1947 European Aquatics Championships Explained

6th European Aquatics Championships
Host City:	Monte Carlo
Country:	Monaco
Events:	16
Previous:	London 1938

The 1947 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 10–14 September 1947 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events

3 m springboard	Roger Heinkele	126.71	Svante Johansson	118.88	László Hidvégi	114.50
10 m platform	Thomas Christiansen	105.55	Lennart Brunnhage	98.85	Louis Marchant	95.32

Women's events

3 m springboard	Madeleine Moreau	100.43	Alma Staudinger	90.67	Jeannette Aubert-Pinel	86.78
10 m platform	Nicole Pellissard	60.03	Eileen Szagot	59.86	Alma Staudinger	58.02

Swimming

Men's events

100 m freestyle	Alexandre Jany	56.9	Per-Olof Olsson	58.8	Elemér Szathmáry	59.6
400 m freestyle	Alexandre Jany	4:35.2	György Mitró	4:50.4	Miloslav Bartušek	4:51.4
1500 m freestyle	György Mitró	19:28.0	Ferenc Vörös	20:07.0	Marijan Stipetić	20:08.5
100 m backstroke	Georges Vallerey	1:07.6	Gyula Valent	1:10.5	Jirí Kovár	1:10.5
200 m breaststroke	Roy Romain	2:40.1	Anton Cerer	2:41.6	Sándor Németh	2:46.2
4×200 m freestyle relay	Per-Olof Olsson Martin Lundén Per-Olof Östrand Olle Johansson	9:00.5	Alexandre Jany Charles Babey Georges Vallerey Jean Vallerey	9:00.7	Imre Nyéki Géza Kadas György Mitro Elemer Szathmary	9:01.0

Women's events

100 m freestyle	Fritzie Nathansen	1:07.8	Hannie Termeulen	1:08.1	Greta Andersen	1:08.3
400 m freestyle	Karen Margrete Harup	5:18.2	Catherine Gibson	5:19.8	Fernande Caroen	5:20.9
100 m backstroke	Karen Margrete Harup	1:15.9	Catherine Gibson	1:16.5	Iet van Feggelen	1:18.0
200 m breaststroke	Nel van Vliet	2:56.6	Éva Székely	2:57.9	Jannie de Groot	3:00.5
4×100 m freestyle relay	Elvi Svendsen Karen Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Nathansen	4:32.3	Margot Marsman Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Hannie Termeulen	4:36.0	Catherine Gibson Lillian Preece Nancy Riach Margaret Wellington	4:37.1

Water polo

Men's tournament

See also

• List of European Championships records in swimming