone Osygus Franziska van Almsick Dagmar Hase	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Magdalena Schultz Therèse Lundin Malin Nilsson	Great Britain Sarah Hardcastle Debbie Armitage Claire Huddart Karen Pickering
4 × 100 m medley relay	Germany Sandra Völker Sylvia Gerasch Bettina Ustrowski Franziska van Almsick	Russia Nina Zhivanevskaya Anna Nikitina Olga Kirichenko Natalya Meshcheryakova	Great Britain Kathy Osher Jaime King Nicola Kennedy Karen Pickering

Open water swimming

Main article: 1993 European Open Water Swimming Championships

• Held in Slapy, Czech Republic on 28 and 29 August 1993.

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Marco Formentini (ITA)	Claudio Cargaro (ITA)	Alex Havranek (CZE)
25 km open water	Dario Taraboi (ITA)	Hans van Goor (NED)	Attila Molnar (HUN)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Olga Šplíchalová (CZE)	Carla Geurts (NED)	Eva Novaková (CZE)
25 km open water	Anne Chagnaud (FRA)	Gea Veldhuizen (NED)	Wandy Kater (NED)

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Peter Böhler Germany	Joakim Andersson Sweden	Boris Lietzow Germany
3 m springboard	Jan Hempel Germany	Dmitri Sautin Russia	Joakim Andersson Sweden
10 m platform	Dmitri Sautin Russia	Bobby Morgan Great Britain	Jan Hempel Germany

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Simona Koch Germany	Irina Lashko Russia	Vera Ilyina Russia
3 m springboard	Brita Baldus Germany	Vera Ilyina Russia	Simona Koch Germany
10 m platform	Svetlana Khokhlova Russia	Ute Wetzig Germany	Olena Zhupina Ukraine

Synchronized swimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo	Olga Sedakova Russia	Marianne Aeschbacher France	Kerry Shacklock Great Britain
Duet	Olga Sedakova Anna Kozlova Russia	Marianne Aeschbacher Céline Leveque France	Kerry Shacklock Laila Vakil Great Britain
Team	Russia Elena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Natalia Gruzdeva Anna Kozlova Gana Maximova Elena Nikashina Olga Novokshchenova Olga Sedakova	France Marianne Aeschbacher Celine Leveque Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Delphine Marechal Charlotte Massardier Magali Rathier Eva Riffet	Italy Giada Ballan Giovanna Burlando Giorgia Canale Manuela Carnini Maurizia Cecconi Paola Celli Roberta Farinelli Simona Ricotta

Water polo

Men's team event

Further information: 1993 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Italy	Hungary	Spain

Women's team event

Further information: 1993 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Netherlands	Russia	Hungary

External links

• Results
• "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.
• Results at TheSports.org (Men)
• Results at TheSports.org (Women)