# 2002 European Aquatics Championships

The 2002 LEN European Championships were held in Berlin, Germany from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2002 at the Berlin Eurosportpark in the German capital. The 26th edition of the event was organised by the LEN. A total number of 786 swimmers competed, from 38 countries. The event included disciplines of swimming (long course), open water swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming (women). A 10 km open water event, for both men and women was introduced in the open water swimming competition, this was held in Potsdam.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany* | 15 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| 2 | Russia | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Italy | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | France | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Hungary | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 16 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 57 | 57 | 57 | 171 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Bartosz Kizierowski Poland | Lorenzo Vismara Italy | Oleksandr Volynets Ukraine |
| 100 m freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Alexander Popov Russia | Duje Draganja Croatia |
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy |
| 400 m freestyle | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | Dragoş Coman Romania |
| 1500 m freestyle | Yuri Prilukov Russia | Christian Minotti Italy | Igor Chervynskyi Ukraine |
| 50 m backstroke | Thomas Rupprath Germany | Stev Theloke Germany | Bartosz Kizierowski Poland |
| 100 m backstroke | Stev Theloke Germany | Markus Rogan Austria | Pierre Roger France |
| 200 m backstroke | Gordan Kožulj Croatia | Markus Rogan Austria | Marko Strahija Croatia |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine WR | Mihály Flaskay Hungary | Károly Güttler Hungary |
| 100 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | Roman Sloudnov Russia | Hugues Duboscq France |
| 200 m breaststroke | Davide Rummolo Italy | Yohan Bernard France | Roman Sloudnov Russia |
| 50 m butterfly | Jere Hård Finland | Thomas Rupprath Germany | Lars Frölander Sweden |
| 100 m butterfly | Thomas Rupprath Germany | Andriy Serdinov Ukraine | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine |
| 200 m butterfly | Franck Esposito France | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | Anatoly Polyakov Russia |
| 200 m individual medley | Jani Sievinen Finland | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | Markus Rogan Austria |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | István Batházi Hungary | Nicolas Rostoucher France |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Germany Lars Conrad Stefan Herbst Torsten Spanneberg Stephan Kunzelmann | Sweden Eric la Fleur Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Mattias Ohlin | Italy Lorenzo Vismara Christian Galenda Michele Garcia Simone Cercato |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Italy Matteo Pelliciari Emiliano Brembilla Federico Cappellazzo Massimiliano Rosolino | Germany Moritz Zimmer Stefan Pohl Lars Conrad Stefan Herbst | Greece Athanasios Oikonomou Nikolaos Xylouris Ioannis Kokkodis Spyridon Gianniotis |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Russia Yevgeniy Alechin Roman Sloudnov Igor Marchenko Alexander Popov | France Pierre Roger Hugues Duboscq Franck Esposito Romain Barnier | Germany Stev Theloke Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Stefan Herbst |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Therese Alshammar Sweden | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus |
| 100 m freestyle | Franziska van Almsick Germany | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Alena Popchanka Belarus |
| 200 m freestyle | Franziska van Almsick Germany | Camelia Potec Romania | Alena Popchanka Belarus |
| 400 m freestyle | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Éva Risztov Hungary | Camelia Potec Romania |
| 800 m freestyle | Jana Henke Germany | Éva Risztov Hungary | Hannah Stockbauer Germany |
| 50 m backstroke | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Sandra Völker Germany | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus |
| 100 m backstroke | Stanislava Komarova Russia | Sandra Völker Germany | Antje Buschschulte Germany |
| 200 m backstroke | Stanislava Komarova Russia | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Irina Amshennikova Ukraine |
| 50 m breaststroke | Emma Igelström Sweden | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | Elena Bogomazova Russia |
| 100 m breaststroke | Emma Igelström Sweden | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | Elena Bogomazova Russia |
| 200 m breaststroke | Mirna Jukić Austria | Anne Poleska Germany | Emma Igelström Sweden |
| 50 m butterfly | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | Daniela Samulski Germany | Chantal Groot Netherlands |
| 100 m butterfly | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | Éva Risztov Hungary | Annika Mehlhorn Germany |
| 200 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Hanna Shcherba Belarus | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia |
| 400 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Éva Risztov Hungary | Nicole Hetzer Germany |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Germany Katrin Meissner Petra Dallmann Sandra Völker Franziska van Almsick | Sweden Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling Therese Alshammar | Netherlands Manon van Rooijen Marleen Veldhuis Chantal Groot Wilma van Hofwegen |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Germany Petra Dallmann Alessa Ries Hannah Stockbauer Franziska van Almsick | Spain Laura Roca Melissa Caballero Erika Villaecija Tatiana Rouba | Sweden Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjöberg Lisa Wanberg Ida Mattson |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Germany Antje Buschschulte Simone Weiler Franziska van Almsick Sandra Völker | Sweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg | Ukraine Irina Amshennikova Svitlana Bondarenko Yana Klochkova Olga Mukomol |

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Luca Baldini (ITA) | Thomas Lurz (GER) | Stefano Rubaudo (ITA) |
| 10 km open water | Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) | Yevgeniy Kochkarov (RUS) | Luca Baldini (ITA) |
| 25 km open water | Yuri Kudinov (RUS) | Gilles Rondy (FRA) | David Meca (ESP) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Viola Valli (ITA) | Hanna Miluska (SUI) | Nadine Pastor (GER) |
| 10 km open water | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Angela Maurer (GER) | Britta Kamrau (GER) |
| 25 km open water | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Olesiya Shalygina (RUS) | Natalia Pankina (RUS) |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Nicola Marconi Italy | José Miguel Gil Spain | Christian Löffler Germany |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Andreas Wels Germany | Vasiliy Lisovskiy Russia |
| 10 m platform | Heiko Meyer Germany | Imre Lengyel Hungary | Aliaksandr Varlamau Belarus |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Dmitri Baibakov Dmitri Sautin Russia | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany | Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi Italy |
| 10 m platform synchro | Anton Zakharov Roman Volodkov Ukraine | Imre Lengyel András Hajnal Hungary | Aliaksandr Varlamau Andrei Mamontov Belarus |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Heike Fischer Germany | Vera Ilyina Russia | Natalya Umyskova Russia |
| 3 m springboard | Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | Ditte Kotzian Germany | Conny Schmalfuß Germany |
| 10 m platform | Anke Piper Germany | Tania Cagnotto Italy | Olha Leonova Ukraine |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Ditte Kotzian Conny Schmalfuß Germany | Vera Ilyina Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | Tania Cagnotto Maria Marconi Italy |
| 10 m platform synchro | Ditte Kotzian Annett Gamm Germany | Olha Leonova Olena Zhupina Ukraine | Yevgeniya Olshevskaya Svetlana Timoshinina Russia |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo | Virginie Dedieu France | Anastasia Davydova Russia | Gemma Mengual Spain |
| Duet | Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova Russia | Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados Spain | Virginie Dedieu Myriam Glez France |
| Team | Russia Youlia Chestakovitch Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Elvira Khasyanova Elena Ovtchinnikova Anna Shorina Irina Tolkatcheva | Spain Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Gemma Mengual Ana Montero Irina Rodriguez Alicia Sanz Paola Tirados | Italy Eva Balzarotti Monica Cirulli Joey Paccagnella Elisa Plaisant Beatrice Spaziani Lorena Zaffalon Laura Zanazza Christina Zarfati |