1997 European Aquatics Championships

Water sport competitions 1997 European Aquatics Championships Seville 5 51 1997 08 19 y 1997 08 24 y Centro Deportivo San Pablo 1995 Vienna 1999 Istanbul The 1997 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Seville, Spain from Tuesday 19 August to Sunday 24 August, in the 50 m pool of the Centro Deportivo San Pablo. The 23rd edition of the event was organised by the LEN. Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming (women) and – for the last time – water polo. The swimming championships resulted in two European records: Ágnes Kovács on the women's 200 m breaststroke and Russia in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Alexander Popov returned in competition after being stabbed down in Moscow, shortly after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Medal table ESP Flagcountry 16 9 3 15 8 10 4 1 2 3 5 5 2 2 3 2 2 2 yes 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 7 4 1 3 3 1 0 2 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Swimming Men's events 50 m freestyleRussia Alexander PopovRussiaUnited Kingdom Mark FosterGreat BritainFrance Julien SicotFrance 100 m freestyleRussia Alexander PopovRussiaSweden Lars FrölanderSwedenBelarus Oleg RykhlevichBelarus 200 m freestyleUnited Kingdom Paul PalmerGreat BritainItaly Massimiliano RosolinoItalyHungary Béla SzabadosHungary 400 m freestyleItaly Emiliano BrembillaItalyItaly Massimiliano RosolinoItalyUnited Kingdom Paul PalmerGreat Britain 1500 m freestyleItaly Emiliano BrembillaItalyUkraine Igor SnitkoUkraineUkraine Denis ZavhorodnyUkraine 100 m backstrokeSpain Martin López-ZuberoSpainIsrael Eithan UrbachIsraelRussia Vladimir SelkovRussia 200 m backstrokeRussia Vladimir SelkovRussiaItaly Emanuele MerisiItalyGermany Ralf BraunGermany 100 m breaststrokeBelarus Aleksandr GukovBelarusHungary Károly GüttlerHungaryCzech Republic Daniel MálekCzech Republic 200 m breaststrokeBelarus Aleksandr GukovBelarusRussia Andrey KorneyevRussiaCzech Republic Daniel MálekCzech Republic 100 m butterflySweden Lars FrölanderSwedenUkraine Denys SylantyevUkraineFrance Franck EspositoFrance 200 m butterflyFrance Franck EspositoFranceUkraine Denys SylantyevUkraineUnited Kingdom Stephen ParryGreat Britain 200 m individual medleyNetherlands Marcel WoudaNetherlandsFrance Xavier MarchandFranceFinland Jani SievinenFinland 400 m individual medleyNetherlands Marcel WoudaNetherlandsSpain Frederik HviidSpainGermany Robert SeibtGermany 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Alexander Popov Roman Yegorov Denis Pimankov Vladimir Pyshnenko Alexander Lüderitz Steffen Zesner Christian Tröger Torsten Spanneberg Bram van Haandel Martijn Zuijdweg Mark Veens Pieter van den Hoogenband 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Gavin Meadows James Salter Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark van der Zijden Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda Lars Conrad Christian Keller Stefan Pohl Steffen Zesner 4 × 100 m medley relay Vladimir Selkov Andrey Korneyev Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov Ralf Braun Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Christian Tröger Mariusz Siembida Marek Krawczyk Marcin Kaczmarek Bartosz Kizierowski Women's events 50 m freestyleRussia Natalya MeshcheryakovaRussiaGermany Sandra VölkerGermanySweden Therese AlshammarSweden 100 m freestyleGermany Sandra VölkerGermanySlovakia Martina MoravcováSlovakiaGermany Antje BuschschulteGermany 200 m freestyleIreland Michelle SmithIrelandRussia Nadezhda ChemezovaRussiaRomania Camelia PotecRomania 400 m freestyleGermany Dagmar HaseGermanyIreland Michelle SmithIrelandGermany Kerstin KielgassGermany 800 m freestyleGermany Kerstin KielgassGermanyNetherlands Carla GeurtsNetherlandsGermany Jana HenkeGermany 100 m backstrokeGermany Antje BuschschulteGermanyFrance Roxana MaracineanuFranceGermany Sandra VölkerGermany 200 m backstrokeGermany Cathleen RundGermanyGermany Antje BuschschulteGermanyFrance Roxana MaracineanuFrance 100 m breaststrokeHungary Ágnes KovácsHungaryUkraine Svitlana BondarenkoUkraineBelgium Brigitte BecueBelgium 200 m breaststrokeHungary Ágnes KovácsHungaryPoland Alicja PęczakPolandBelgium Brigitte BecueBelgium 100 m butterflyDenmark Mette JacobsenDenmarkSlovakia Martina MoravcováSlovakiaSweden Johanna SjöbergSweden 200 m butterflySpain María PeláezSpainIreland Michelle SmithIrelandDenmark Mette JacobsenDenmark 200 m individual medleyRussia Oxana Verevka RussiaSlovakia Martina MoravcováSlovakiaUkraine Yana Klochkova Ukraine 400 m individual medleyIreland Michelle SmithIrelandUkraine Yana KlochkovaUkraineCzech Republic Hana ČernáCzech Republic 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Katrin Meissner Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Sandra Völker Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström Therese Alshammar Svetlana Leshukova Natalya Meshcheryakova Inna Yaitskaya Nadezhda Chemezova 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Dagmar Hase Janina Götz Antje Buschschulte Kerstin Kielgass Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström Britt Raaby Berit Puggaard Mette Jacobsen Ditte Jensen 4 × 100 m medley relay Antje Buschschulte Sylvia Gerasch Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker Olga Kochetkova Olga Landik Svetlana Pozdeyeva Natalya Meshcheryakova Sarah Price Jaime King Caroline Foot Karen Pickering Open water swimming Men's events 5 km open water Aleksey Akatyev RUS Yevgeny Bezruchenko RUS Luca Baldini ITA 25 km open water Aleksey Akatyev RUS Christof Wandratsch GERStéphane Lecat FRA Women's events 5 km open water Peggy Büchse GER Valeria Casprini ITA Rita Kovács HUN 25 km open water Rita Kovács HUN Valeria Casprini ITA Edith van Dijk NED Diving Men's events 1 m springboardGER Andreas WelsGermanyGER Holger SchleppsGermanyESP Rafael ÁlvarezSpain 3 m springboardRUS Dmitri SautinRussiaGER Andreas WelsGermanyGER Stefan AhrensGermany 10 m platformGER Jan HempelGermanyUKR Yaroslav MakoginUkraineGER Heiko MeyerGermany 3 m springboard synchroGER Holger SchleppsAlexander MeschGermanyESP José Luis HidalgoRubén SantosSpainITA Donald MirandaNicola MarconiItaly 10 m platform synchroGER Jan HempelMichael KühneGermanyRUS Igor LukashinAleksandr VarlamovRussiaFRA Frédéric PierreGilles Emptoz-LacoteFrance Women's events 1 m springboardRUS Vera IlyinaRussiaRUS Irina LashkoRussiaGER Dörte LindnerGermany 3 m springboardRUS Yuliya PakhalinaRussiaRUS Vera IlyinaRussiaSWE Anna LindbergSweden 10 m platformRUS Olga KhristoforovaRussiaGER Annika WalterGermanyUKR Svitlana SerbinaUkraine 3 m springboard synchroGER Claudia BocknerConny SchmalfussGermanyRUS Irina LashkoYuliya PakhalinaRussiaESP Julia CruzDolores SáezSpain 10 m platform synchroGER Ute WetzigAnke PiperGermanyFRA Julie DanauxOdile Arboles-SouchonFranceAUT Marion ReiffAnja RichterAustria Synchronized swimming SoloRussia Olga SedakovaRussiaFrance Virginie DedieuFranceItaly Giovanna BurlandoItaly DuetRussia Olga BrusnikinaMariya KiselyovaRussiaFrance Virginie DedieuMyriam LignotFranceItaly Giada BallanSerena BianchiItaly TeamRussiaElena AzarovaElena BarantsevaOlga BrusnikinaNatalia GruzdevaMariya KiselyovaOlga MedvedevaOlga NovokshchenovaAnna YuriaevaFranceAgnes BerthetVirginie DedieuJulie FabreMyriam LignotIsabelle ManableDelphine MarechalCharlotte MassardierEva RiffetItalyGiada BallanSerena BianchiGiovanna BurlandoBrunella CarrafelliChiara CassinAlessia LucchiniLetizia Nuzzo Clara Porchetto Water polo Men's team event 1997 Men's European Water Polo Championship Team competition HUN FR Yugoslavia RUS Women's team event 1997 Women's European Water Polo Championship Team competition ITA RUS NED External links Results LEN European Aquatics Championships at SVT's open archive (including 1997 event) sv http://www2.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LEN_2018_European_Championships.FINAL_sml-1.pdf LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists https://web.archive.org/web/20201206142739/https://www2.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LEN_2018_European_Championships.FINAL_sml-1.pdf 6 December 2020 Category:LEN European Aquatics Championships European Aquatics Championships, 1997 S European 1997 Category:Sports competitions in Seville Category:August 1997 sports events in Europe Category:1990s in Seville