21st European Aquatics Championships | |
Hostcity: | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Dates: | 3–8 August 1993 |
Venues: | Ponds Forge International Sports Centre |
Events: | 47 |
Previous: | 1991 Athens |
Next: | 1995 Vienna |
The 1993 European Aquatics Championships were held in Sheffield, United Kingdom from Tuesday 3 August to Sunday 8 August, in the 50 m pool of the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. The 21st edition of the event was organised by the LEN.
Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo. The open water competition though was held in Slapy, Czech Republic from 28 to 29 August, while the women's water polo tournament was played in Leeds.
The swimming championships resulted in one world and one European record: Károly Güttler improved the world's best time in the qualifying heats of the men's 100 m breaststroke, while Franziska van Almsick bettered the continental's best time in the women's 100 m freestyle. Star swimmer at this meet was Krisztina Egerszegi, winning four gold medals for Hungary.
See main article: 1993 European Open Water Swimming Championships.
5 km open water | ||||
25 km open water |
5 km open water | ||||
25 km open water |
1 m springboard | Peter Böhler Germany | Joakim Andersson Sweden | Boris Lietzow Germany | |
3 m springboard | Jan Hempel Germany | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Joakim Andersson Sweden | |
10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Bobby Morgan Great Britain | Jan Hempel Germany |
1 m springboard | Simona Koch Germany | Irina Lashko Russia | Vera Ilyina Russia | |
3 m springboard | Brita Baldus Germany | Vera Ilyina Russia | Simona Koch Germany | |
10 m platform | Svetlana Khokhlova Russia | Ute Wetzig Germany | Olena Zhupina Ukraine |
Solo | Olga Sedakova Russia | Marianne Aeschbacher France | Kerry Shacklock Great Britain | |
Duet | Olga Sedakova Anna Kozlova Russia | Marianne Aeschbacher Céline Leveque France | Kerry Shacklock Laila Vakil Great Britain | |
Team | Elena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Natalia Gruzdeva Anna Kozlova Gana Maximova Elena Nikashina Olga Novokshchenova Olga Sedakova | France Marianne Aeschbacher Celine Leveque Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Delphine Marechal Charlotte Massardier Magali Rathier Eva Riffet | Italy Giada Ballan Giovanna Burlando Giorgia Canale Manuela Carnini Maurizia Cecconi Paola Celli Roberta Farinelli Simona Ricotta |
Team competition |
Team competition |