The European Aquatics Championships is the continental
Aquatics
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championship for Europe, which is organised by
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—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; however, 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. Note however that LEN also conducts an annual
short-course (25 meters) swimming championship, which is a completely separate and a completely 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
Medal tables (1926–2022)
Overall
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 2022, Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino have yet to win a medal.
Swimming (1926–2022)
See
LEN
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official report.
Diving (1926–2022)
Artistic swimming (1974–2022)
Open water swimming (1991–2022)
High diving (2022)
Water polo (1926–1997)
Multiple medalists in swimming (long course)
Update after the
2022 European Aquatics Championships
The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 e ...
.
Men
Women
Championships records
See also
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List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
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European Short Course Swimming Championships
References
External links
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*Swim Ranking
resultsThe event at SVT's open archive
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Aquatics
Aquatics may refer to:
*Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming
*Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...
Recurring sporting events established in 1926
Swimming competitions in Europe
European Aquatics Championships