1995 European Aquatics Championships

The European LC Championships 1995 in aquatics were staged in Vienna, Austria from 22–27 August. The competition, organised by the LEN, was held in a temporary pool in the Prater Stadium. The aquatics championships featured contests in swimming, open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming (women only) and water polo. It was the third time the European Aquatics Championships were held in Vienna, after 1950 and 1974.

1995 European Aquatics Championships

Host city	Vienna
Country	Austria
Sport	5
Events	47
Opening	22 August 1995 (1995-08-22)
Closing	27 August 1995 (1995-08-27)
Main venue	Prater Stadium

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	17	2	4	23
2	Germany	13	13	11	37
3	Hungary	3	7	1	11
4	Belgium	3	1	2	6
5	Finland	3	0	1	4
6	Denmark	2	2	2	6
7	Italy	2	1	6	9
8	Ireland	2	1	0	3
9	Sweden	1	5	2	8
10	Netherlands	1	3	2	6
11	France	0	4	2	6
12	Ukraine	0	3	1	4
13	Great Britain	0	2	5	7
14	Poland	0	2	3	5
15	Romania	0	1	0	1
16	Norway	0	0	2	2
17	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		47	47	48	142

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	22.25	Christophe Kalfayan France	22.63	Torsten Spanneberg Germany	22.66
100 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	49.10	Torsten Spanneberg Germany	49.67	Björn Zikarsky Germany	50.23
200 m freestyle	Jani Sievinen Finland	1:48.98	Anders Holmertz Sweden	1:49.12	Antti Kasvio Finland	1:49.24
400 m freestyle	Steffen Zesner Germany	3:50.35	Paul Palmer Great Britain	3:50.43	Anders Holmertz Sweden	3:51.01
1500 m freestyle	Jörg Hoffmann Germany	15:11.25	Graeme Smith Great Britain	15:11.90	Steffen Zesner Germany	15:20.46
100 m backstroke	Vladimir Selkov Russia	55.48	Jirka Letzin Germany	56.24	Stefaan Maene Belgium	56.32
200 m backstroke	Vladimir Selkov Russia	1:58.48	Nicolae Butacu Romania	1:59.96	Adam Ruckwood Great Britain	2:00.16
100 m breaststroke	Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium	1:01.12	Károly Güttler Hungary	1:01.38	Andrey Korneyev Russia	1:01.79
200 m breaststroke	Andrey Korneyev Russia	2:12.62	Károly Güttler Hungary	2:12.95	Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium	2:14.01
100 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov Russia	52.32 WR	Denys Sylantyev Ukraine	53.37	Rafał Szukała Poland	53.45
200 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov Russia	1:56.34	Konrad Gałka Poland	1:59.50	Chris-Carol Bremer Germany	1:59.96
200 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen Finland	1:58.61	Attila Czene Hungary	2:00.88	Christian Keller Germany	2:02.24
400 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen Finland	4:14.75	Marcin Malinski Poland	4:18.32	Luca Sacchi Italy	4:18.82
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Russia Vladimir Predkin Roman Shegolov Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov	3:18.84	Germany Christian Tröger Christian Keller Torsten Spanneberg Björn Zikarsky	3:19.76	Sweden Lars Frölander Christer Wallin Fredrik Letzler Anders Holmertz	3:21.07
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Germany Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Torsten Spanneberg Steffen Zesner	7:18.22	Sweden Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Chris Eliasson	7:19.95	Italy Massimiliano Rosolino Pier Maria Siciliano Emanuele Merisi Emanuele Idini	7:20.96
4 × 100 m medley relay	Russia Vladimir Selkov Andrey Korneyev Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov	3:38.11 ER	Hungary Tamás Deutsch Károly Güttler Péter Horváth Attila Czene	3:40.88	Germany Tino Weber Mark Warnecke Fabian Hieronimus Björn Zikarsky	3:41.55

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Linda Olofsson Sweden	25.76	Franziska van Almsick Germany	25.80	Angela Postma Netherlands	25.86
100 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick Germany	55.34	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	56.02	Karen Pickering Great Britain	56.05
200 m freestyle	Kerstin Kielgass Germany	2:00.56	Malin Nilsson Sweden	2:01.35	Mette Jacobsen Denmark Karen Pickering Great Britain	2:01.52
400 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick Germany	4:08.37	Carla Geurts Netherlands	4:10.73	Irene Dalby Norway	4:13.44
800 m freestyle	Julia Jung Germany	8:36.08	Jana Henke Germany	8:36.68	Irene Dalby Norway	8:38.82
100 m backstroke	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	1:02.46	Cathleen Rund Germany	1:02.91	Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia	1:03.06
200 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	2:07.24	Dagmar Hase Germany	2:10.60	Cathleen Rund Germany	2:10.96
100 m breaststroke	Brigitte Becue Belgium	1:09.30	Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine	1:09.73	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	1:10.77
200 m breaststroke	Brigitte Becue Belgium	2:27.60	Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine	2:30.50	Alicja Pęczak Poland	2:30.59
100 m butterfly	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	1:00.64	Ilaria Tocchini Italy	1:01.13	Cécile Jeanson France	1:01.15
200 m butterfly	Michelle Smith Ireland	2:11.60	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	2:12.29	Sophia Skou Denmark	2:13.31
200 m individual medley	Michelle Smith Ireland	2:15.27	Brigitte Becue Belgium	2:16.15	Alicja Pęczak Poland	2:17.42
400 m individual medley	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	4:40.33	Michelle Smith Ireland	4:42.81	Cathleen Rund Germany	4:46.22
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Germany Franziska van Almsick Simone Osygus Kerstin Kielgass Daniela Hunger	3:43.22	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Louise Karlsson Linda Olofsson Ellenor Svensson	3:45.21	Great Britain Sue Rolph Claire Huddart Alex Bennett Karen Pickering	3:46.89
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Germany Dagmar Hase Julia Jung Kerstin Kielgass Franziska van Almsick	8:06.11	Netherlands Carla Geurts Minouche Smit Patricia Stokkers Kirsten Vlieghuis	8:10.17	Great Britain Vickey Horner Claire Huddart Katja Goddard Alex Bennett	8:14.31
4 × 100 m medley relay	Germany Cathleen Rund Jana Dörries Julia Voitowitch Franziska van Almsick	4:09.97	Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi Ágnes Kovács Edit Klocker Gyöngyver Lakos	4:12.00	Spain María Tato María Olay María Peláez Claudia Franco	4:12.52

Open water swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km open water	Aleksey Akatyev Russia	55:00,3	Christof Wandratsch Germany	56:06,8	Samuele Pampana Italy	56:10,3
25 km open water	Christof Wandratsch Germany	5:11:36,3	Aleksey Akatyev Russia	5:13:49,8	Stéphane Lecat France	5:14:46,4

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km open water	Rita Kovács Hungary	1:00:38,3	Peggy Büchse Germany	1:00:50,8	Valeria Casprini Italy	1:01:07,6
25 km open water	Peggy Büchse Germany	5:32:36,4	Edith van Dijk Netherlands	5:36:05,5	Yvetta Hlaváčová Czech Republic	5:38:08,3

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Edwin Jongejans Netherlands	420.75	Joakim Andersson Sweden	387.60	Boris Lietzow Germany	379.26
3 m springboard	Dmitri Sautin Russia	670.38	Jan Hempel Germany	634.05	Roman Volodkov Ukraine	615.81
10 m platform	Vladimir Timoshinin Russia	673.83	Jan Hempel Germany	662.46	Dmitri Sautin Russia	648.84

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Vera Ilyina Russia	275.25	Dörte Lindner Germany	271.20	Svetlana Alekseyeva Belarus	240.72
3 m springboard	Vera Ilyina Russia	523.23	Yuliya Pakhalina Russia	520.20	Claudia Bockner Germany	518.64
10 m platform	Ute Wetzig Germany	444.24	Conny Schmalfuss Germany	435.84	Svetlana Timoshinina Russia	431.55

Synchronized swimming

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Solo	Olga Sedakova Russia	99.160	Marianne Aeschbacher France	97.520	Christina Thalassinidou Greece	95.360
Duet	Elena Azarova Mariya Kiselyova Russia	98.880	Marianne Aeschbacher Myriam Lignot France	96.920	Giovanna Burlando Manuela Carnini Italy	96.040
Team	Russia Elena Antonova Elena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Mariya Kiselyova Gana Maximova Olga Novokshchenova Yuliya Pankratova Olga Sedakova	98.880	France Marianne Aeschbacher Agnes Berthet Julie Fabre Celine Leveque Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Charlotte Massardier Magali Rathier	97.160	Italy Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Giovanna Burlando Mara Brunetti Manuela Carnini Maurizia Cecconi Paola Celli Roberta Farinelli	95.480

Water polo

Men's team event

Further information: 1995 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Italy	Hungary	Germany

Women's team event

Further information: 1995 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team Competition	Italy	Hungary	Netherlands

External links

• EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) (1987-2004) at Gbrathletics.com
• EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) (1987-2004) at Gbrathletics.com
• "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.