# Swimming at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships

The swimming events of the 1991 European Aquatics Championships were held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens, Greece which also hosted the swimming competition during the 2004 Summer Olympics.

## Men's events
### 50 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Nils Rudolph | GER | 22.33 |
| | Gennadiy Prigoda | URS | 22.44 |
| | Mike Fibbens | GBR | 22.72 |
| | Vladimir Tkacenko | URS | 22.72 |
| 5 | Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 22.78 |
| 6 | Silko Günzel | GER | 22.91 |
| 7 | Dano Halsall | SUI | 22.97 |
| 8 | René Gusperti | ITA | 23.37 |

### 100 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Alexander Popov | URS | 49.18 |
| | Nils Rudolph | GER | 49.52 |
| | Giorgio Lamberti | ITA | 49.57 |
| 4 | Silko Günzel | GER | 49.79 |
| 5 | Venyamin Tayanovich | URS | 50.07 |
| 6 | Tommy Werner | SWE | 50.09 |
| 7 | Mike Fibbens | GBR | 50.30 |
| 8 | Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 50.33 |

### 200 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Artur Wojdat | POL | 1:48.10 |
| | Giorgio Lamberti | ITA | 1:48.15 |
| | Roberto Gleria | ITA | 1:48.73 |
| 4 | Yevgeny Sadovyi | URS | 1:48.74 |
| 5 | Anders Holmertz | SWE | 1:49.02 |
| 6 | Steffen Zesner | GER | 1:49.04 |
| 7 | Antti Kasvio | FIN | 1:49.83 |
| 8 | Jarl Inge Melberg | NOR | 1:50.07 |

### 400 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Yevgeny Sadovyi | URS | 3:49.02 |
| | Artur Wojdat | POL | 3:49.09 |
| | Giorgio Lamberti | ITA | 3:50.46 |
| 4 | Sebastian Wiese | GER | 3:50.49 |
| 5 | Jörg Hoffmann | GER | 3:51.42 |
| 6 | Anders Holmertz | SWE | 3:52.08 |
| 7 | Mariusz Podkościelny | POL | 3:53.21 |
| 8 | Zoltán Szilágyi | HUN | 3:55.88 |

### 1500 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Jörg Hoffmann | GER | 15:02.57 |
| | Ian Wilson | GBR | 15:02.72 |
| | Sebastian Wiese | GER | 15:14.30 |
| 4 | Igor Majcen | YUG | 15:21.58 |
| 5 | Piotr Albinski | POL | 15:30.30 |
| 6 | Sergi Rouro | ESP | 15:33.44 |
| 7 | Evgeni Logvinov | URS | 15:34.30 |
| 8 | Zoltán Szilágyi | HUN | 15:35.27 |

### 100 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Martin López-Zubero | ESP | 55.30 |
| | Dirk Richter | GER | 56.04 |
| | Franck Schott | FRA | 56.29 |
| 4 | Vladimir Selkov | URS | 56.58 |
| 5 | Tamás Deutsch | HUN | 56.59 |
| 6 | Vladimir Shemetov | URS | 56.66 |
| 7 | Stefaan Maene | BEL | 57.22 |
| 8 | Attila Czene | HUN | 57.67 |

### 200 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Martin López-Zubero | ESP | 1:58.66 |
| | Dirk Richter | GER | 2:00.18 |
| | Vladimir Selkov | URS | 2:00.18 |
| 4 | Tamás Deutsch | HUN | 2:00.30 |
| 5 | David Holderbach | FRA | 2:00.60 |
| 6 | Stefano Battistelli | ITA | 2:00.89 |
| 7 | Lars Kalenka | GER | 2:01.48 |
| 8 | Thomas Sopp | NOR | 2:02.83 |

### 100 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Norbert Rózsa | HUN | 1:01.49 |
| | Adrian Moorhouse | GBR | 1:01.89 |
| | Gianni Minervini | ITA | 1:02.41 |
| 4 | Andrea Cecchi | ITA | 1:02.58 |
| 5 | Károly Güttler | HUN | 1:02.71 |
| 6 | Petri Suominen | FIN | 1:02.90 |
| 7 | Dmitri Volkov | URS | 1:03.18 |
| 8 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | BEL | 1:03.34 |

### 200 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Nick Gillingham | GBR | 2:12.55 |
| | Norbert Rózsa | HUN | 2:12.58 |
| | Sergio López | ESP | 2:13.40 |
| 4 | Károly Güttler | HUN | 2:14.07 |
| 5 | Joaquín Fernández | ESP | 2:14.40 |
| 6 | Cédric Penicaud | FRA | 2:14.82 |
| 7 | Radek Beinhauer | TCH | 2:15.59 |
| 8 | Andrea Cecchi | ITA | 2:16.29 |

### 100 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Vladislav Kulikov | URS | 54.22 |
| | Martin López-Zubero | ESP | 54.30 |
| | Nils Rudolph | GER | 54.31 |
| 4 | Rafał Szukała | POL | 54.35 |
| 5 | Bruno Gutzeit | FRA | 54.92 |
| 6 | Thilo Haase | GER | 55.07 |
| 7 | Franck Esposito | FRA | 55.16 |
| 8 | Rik Leishman | GBR | 55.26 |

### 200 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Franck Esposito | FRA | 1:59.59 |
| | Rafał Szukała | POL | 2:01.01 |
| | Christophe Bordeau | FRA | 2:01.25 |
| 4 | Marco Braida | ITA | 2:01.53 |
| 5 | Bernd Zeruhn | GER | 2:01.97 |
| 6 | Matiaz Koželi | YUG | 2:02.14 |
| 7 | José Luis Ballester | ESP | 2:02.32 |
| – | Christian Keller | GER | DSQ |

### 200 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Lars Sørensen | DEN | 2:02.63 |
| | Christian Gessner | GER | 2:02.66 |
| | Luca Sacchi | ITA | 2:02.93 |
| 4 | Christian Keller | GER | 2:03.16 |
| 5 | Attila Czene | HUN | 2:03.89 |
| 6 | Frédéric Lefévre | FRA | 2:04.13 |
| 7 | John Davey | GBR | 2:05.03 |
| 8. | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 2:05.48 |

### 400 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Luca Sacchi | ITA | 4:17.81 |
| | Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:17.85 |
| | Christian Gessner | GER | 4:19.66 |
| 4 | Stefano Battistelli | ITA | 4:22.33 |
| 5 | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 4:23.34 |
| 6 | Marcin Malinski | POL | 4:24.54 |
| 7 | Jorge Perez | ESP | 4:24.60 |
| 8. | Denislav Kaltchev | BUL | 4:30.99 |

### 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Pavel Khnykin Gennadiy Prigoda Venyamin Tayanovich Alexander Popov | URS | 3:17.11 |
| | Silko Günzel Nils Rudolph Steffen Zesner Dirk Richter | GER | 3:18.31 |
| | Tommy Werner Göran Titus Anders Holmertz Göran Jansson | SWE | 3:20.42 |
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 3:20.94 |
| 5 | France | FRA | 3:21.27 |
| 6 | Netherlands | NED | 3:23.81 |
| 7 | Norway | NOR | 3:26.34 |
| 8 | Greece | GRE | 3:31.41 |

### 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Dmitri Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Venyamin Tayanovich Yevgeny Sadovyi | URS | 7:15.96 |
| | Emanuele Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti | ITA | 7:18.30 |
| | Steffen Zesner Uwe Dassler Christian Keller Jörg Hoffmann | GER | 7:19.13 |
| 4 | Poland | POL | 7:25.05 |
| 5 | Spain | ESP | 7:27.60 |
| 6 | Norway | NOR | 7:28.75 |
| 7 | Great Britain | GBR | 7:31.85 |
| – | France | FRA | DSQ |

### 4 × 100 m medley relay

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Vladimir Selkov Dmitri Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov | URS | 3:39.68 |
| | Franck Schott Cédric Penicaud Bruno Gutzeit Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 3:42.15 |
| | Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Béla Szabados | HUN | 3:42.35 |
| 4 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:43.67 |
| 5 | Spain | ESP | 3:45.52 |
| – | Germany | GER | DSQ |
| – | Italy | ITA | DSQ |
| – | Finland | FIN | DSQ |

## Women's events
### 50 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Simone Osygus | GER | 25.80 |
| | Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 25.84 |
| | Inge de Bruijn | NED | 25.91 |
| 4 | Daniela Hunger | GER | 26.06 |
| 5 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | URS | 26.26 |
| 6 | Louise Karlsson | SWE | 26.31 |
| 7 | Gitta Jensen | DEN | 26.32 |
| 8 | Judith Draxler | AUT | 26.47 |

### 100 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 56.20 |
| | Karin Brienesse | NED | 56.44 |
| | Simone Osygus | GER | 56.47 |
| 4 | Daniela Hunger | GER | 56.76 |
| 5 | Gitta Jensen | DEN | 57.20 |
| 6 | Liliana Dobrescu | ROM | 57.25 |
| 7 | Louise Karlsson | SWE | 57.46 |
| 8 | Marieke Mastenbroek | NED | 57.66 |

### 200 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 2:00.29 |
| | Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 2:00.34 |
| | Liliana Dobrescu | ROM | 2:01.77 |
| 4 | Gitta Jensen | DEN | 2:02.03 |
| 5 | Isabelle Arnould | BEL | 2:02.91 |
| 6 | Eva Nyberg | SWE | 2:03.21 |
| 7 | Sandra Cam | BEL | 2:03.66 |
| 8 | Karin Brienesse | NED | 2:03.89 |

### 400 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Irene Dalby | NOR | 4:11.63 |
| | Beatrice Câșlaru | ROM | 4:12.33 |
| | Cristina Sossi | ITA | 4:12.35 |
| 4 | Jana Henke | GER | 4:12.64 |
| 5 | Isabelle Arnould | BEL | 4:14.24 |
| 6 | Manuela Melchiorri | ITA | 4:14.77 |
| 7 | Sandra Cam | BEL | 4:17.06 |
| 8 | Baukje Wiersma | NED | 4:17.62 |

### 800 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Irene Dalby | NOR | 8:32.08 |
| | Jana Henke | GER | 8:32.25 |
| | Cristina Sossi | ITA | 8:33.79 |
| 4 | Manuela Melchiorri | ITA | 8:42.67 |
| 5 | Isabelle Arnould | BEL | 8:44.70 |
| 6 | Olga Spíchalová | TCH | 8:47.14 |
| 7 | Grit Müller | GER | 8:48.19 |
| 8 | Baukje Wiersma | NED | 8:49.36 |

### 100 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN | 1:00.31 WR |
| | Tünde Szabó | HUN | 1:01.31 |
| | Dagmar Hase | GER | 1:02.42 |
| 4 | Natalya Krupskaya | URS | 1:02.62 |
| 5 | Natalya Shibayeva | URS | 1:03.10 |
| 6 | Sandra Völker | GER | 1:03.20 |
| 7 | Ellen Elzerman | NED | 1:03.34 |
| 8 | Sharon Page | GBR | 1:03.74 |

### 200 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN | 2:06.62 WR |
| | Tünde Szabó | HUN | 2:11.42 |
| | Dagmar Hase | GER | 2:12.22 |
| 4 | Natalya Krupskaya | URS | 2:13.71 |
| 5 | Joanne Deakins | GBR | 2:14.23 |
| 6 | Kathy Read | GBR | 2:15.15 |
| 7 | Natalya Shibayeva | URS | 2:15.25 |
| 8 | Lorenza Vigarani | ITA | 2:15.31 |

### 100 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Elena Roudkovskaya | URS | 1:09.05 |
| | Svitlana Bondarenko | URS | 1:09.99 |
| | Tanya Dangalakova | BUL | 1:10.12 |
| 4 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:10.54 |
| 4 | Gabriella Csépe | HUN | 1:10.54 |
| 6 | Sylvia Gerasch | GER | 1:10.62 |
| 7 | Lorriane Coombes | GBR | 1:11.52 |
| 8 | Jean Hill | GBR | 1:11.56 |

### 200 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Elena Roudkovskaya | URS | 2:29.50 |
| | Beatrice Câșlaru | ROM | 2:32.00 |
| | Tanya Dangalakova | BUL | 2:32.09 |
| 4 | Alicja Pęczak | POL | 2:32.50 |
| 5 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 2:32.52 |
| 6 | Brigitte Becue | BEL | 2:32.88 |
| 7 | Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | ISL | 2:34.08 |
| 8 | Audrey Guerit | FRA | 2:34.12 |

### 100 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 1:00.32 |
| | Inge de Bruijn | NED | 1:01.64 |
| | Therèse Lundin | SWE | 1:01.80 |
| 4 | Madeleine Campbell | GBR | 1:02.01 |
| 5 | Elena Kononenko | URS | 1:02.40 |
| 6 | Katrin Meissner | GER | 1:02.65 |
| 7 | Malin Strömberg | SWE | 1:02.80 |
| 8 | Karin Brienesse | NED | 1:03.16 |

### 200 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 2:12.87 |
| | Sabine Herbst | GER | 2:14.72 |
| | Berit Puggard | DEN | 2:14.80 |
| 4 | Corina Dumitru | ROM | 2:15.55 |
| 5 | María Fernández | ESP | 2:16.20 |
| 6 | Juliana Pantillimon | ROM | 2:16.71 |
| 7 | Brigitte Becue | BEL | 2:16.78 |
| 8 | Martia Wzodkovska | POL | 2:19.40 |

### 200 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Daniela Hunger | GER | 2:15.15 |
| | Beatrice Câșlaru | ROM | 2:16.68 |
| | Marion Zoller | GER | 2:17.43 |
| 4 | Darya Shmeleva | URS | 2:17.59 |
| 5 | Brigitte Becue | BEL | 2:18.34 |
| 6 | Ewa Synowska | POL | 2:19.77 |
| 7 | Alicja Pęczak | POL | 2:19.89 |
| 8 | Lenka Maňhalová | TCH | 2:20.21 |

### 400 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN | 4:39.78 |
| | Beatrice Câșlaru | ROM | 4:44.67 |
| | Ewa Synowska | POL | 4:47.92 |
| 4 | Sabine Herbst | GER | 4:49.85 |
| 5 | Darya Shmeleva | URS | 4:50.55 |
| 6 | Irene Dalby | NOR | 4:50.68 |
| 7 | Annalisa Nisiro | ITA | 4:55.72 |
| – | Céline Bonnet | FRA | DSQ |

### 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Diana van der Plaats Inge de Bruijn Marieke Mastenbroek Karin Brienesse | NED | 3:45.36 |
| | Daniela Hunger Katrin Meissner Dagmar Hase Simone Osygus | GER | 3:45.54 |
| | Mette Nielsen Gitta Jensen Berit Puggard Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 3:46.36 |
| 4 | France | FRA | 3:47.95 |
| 5 | Italy | ITA | 3:50.14 |
| 6 | Sweden | SWE | 3:50.73 |
| 7 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:52.15 |
| 8 | Norway | NOR | 3:52.54 |

### 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Annette Poulsen Gitta Jensen Berit Puggard Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 8:05.90 |
| | Dagmar Hase Manuela Stellmach Simone Osygus Heike Friedrich | GER | 8:10.26 |
| | Ellen Elzerman Baukje Wiersma Diana van der Plaats Karin Brienesse | NED | 8:13.97 |
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 8:19.46 |
| 5 | Romania | ROM | 8:19.47 |
| 6 | Sweden | SWE | 8:20.56 |
| 7 | Spain | ESP | 8:26.58 |
| 8 | Norway | NOR | 8:26.91 |

### 4 × 100 m medley relay

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Natalya Krupskaya Elena Roudkovskaya Elena Kononenko Yevgeniya Yermakova | URS | 4:08.55 |
| | Dagmar Hase Sylvia Gerasch Katrin Meissner Simone Osygus | GER | 4:10.10 |
| | Ellen Elzerman Kira Bulten Inge de Bruijn Karin Brienesse | NED | 4:14.03 |
| 4 | Sweden | SWE | 4:16.22 |
| 5 | Italy | ITA | 4:17.63 |
| 6 | Denmark | DEN | 4:18.74 |
| 7 | Romania | ROM | 4:18.79 |
| – | Great Britain | GBR | DSQ |