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The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
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diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...
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synchronised swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédératio ...
(synchro) and
open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam s ...
. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately. Competition dates by discipline were:Programme
for 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
*Swimming: 31 July – 6 August *Diving: 1–6 August *Synchro: 26–30 July *Open Water: 26–30 July


Medal table


Swimming


Schedule

Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August.Swimming schedule
for the 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
All swimming events contested in a long-course (50m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was: *200m and under: ''prelims/semifinals/finals''—preliminary heats and semifinals were held on the same day (morning then evening), with finals of the event on the next evening. *400m and longer: ''prelims/finals''. In the 400m, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, prelims and finals were held on the same day. In the women's 800m and men's 1500m events, prelims were held in the morning of day 1 of the event, with finals of the event in the evening session of day 2. Event order for evening sessions was:


Results


Men's Events


Women's Events

WR=
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(and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record


Medal table


Diving


Schedule

Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.


Results


Men


Women


Medal table


Synchronized Swimming


Schedule

Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.


Results


Medal table


Open Water Swimming


Schedule

Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.


Results


Men


Women


Medal table


See also

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Ligue Européenne de Natation Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ *Le ...
– LEN: the European Swimming League


References


Sources


Official Budapest 2006 Website
* Swim Ranking
Results
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