# 1954 European Aquatics Championships

The 1954 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 31 August – 5 September in Turin, Italy. In swimming, butterfly events were contested for the first time; 100 m for women and 200 m for men.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | East Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Roman Brener Soviet Union | 153.26 | Gennadiy Udalov Soviet Union | 141.16 | Christian Pire France | 136.97 |
| 10 m platform details | Roman Brener Soviet Union | 144.01 | Mikhail Chachba Soviet Union | 142.06 | Peter Heatly Great Britain | 133.59 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Valentina Chumicheva Soviet Union | 129.45 | Birte Christoffersen-Hanson Sweden | 127.79 | Lyubov Zhigalova Soviet Union | 125.30 |
| 10 m platform details | Tatyana Karakashyants Soviet Union | 79.86 | Birte Christoffersen-Hanson Sweden | 72.17 | Eva Pfarrhofer Austria | 65.68 |

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Imre Nyéki Hungary | 57.8 | Lev Balandin Soviet Union | 58.2 | Géza Kádas Hungary | 58.3 |
| 400 m freestyle details | György Csordás Hungary | 4:38.8 | Angelo Romani Italy | 4:40.4 | Per-Olof Östrand Sweden | 4:40.9 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | György Csordás Hungary | 18:57.8 | György Schuszter Hungary | 19:05.6 | Vladimir Lavrinenko Soviet Union | 19:10.6 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Gilbert Bozon France | 1:05.1 | László Magyar Hungary | 1:05.3 | John Brockway Great Britain | 1:05.9 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Klaus Bodinger East Germany | 2:40.9 | Marek Petrusewicz Poland | 2:42.5 | Sándor Utassy Hungary | 2:43.8 |
| 200 m butterfly details | György Tumpek Hungary | 2:32.2 | Zsolt Feyér Hungary | 2:35.1 | Vadim Martinchik Soviet Union | 2:36.3 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Hungary Laszlo Till Zoltán Dömötör Géza Kádas Imre Nyéki | 8:47.8 | France Jean Boiteux Gilbert Bozon Guy Montserret Aldo Eminente | 8:54.1 | Soviet Union Nikolay Suhorukov Vyacheslav Kurennoy Yuriy Abovyan Lev Balandin | 8:55.9 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Katalin Szőke Hungary | 1:05.8 | Judit Temes Hungary | 1:06.7 | Geertje Wielema Netherlands | 1:07.3 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Agata Sebö Hungary | 5:14.4 | Valéria Gyenge Hungary | 5:16.3 | Eša Ligorio Yugoslavia | 5:18.7 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Geertje Wielema Netherlands | 1:13.2 | Joke de Korte Netherlands | 1:13.6 | Pat Symons Great Britain | 1:17.3 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Ursula Happe West Germany | 2:54.9 | Jytte Hansen Denmark | 2:55.0 | Klara Killerman Hungary | 2:55.8 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Jutta Langenau East Germany | 1:16.6 | Maria Littomeritzky Hungary | 1:18.6 | Ursula Happe West Germany | 1:18.9 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Hungary Valéria Gyenge Agata Sebö Judit Temes Katalin Szőke | 4:30.6 | Netherlands Loes Zandvliet Joke de Korte Hetty Balkenende Geertje Wielema | 4:33.2 | West Germany Käthe Jansen Gisela von Netz Birgit Klomp Elisabeth Rechlin | 4:37.2 |

### Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Italy |