LEN European Aquatics Championships

Template:Short description Template:Infobox recurring event The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years (in even years) and since 2022, they have included 5 aquatics disciplines: swimming (long course/50m pool), diving, synchronised swimming, open water swimming and high diving. Prior to 1999, the championships also included water polo, which beginning in 1999 LEN split-off into a separate championships. The open water events are not held during the Olympic year.

The Championships are generally held over a two-week time-period in mid-to-late Summer, but in the most recent Summer Olympics years (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), the Championships were moved to the Spring to be moved away from the Summer Olympic Games.

The swimming portion of these championships is considered one of the pre-eminent swimming competitions in the world. LEN also conducts an annual short-course (25 meters) swimming championship, which is a completely separate, distinct event (typically held in early December).

Championships

Historically, the Championships were first held in 1926, and included water polo prior to 1999 when the discipline was moved to the European Water Polo Championship. From 1973-1999 Europeans were held in years without a Summer Olympics or World Championships, save 1979 (1973 being the inception year of the World Championships; and 1999 being the last year before Worlds moved from even-years between Summer Olympics to every-odd year beginning in 2001). Women were first allowed to participate at the second Championships in 1927.<ref>European Championships, 17 April 2011</ref>

Number	Year	Host city	Country	Events	Dates	First in the medal table	Second in the medal table	Third in the medal table
1	1926	Budapest	Template:Flag	9	18–22 August 1926	Template:GER	Template:SWE	Template:Flag
2	1927	Bologna	Template:Flag	16	31 August – 4 September 1927	Template:GER	Template:SWE	Template:NED
3	1931	Paris	Template:Flag	16	23–30 August 1931	Template:Flag	Template:GER	Template:NED
4	1934	Magdeburg	Template:Flag	16	12–19 August 1934	Template:Flag	Template:NED	Template:Flag
5	1938	London	Template:Flag	16	6–13 August 1938	Template:Flagicon Germany	Template:DEN	Template:NED
6	1947	Monte Carlo	Template:Flag	16	10–14 September 1947	Template:Flag	Template:DEN	Template:Flag
7	1950	Vienna	Template:Flag	16	20–27 August 1950	Template:Flag	Template:NED	Template:FRG
8	1954	Turin	Template:Flag	18	31 August – 5 September 1954	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	Template:Flag
9	1958	Budapest	Template:Flag	20	31 August – 6 September 1958	Template:Flag	Template:GBR2	Template:NED
10	1962	Leipzig	Template:Flag	23	18–25 August 1962	Template:NED	Template:GDR	Template:Flag
11	1966	Utrecht	Template:Flag	23	20–27 August 1966	Template:Flag	Template:GDR	Template:NED
12	1970	Barcelona	Template:Flag	34	5–13 September 1970	Template:GDR	Template:Flag	Template:FRG
13	1974	Vienna	Template:Flag	37	18–25 August 1974	Template:GDR	Template:FRG	Template:GBR2
14	1977	Jönköping	Template:Flag	37	14–21 August 1977	Template:GDR	Template:Flag	Template:FRG
15	1981	Split	Template:Flag	37	4–12 September 1981	Template:GDR	Template:USSR	Template:GBR2
16	1983	Rome	Template:Flag	38	22–27 August 1983	Template:GDR	Template:USSR	Template:FRG
17	1985	Sofia Oslo	Template:Flag Template:Flag	39	4–11 August 1985 12–18 August 1985	Template:GDR	Template:USSR	Template:FRG
18	1987	Strasbourg	Template:Flag	41	16–23 August 1987	Template:GDR	Template:USSR	Template:FRG
19	1989	Bonn	Template:Flag	43	15–20 August 1989	Template:GDR	Template:USSR	Template:FRA
20	1991	Athens Terracina	Template:Flag Template:Flag	47	18–25 August 1991 14–15 September 1991	Template:USSR	Template:GER	Template:HUN
21	1993	Sheffield Slapy	Template:Flag Template:Flag	47	3–8 August 1993 28–29 August 1993	Template:GER	Template:RUS	Template:HUN
22	1995	Vienna	Template:Flag	47	22–27 August 1995	Template:RUS	Template:GER	Template:HUN
23	1997	Seville	Template:Flag	51	19–24 August 1997	Template:RUS	Template:GER	Template:HUN
24	1999	Istanbul	Template:Flag	55	26 July – 1 August 1999	Template:GER	Template:RUS	Template:NED
25	2000	Helsinki	Template:Flag	55	3–9 July 2000	Template:RUS	Template:GER	Template:ITA
26	2002	Berlin	Template:Flag	57	29 July – 4 August 2002	Template:GER	Template:RUS	Template:ITA
27	2004	Madrid	Template:Flag	58	5–16 May 2004	Template:UKR	Template:RUS	Template:ITA
28	2006	Budapest	Template:Flag	58	26 July – 6 August 2006	Template:RUS	Template:GER	Template:FRA
29	2008	Eindhoven	Template:Flag	54	13–24 March 2008	Template:RUS	Template:ITA	Template:FRA
30	2010	Budapest	Template:Flag	61	4–15 August 2010	Template:RUS	Template:GER	Template:FRA
31	2012	Debrecen Eindhoven	Template:Flag Template:Flag	55	15–27 May 2012	Template:HUN	Template:GER	Template:ITA
32	2014	Berlin	Template:Flag	64	13–24 August 2014	Template:GBR2	Template:RUS	Template:ITA
33	2016	London	Template:Flag	64	9–22 May 2016	Template:GBR2	Template:HUN	Template:RUS
34	2018<ref group="lower-alpha">Part of the European Championships.</ref>	Glasgow Edinburgh	Template:Flag	72	2–12 August 2018	Template:RUS	Template:GBR2	Template:ITA
35	2020	Budapest	Template:Flag	73	10–23 May 2021	Template:RUS	Template:GBR2	Template:ITA
36	2022	Rome	Template:Flag	77	11–21 August 2022	Template:ITA	Template:GBR2	Template:UKR
37	2024	Belgrade	Template:Flag	74	10–23 June 2024	Template:HUN	Template:ESP	Template:GRE
38	2026	Paris	Template:Flag		31 July–16 August 2026

Medal tables (1926–2024)

Updated after the 2024 European Aquatics Championships.

Overall

Template:Medals table Note: The table includes medals won in swimming (since 1926), diving (since 1926), synchronized swimming (since 1974), open water swimming (since 1991), high diving (since 2022) and water polo since 1926 until and including 1997 when the discipline was part of the event. From 1999 the water polo event was separated and got its own independent tournament as European Water Polo Championship.

As of 2024, Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia and San Marino have yet to win a medal.

Swimming (1926–2024)

Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Medals table

Multiple medalists in swimming (long course)

These table shows swimmers who have won at least 7 gold medals at the European Championships and is updated after the 2024 European Aquatics Championships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Legend

Men

#	Swimmer	Country	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Total
1	Alexander Popov	Template:URS Template:RUS	21	3	2	26
2	Adam Peaty	Template:GBR2	16	0	0	16
3	László Cseh	Template:HUN	14	4	5	23
4	Michael Gross	Template:FRG	13	4	2	19
5	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Template:NED	10	5	4	19
6	Emiliano Brembilla	Template:ITA	10	3	0	13
7	Filippo Magnini	Template:ITA	9	5	5	19
8	Peter Nocke	Template:FRG	9	1	0	10
9	Kristóf Milák	Template:HUN	8	2	0	10
10	Tamás Darnyi	Template:HUN	8	0	0	8
11	Duncan Scott	Template:GBR2	7	4	0	11
12	Oleh Lisohor	Template:UKR	7	3	3	13
13	James Guy	Template:GBR2	7	2	3	12

Women

#	Swimmer	Country	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Total
1	Franziska van Almsick	Template:GER	18	3	0	21
2	Sarah Sjöström	Template:SWE	17	7	4	28
3	Katinka Hosszú	Template:HUN	15	6	4	25
4	Heike Friedrich	Template:GDR Template:GER	11	2	0	13
5	Therese Alshammar	Template:SWE	10	7	4	21
6	Fran Halsall	Template:GBR2	10	3	4	17
7	Yana Klochkova	Template:UKR	10	2	4	16
8	Sandra Völker	Template:GER	9	4	4	17
9	Krisztina Egerszegi	Template:HUN	9	4	0	13
9	Astrid Strauss	Template:GDR	9	4	0	13
11	Freya Anderson	Template:GBR2	9	3	4	16
12	Laure Manaudou	Template:FRA	9	1	3	13
13	Kristin Otto	Template:GDR	9	1	1	11
14	Ute Geweniger	Template:GDR	9	1	0	10
15	Simona Quadarella	Template:ITA	8	1	1	10
16	Federica Pellegrini	Template:ITA	7	6	7	20
17	Yuliya Yefimova	Template:RUS	7	4	2	13
18	Mette Jacobsen	Template:DEN	7	3	8	18
19	Daniela Hunger	Template:GDR Template:GER	7	3	0	10
20	Boglárka Kapás	Template:HUN	7	2	4	13
20	Ágnes Kovács	Template:HUN	7	2	4	13
22	Lucy Hope	Template:GBR2	7	2	0	9
22	Britta Steffen	Template:GER	7	2	0	9

See also

• List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
• List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in artistic swimming
• European Short Course Swimming Championships

External links

• Template:Official
• Swim Rankings results
• The event at SVT's open archive Template:In lang