# 1977 European Aquatics Championships

The 1977 European Aquatics Championships were held at the swimming complex Rosenlundsbadet in the southern Swedish city of Jönköping, from 14 August to 21 August. Besides swimming, there were titles contested in diving, the women's event of synchronized swimming and the men's event of water polo.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 16 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | West Germany | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Sweden* | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Peter Nocke (FRG) | Vladimir Bure (URS) | Marcello Guarducci (ITA) |
| 200 m freestyle | Peter Nocke (FRG) | Andrey Krylov (URS) | Marcello Guarducci (ITA) |
| 400 m freestyle | Sergey Rusin (URS) | Frank Wennmann (FRG) | Frank Pfütze (GDR) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Valentin Parinov (URS) | Borut Petrič (YUG) |
| 100 m backstroke | Miloslav Rolko (TCH) | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) |
| 200 m backstroke | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | Miloslav Rolko (TCH) | Jan Thorell (SWE) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Gerald Mörken (FRG) | Giorgio Lalle (ITA) | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Gerald Mörken (FRG) | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
| 100 m butterfly | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) | John Mills (GBR) |
| 200 m butterfly | Michael Kraus (FRG) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) |
| 200 m individual medley | András Hargitay (HUN) | Andrey Smirnov (URS) | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) |
| 400 m individual medley | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | Andrey Smirnov (URS) | Csaba Sós (HUN) |
| 4×100 m freestyle | West Germany Klaus Steinbach Andreas Schmidt Jürgen Könnecker Peter Nocke | Italy Roberto Pangaro Paolo Revelli Paolo Sinegaelia Marcello Guarducci | Soviet Union Vladimir Bure Sergey Labzo Sergey Kopliakov Andrey Krylov |
| 4×200 m freestyle | Soviet Union Vladimir Raskatov Sergey Rusin Sergey Kopliakov Andrey Krylov | West Germany Frank Wennmann Klaus Steinbach Peter Knust Peter Nocke | East Germany Rainer Strohbach Roger Pyttel Detlev Grabs Frank Pfutze |
| 4×100 m medley | West Germany Klaus Steinbach Gerald Mörken Michael Kraus Peter Nocke | East Germany Lutz Wanja Gregor Arnicke Roger Pyttel René Pläschke | Great Britain James Carter Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Barbara Krause (GDR) | Enith Brigitha (NED) | Petra Priemer (GDR) |
| 200 m freestyle | Petra Thümer (GDR) | Barbara Krause (GDR) | Annelies Maas (NED) |
| 400 m freestyle | Petra Thümer (GDR) | Annelies Maas (NED) | Barbara Krause (GDR) |
| 800 m freestyle | Petra Thümer (GDR) | Annelies Maas (NED) | Marina Altmann (GDR) |
| 100 m backstroke | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | Kaire Indrikson (URS) |
| 200 m backstroke | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | Carmen Bunaciu (ROU) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | Carola Nitschke (GDR) | Ramona Reinke (GDR) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | Susanne Nielsson (DEN) | Eva-Marie Håkansson (SWE) |
| 100 m butterfly | Andrea Pollack (GDR) | Christiane Knacke (GDR) | Ineke Ran (NED) |
| 200 m butterfly | Anett Fiebig (GDR) | Andrea Pollack (GDR) | Susan Jenner (GBR) |
| 200 m individual medley | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Sabine Kahle (GDR) | Olga Klevakina (URS) |
| 400 m individual medley | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Sabine Kahle (GDR) | Sharron Davies (GBR) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Birgit Treiber Birgit Wächtler Petra Priemer Barbara Krause | Netherlands Ineke Ran Anja van de Bogaerde Annelies Maas Enith Brigitha | Great Britain Victoria Bullock Mary Houston Sharron Davies Cheryl Brazendale |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany Ulrike Richter Carola Nitschke Andrea Pollack Barbara Krause | Soviet Union Kaire Indrikson Yuliya Bogdanova Olga Klevakina Larisa Tsaryova | West Germany Heike John Dagmar Rehak Karin Seick Jutta Meeuw |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | Aleksandr Kosenkov (URS) |
| 10 m platform | Vladimir Aleynik (URS) | David Ambartsumyan (URS) | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Christa Köhler (GDR) | Beate Rothe (GDR) | Irina Kalinina (URS) |
| 10 m platform | Margit Schöpke (GDR) | Elena Vaytsekhovskaya (URS) | Irina Kalinina (URS) |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo | Jackie Cox (GBR) | Marijke Engelen (NED) | Renate Baur (SUI) |
| Duet | Jackie Cox (GBR) Andrea Holland (GBR) | Helma Giuvers (NED) Marijke Engelen (NED) | Renate Baur (SUI) Liselotte Meyer (SUI) |
| Team competition | Netherlands (NED) | Great Britain (GBR) | Switzerland (SUI) |

## Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team competition | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Italy |