# 2000 European Aquatics Championships

The 2000 LEN European Championships were held Monday 3 July to Sunday 9 July 2000 in Helsinki, Finland. Competition was swum in the 50 m, long course pool at the Mäkelänrinne Swimming Center. The 25th edition of the event was organised by the LEN less than three months prior to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The championships included the aquatic disciplines of Swimming (long course), Open Water Swimming, Diving, and Synchronised swimming.

## Medal table

Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | Germany | 7 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Italy | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Romania | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | France | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Finland* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 56 | 54 | 55 | 165 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Lorenzo Vismara Italy |
| 100 m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Lars Frölander Sweden |
| 200 m freestyle | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Paul Palmer Great Britain |
| 400 m freestyle | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | Dragoş Coman Romania | Paul Palmer Great Britain |
| 1500 m freestyle | Igor Chervynskyi Ukraine | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | Dragoş Coman Romania |
| 50 m backstroke | Stev Theloke Germany | Darius Grigalionis Lithuania | David Ortega Spain |
| 100 m backstroke | David Ortega Spain | Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Ukraine | Derya Büyükuncu Turkey |
| 200 m backstroke | Gordan Kožulj Croatia | Emanuele Merisi Italy | Yoav Gath Israel |
| 50 m breaststroke | Mark Warnecke Germany | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | Remo Lütolf Switzerland |
| 100 m breaststroke | Domenico Fioravanti Italy | Jarno Pihlava Finland | Dmitry Komornikov Russia |
| 200 m breaststroke | Dmitry Komornikov Russia | Domenico Fioravanti Italy | Maxim Podoprigora Austria |
| 50 m butterfly | Jere Hård Finland | Lars Frölander Sweden | Mark Foster Great Britain |
| 100 m butterfly | Lars Frölander Sweden | Thomas Rupprath Germany | James Hickman Great Britain |
| 200 m butterfly | Anatoly Polyakov Russia | James Hickman Great Britain | Ioan Gherghel Romania |
| 200 m individual medley | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | Christian Keller Germany | Xavier Marchand France |
| 400 m individual medley | István Batházi Hungary | Cezar Bădiţă Romania | Johann Le Bihan France |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Russia Denis Pimankov Dmitriy Chernychev Andrey Kapralov Alexander Popov | Germany Stefan Herbst Lars Conrad Christian Tröger Stephan Kunzelmann | France Romain Barnier Nicolas Kintz Hugo Viart Frédérick Bousquet |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Italy Massimiliano Rosolino Matteo Pelliciari Simone Cercato Emiliano Brembilla | Germany Michael Kiedel Christian Keller Stefan Herbst Stefan Pohl | Netherlands Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Pieter van den Hoogenband |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Russia Vladislav Aminov Dmitry Komornikov Dmitriy Chernyshev Alexander Popov | Sweden Mattias Ohlin Martin Gustavsson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand | Ukraine Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Pavel Khnykin |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Therese Alshammar Sweden | Wilma van Hofwegen Netherlands | Olga Mukomol Ukraine |
| 100 m freestyle | Therese Alshammar Sweden | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Mette Jacobsen Denmark |
| 200 m freestyle | Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Camelia Potec Romania |
| 400 m freestyle | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus | Camelia Potec Romania |
| 800 m freestyle | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | Chantal Strasser Switzerland | Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands |
| 50 m backstroke | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Diana Mocanu Romania | Ilona Hlaváčková Czech Republic |
| 100 m backstroke | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Diana Mocanu Romania | Louise Ørnstedt Denmark |
| 200 m backstroke | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Diana Mocanu Romania | Antje Buschschulte Germany |
| 50 m breaststroke | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | Zoë Baker Great Britain | Sylvia Gerasch Germany |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | Sylvia Gerasch Germany | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine |
| 200 m breaststroke | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | Karine Bremond France |
| 50 m butterfly | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | Karen Egdal Denmark | Martina Moravcová Slovakia |
| 100 m butterfly | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | Mireia García Spain |
| 200 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | None | Sue Rolph Great Britain |
| 400 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | Yseult Gervy Belgium |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Sweden Louise Jöhncke Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling Therese Alshammar | Italy Luisa Striani Sara Parise Cecilia Vianini Cristina Chiuso | Belgium Nina van Koeckhoven Liesbet Dreesen Sofie Goffin Tine Bossuyt |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Romania Camelia Potec Simona Păduraru Ioana Diaconescu Beatrice Câșlaru | Italy Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini Sara Parise Sara Goffi | France Solenne Figuès Laetitia Choux Katarine Quelennec Alicia Bozon |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Sweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Louise Jöhncke | Belgium Sofie Wolfs Brigitte Becue Fabienne Dufour Nina van Koeckhoven | Romania Raluca Udroiu Beatrice Câșlaru Diana Mocanu Camelia Potec |

## Open water swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Luca Baldini (ITA) | Fabio Venturini (ITA) | David Meca (ESP) |
| 25 km open water | Stéphane Lecat (FRA) | David Meca (ESP) | Fabio Fusi (ITA) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Peggy Büchse (GER) | Britta Kamrau (GER) | Jana Pechanová (CZE) |
| 25 km open water | Peggy Büchse (GER) | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Valeria Casprini (ITA) |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Alexander Mesch Germany | Dmitri Baibakov Russia | Joona Puhakka Finland |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Stefan Ahrens Germany | Alexander Dobroskok Russia |
| 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Heiko Meyer Germany | Igor Lukashin Russia |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany | Alexander Dobroskok Dmitri Sautin Russia | Rafael Álvarez José Miguel Gil Spain |
| 10 m platform synchro | Igor Lukashin Dmitri Sautin Russia | Oleksandr Skrypnyk Roman Volodkov Ukraine | Leon Taylor Pete Waterfield Great Britain |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Vera Ilyina Russia | Heike Fischer Germany | Natalya Umyskova Russia |
| 3 m springboard | Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | Dörte Lindner Germany | Anna Lindberg Sweden |
| 10 m platform | Svetlana Timoshinina Russia | Ute Wetzig Germany | Olena Zhupina Ukraine |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Vera Ilyina Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | Dörte Lindner Conny Schmalfuß Germany | Ganna Sorokina Olena Zhupina Ukraine |
| 10 m platform synchro | Anke Piper Ute Wetzig Germany | Yevgeniya Olshevskaya Svetlana Timoshinina Russia | Olha Leonova Olena Zhupina Ukraine |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo | Olga Brusnikina Russia | Virginie Dedieu France | Gemma Mengual Spain |
| Duet | Virginie Dedieu Myriam Lignot France | Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados Spain | Maurizia Cecconi Alessia Lucchini Italy |
| Team | Russia Elena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Mariya Kiselyova Olga Novokshchenova Irina Pershina Elena Soya Yuliya Vasilyeva Olga Vasyukova | Italy Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Mara Brunetti Giovanna Burlando Chiara Cassin Maurizia Cecconi Alessia Lucchini Clara Porchetto | France Cinthia Bouhier Virginie Dedieu Charlotte Fabre Myriam Glez Rachel le Bozec Myriam Lignot Charlotte Massardier Magali Rathier |