# Swimming at the European Games

swimming events were included at the inaugural 2015 European Games took place at the Baku Aquatics Centre, Baku 42 events were contested in long course conditions. Swimming was not included in the earliest list of sports confirmed for the 2015 Games, as the European swimming authorities at that stage were minded not to take part. However, following negotiations with the organising authorities, a compromise was reached whereby, in 2015, these events were for junior swimmers only - in effect, under 18 for men, under 16 for women.
In effect, therefore, the swimming portion of the 2015 European Games doubled as the 2015 European Junior Swimming Championships. Swimming events did not return for the 2019 Games in Minsk.
A number of non-Olympic distances have been raced, in addition to a full Olympic programme. The 50 metre sprint in backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly will be held for both genders, the 800 metre freestyle for men, the 1500 metre freestyle for women and mixed gender 4 x 100 metre relays, both freestyle and medley.

## Summary

| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
| I | 2015 | 42 | Russia |
| II | 2019 | not contested | not contested |
| III | 2023 | not contested | not contested |

## List of Medalists
### Men's events
#### 50 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Ziv Kalontorov Israel | Giovanni Izzo Italy | Aleksei Brianskiy Russia |

#### 100 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Duncan Scott Great Britain | Alessandro Miressi Italy | Vladislav Kozlov Russia |

#### 200 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Duncan Scott Great Britain | Cameron Kurle Great Britain | Elisei Stepanov Russia |

#### 400 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Paul Hentschel Germany | Dimitrios Dimitriou Greece | Ernest Maksumov Russia |

#### 800 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Nicolas D'Oriano France | Marcos Rodríguez Spain | Henning Mühlleitner Germany |

#### 1500 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Nicolas D'Oriano France | Ernest Maksumov Russia | Marc Hinawi Israel |

#### 50 metres backstroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Filipp Shopin Russia | Marek Ulrich Germany | Andrii Khloptsov Ukraine |

#### 100 metres backstroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Luke Greenbank Great Britain | Filipp Shopin Russia | Marek Ulrich Germany |

#### 200 metres backstroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Luke Greenbank Great Britain | Mikita Tsmyh Belarus | Roman Larin Russia |

#### 50 metres breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Andrius Šidlauskas Lithuania | Nikola Obrovac Croatia | Tobias Bjerg Denmark |

#### 100 metres breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Anton Chupkov Russia | Andrius Šidlauskas Lithuania | Charlie Attwood Great Britain |

#### 200 metres breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Anton Chupkov Russia | Kirill Mordashev Russia | Luke Davies Great Britain |

#### 50 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Andrii Khloptsov Ukraine | Paweł Sendyk Poland | Daniil Pakhomov Russia |

#### 100 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Daniil Pakhomov Russia | Alberto Lozano Spain | Daniil Antipov Russia |

#### 200 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Daniil Pakhomov Russia | Giacomo Carini Italy | Matthias Marsau France |

#### 200 metres individual medley

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Sebastian Steffan Austria | Jarvis Parkinson Great Britain | Martyn Walton Great Britain |

#### 400 metres individual medley

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Nikolay Sokolov Russia | Igor Balyberdin Russia | Karol Zbutowicz Poland |

#### 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Great Britain (GBR) Duncan Scott Martyn Walton Daniel Speers Cameron Kurle Thomas Fannon | Italy (ITA) Alessandro Miressi Giovanni Izzo Ivano Vendrame Alessandro Bori Manuel Frigo | Russia (RUS) Vladislav Kozlov Aleksei Brianskiy Elisei Stepanov Igor Shadrin Georg Gutmann Sergei Sudakov |

#### 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Aleksandr Prokofev Nikolay Snegirev Ernest Maksumov Elisei Stepanov Igor Shadrin Daniil Antipov | Great Britain (GBR) Duncan Scott Martyn Walton Kyle Chisholm Cameron Kurle | Germany (GER) Paul Hentschel Henning Mühlleitner Konstantin Walter Moritz Brandt Alexander Lohmar Thore Bermel |

#### 4 x 100 metres medley relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Filipp Shopin Anton Chupkov Daniil Pakhomov Vladislav Kozlov Roman Larin Egor Suchkov Daniil Antipov Aleksei Brianskiy | Great Britain (GBR) Luke Greenbank Charlie Attwood Duncan Scott Martyn Walton Joe Hulme Luke Davies Kyle Chisholm Cameron Kurle | Poland (POL) Jakub Skierka Jacek Arentewicz Michał Chudy Paweł Sendyk Damian Chrzanowski Michał Brzuś |

### Women's events
#### 50 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Maria Kameneva Russia | Marrit Steenbergen Netherlands | Julie Kepp Jensen Denmark |

#### 100 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Marrit Steenbergen Netherlands | Arina Openysheva Russia | Maria Kameneva Russia |

#### 200 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Arina Openysheva Russia | Marrit Steenbergen Netherlands | Leonie Kullmann Germany |

#### 400 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Arina Openysheva Russia | Leonie Kullmann Germany | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Russia |

#### 800 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Holly Hibbott Great Britain | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Russia | Marina Castro Atalaya Spain |

#### 1500 metres freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Sveva Schiazzano Italy | Janka Juhász Hungary | Marina Castro Atalaya Spain |

#### 50 metres backstroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Caroline Pilhatsch Austria | Pauline Mahieu France | Maria Kameneva Russia |

#### 100 metres backstroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Polina Egorova Russia | Maria Kameneva Russia | Pauline Mahieu France |

#### 200 metres backstroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Polina Egorova Russia | Maxime Wolters Germany | Maryna Kolesnykova Ukraine |

#### 50 metres breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Maria Astashkina Russia | Laura Kelsch Germany | Nolwenn Hervé France |

#### 100 metres breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Maria Astashkina Russia | Giuila Verona Italy | Daria Chikunova Russia |

#### 200 metres breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Maria Astashkina Russia | Giuila Verona Italy | Layla Black Great Britain |

#### 50 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Polina Egorova Russia | Caroline Pilhatsch Austria | Julie Kepp Jensen Denmark |

#### 100 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Polina Egorova Russia | Amelia Clynes Great Britain | Ilektra Lebl GreeceLaura Stephens Great Britain |

#### 200 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Julia Mrozinski Germany | Elisa Scarpa Vidal Italy | Boglárka Bonecz Hungary |

#### 200 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Maxime Wolters Germany | Ilaria Cusinato Italy | Abbie Wood Great Britain |

#### 400 metres butterfly

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Abbie Wood Great Britain | Ilaria Cusinato Italy | Anja Crevar Serbia |

#### 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Arina Openysheva Vasilissa Buinaia Olesia Cherniatina Maria Kameneva Polina Egorova Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | Netherlands (NED) Pien Schravesande Frederique Janssen Laura van Engelen Marrit Steenbergen Josien Wijkhuijs | Great Britain (GBR) Darcy Deakin Madeleine Crompton Hannah Featherstone Georgia Coates Holly Hibbott |

#### 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Arina Openysheva Olesia Cherniatina Irina Krivonogova Maria Kameneva Mariana Petrova | Netherlands (NED) Laura van Engelen Frederique Janssen Marieke Tienstra Marrit Steenbergen | Great Britain (GBR) Hannah Featherstone Darcy Deakin Holly Hibbott Georgia Coates Madeleine Crompton |

#### 4 x 100 metres medley relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Maria Kameneva Maria Astashkina Polina Egorova Arina Openysheva Daria Chikunova Alexandra Chesnokova Vasilissa Buinaia | Netherlands (NED) Iris Tjonk Tes Schouten Josein Wijkhuis Marrit Steenbergen Marieke Tienstra Frederique Janssen | Great Britain (GBR) Rebecca Sherwin Layla Black Amelia Clynes Georgia Coates Emma Cain Abbie Wood Darcy Deakin |

### Mixed events
#### 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Vladislav Kozlov Elisei Stepanov Mariia Kameneva Arina Openysheva Igor Shadrin Aleksei Brianskiy Vasilissa Buinaia Olesia Cherniatina | Great Britain (GBR) Duncan Scott Martyn Walton Darcy Deakin Georgia Coates Cameron Kurle Madeleine Crompton Daniel Speers Hannah Featherstone | Germany (GER) Alexander Lohmar Leonie Kullmann Katrin Gottwald Konstantin Walter Hana van Loock |

#### 4 x 100 metres medley relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Baku details | Russia (RUS) Mariia Kameneva Anton Chupkov Daniil Pakhomov Arina Openysheva Filip Shopin Daria Chikunova Roman Shevliakov Vasilissa Buinaia | Great Britain (GBR) Luke Greenbank Charlie Attwood Amelia Clynes Georgia Coates Joe Litchfield Luke Davies Abbie Wood Hannah Featherstone | Germany (GER) Maxine Wolters Leo Schmidt Johannes Tesch Katrin Gottwald Marek Ulrich Laura Kelsch Hana van Loock |

## All-time Medal table

Russia is by far the most successful swimming nation at the European Games with 23 gold medals out of 42 events. Great Britain and Germany follow with seven and three gold medals respectively.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 23 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 42 | 42 | 43 | 127 |