# 1988 European Junior Swimming Championships

The 1988 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 28 to July 31, 1988, in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Netherlands (NED)* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |

## Medal summary
### Boy's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Raymond Majolis Soviet Union | 23.05 | Aleksandr Vasiliev Soviet Union | 23.96 | Enrico Buchholz East Germany | 24.19 |
| 100 m freestyle | Raymond Majolis Soviet Union | 50.39 | Christian Thurnser West Germany | 52.73 | Dmitriy Lepikov Soviet Union | 52.73 |
| 200 m freestyle | Andrei Romanov Soviet Union | 1:54.66 | Vincent Elgersma Netherlands | 1:54.77 | Dmitriy Lepikov Soviet Union | 1:54.94 |
| 400 m freestyle | Torsten Wilhelm East Germany | 3:59.12 | Aleksey Kudriavtsev Soviet Union | 4:00.06 | Gregor Jurak Yugoslavia | 4:01.21 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Torsten Wilhelm East Germany | 15:41.30 | Aleksey Kudriavtsev Soviet Union | 15:49.71 | Ross Noble Great Britain | 16:00.12 |
| 100 m backstroke | Sergey Grishhaev Soviet Union | 59.28 | Emanuele Merisi Italy | 59.92 | Lars Kalenka West Germany | 59.98 |
| 200 m backstroke | Lars Kalenka West Germany | 2:05.01 | Ralf Braun East Germany | 2:06.89 | Emanuele Merisi Italy | 2:07.43 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ian McKenzie Great Britain | 1:05.31 | Francesco Postiglione Italy | 1:05.59 | Aleksandr Dzhaburiya Soviet Union | 1:05.81 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Aleksandr Dzhaburiya Soviet Union | 2:21.55 | Ian McKenzie Great Britain | 2:22.05 | Francesco Postiglione Italy | 2:22.25 |
| 100 m butterfly | Miloš Milošević Yugoslavia | 56.58 | Mikhail Gromov Soviet Union | 57.30 | Christian Keller West Germany | 57.79 |
| 200 m butterfly | Christian Keller West Germany | 2:07.51 | Marek Klechamer Poland | 2:08.04 | Christian Robinson Great Britain | 2:08.26 |
| 200 m individual medley | Sergey Grabalin Soviet Union | 2:07.55 | Paul Pederzolli Great Britain | 2:08.88 | Ralf Domschke East Germany | 2:09.33 |
| 400 m individual medley | Sergey Grabalin Soviet Union | 4:31.30 | Ralf Domschke East Germany | 4:36.91 | Christian Dahle East Germany | 4:37.79 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union | 3:27.85 | Great Britain | 3:31.88 | West Germany | 3:32.59 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union | 7:36.55 | East Germany | 7:43.90 | West Germany | 7:45.40 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Soviet Union | 3:51.61 | Italy | 3:55.52 | Great Britain | 3:57.14 |

### Girl's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Simone Hellmer East Germany | 26.46 | Elena Kurchina Soviet Union | 26.55 | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 26.56 |
| 100 m freestyle | Livia Copariu Romania | 56.76 | Simone Hellmer East Germany | 56.98 | Stephanie Ortwig West Germany | 56.98 |
| 200 m freestyle | Stephanie Ortwig West Germany | 1:59.92 | Janin Rotemund East Germany | 2:03.16 | Grit Müller East Germany | 2:04.42 |
| 400 m freestyle | Stephanie Ortwig West Germany | 4:11.87 | Grit Müller East Germany | 4:15.65 | Jana Henke East Germany | 4:17.75 |
| 800 m freestyle | Grit Müller East Germany | 8:40.95 | Judit Csabai Hungary | 8:43.22 | Jana Henke East Germany | 8:47.33 |
| 100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 1:02.87 | Tünde Szabó Hungary | 1:03.99 | Sandra Völker West Germany | 1:04.95 |
| 200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 2:13.69 | Tünde Szabó Hungary | 2:17.46 | Sandra Völker West Germany | 2:18.37 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Gabrielle Csepe Hungary | 1:10.77 | Daniela Brendel East Germany | 1:11.63 | Suela Knipphals East Germany | 1:11.83 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Daniela Brendel East Germany | 2:31.13 | Yelena Rudkovskaya Soviet Union | 2:31.88 | Jilie Hristova Soviet Union | 2:32.85 |
| 100 m butterfly | Jacqueline Jacob East Germany | 1:01.53 | Susanne Müller East Germany | 1:02.01 | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 1:03.41 |
| 200 m butterfly | Peggy Conrad East Germany | 2:14.14 | Susanne Müller East Germany | 2:15.15 | Corina Dumitru Romania | 2:18.50 |
| 200 m individual medley | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 2:17.96 | Diana Block East Germany | 2:18.87 | Sabine Herbst East Germany | 2:19.95 |
| 400 m individual medley | Grit Müller East Germany | 4:49.53 | Sabine Herbst East Germany | 4:53.17 | Diana Ureche Romania | 4:57.60 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | East Germany | 3:51.17 | Soviet Union | 3:52.53 | West Germany | 3:54.37 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | East Germany | 8:14.73 | West Germany | 8:22.23 | Soviet Union | 8:23.12 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | East Germany | 4:16.46 | West Germany | 4:18.59 | Soviet Union | 4:19.07 |