2006 European Aquatics Championships

The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.

2006 European Aquatics Championships
Host cityHungary Budapest
Date(s)26 July-6 August 2006
Swimming pool just before the finales on 3rd of August 2006

Competition dates by discipline were:[1]

  • Swimming: 31 July – 6 August
  • Diving: 1–6 August
  • Synchro: 26–30 July
  • Open Water: 26–30 July

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia167326
2  Germany1210527
3  France63918
4  Italy561122
5  Ukraine54514
6  Poland5218
7  Sweden3306
8  Great Britain25613
9  Netherlands2338
10  Hungary*2259
11  Finland1012
12  Spain0404
13  Greece0257
14  Austria0202
15  Croatia0112
16  Belarus0101
  Norway0101
  Slovakia0101
19  Czech Republic0022
20  Denmark0011
  Romania0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (22 entries)595760176

Swimming edit

Schedule edit

Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August.[1][2] All swimming events contested in a long-course (50m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was:

  • 200m and under: prelims/semifinals/finals—preliminary heats and semifinals were held on the same day (morning then evening), with finals of the event on the next evening.
  • 400m and longer: prelims/finals. In the 400m, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, prelims and finals were held on the same day. In the women's 800m and men's 1500m events, prelims were held in the morning of day 1 of the event, with finals of the event in the evening session of day 2.

Event order for evening sessions was:

Date Monday
31 July 2006
Tuesday
1 August 2006
Wednesday
2 August 2006
Thursday
3 August 2006
E
v
e
n
t
s
400 free (m)
50 fly (w) – semis
100 back (m) – semis
400 IM (w)
100 breast (m) – semis
200 back (w) – semis
50 fly (m) – semis

4x100 Free Relay (w)
4x100 Free Relay (m)
50 fly (m)
100 free (w) – semis

100 back (m)
50 fly (w)
100 breast (m)
100 breast (w) – semis
200 IM (m) – semis

200 back (w)
200 free (m) – semis
800 free (w)
200 breast (m) – semis
200 IM (w) – semis

200 free (m)
100 breast (w)
200 fly (m) – semis

100 free (w)
200 IM (m)
100 back (w) – semis
50 back (m) – semis
200 IM (w)
100 free (m) – semis
100 fly (w) – semis
200 breast (m)
100 back (w)
200 fly (m)
200 breast (w) – semis
50 back (m)
4x200 Free Relay (w)
Date Friday
4 August 2006
Saturday
5 August 2006
Sunday
6 August 2006
E
v
e
n
t
s
1500 free (m)
200 free (w) – semis
100 fly (m) – semis
200 breast (w)
100 free (m)
50 back (w) – semis
200 back (m) – semis
100 fly (w)
50 breast (m) – semis
50 breast (w) – semis
100 fly (m)
200 free (w)
50 free (m) – semis
50 back (w)
200 back (m)
200 fly (w) – semis
50 breast (m)
50 free (w) – semis
4x200 Free Relay (m)
50 free (w)
50 free (m)
50 breast (w)
200 fly (w)
400 IM (m)
400 free (w)
4x100 Medley Relay (w)
4x100 Medley Relay (m)

Results edit

Men's Events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Bartosz Kizierowski
    Poland
21.88
  CR
Oleksandr Volynets
    Ukraine
21.97 Duje Draganja
    Croatia
22.14
100 m freestyle Filippo Magnini
    Italy
48.79 Stefan Nystrand
    Sweden
48.91 Pieter vd Hoogenband
    Netherlands
48.94
200 m freestyle Pieter vd Hoogenband
    Netherlands
1:45.65 Massimiliano Rosolino
    Italy
1:47.02 Filippo Magnini
    Italy
1:47.57
400 m freestyle Yury Prilukov
    Russia
3:45.73
  CR
Massimiliano Rosolino
    Italy
3:46.87 Nicolas Rostoucher
    France
3:47.04
1500 m freestyle Yury Prilukov
    Russia
14:51.93
  CR
Sébastien Rouault
    France
14:55.73 Nicolas Rostoucher
    France
15:01.82
50 m backstroke Helge Meeuw
    Germany
25.06 Aristeidis Grigoriadis
    Greece
25.14 Matthew Clay
    Great Britain
25.15
100 m backstroke Arkady Vyatchanin
    Russia
53.50
  CR
Markus Rogan
    Austria
54.07 Aristeidis Grigoriadis
    Greece
54.34
200 m backstroke Arkady Vyatchanin
    Russia
1:55.44
  ER, CR
László Cseh
    Hungary
1:56.69 Răzvan Florea
    Romania
1:57.83
50 m breaststroke Oleg Lisogor
    Ukraine

Alessandro Terrin
    Italy
27.48   not awarded Matjaž Markič
    Slovenia
27.87
100 m breaststroke Roman Sloudnov
    Russia
1:00.61 Alexander Dale Oen
    Norway
1:00.63 Oleg Lisogor
    Ukraine
1:00.64
200 m breaststroke Sławomir Kuczko
    Poland
2:12.12 Paolo Bossini
    Italy
2:12.35 Kristopher Gilchrist
    Great Britain
2:13.21
50 m butterfly Sergiy Breus
    Ukraine
23.41
  CR
Duje Draganja
    Croatia
23.62 Jakob Andkjær
    Denmark

Andriy Serdinov
    Ukraine
23.77
100 m butterfly Andriy Serdinov
    Ukrain
51.95 Amaury Leveaux
    France
52.76 Nikolay Skvortsov
    Russia
52.96
200 m butterfly Paweł Korzeniowski
    Poland
1:55.04
  CR
Ioannis Drymonakos
    Greece
1:57.03 Nikolay Skvortsov
    Russia
1:57.12
200 m individual medley László Cseh
    Hungary
1:58.17
  CR
Alessio Boggiatto
    Italy
2:00.14 Tamás Kerékjártó
    Hungary
2:00.17
400 m individual medley László Cseh
    Hungary
4:09.86
  CR
Luca Marin
    Italy
4:14.15 Alessio Boggiatto
    Italy
4:16.34
4 × 100 m
  freestyle relay
Alessandro Calvi
Christian Galenda
Lorenzo Vismara
Filippo Magnini
  Italy
3:15.23
  CR
Evgeny Lagunov
Andrey Grechin
Ivan Usov
Andrey Kapralov
  Russia
3:16.47 Alain Bernard
Grégory Mallet
Fabien Gilot
Amaury Leveaux
  France
3:16.53
4 × 200 m
  freestyle relay
Massimiliano Rosolino
David Berbotto
Nicola Cassio
Filippo Magnini
  Italy
7:09.60
  CR
David Carry
Simon Burnett
Andrew Hunter
Ross Davenport
  Great Britain
7:11.63 Andreas Zisimos
Georgios Demetis
Dimitrios Manganas
Nikolaos Xylouris
  Greece
7:16.67
4 × 100 m
  medley relay
Arkady Vyatchanin
Roman Sloudnov
Nikolay Skvortsov
Andrey Kapralov
  Russia
3:34.96
  CR
Andriy Oleynyk
Oleg Lisogor
Andriy Serdinov
Yuriy Yegoshin
  Ukraine
3:36.21 Liam Tancock
James Gibson
Todd Cooper
Simon Burnett
  Great Britain
3:36.61

Women's Events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Britta Steffen
    Germany
24.72 Therese Alshammar
    Sweden
24.87 Marleen Veldhuis
    Netherlands
24.89
100 m freestyle Britta Steffen
    Germany
53.30
  WR
Marleen Veldhuis
    Netherlands
54.32 Nery-Madey Niangkoura
    Greece
54.48
200 m freestyle Otylia Jędrzejczak
    Poland
1:57.25 Annika Liebs
    Germany
1:57.48 Laure Manaudou
    France
1:58.48
400 m freestyle Laure Manaudou
    France
4:02.13
  WR
Joanne Jackson
    Great Britain
4:07.76 Caitlin McClatchey
    Great Britain
4:08.13
800 m freestyle Laure Manaudou
    France
8:19.29
  ER
Rebecca Adlington
    Great Britain
8:27.88 Rebecca Cooke
    Great Britain
8:28.40
50 m backstroke Janine Pietsch
    Germany
28.36
  CR
Aleksandra Gerasimenya
    Belarus
28.72 Antje Buschschulte
    Germany
28.73
100 m backstroke Laure Manaudou
    France
1:00.88 Antje Buschschulte
    Germany
1:01.40 Janine Pietsch
    Germany
1:01.55
200 m backstroke Esther Baron
    France
2:10.07 Iryna Amshennikova
    Ukraine
2:12.13 Melanie Marshall
    Great Britain
2:12.17
50 m breaststroke Elena Bogomazova
    Russia
31.69 Kate Haywood
    Great Britain
31.71 Ágnes Kovács
    Hungary
31.95
100 m breaststroke Ganna Khlystunova
    Ukraine
1:07.55
  CR
Kirsty Balfour
    Great Britain
1:07.95 Ágnes Kovács
    Hungary
1:08.60
200 m breaststroke Kirsty Balfour
    Great Britain
2:25.66 Yuliya Pidlisna
    Ukraine
2:28.42 Ágnes Kovács
    Hungary
2:28.90
50 m butterfly Therese Alshammar
    Sweden
26.06 Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Sweden
26.23 Chantal Groot
    Netherlands
26.49
100 m butterfly Inge Dekker
    Netherlands
58.35 Martina Moravcová
    Slovakia
58.98 Alena Popchanka
    France
59.06
200 m butterfly Otylia Jędrzejczak
    Poland
2:07.09 Francesca Segat
    Italy
2:08.96 Caterina Giacchetti
    Italy
2:09.01
200 m individual medley Laure Manaudou
    France
2:12.69 Katarzyna Baranowska
    Poland
2:13.36 Alessia Filippi
    Italy
2:13.75
400 m individual medley Alessia Filippi
    Italy
4:35.80 Nicole Hetzer
    Germany
4:37.97 Katarzyna Baranowska
    Poland
4:40.02
4 × 100 m
 freestyle relay
Petra Dallmann
Daniela Götz
Britta Steffen
Annika Liebs
  Germany
3:35.22
  WR
Inge Dekker
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Chantal Groot
Marleen Veldhuis
  Netherlands
3:37.04 Alena Popchanka
Aurore Mongel
Céline Couderc
Malia Metella
  France
3:38.83
4 × 200 m
 freestyle relay
Petra Dallmann
Daniela Samulski
Britta Steffen
Annika Liebs
  Germany
7:50.82
  WR
Otylia Jędrzejczak
Joanna Budzis
Agata Zwiejska
Paulina Barzycka
  Poland
7:56.32 Alena Popchanka
Sophie Huber
Aurore Mongel
Laure Manaudou
  France
7:56.44
4 × 100 m
 medley relay
Melanie Marshall
Kirsty Balfour
Terri Dunning
Francesca Halsall
  Great Britain
4:02.24 Antje Buschschulte
Sarah Poewe
Annika Mehlhorn
Britta Steffen
  Germany
4:02.35 Laure Manaudou
Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën
Alena Popchanka
Céline Couderc
  France
4:03.64

WR= World Record (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia71210
2  Germany64212
3  Italy56415
4  France52815
5  Poland5218
6  Ukraine44210
7  Great Britain25613
8  Netherlands2237
9  Hungary2147
10  Sweden1304
11  Greece0235
12  Croatia0112
13  Austria0101
  Belarus0101
  Norway0101
  Slovakia0101
17  Denmark0011
  Romania0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (19 entries)393739115

Diving edit

Schedule edit

Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.[1]

Results edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m springboard Joona Puhakka
  Finland
425.00 Alexander Dobroskok
  Russia
416.60 Christopher Sacchin
  Italy
415.70
3 m springboard Dmitri Sautin
  Russia
496.10 Alexander Dobroskok
  Russia
479.95 Joona Puhakka
  Finland
464.60
10 m platform Gleb Galperin
  Russia
472.90 Heiko Meyer
  Germany
459.45 Konstyantyn Milyayev
  Ukraine
436.50
3 m springboard synchro Tobias Schellenberg
Andreas Wels
  Germany
403.86 Yury Kunakov
Dmitri Sautin
  Russia
401.46 Nicola Marconi
Tommaso Marconi
  Italy
394.68
10 m platform synchro Dmitry Dobroskok
Gleb Galperin
  Russia
469.38 Sascha Klein
Heiko Meyer
  Germany
447.96 Michele Benedetti
Francesco Dell'Uomo
  Italy
435.12

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m springboard Anna Lindberg
  Sweden
291.90 Ditte Kotzian
  Germany
279.30 Maria Marconi
  Italy
267.35
3 m springboard Anna Lindberg
  Sweden
330.60 Ditte Kotzian
  Germany
324.90 Nóra Barta
  Hungary
319.85
10 m platform Yulia Prokopchuk
  Ukraine
338.00 Anja Richter
  Austria
332.35 Christin Steuer
  Germany
330.40
3 m springboard synchro Nataliya Umyskova
Nadezhda Bazhina
  Russia
314.55 Heike Fischer
Ditte Kotzian
  Germany
298.60 Olena Fedorova
Kristina Ishchenko
  Ukraine
292.17
10 m platform synchro Annett Gamm
Nora Subschinski
  Germany
325.92 Natalia Goncharova
Yulia Koltunova
  Russia
306.24 Yulia Prokopchuk
Kateryna Zhuk
  Ukraine
297.21

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia4408
2  Germany2518
3  Sweden2002
4  Ukraine1034
5  Finland1012
6  Austria0101
7  Italy0044
8  Hungary0011
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Synchronized Swimming edit

Schedule edit

Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.[1]

Results edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo free routine Natalia Ishchenko
  Russia
98.4 Gemma Mengual
  Spain
97.7 Nathalia Anthopolou
  Greece
93.9
Duet free routine Anastasia Davydova
Anastassia Ermakova
  Russia
98.8 Gemma Mengual
Paola Tirados
  Spain
97.5 Eleftheria Ftouli
Evanthia Makrygianni
  Greece
94.0
Team free routine   Russia
98.8   Spain
97.3   Italy
93.6
Free routine combination   Russia
97.9   Spain
95.9   Italy
93.5

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia4004
2  Spain0404
3  Greece0022
  Italy0022
Totals (4 entries)44412

Open Water Swimming edit

Schedule edit

Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.[1]

Results edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km Thomas Lurz
  Germany
56:00.1 Christian Hein
  Germany
56:01.1 Simone Ercoli
  Italy
56:01.8
10 km Thomas Lurz
  Germany
1:58:12.1 Maarten van der Weijden
  Netherlands
1:58:13.5 Christian Hein
  Germany
1:58:16.6
25 km Gilles Rondy
  France
5:10:17.3 Anton Sanachev
  Russia
5:10:18.2 Stéphane Gomez
  France
5:10:19.3

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km Ekaterina Seliverstova
  Russia
1:01:50.8 Cathi Dietrich
  France
1:01:52.3 Jana Pechanová
  Czech Republic
Larisa Ilchenko
  Russia
1:01:52.4
10 km Angela Maurer
  Germany
2:07:10.8 Rita Kovács
  Hungary
2:07:14.3 Jana Pechanová
  Czech Republic
2:07:15.6
25 km Angela Maurer
  Germany
5:35:19.1 Natalia Pankina
  Russia
5:35:25.1 Stefanie Biller
  Germany
5:35:29.5

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany4127
2  Russia1214
3  France1113
4  Hungary0101
  Netherlands0101
6  Czech Republic0022
7  Italy0011
Totals (7 entries)66719

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Programme Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  2. ^ Swimming schedule Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for the 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.

Sources edit