# 1993 European Aquatics Championships

The 1993 European Aquatics Championships were held in Sheffield, United Kingdom from Tuesday 3 August to Sunday 8 August, in the 50 m pool of the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. The 21st edition of the event was organised by the LEN.
Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo. The open water competition though was held in Slapy, Czech Republic from 28 to 29 August, while the women's water polo tournament was played in Leeds.
The swimming championships resulted in one world and one European record: Károly Güttler improved the world's best time in the qualifying heats of the men's 100 m breaststroke, while Franziska van Almsick bettered the continental's best time in the women's 100 m freestyle. Star swimmer at this meet was Krisztina Egerszegi, winning four gold medals for Hungary.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 15 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Russia | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Great Britain* | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sweden | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 141 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | Christophe Kalfayan France | Raimundas Mažuolis Lithuania |
| 100 m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | Tommy Werner Sweden | Pavel Khnykin Ukraine |
| 200 m freestyle | Antti Kasvio Finland | Yevgeny Sadovyi Russia | Anders Holmertz Sweden |
| 400 m freestyle | Antti Kasvio Finland | Paul Palmer Great Britain | Anders Holmertz Sweden |
| 1500 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | Sebastian Wiese Germany | Igor Majcen Slovenia |
| 100 m backstroke | Martin López-Zubero Spain | Vladimir Selkov Russia | Martin Harris Great Britain |
| 200 m backstroke | Vladimir Selkov Russia | Martin López-Zubero Spain | Emanuele Merisi Italy |
| 100 m breaststroke | Károly Güttler Hungary | Nick Gillingham Great Britain | Vitaly Kirinchuk Russia |
| 200 m breaststroke | Nick Gillingham Great Britain | Károly Güttler Hungary | Andrey Korneyev Russia |
| 100 m butterfly | Rafał Szukała Poland | Denis Pankratov Russia | Miloš Milošević Croatia |
| 200 m butterfly | Denis Pankratov Russia | Franck Esposito France | Chris-Carol Bremer Germany |
| 200 m individual medley | Jani Sievinen Finland | Attila Czene Hungary | Christian Keller Germany |
| 400 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi Hungary | Jani Sievinen Finland | Marcel Wouda Netherlands |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Russia Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Yevgeny Sadovyi Alexander Popov | Sweden Fredrik Letzler Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz | Germany Christian Tröger Jochen Bludau Steffen Zesner Bengt Zikarsky |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Russia Sergey Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Yuri Mukin Yevgeny Sadovyi | Germany Jörg Hoffmann Christian Tröger Christian Keller Steffen Zesner | France Christophe Marchand Yann DeFabrique Lionel Poirot Christophe Bordeau |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Russia Vladimir Selkov Vitaly Kirinchuk Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov | Hungary Tamás Deutsch Károly Güttler Péter Horváth Béla Szabados | Great Britain Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Mike Fibbens Mark Foster |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Franziska van Almsick Germany | Linda Olofsson Sweden | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands |
| 100 m freestyle | Franziska van Almsick Germany | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | Catherine Plewinski France |
| 200 m freestyle | Franziska van Almsick Germany | Liliana Dobrescu Romania | Karen Pickering Great Britain |
| 400 m freestyle | Dagmar Hase Germany | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | Irene Dalby Norway |
| 800 m freestyle | Jana Henke Germany | Irene Dalby Norway | Olga Šplíchalová Czech Republic |
| 100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia | Sandra Völker Germany |
| 200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | Lorenza Vigarani Italy | Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia |
| 100 m breaststroke | Sylvia Gerasch Germany | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | Yelena Rudkovskaya Belarus |
| 200 m breaststroke | Brigitte Becue Belgium | Anna Nikitina Russia | Marie Hardiman Great Britain |
| 100 m butterfly | Catherine Plewinski France | Franziska van Almsick Germany | Bettina Ustrowski Germany |
| 200 m butterfly | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | Katrin Jaeke Germany | Bárbara Franco Spain |
| 200 m individual medley | Daniela Hunger Germany | Darya Shmeleva Russia | Silvia Parera Spain |
| 400 m individual medley | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | Darya Shmeleva Russia | Hana Černá Czech Republic |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Germany Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Manuela Stellmach Daniela Hunger | Sweden Ellen Svensson Linda Olofsson Louise Jöhncke Malin Nilsson | Russia Svetlana Leshukova Natalya Meshcheryakova Olga Kirichenko Nina Zhivanevskaya |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Germany Kerstin Kielgass Simone Osygus Franziska van Almsick Dagmar Hase | Sweden Louise Jöhncke Magdalena Schultz Therèse Lundin Malin Nilsson | Great Britain Sarah Hardcastle Debbie Armitage Claire Huddart Karen Pickering |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Germany Sandra Völker Sylvia Gerasch Bettina Ustrowski Franziska van Almsick | Russia Nina Zhivanevskaya Anna Nikitina Olga Kirichenko Natalya Meshcheryakova | Great Britain Kathy Osher Jaime King Nicola Kennedy Karen Pickering |

## Open water swimming

* Held in Slapy, Czech Republic on 28 and 29 August 1993.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Marco Formentini (ITA) | Claudio Cargaro (ITA) | Alex Havranek (CZE) |
| 25 km open water | Dario Taraboi (ITA) | Hans van Goor (NED) | Attila Molnar (HUN) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Olga Šplíchalová (CZE) | Carla Geurts (NED) | Eva Novaková (CZE) |
| 25 km open water | Anne Chagnaud (FRA) | Gea Veldhuizen (NED) | Wandy Kater (NED) |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Peter Böhler Germany | Joakim Andersson Sweden | Boris Lietzow Germany |
| 3 m springboard | Jan Hempel Germany | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Joakim Andersson Sweden |
| 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Bobby Morgan Great Britain | Jan Hempel Germany |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Simona Koch Germany | Irina Lashko Russia | Vera Ilyina Russia |
| 3 m springboard | Brita Baldus Germany | Vera Ilyina Russia | Simona Koch Germany |
| 10 m platform | Svetlana Khokhlova Russia | Ute Wetzig Germany | Olena Zhupina Ukraine |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo | Olga Sedakova Russia | Marianne Aeschbacher France | Kerry Shacklock Great Britain |
| Duet | Olga Sedakova Anna Kozlova Russia | Marianne Aeschbacher Céline Leveque France | Kerry Shacklock Laila Vakil Great Britain |
| Team | Russia Elena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Natalia Gruzdeva Anna Kozlova Gana Maximova Elena Nikashina Olga Novokshchenova Olga Sedakova | France Marianne Aeschbacher Celine Leveque Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Delphine Marechal Charlotte Massardier Magali Rathier Eva Riffet | Italy Giada Ballan Giovanna Burlando Giorgia Canale Manuela Carnini Maurizia Cecconi Paola Celli Roberta Farinelli Simona Ricotta |

## Water polo
### Men's team event

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

### Women's team event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team competition | Netherlands | Russia | Hungary |