# 2006 European Aquatics Championships

The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.
Competition dates by discipline were:
* Swimming: 31 July – 6 August
* Diving: 1–6 August
* Synchro: 26–30 July
* Open Water: 26–30 July

## Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | Germany | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | France | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Hungary* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 59 | 57 | 60 | 176 |

## Swimming
### Schedule

Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August. All swimming events contested in a long-course (50m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was:
* 200m and under: prelims/semifinals/finals—preliminary heats and semifinals were held on the same day (morning then evening), with finals of the event on the next evening.
* 400m and longer: prelims/finals. In the 400m, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, prelims and finals were held on the same day. In the women's 800m and men's 1500m events, prelims were held in the morning of day 1 of the event, with finals of the event in the evening session of day 2.
Event order for evening sessions was:
| Date | Monday 31 July 2006 | Tuesday 1 August 2006 | Wednesday 2 August 2006 | Thursday 3 August 2006 |
| E v e n t s | 400 free (m) 50 fly (w) – semis 100 back (m) – semis 400 IM (w) 100 breast (m) – semis 200 back (w) – semis 50 fly (m) – semis 4x100 Free Relay (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m) | 50 fly (m) 100 free (w) – semis 100 back (m) 50 fly (w) 100 breast (m) 100 breast (w) – semis 200 IM (m) – semis 200 back (w) 200 free (m) – semis | 800 free (w) 200 breast (m) – semis 200 IM (w) – semis 200 free (m) 100 breast (w) 200 fly (m) – semis 100 free (w) 200 IM (m) 100 back (w) – semis 50 back (m) – semis | 200 IM (w) 100 free (m) – semis 100 fly (w) – semis 200 breast (m) 100 back (w) 200 fly (m) 200 breast (w) – semis 50 back (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w) |
| Date | Friday 4 August 2006 | Saturday 5 August 2006 | Sunday 6 August 2006 | |
| E v e n t s | 1500 free (m) 200 free (w) – semis 100 fly (m) – semis 200 breast (w) 100 free (m) 50 back (w) – semis 200 back (m) – semis 100 fly (w) 50 breast (m) – semis | 50 breast (w) – semis 100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 50 free (m) – semis 50 back (w) 200 back (m) 200 fly (w) – semis 50 breast (m) 50 free (w) – semis 4x200 Free Relay (m) | 50 free (w) 50 free (m) 50 breast (w) 200 fly (w) 400 IM (m) 400 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (m) | |

### Results
#### Men's Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Bartosz Kizierowski Poland | 21.88 CR | Oleksandr Volynets Ukraine | 21.97 | Duje Draganja Croatia | 22.14 |
| 100 m freestyle | Filippo Magnini Italy | 48.79 | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 48.91 | Pieter vd Hoogenband Netherlands | 48.94 |
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter vd Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:45.65 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:47.02 | Filippo Magnini Italy | 1:47.57 |
| 400 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov Russia | 3:45.73 CR | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:46.87 | Nicolas Rostoucher France | 3:47.04 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov Russia | 14:51.93 CR | Sébastien Rouault France | 14:55.73 | Nicolas Rostoucher France | 15:01.82 |
| 50 m backstroke | Helge Meeuw Germany | 25.06 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 25.14 | Matthew Clay Great Britain | 25.15 |
| 100 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia | 53.50 CR | Markus Rogan Austria | 54.07 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 54.34 |
| 200 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia | 1:55.44 ER, CR | László Cseh Hungary | 1:56.69 | Răzvan Florea Romania | 1:57.83 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine Alessandro Terrin Italy | 27.48 | not awarded | | Matjaž Markič Slovenia | 27.87 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roman Sloudnov Russia | 1:00.61 | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 1:00.63 | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 1:00.64 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Sławomir Kuczko Poland | 2:12.12 | Paolo Bossini Italy | 2:12.35 | Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain | 2:13.21 |
| 50 m butterfly | Sergiy Breus Ukraine | 23.41 CR | Duje Draganja Croatia | 23.62 | Jakob Andkjær Denmark Andriy Serdinov Ukraine | 23.77 |
| 100 m butterfly | Andriy Serdinov Ukraine | 51.95 | Amaury Leveaux France | 52.76 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 52.96 |
| 200 m butterfly | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:55.04 CR | Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 1:57.03 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:57.12 |
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 1:58.17 CR | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 2:00.14 | Tamás Kerékjártó Hungary | 2:00.17 |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 4:09.86 CR | Luca Marin Italy | 4:14.15 | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 4:16.34 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Lorenzo Vismara Filippo Magnini Italy | 3:15.23 CR | Evgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Ivan Usov Andrey Kapralov Russia | 3:16.47 | Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux France | 3:16.53 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Massimiliano Rosolino David Berbotto Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini Italy | 7:09.60 CR | David Carry Simon Burnett Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport Great Britain | 7:11.63 | Andreas Zisimos Georgios Demetis Dimitrios Manganas Nikolaos Xylouris Greece | 7:16.67 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Sloudnov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov Russia | 3:34.96 CR | Andriy Oleynyk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Yuriy Yegoshin Ukraine | 3:36.21 | Liam Tancock James Gibson Todd Cooper Simon Burnett Great Britain | 3:36.61 |

#### Women's Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 24.72 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.87 | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 24.89 |
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 53.30 WR | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 54.32 | Nery-Madey Niangkoura Greece | 54.48 |
| 200 m freestyle | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 1:57.25 | Annika Liebs Germany | 1:57.48 | Laure Manaudou France | 1:58.48 |
| 400 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou France | 4:02.13 WR | Joanne Jackson Great Britain | 4:07.76 | Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain | 4:08.13 |
| 800 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou France | 8:19.29 ER | Rebecca Adlington Great Britain | 8:27.88 | Rebecca Cooke Great Britain | 8:28.40 |
| 50 m backstroke | Janine Pietsch Germany | 28.36 CR | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus | 28.72 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 28.73 |
| 100 m backstroke | Laure Manaudou France | 1:00.88 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 1:01.40 | Janine Pietsch Germany | 1:01.55 |
| 200 m backstroke | Esther Baron France | 2:10.07 | Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine | 2:12.13 | Melanie Marshall Great Britain | 2:12.17 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Elena Bogomazova Russia | 31.69 | Kate Haywood Great Britain | 31.71 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 31.95 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ganna Khlystunova Ukraine | 1:07.55 CR | Kirsty Balfour Great Britain | 1:07.95 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 1:08.60 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Kirsty Balfour Great Britain | 2:25.66 | Yuliya Pidlisna Ukraine | 2:28.42 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 2:28.90 |
| 50 m butterfly | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 26.06 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 26.23 | Chantal Groot Netherlands | 26.49 |
| 100 m butterfly | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 58.35 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 58.98 | Alena Popchanka France | 59.06 |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 2:07.09 | Francesca Segat Italy | 2:08.96 | Caterina Giacchetti Italy | 2:09.01 |
| 200 m individual medley | Laure Manaudou France | 2:12.69 | Katarzyna Baranowska Poland | 2:13.36 | Alessia Filippi Italy | 2:13.75 |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessia Filippi Italy | 4:35.80 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 4:37.97 | Katarzyna Baranowska Poland | 4:40.02 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Petra Dallmann Daniela Götz Britta Steffen Annika Liebs Germany | 3:35.22 WR | Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 3:37.04 | Alena Popchanka Aurore Mongel Céline Couderc Malia Metella France | 3:38.83 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Petra Dallmann Daniela Samulski Britta Steffen Annika Liebs Germany | 7:50.82 WR | Otylia Jędrzejczak Joanna Budzis Agata Zwiejska Paulina Barzycka Poland | 7:56.32 | Alena Popchanka Sophie Huber Aurore Mongel Laure Manaudou France | 7:56.44 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Melanie Marshall Kirsty Balfour Terri Dunning Francesca Halsall Great Britain | 4:02.24 | Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen Germany | 4:02.35 | Laure Manaudou Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Alena Popchanka Céline Couderc France | 4:03.64 |
WR= World Record (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record

#### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 115 |

## Diving
### Schedule

Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.

### Results
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Joona Puhakka Finland | 425.00 | Alexander Dobroskok Russia | 416.60 | Christopher Sacchin Italy | 415.70 |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin Russia | 496.10 | Alexander Dobroskok Russia | 479.95 | Joona Puhakka Finland | 464.60 |
| 10 m platform | Gleb Galperin Russia | 472.90 | Heiko Meyer Germany | 459.45 | Konstyantyn Milyayev Ukraine | 436.50 |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany | 403.86 | Yury Kunakov Dmitri Sautin Russia | 401.46 | Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi Italy | 394.68 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin Russia | 469.38 | Sascha Klein Heiko Meyer Germany | 447.96 | Michele Benedetti Francesco Dell'Uomo Italy | 435.12 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Anna Lindberg Sweden | 291.90 | Ditte Kotzian Germany | 279.30 | Maria Marconi Italy | 267.35 |
| 3 m springboard | Anna Lindberg Sweden | 330.60 | Ditte Kotzian Germany | 324.90 | Nóra Barta Hungary | 319.85 |
| 10 m platform | Yulia Prokopchuk Ukraine | 338.00 | Anja Richter Austria | 332.35 | Christin Steuer Germany | 330.40 |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Nataliya Umyskova Nadezhda Bazhina Russia | 314.55 | Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian Germany | 298.60 | Olena Fedorova Kristina Ishchenko Ukraine | 292.17 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski Germany | 325.92 | Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova Russia | 306.24 | Yulia Prokopchuk Kateryna Zhuk Ukraine | 297.21 |

#### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Synchronized Swimming
### Schedule

Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.

### Results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Solo free routine | Natalia Ishchenko Russia | 98.4 | Gemma Mengual Spain | 97.7 | Nathalia Anthopolou Greece | 93.9 |
| Duet free routine | Anastasia Davydova Anastassia Ermakova Russia | 98.8 | Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados Spain | 97.5 | Eleftheria Ftouli Evanthia Makrygianni Greece | 94.0 |
| Team free routine | Russia Mariya GromovaNatalia IshchenkoElvira KhassianovaOlga KuzhelaAnna Nasekina [ru]Elena OvtchinnikovaSvetlana RomashinaAnna Shorina | 98.8 | Spain Alba CabelloRaquel CorralAndrea FuentesTina FuentesLaura LópezGisela MorónIrina RodríguezPaola Tirados | 97.3 | Italy Alessia Bigi [it]Elisa BozzoManila FlaminiFrancesca Gangemi [it]Mariangela PerrupatoBenedetta Re [it]Sara SgarziFederica Tommasi [it] | 93.6 |
| Free routine combination | Russia Anastasia DavydovaAnastassia ErmakovaMariya GromovaNatalia IshchenkoElvira KhassianovaOlga KuzhelaAnna Nasekina [ru]Elena OvtchinnikovaSvetlana RomashinaAnna Shorina | 97.9 | Spain Alba CabelloRaquel CorralAndrea FuentesTina FuentesThais HenríquezLaura LópezGemma MengualGisela MorónIrina RodríguezPaola Tirados | 95.9 | Italy Alessia Bigi [it]Elisa BozzoManila FlaminiFrancesca Gangemi [it]Mariangela PerrupatoBenedetta Re [it]Dalila Schiesaro [it]Sara SgarziVirna TacconeFederica Tommasi [it] | 93.5 |

#### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Spain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Open Water Swimming
### Schedule

Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.

### Results
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5 km | Thomas Lurz Germany | 56:00.1 | Christian Hein Germany | 56:01.1 | Simone Ercoli Italy | 56:01.8 |
| 10 km | Thomas Lurz Germany | 1:58:12.1 | Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands | 1:58:13.5 | Christian Hein Germany | 1:58:16.6 |
| 25 km | Gilles Rondy France | 5:10:17.3 | Anton Sanachev Russia | 5:10:18.2 | Stéphane Gomez France | 5:10:19.3 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5 km | Ekaterina Seliverstova Russia | 1:01:50.8 | Cathi Dietrich France | 1:01:52.3 | Jana Pechanová Czech Republic Larisa Ilchenko Russia | 1:01:52.4 |
| 10 km | Angela Maurer Germany | 2:07:10.8 | Rita Kovács Hungary | 2:07:14.3 | Jana Pechanová Czech Republic | 2:07:15.6 |
| 25 km | Angela Maurer Germany | 5:35:19.1 | Natalia Pankina Russia | 5:35:25.1 | Stefanie Biller Germany | 5:35:29.5 |

#### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |