# 1981 European Aquatics Championships

The 1981 European Aquatics Championships were held in an indoor pool (50 m) in Split, Yugoslavia from 5 September to 12 September 1981. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming (women) and water polo (men).

## Medal table

* Host nation (Yugoslavia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 15 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 13 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | West Germany | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Per Johansson (SWE) | Jörg Woithe (GDR) | Sergey Krasyuk (URS) |
| 200 m freestyle | Sergey Kopliakov (URS) | Michael Söderlund (SWE) | Thomas Lejdström (SWE) |
| 400 m freestyle | Borut Petrič (YUG) | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Darjan Petrič (YUG) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Borut Petrič (YUG) | Rafael Escalas (ESP) |
| 100 m backstroke | Sándor Wladár (HUN) | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | Viktor Kuznetsov (URS) |
| 200 m backstroke | Sándor Wladár (HUN) | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | Frédéric Delcourt (FRA) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Yuriy Kis (URS) | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | Gerald Mörken (FRG) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) |
| 100 m butterfly | Aleksey Markovsky (URS) | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) | Vadim Dombrovskiy (URS) |
| 200 m butterfly | Michael Groß (FRG) | Phil Hubble (GBR) | Sergey Fesenko (URS) |
| 200 m individual medley | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) | Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) | Josef Hladký (TCH) |
| 400 m individual medley | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | Leszek Górski (POL) | Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Aleksandr Chaev Sergey Kopliakov | Sweden Per Holmertz Per Wikström Lasse Lindqvist Per Johansson | West Germany Peter Knust Wilfried Kuhlem Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Aleksandr Chaev Sergey Kopliakov | West Germany Michael Groß Gerald Schlupp Andreas Schmidt Frank Wennmann | Sweden Michael Söderlund Per Wikström Per-Alvar Magnusson Thomas Lejdström |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Yuriy Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Krasyuk | Sweden Bengt Baron Glen Christiansen Pär Arvidsson Per Johansson | East Germany Dirk Richter Sigurd Hanke Olaf Ziesche Jörg Woithe |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Caren Metschuck (GDR) | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | Conny van Bentum (NED) |
| 200 m freestyle | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | Conny van Bentum (NED) |
| 400 m freestyle | Ines Diers (GDR) | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | Jackie Wilmott (GBR) |
| 800 m freestyle | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | Ines Diers (GDR) | Jackie Wilmott (GBR) |
| 100 m backstroke | Ina Kleber (GDR) | Cornelia Polit (GDR) | Carmen Bunaciu (ROU) |
| 200 m backstroke | Cornelia Polit (GDR) | Jolanda de Rover (NED) | Larisa Gorchakova (URS) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Suki Brownsdon (GBR) | Larisa Belokon (URS) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Larisa Belokon (URS) | Grażyna Dziedzic (POL) |
| 100 m butterfly | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Ines Geißler (GDR) | Karin Seick (FRG) |
| 200 m butterfly | Ines Geißler (GDR) | Heike Dähne (GDR) | Agnieszka Czopek (POL) |
| 200 m individual medley | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Petra Schneider (GDR) | Olga Klevakina (URS) |
| 400 m individual medley | Petra Schneider (GDR) | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Agnieszka Czopek (POL) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Birgit Meineke Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Susanne Link | West Germany Marion Aizpors Karin Seick Ute Neubert Susanne Schuster | Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen Monique Drost Wilma van Velsen Conny van Bentum |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany Ina Kleber Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Caren Metschuck | Soviet Union Larisa Gorchakova Larisa Belokon Natalia Pokas Natalya Strunnikova | West Germany Ute Neubert Andrea Schönborn Karin Seick Marion Aizpors |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Aleksandr Portnov (URS) | Sergei Kuzmin (URS) | Niki Stajković (AUT) |
| 10 m platform | David Ambartsumyan (URS) | Vladimir Aleynik (URS) | Dieter Waskow (GDR) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Zhanna Tsirulnikova (URS) | Martina Jäschke (GDR) | Irina Kalinina (URS) |
| 10 m platform | Katarina Zipperling (GDR) | Tatyana Belyakova (URS) | Martina Jäschke (GDR) |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo | Carolyn Wilson (GBR) | Alexandra Worisch (AUT) | Marijke Engelen (NED) |
| Duet | Caroline Holmyard (GBR) Carolyn Wilson (GBR) | Catrien Eijken (NED) Marijke Engelen (NED) | Eva-Maria Edinger (AUT) Alexandra Worisch (AUT) |
| Team competition | Great Britain (GBR) Tracy Cook Louise Corkhilld Amanda Dodd Deborah Golding Caroline Holmyard Sheila Kenton Philippa Sutton Carolyn Wilson | Netherlands (NED) Catrien Eijken Marijke Engelen Marleen Engelen Petri Engels Judith van de Berg Maria van den Broek Liesbeth van Hoorn Ilse Westbroe | Switzerland (SUI) Cornelia Blank Edith Boss Ines Gerber Silvia Grossenbacher Maya Mast Irene Singer Karin Singer Caroline Sturzenegger |

## Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team competition | West Germany | Soviet Union | Hungary |