1983 European Aquatics Championships

The 1983 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto in Rome, Italy, between 22 August and 27 August 1983. East Germany won all women's events in the swimming competition, and also every silver medal available to them in individual events. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo (men). The 4 × 200 m freestyle relay for women was held for the first time.

16th European Aquatics Championships
Host cityItaly Rome, Italy
Date(s)22–27 August 1983
Venue(s)Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto
Events38

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany1717539
2  Soviet Union96823
3  West Germany43815
4  Great Britain4127
5  Italy*2035
6  Sweden1102
7  Bulgaria1012
8  Netherlands0369
9  Hungary0303
10  Yugoslavia0213
11  Spain0112
12  France0101
13  Czechoslovakia0022
14  Romania0011
Totals (14 entries)383838114

Swimming

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle   Per Johansson (SWE) 50.20   Jörg Woithe (GDR) 50.29   Sergey Smiriagin (URS) 50.35
200 m freestyle   Michael Groß (FRG) 1:47.87 WR   Jörg Woithe (GDR) 1:50.18   Thomas Fahrner (FRG) 1:50.92
400 m freestyle   Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 3:49.80   Borut Petrič (YUG) 3:51.96   Darjan Petrič (YUG) 3:52.60
1500 m freestyle   Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 15:08.84   Borut Petrič (YUG) 15:14.54   Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG) 15:16.85
100 m backstroke   Dirk Richter (GDR) 56.10   Vladimir Shemetov (URS) 56.38   Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) 56.95
200 m backstroke   Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) 2:01.00   Sándor Wladár (HUN) 2:01.61   Frank Baltrusch (GDR) 2:02.46
100 m breaststroke   Robertas Žulpa (URS) 1:03.32   Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) 1:03.37   Gerald Mörken (FRG) 1:04.16
200 m breaststroke   Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) 2:17.49   Albán Vermes (HUN) 2:18.27   Robertas Žulpa (URS) 2:18.72
100 m butterfly   Michael Groß (FRG) 54.00 ER =   David López-Zubero (ESP) 54.77   Aleksey Markovsky (URS) 54.81
200 m butterfly   Michael Groß (FRG) 1:57.05 WR   Sergey Fesenko (URS) 1:59.74   Paolo Revelli (ITA) 1:59.84
200 m individual medley   Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) 2:02.48 ER   Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) 2:02.95   Josef Hladký (TCH) 2:03.55
400 m individual medley   Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) 4:20.41 ER   Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) 4:20.81   Josef Hladký (TCH) 4:23.52
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Smiriagin
Sergey Krasyuk
Volodymyr Tkachenko
Aleksey Markovsky
3:20.89 ER   Sweden (SWE)
Thomas Lejdström
Per Johansson
Per Holmertz
Per Wikström
3:22.02   East Germany (GDR)
Jörg Woithe
Dirk Richter
Rainer Sternal
Sven Lodziewski
3:23.02
4 × 200 m freestyle relay   West Germany (FRG)
Thomas Fahrner
Alexander Schowtka
Andreas Schmidt
Michael Groß
7:20.40 WR   East Germany (GDR)
Dirk Richter
Jörg Woithe
Rainer Sternal
Sven Lodziewski
7:23.01   Italy (ITA)
Paolo Revelli
Marcello Guarducci
Raffaelle Franceschi
Fabrizio Rampazzo
7:26.01
4 × 100 m medley relay   Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Shemetov
Robertas Žulpa
Aleksey Markovsky
Sergey Smiriagin
3:43.99   West Germany (FRG)
Stefan Peter
Gerald Mörken
Michael Groß
Andreas Schmidt
3:44.79   East Germany (GDR)
Dirk Richter
Sigurd Hanke
Andreas Ott
Jörg Woithe
3:45.54

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle   Birgit Meineke (GDR) 55.18   Kristin Otto (GDR) 55.52   Conny van Bentum (NED) 56.61
200 m freestyle   Birgit Meineke (GDR) 1:59.45   Astrid Strauss (GDR) 2:00.16   Conny van Bentum (NED) 2:00.61
400 m freestyle   Astrid Strauss (GDR) 4:08.07 ER   Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) 4:10.37   Irina Laricheva (URS) 4:12.90
800 m freestyle   Astrid Strauss (GDR) 8:32.12   Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) 8:37.72   Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) 8:40.44
100 m backstroke   Ina Kleber (GDR) 1:01.79   Cornelia Sirch (GDR) 1:02.46   Carmen Bunaciu (ROU) 1:03.08
200 m backstroke   Cornelia Sirch (GDR) 2:12.05   Katrin Zimmermann (GDR) 2:13.36   Larisa Gortschakova (URS) 2:14.41
100 m breaststroke   Ute Geweniger (GDR) 1:08.51 WR   Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) 1:09.62   Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) 1:10.77
200 m breaststroke   Ute Geweniger (GDR) 2:30.64   Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) 2:30.67   Olga Zelenkova (URS) 2:33.10
100 m butterfly   Ines Geißler (GDR) 1:00.31   Cornelia Polit (GDR) 1:00.92   Cinzia Savi Scarponi (ITA) 1:01.37
200 m butterfly   Cornelia Polit (GDR) 2:07.82 ER   Ines Geißler (GDR) 2:08.09   Conny van Bentum (NED) 2:12.87
200 m individual medley   Ute Geweniger (GDR) 2:13.07   Kathleen Nord (GDR) 2:15.55   Irina Gerassimova (URS) 2:16.72
400 m individual medley   Kathleen Nord (GDR) 4:39.95   Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:40.34   Petra Zindler (FRG) 4:47.90
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Susanne Link
Cornelia Sirch
Birgit Meineke
3:44.72   Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen
Wilma van Velsen
Elles Voskes
Conny van Bentum
3:48.24   West Germany (FRG)
Karin Seick
Susanne Schuster
Iris Zscherpe
Ina Beyermann
3:49.86
4 × 200 m freestyle relay   East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Astrid Strauss
Cornelia Sirch
Birgit Meineke
8:02.27 WR   West Germany (FRG)
Jutta Kalweit
Birgit Kowalczyk
Petra Zindler
Ina Beyermann
8:11.69   Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen
Jolande van der Meer
Reggie de Jong
Conny van Bentum
8:12.41
4 × 100 m medley relay   East Germany (GDR)
Ina Kleber
Ute Geweniger
Ines Geißler
Birgit Meineke
4:05.79 WR   Netherlands (NED)
Jolanda de Rover
Petra van Staveren
Annemarie Verstappen
Conny van Bentum
4:12.78   West Germany (FRG)
Svenja Schlicht
Ute Hasse
Ina Beyermann
Karin Seick
4:13.25

Diving

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard   Petar Georgiev (BUL) 619.80   Nikolay Drozhin (URS) 618.87   Chris Snode (GBR) 610.17
10 m platform   David Ambartsumyan (URS) 605.79   Vyacheslav Troshin (URS) 563.31   Steffen Haage (GDR) 559.41

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard   Brita Baldus (GDR) 494.88   Tatyana Alyabyeva (URS) 493.14   Daphne Jongejans (NED) 461.10
10 m platform   Alla Lobankina (URS) 455.52   Anzhela Stasyulevich (URS) 448.56   Ramona Wenzel (GDR) 410.91

Synchronized swimming

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo   Carolyn Wilson (GBR) 180.333   Muriel Hermine (FRA) 172.767   Gudrun Hänisch (FRG) 172.600
Duet   Amanda Dodd (GBR)
  Carolyn Wilson (GBR)
174.667   Gudrun Hänisch (FRG)
  Gerlind Scheller (FRG)
168.634   Catrien Eijken (NED)
  Marijke Engelen (NED)
168.600
Team competition   Great Britain (GBR)
Alison Bowler
Amanda Dodd
Allison Garratt
Caroline Holmyard
Helen Page
Nicola Shearn
Philippa Sutton
Carolyn Wilson
168.342   Netherlands (NED)
Catrien Eijken
Marijke Engelen
Petri Engels
Marjolein Philipsen
Margo Siedel
Esther Theisen
Judith van de Berg
Annette van Tol
163.577   West Germany (FRG)
Gudrun Hänisch
Kirsten Hohlstein
Silke Hohlstein
Anette Feil
Kerstin Jorkisch
Christine Lang
Gerlind Scheller
Annette Schubert
159.381

Water polo

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Men's event

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team competition   Soviet Union   Hungary   Spain

References

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  • "European Swimming Championships (Men)". GBRSPORTS.COM.
  • "European Swimming Championships (Women)". GBRSPORTS.COM.
  • "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.