# 1991 European Aquatics Championships

The 1991 European Aquatics Championships was a water sport competition hosted in Athens, Greece from 18–25 August.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 16 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | Germany | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Hungary | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | France | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Greece* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 47 | 48 | 47 | 142 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Nils Rudolph (GER) | 22.33 | Gennadiy Prigoda (URS) | 22.44 | Mike Fibbens (GBR) Vladimir Tkacenko (URS) | 22.72 22.72 |
| 100 m freestyle | Alexander Popov (URS) | 49.18 | Nils Rudolph (GER) | 49.52 | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) | 49.57 |
| 200 m freestyle | Artur Wojdat (POL) | 1:48.10 | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) | 1:48.15 | Roberto Gleria (ITA) | 1:48.74 |
| 400 m freestyle | Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS) | 3:49.02 | Artur Wojdat (POL) | 3:49.09 | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) | 3:50.46 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann (GER) | 15:02.57 | Ian Wilson (GBR) | 15:03.72 | Sebastian Wiese (GER) | 15:14.30 |
| 100 m backstroke | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | 55.30 | Dirk Richter (GER) | 56.04 | Franck Schott (FRA) | 56.29 |
| 200 m backstroke | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | 1:58.66 | Dirk Richter (GER) Vladimir Selkov (URS) | 2:00.18 2:00.18 | |
| 100 m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | 1:01.49 | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) | 1:01.88 | Gianni Minervini (ITA) | 1:02.41 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Nick Gillingham (GBR) | 2:12.55 | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | 2:12.58 | Sergio López (ESP) | 2:13.40 |
| 100 m butterfly | Vladislav Kulikov (URS) | 54.22 | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | 54.30 | Nils Rudolph (GER) | 54.31 |
| 200 m butterfly | Franck Esposito (FRA) | 1:59.59 | Rafał Szukała (POL) | 2:01.01 | Christophe Bordeau (FRA) | 2:01.25 |
| 200 m individual medley | Lars Sørensen (DEN) | 2:02.63 | Christian Gessner (GER) | 2:02.66 | Luca Sacchi (ITA) | 2:02.93 |
| 400 m individual medley | Luca Sacchi (ITA) | 4:17.81 | Patrick Kühl (GER) | 4:17.85 | Christian Gessner (GER) | 4:19.16 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Pavel Khnykin Gennadiy Prigoda Venyamin Tayanovich Alexander Popov | 3:17.11 | Germany Silko Günzel Nils Rudolph Steffen Zesner Dirk Richter | 3:18.31 | Sweden Tommy Werner Göran Titus Anders Holmertz Göran Jansson | 3:20.42 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Dmitri Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Venyamin Tayanovich Yevgeny Sadovyi | 7:15.96 | Italy Emanuele Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti | 7:18.30 | Germany Steffen Zesner Uwe Daßler Christian Keller Jörg Hoffmann | 7:19.13 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Soviet Union Vladimir Selkov Dmitri Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov | 3:40.68 | France Franck Schott Cédric Penicaud Bruno Gutzeit Christophe Kalfayan | 3:42.15 | Hungary Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Béla Szabados | 3:42.35 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Simone Osygus (GER) | 25,80 | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | 25,84 | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 25,91 |
| 100 m freestyle | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | 56,20 | Karin Brienesse (NED) | 56,44 | Simone Osygus (GER) | 56,47 |
| 200 m freestyle | Mette Jacobsen (DEN) | 2.00,29 | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | 2.00,34 | Luminiţa Dobrescu (ROM) | 2.01,77 |
| 400 m freestyle | Irene Dalby (NOR) | 4.11,63 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 4.12,33 | Cristina Sossi (ITA) | 4.12,35 |
| 800 m freestyle | Irene Dalby (NOR) | 8.32,08 | Jana Henke (GER) | 8.32,25 | Cristina Sossi (ITA) | 8.33,79 |
| 100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 1.00,31 | Tünde Szabó (HUN) | 1.01,11 | Dagmar Hase (GER) | 1.02,41 |
| 200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2.06,62 | Tünde Szabó (HUN) | 2.11,42 | Dagmar Hase (GER) | 2.12,21 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Elena Roudkovskaya (URS) | 1.09,05 | Svetlana Bondarenko (URS) | 1.09,99 | Tanya Dangalakova (BUL) | 1.10,12 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Elena Roudkovskaya (URS) | 2.29,50 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 2.32,00 | Tanya Dangalakova (BUL) | 2.32,09 |
| 100 m butterfly | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | 1.00,32 | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 1.01,64 | Therèse Lundin (SWE) | 1.01,80 |
| 200 m butterfly | Mette Jacobsen (DEN) | 2.12,87 | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 2.14,72 | Berit Puggaard (DEN) | 2.14,80 |
| 200 m individual medley | Daniela Hunger (GER) | 2.15,53 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 2.16,68 | Marion Zoller (GER) | 2.17,43 |
| 400 m individual medley | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 4.39,78 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 4.44,67 | Ewa Synowska (POL) | 4.47,92 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Netherlands Diana van der Plaats Inge de Bruijn Marieke Mastenbroek Karin Brienesse | 3.45,36 | Germany Dagmar Hase Sylvia Gerasch Katrin Meissner Simone Osygus | 3.45,54 | Denmark Mette Nielsen Gitta Jensen Berit Puggaard Mette Jacobsen | 3.46,36 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Denmark Annette Poulsen Gitta Jensen Berit Puggaard Mette Jacobsen | 8.05,90 | Germany Dagmar Hase Manuela Stellmach Simone Osygus Heike Friedrich | 8.10,26 | Netherlands Ellen Elzerman Baukje Wiersma Diana van der Plaats Karin Brienesse | 8.13,97 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Soviet Union Natalya Krupskaya Elena Roudkovskaya Elena Kononenko Yevgeniya Yermakova | 4.08,55 | Germany Dagmar Hase Sylvia Gerasch Katrin Meissner Simone Osygus | 4.10,10 | Netherlands Ellen Elzerman Kira Bulten Inge de Bruijn Karin Brienesse | 4.14,03 |

## Open water swimming

* Held in Terracina, Italy from 14–15 September.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Stefano Rubaudo (ITA) | 1:06:51,7 | Davide Giacchino (ITA) | 1:07:22,3 | Hans van Goor (NED) | 1:07:38,4 |
| 25 km open water | Christof Wandratsch (GER) | 5:46:26,2 | Sergio Chiarandini (ITA) | 5:56:50,2 | Urs Kohlhaas (SUI) | 5:58:50,1 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5 km open water | Bea Berzlanovits (HUN) | 1:13:51,2 | Yvetta Hlaváčová (TCH) | 1:14:13,4 | Mara Data (ITA) | 1:14:13,7 |
| 25 km open water | Eliane Fieschi (SUI) | 6:38:58,8 | Samantha Cavadini (SUI) | 6:54:27,7 | Rita Kovács (HUN) | 6:57:29,5 |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Andrey Semenyuk (URS) | 395.19 | Peter Böhler (GER) | 383.76 | Edwin Jongejans (NED) | 359.64 |
| 3 m springboard | Albin Killat (GER) | 639.45 | Joakim Andersson (SWE) | 597.03 | Davide Lorenzini (ITA) | 596.28 |
| 10 m platform | Vladimir Timoshinin (URS) | 606.21 | Dmitri Sautin (URS) | 602.22 | Bobby Morgan (GBR) | 578.67 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Brita Baldus (GER) | 282.54 | Irina Lashko (URS) | 269.52 | Conny Schmalfuss (GER) | 238.50 |
| 3 m springboard | Irina Lashko (URS) | 524.97 | Vera Ilyina (URS) | 513.03 | Brita Baldus (GER) | 498.03 |
| 10 m platform | Yelena Miroshina (URS) | 453.90 | Inga Afonina (URS) | 423.39 | Ute Wetzig (GER) | 382.47 |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Solo | Olga Sedakova (URS) | 180.286 | Christina Thalassinidou (GRE) | 178.800 | Anne Capron (FRA) | 175.820 |
| Duet | Anna Kozlova (URS) Olga Sedakova (URS) | 179.572 | Anne Capron (FRA) Céline Leveque (FRA) | 174.729 | Marjolijn Both (NED) Tamara Zwart (NED) | 173.351 |
| Team competition | Soviet Union (URS) Vera Artyomova Elena Azarova Victoria Bashkaeva Elena Dolzhenko Anna Kozlova Gana Maximova Olga Pilipchuk Olga Sedakova | 178.112 | France (FRA) Anne Capron Marie Caranta Clarisse Chesneau Delphine Le Floch Celine Leveque Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Delphine Marechal | 173.753 | Italy (ITA) Giada Ballan Giovanna Burlando Manuela Carnini Paola Celli Simona Della Bella Roberta Farinelli Loredana Gentilezza Roberta Guidi | 171.889 |

## Water polo
### Men's event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team competition | Yugoslavia | Spain | Soviet Union |

### Women's event

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