1938 European Aquatics Championships Explained

5th European Aquatics Championships
Host City:London
Country:United Kingdom
Events:16
Previous:Madenburg 1934

The 1938 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 6–13 August 1938 in London, United Kingdom.

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events
3 m springboard
Erhard Weiß
148.02Fritz Haster
137.50Frederick Hodges
132.52
10 m highboard
Erhard Weiß
124.67Hans Kitzig
121.53László Hidvégi
107.22
Women's events
3 m springboard
Betty Slade
103.60Gerda Daumerlang
102.28Edna Child
100.40
10 m highboard
Inge Beeken
37.09Ann-Margret Nirling
36.92Suse Heinze
36.39

Swimming

Men's events
100 m freestyle
Kees Hoving
59.8Frederick Dove
1:00.6István Kőrösi
1:01.2
400 m freestyle
Björn Borg
4:51.6Werner Plath
4:56.2Norman Wainwright
4:56.3
1500 m freestyle
Björn Borg
19:55.6Bob Leivers
19:57.0Heinz Arendt
20:12.6
100 m backstroke
Heinz Schlauch
1:09.0Gerhard Nüsske
1:10.8Árpád Lengyel

Stans Scheffer
1:12.0
200 m breaststroke
Joachim Balke
2:45.8Erwin Sietas
2:45.9Anton Cerer
2:47.6
4×200 m freestyle relay

Werner Birr
Wolfgang Heimlich
Hans Freese
Werner Plath
9:17.6
Roland Pallard
Christian Talli
René Cavalero
Alfred Nakache
9:22.6
Frederick Dove
Kenneth Deane
Bob Leivers
Norman Wainwright
9:24.6
Women's events
100 m freestyle
Ragnhild Hveger
1:06.2Birte Ove-Petersen
1:06.8Rie van Veen
1:08.4
400 m freestyle
Ragnhild Hveger
5:09.0Rie van Veen
5:27.7Fernande Caroen
5:33.4
100 m backstroke
Cor Kint
1:15.0Iet van Feggelen
1:15.9Birte Ove-Petersen
1:17.0
200 m breaststroke
Inge Sørensen
3:05.4Doris Storey
3:06.0Jopie Waalberg
3:06.2
4×100 m freestyle relay

Eva Arndt Riise
Gunvor Kraft
Birte Ove-Petersen
Ragnhild Hveger
4:31.6
Alie Stijl
Trude Malcorps
Rie van Veen
Willy den Ouden
4:39.5
Zilpha Grant
Joyce Harrowby
Margery Hinton
Olive Wadham
4:51.4

Water polo

Men's tournament

See also

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