1954 European Aquatics Championships Explained

8th European Aquatics Championships
Host City:Turin
Country:Italy
Events:18
Previous:1950

The 1954 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 31 August – 5 September in Turin, Italy. In swimming, butterfly events were contested for the first time; 100 m for women and 200 m for men.

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events
3 m springboard
Roman Brener
153.26Gennadiy Udalov
141.16Christian Pire
136.97
10 m platform
Roman Brener
144.01Mikhail Chachba
142.06Peter Heatly
133.59
Women's events
3 m springboard
Valentina Chumicheva
129.45Birte Christoffersen-Hanson
127.79Lyubov Zhigalova
125.30
10 m platform
Tatyana Karakashyants
79.86Birte Christoffersen-Hanson
72.17Eva Pfarrhofer
65.68

Swimming

Men's events
100 m freestyle
Imre Nyéki
Hungary
57.8Lev Balandin
58.2Géza Kádas
Hungary
58.3
400 m freestyle
György Csordás
Hungary
4:38.8Angelo Romani
4:40.4Per-Olof Östrand
4:40.9
1500 m freestyle
György Csordás
Hungary
18:57.8György Schuszter
Hungary
19:05.6Vladimir Lavrinenko
19:10.6
100 m backstroke
Gilbert Bozon
1:05.1László Magyar
Hungary
1:05.3John Brockway
1:05.9
200 m breaststroke
Klaus Bodinger
2:40.9Marek Petrusewicz
2:42.5Sándor Utassy
Hungary
2:43.8
200 m butterfly
György Tumpek
Hungary
2:32.2Zsolt Feyér
Hungary
2:35.1Vadim Martinchik
2:36.3
freestyle relay

Laszlo Till
Zoltán Dömötör
Géza Kádas
Imre Nyéki
8:47.8
Jean Boiteux
Gilbert Bozon
Guy Montserret
Aldo Eminente
8:54.1
Nikolay Suhorukov
Vyacheslav Kurennoy
Yuriy Abovyan
Lev Balandin
8:55.9
Women's events
100 m freestyle
Katalin Szőke
Hungary
1:05.8Judit Temes
Hungary
1:06.7Geertje Wielema
1:07.3
400 m freestyle
Agata Sebö
Hungary
5:14.4Valéria Gyenge
Hungary
5:16.3Eša Ligorio
5:18.7
100 m backstroke
Geertje Wielema
1:13.2Joke de Korte
1:13.6Pat Symons
1:17.3
200 m breaststroke
Ursula Happe
2:54.9Jytte Hansen
2:55.0Klara Killerman
Hungary
2:55.8
100 m butterfly
Jutta Langenau
1:16.6Maria Littomeritzky
Hungary
1:18.6Ursula Happe
1:18.9
freestyle relay

Valéria Gyenge
Agata Sebö
Judit Temes
Katalin Szőke
4:30.6
Loes Zandvliet
Joke de Korte
Hetty Balkenende
Geertje Wielema
4:33.2
Käthe Jansen
Gisela von Netz
Birgit Klomp
Elisabeth Rechlin
4:37.2

Water polo

Men's tournament

See also

References