# 1938 European Aquatics Championships

The 1938 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 6–13 August 1938 in London, United Kingdom.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain* | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 16 | 16 | 17 | 49 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Erhard Weiß Germany | 148.02 | Fritz Haster Germany | 137.50 | Frederick Hodges Great Britain | 132.52 |
| 10 m highboard details | Erhard Weiß Germany | 124.67 | Hans Kitzig Germany | 121.53 | László Hidvégi Hungary | 107.22 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Betty Slade Great Britain | 103.60 | Gerda Daumerlang Germany | 102.28 | Edna Child Great Britain | 100.40 |
| 10 m highboard details | Inge Beeken Denmark | 37.09 | Ann-Margret Nirling Sweden | 36.92 | Suse Heinze Germany | 36.39 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Kees Hoving Netherlands | 59.8 | Frederick Dove Great Britain | 1:00.6 | István Kőrösi Hungary | 1:01.2 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Björn Borg Sweden | 4:51.6 | Werner Plath Germany | 4:56.2 | Norman Wainwright Great Britain | 4:56.3 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Björn Borg Sweden | 19:55.6 | Bob Leivers Great Britain | 19:57.0 | Heinz Arendt Germany | 20:12.6 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Heinz Schlauch Germany | 1:09.0 | Gerhard Nüsske Germany | 1:10.8 | Árpád Lengyel Hungary Stans Scheffer NED | 1:12.0 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Joachim Balke Germany | 2:45.8 | Erwin Sietas Germany | 2:45.9 | Anton Cerer Yugoslavia | 2:47.6 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Germany Werner Birr Wolfgang Heimlich Hans Freese Werner Plath | 9:17.6 | France Roland Pallard Christian Talli René Cavalero Alfred Nakache | 9:22.6 | Great Britain Frederick Dove Kenneth Deane Bob Leivers Norman Wainwright | 9:24.6 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Ragnhild Hveger Denmark | 1:06.2 | Birte Ove-Petersen Denmark | 1:06.8 | Rie van Veen Netherlands | 1:08.4 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ragnhild Hveger Denmark | 5:09.0 | Rie van Veen Netherlands | 5:27.7 | Fernande Caroen Belgium | 5:33.4 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Cor Kint Netherlands | 1:15.0 | Iet van Feggelen Netherlands | 1:15.9 | Birte Ove-Petersen Denmark | 1:17.0 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Inge Sørensen Denmark | 3:05.4 | Doris Storey Great Britain | 3:06.0 | Jopie Waalberg Netherlands | 3:06.2 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Denmark Eva Arndt Riise Gunvor Kraft Birte Ove-Petersen Ragnhild Hveger | 4:31.6 | Netherlands Alie Stijl Trude Malcorps Rie van Veen Willy den Ouden | 4:39.5 | Great Britain Zilpha Grant Joyce Harrowby Margery Hinton Olive Wadham | 4:51.4 |

### Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Hungary | Germany | Netherlands |