1999 European Aquatics Championships

The European Long Course Championships 1999 were a swimming competition held in Istanbul, Turkey from Monday 26 July to Sunday 1 August, in the 50 m pool of the Ataköy Olympic Pool Stadium. The 24th edition of the event was organised by the LEN.

24th European Aquatics Championships
Host cityTurkey Istanbul, Turkey
Date(s)26 July – 1 August 1999
Venue(s)Ataköy Olympic Pool Stadium
Events55

The Istanbul championships resulted in two world and eight European records.

Alongside swimming (long course), the aquatics disciplines of diving, synchronised swimming and open water swimming were held. Water polo was no longer part of the LEN European Aquatics Championships from 1999 and separate European Water Polo Championship was held in Florence, Italy.

For the first time, the 50 m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly were contested.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany12131136
2  Russia109524
3  Netherlands92213
4  Ukraine53311
5  Sweden35311
6  Great Britain34613
7  France33612
8  Hungary3115
9  Italy24612
10  Romania2439
11  Spain2406
12  Denmark1001
13  Croatia0303
14  Israel0112
15  Poland0033
16  Finland0022
17  Belarus0011
  Belgium0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (20 entries)555656167

Swimming

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle   Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands
  Lorenzo Vismara
Italy
  Alexander Popov
Russia
100 m freestyle   Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands
  Alexander Popov
Russia
  Lars Frölander
Sweden
200 m freestyle   Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands
  Paul Palmer
Great Britain
  Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy
400 m freestyle   Paul Palmer
Great Britain
  Emiliano Brembilla
Italy
  Dragoş Coman
Romania
1500 m freestyle   Igor Snitko
Ukraine
  Dragoş Coman
Romania
  Sylvain Cros
France
50 m backstroke   Stev Theloke
Germany
  Thomas Rupprath
Germany
  Mariusz Siembida
Poland
100 m backstroke   Stev Theloke
Germany
  Gordan Kožulj
Croatia
  Eithan Urbach
Israel
200 m backstroke   Ralf Braun
Germany
  Gordan Kožulj
Croatia
  Emanuele Merisi
Italy
50 m breaststroke   Mark Warnecke
Germany
  Oleg Lisogor
Ukraine
  Károly Güttler
Hungary
100 m breaststroke   Domenico Fioravanti
Italy
  Mark Warnecke
Germany
  Stéphan Perrot
France
200 m breaststroke   Stéphan Perrot
France
  Dmitry Komornikov
Russia
  Yohann Bernard
France
50 m butterfly   Pieter van den Hoogenband
Netherlands
  Miloš Milošević
Croatia
  Mark Foster
Great Britain

  Lars Frölander
Sweden

100 m butterfly   Lars Frölander
Sweden
  James Hickman
Great Britain
  Denys Sylantyev
Ukraine
200 m butterfly   Franck Esposito
France
  Denys Sylantyev
Ukraine
  Anatoly Polyakov
Russia
200 m individual medley   Marcel Wouda
Netherlands
  Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy
  Jani Sievinen
Finland
400 m individual medley   Frederik Hviid
Spain
  Michael Halika
Israel
  Marcel Wouda
Netherlands
4×100 m freestyle relay   Netherlands
Johan Kenkhuis
Mark Veens
Marcel Wouda
Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Russia
Denis Pimankov
Sergey Ashihmin
Dmitry Chernyshov
Alexander Popov
  Germany
Christian Keller
Lars Merseburg
Christian Tröger
Lars Conrad
4×200 m freestyle relay   Germany
Christian Keller
Stefan Pohl
Lars Conrad
Michael Kiedel
  Great Britain
Paul Palmer
Gavin Meadows
James Salter
Edward Sinclair
  Russia
Maksim Korsunov
Dmitri Kuzmin
Andrey Kapralov
Dmitry Chernyshov
4×100 m medley relay   Netherlands
Klaas-Erik Zwering
Marcel Wouda
Stefan Aartsen
Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Germany
Stev Theloke
Mark Warnecke
Christian Keller
Christian Tröger
  Russia
Sergey Ostapchuk
Dmitry Komornikov
Vladislav Kulikov
Alexander Popov
  Sweden
Mattias Ohlin
Patrik Isaksson
Daniel Carlsson
Lars Frölander

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle   Inge de Bruijn
Netherlands
  Therese Alshammar
Sweden
  Alison Sheppard
Great Britain
100 m freestyle   Sue Rolph
Great Britain
  Inge de Bruijn
Netherlands
  Sandra Völker
Germany
200 m freestyle   Camelia Potec
Romania
  Kerstin Kielgass
Germany
  Natalya Baranovskaya
Belarus
400 m freestyle   Camelia Potec
Romania
  Kerstin Kielgass
Germany
  Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
800 m freestyle   Hannah Stockbauer
Germany
  Kirsten Vlieghuis
Netherlands
  Jana Henke
Germany
50 m backstroke   Sandra Völker
Germany
  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Spain
  Metka Šparovec
Slovenia
100 m backstroke   Sandra Völker
Germany
  Nina Zhivanevskaya
Spain
  Roxana Maracineanu
France
200 m backstroke   Roxana Maracineanu
France
  Yuliya Fomenko
Russia

  Cathleen Rund
Germany

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50 m breaststroke   Ágnes Kovács
Hungary
  Zoë Baker
Great Britain
  Janne Schäfer
Germany
100 m breaststroke   Ágnes Kovács
Hungary
  Svitlana Bondarenko
Ukraine
  Brigitte Becue
Belgium
200 m breaststroke   Ágnes Kovács
Hungary
  Beatrice Câșlaru
Romania
  Alicja Pęczak
Poland
50 m butterfly   Anna-Karin Kammerling
Sweden
  Johanna Sjöberg
Sweden
  Chantal Groot
Netherlands
100 m butterfly   Inge de Bruijn
Netherlands
  Johanna Sjöberg
Sweden
  Diana Mocanu
Romania
200 m butterfly   Mette Jacobsen
Denmark
  María Peláez
Spain
  Otylia Jędrzejczak
Poland
200 m individual medley   Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
  Beatrice Câșlaru
Romania
  Sabine Herbst
Germany
400 m individual medley   Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
  Beatrice Câșlaru
Romania
  Hana Černá
Czech Republic
4×100 m freestyle relay   Germany
Katrin Meissner
Antje Buschschulte
Franziska van Almsick
Sandra Völker
  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Josefin Lillhage
Malin Svahnström
Therese Alshammar
  Great Britain
Alison Sheppard
Claire Huddart
Karen Pickering
Sue Rolph
4×200 m freestyle relay   Germany
Franziska van Almsick
Silvia Szalai
Hannah Stockbauer
Kerstin Kielgass
  Sweden
Josefin Lillhage
Malin Svahnström
Johanna Sjöberg
Louise Jöhncke
  Romania
Camelia Potec
Ioana Diaconescu
Simona Păduraru
Beatrice Câșlaru
4×100 m medley relay   Sweden
Therese Alshammar
Maria Östling
Johanna Sjöberg
Malin Svahnström
  Germany
Sandra Völker
Silvia Pulfrich
Franziska van Almsick
Katrin Meissner
  Great Britain
Katy Sexton
Zoë Baker
Sue Rolph
Karen Pickering

Open water swimming

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km open water   Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS)   Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)   Samuele Pampana (ITA)
25 km open water   Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)   Anton Sanachev (RUS)   André Wilde (GER)

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km open water   Peggy Büchse (GER)   Viola Valli (ITA)   Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km open water   Olga Gusseva (RUS)   Angela Maurer (GER)   Britta Kamrau (GER)

Diving

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m springboard   José Miguel Gil
Spain
  Andreas Wels
Germany
  Stefan Ahrens
Germany
3 m springboard   Tony Ally
Great Britain
  Imre Lengyel
Hungary
  Jukka Piekkanen
Finland
10 m platform   Dmitri Sautin
Russia
  Heiko Meyer
Germany
  Roman Volodkov
Ukraine
3 m springboard synchro   Donald Miranda
Nicola Marconi
Italy
  Holger Schlepps
Alexander Mesch
Germany
  Tony Ally
Mark Shipman
Great Britain
10 m platform synchro   Jan Hempel
Heiko Meyer
Germany
  Igor Lukashin
Vladimir Timoshinin
Russia
  Leon Taylor
Peter Waterfield
Great Britain

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m springboard   Vera Ilyina
Russia
  Irina Lashko
Russia
  Conny Schmalfuß
Germany
3 m springboard   Vera Ilyina
Russia
  Irina Lashko
Russia
  Conny Schmalfuß
Germany
10 m platform   Olena Zhupina
Ukraine
  Dolores Sáez
Spain
  Svetlana Timoshinina
Russia
3 m springboard synchro   Ganna Sorokina
Olena Zhupina
Ukraine
  Simona Koch
Conny Schmalfuß
Germany
  Odile Arboles-Souchon
Julie Danaux
France
10 m platform synchro   Yevgeniya Olshevskaya
Svetlana Timoshinina
Russia
  Anke Piper
Ute Wetzig
Germany
  Odile Arboles-Souchon
Julie Danaux
France

Synchronized swimming

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo   Olga Brusnikina
Russia
  Virginie Dedieu
France
  Giovanna Burlando
Italy
Duet   Olga Brusnikina
Mariya Kiselyova
Russia
  Virginie Dedieu
Myriam Lignot
France
  Giovanna Burlando
Maurizia Cecconi
Italy
Team   Russia
Elena Azarova
Olga Brusnikina
Mariya Kiselyova
Olga Novokshchenova
Irina Pershina
Elena Soya
Yuliya Vasilyeva
Olga Vasyukova
  France
Agnes Berthet
Cinthia Bouhier
Virginie Dedieu
Cathy Geoffroy
Rachel le Bozec
Myriam Lignot
Charlotte Massardier
Magali Rathier
  Italy
Giada Ballan
Serena Bianchi
Mara Brunetti
Giovanna Burlando
Chiara Cassin
Maurizia Cecconi
Alice Dominici
Alessia Lucchini

See also

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  • Results
  • "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.