# 1966 European Aquatics Championships

The 1966 European Aquatics Championships were held in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 to 27 August 1966. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men).

## Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 12 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | East Germany | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Netherlands* | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |

## Medal summary
### Diving
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Mikhail Safonov (URS) | 155.27 | Tord Andersson (SWE) | 146.30 | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 146.21 |
| 10 m platform | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 162.92 | Brian Phelps (GBR) | 152.01 | Jerzy Kowalewski (POL) | 143.13 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Vera Baklanova (URS) | 136.59 | Delia Reinhard (GDR) | 136.05 | Tamara Fyedosova (URS) | 133.23 |
| 10 m platform | Natalya Kuznetsova (URS) | 100.93 | Ingeborg Pertmayr (AUT) | 94.52 | Gabriele Krauss Schöpe (GDR) | 91.22 |

### Swimming
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Bobby McGregor (GBR) | 53.7 | Leonid Ilyichev (URS) | 54.3 | Udo Poser (GDR) | 54.8 |
| 400 m freestyle | Frank Wiegand (GDR) | 4:11.1 WR | Semyon Belits-Geiman (URS) | 4:13.2 | Alain Mosconi (FRA) | 4:13.6 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Semyon Belits-Geiman (URS) | 16:58.5 | Alan Kimber (GBR) | 17:13.2 | Aleksandr Pletnyev (URS) | 17:17.9 |
| 200 m backstroke | Yuriy Gromak (URS) | 2:12.9 | Jaime Monzó (ESP) | 2:15.7 | Joachim Rother (GDR) | 2:16.7 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Georgiy Prokopenko (URS) | 2:30.0 | Aleksandr Tutakayev (URS) | 2:30.3 | Egon Henninger (GDR) | 2:30.5 |
| 200 m butterfly | Valentin Kuzmin (URS) | 2:10.2 | Horst-Günter Gregor (GDR) | 2:10.6 | Anatoliy Skavronskiy (URS) | 2:11.2 |
| 400 m individual medley | Frank Wiegand (GDR) | 4:47.9 | Andrey Dunayev (URS) | 4:48.7 | Klaus Katzur (GDR) | 4:55.7 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Frank Wiegand Udo Poser Horst-Günter Gregor Peter Sommer | 3:36.8 | Soviet Union Leonid Ilyichev Viktor Mazanov Georgiy Kulikov Vladimir Shuvalov | 3:37.5 | Sweden Lester Eriksson Göran Jansson Yngvar Eriksson Jan Lundin | 3:39.0 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Leonid Ilyichev Semyon Belits-Geiman Aleksandr Pletnev Yevgeniy Novikov | 8:00.2 | East Germany Horst-Günter Gregor Alfred Müller Udo Poser Frank Wiegand | 8:01.6 | Sweden Lester Eriksson Olle Ferm Ingvar Eriksson Jan Lundin | 8:04.3 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Soviet Union Viktor Mazanov Georgiy Prokopenko Valentin Kuzmin Leonid Ilyichev | 4:02.4 | East Germany Jürgen Dietze Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand | 4:02.9 | HUN József Csikány Ferenc Lenkei Ákos Gulyás István Szentirmay | 4:05.9 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Martina Grunert (GDR) | 1:01.2 | Judit Turóczy (HUN) | 1:02.1 | Pauline Sillett (GBR) | 1:02.5 |
| 400 m freestyle | Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) | 4:48.2 | Ada Kok (NED) | 4:48.7 | Tamara Sosnova (URS) | 4:50.1 |
| 100 m backstroke | Christine Caron (FRA) | 1:08.1 | Linda Ludgrove (GBR) | 1:08.9 | Cristina Balaban (ROM) | 1:09.7 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS) | 2:40.8 | Irina Pozdnyakova (URS) | 2:41.9 | Jill Slattery (GBR) | 2:47.9 |
| 100 m butterfly | Ada Kok (NED) | 1:05.6 | Heike Hustede (FRG) | 1:06.3 | Eila Pyrhönen (FIN) | 1:07.8 |
| 400 m individual medley | Betty Heukels (NED) | 5:25.0 | Heidi Pechstein (GDR) | 5:26.0 | Lyudmila Khazieva (URS) | 5:28.4 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Natalya Sipchenko Antonina Rudenko Natalya Ustinova Tamara Sosnova | 4:11.3 | Sweden Ingrid Gustavsson Ulla Jafvert Ann-charlott Lilja Anne-Christine Hagberg | 4:12.2 | Netherlands Toos Beumer Mirjam van Hemert Bep Weeteling Lydia Schaap | 4:12.8 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Netherlands Cobie Sikkens Gretta Kok Ada Kok Toos Beumer | 4:36.4 | Soviet Union Natalya Mikhaylova Galina Prozumenshchikova Tatyana Devyatova Antonina Rudenko | 4:38.2 | Great Britain Linda Ludgrove Diana Harris Mary-Anne Cotterill Pauline Sillett | 4:38.4 |

### Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's competition | Soviet Union | East Germany | Yugoslavia |