| 31st European Aquatics Championships | |
| Hostcity: |  Debrecen Eindhoven |
| Dates: | 14–27 May 2012isako |
| Venues: | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex Hoogenband Swimming Stadium |
| Previous: | 2010 Budapest - Balatonfüred |
| Next: | 2014 Berlin |
The 2012 European Aquatics Championships were held from 14 to 27 May 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary and Eindhoven, Netherlands.[1] The 2012 European Swimming Championships were to take place in Antwerp, Belgium, but were reallocated to the City of Debrecen and were held on the same dates as previously planned, from 21 to 27 May. The Diving Championships were held in Eindhoven from 15 to 20 May. The Synchronised Swimming discipline, originally intended to take place in Antwerp, have also been reallocated, with its continental titles having been contested in Eindhoven.Originally, the Championships had been awarded to Vienna, but later they backed out due to the Great Recession.[2]
The 2012 European Water Polo Championships were held separately a few months earlier, from 16 to 29 January, also in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Competition dates by discipline were:
| 50 m freestyle[3] | Frédérick Bousquet | 21.80 | Stefan Nystrand | 22.04 | Andriy Hovorov | 22.18 | |
| 100 m freestyle[4] | Filippo Magnini | 48.77 | Alain Bernard | 48.95 | Norbert Trandafir | 49.13 | |
| 200 m freestyle[5] | Paul Biedermann | 1:46.27 | Amaury Leveaux | 1:47.69 | Dominik Kozma | 1:47.72 | |
| 400 m freestyle[6] | Paul Biedermann | 3:47.84 | Gergő Kis | 3:48.09 | Samuel Pizzetti | 3:48.66 | |
| 800 m freestyle[7] | Gergő Kis | 7:49.46 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 7:52.23 | Sergiy Frolov | 7:52.81 | |
| 1500 m freestyle[8] | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 14:48.92 | Gergő Kis | 14:58.15 | Gergely Gyurta | 15:04.38 | |
| 50 m backstroke[9] | Jonatan Kopelev | 24.73 | Mirco Di Tora | 24.95 | Guy Barnea Richárd Bohus Dorian Gandin | 25.14 | |
| 100 m backstroke[10] | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 53.86 | Helge Meeuw | 54.06 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.14 | |
| 200 m backstroke[11] | Radosław Kawęcki | 1:55.28 | Péter Bernek | 1:55.88 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 1:57.35 | |
| 50 m breaststroke[12] | Damir Dugonjič | 27.32 | Fabio Scozzoli | 27.49 | Panagiotis Samilidis | 27.64 | |
| 100 m breaststroke[13] | Fabio Scozzoli | 1:00.55 | Valeriy Dymo | 1:00.68 | Mattia Pesce | 1:00.93 | |
| 200 m breaststroke[14] | Dániel Gyurta | 2:08.60 | Marco Koch | 2:09.26 | Panagiotis Samilidis | 2:09.72 | |
| 50 m butterfly[15] | Rafael Muñoz | 23.16 | Frédérick Bousquet | 23.30 | Yauhen Tsurkin | 23.37 | |
| 100 m butterfly[16] | Milorad Čavić | 51.45 | László Cseh | 51.77 | Matteo Rivolta | 52.40 | |
| 200 m butterfly[17] | László Cseh | 1:54.95 | Bence Biczó | 1:55.85 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 1:56.48 | |
| 200 m individual medley[18] | László Cseh | 1:56.66 | James Goddard | 1:57.84 | Markus Rogan | 1:59.39 | |
| 400 m individual medley[19] | László Cseh | 4:12.17 | Dávid Verrasztó | 4:14.23 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 4:14.41 | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay[20] | Amaury Leveaux (48.59) Alain Bernard (48.29) Frédérick Bousquet (48.40) Jérémy Stravius (48.27) | 3:13.55 | Andrea Rolla (49.48) Marco Orsi (48.15) Michele Santucci (49.11) Filippo Magnini (47.97) | 3:14.71 | Vitaly Syrnikov (49.48) Oleg Tikhobaev (48.01) Nikita Konovalov (48.39) Viacheslav Andrusenko (49.25) | 3:15.13 | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay[21] | Paul Biedermann (1:46.70) Dimitri Colupaev (1:47.41) Clemens Rapp (1:47.90) Tim Wallburger (1:47.16) | 7:09.17 | Gianluca Maglia (1:48.58) Riccardo Maestri (1:47.87) Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.26) Filippo Magnini (1:48.41) | 7:13.10 | Dominik Kozma (1:48.31) Gergő Kis (1:47.60) Péter Bernek (1:49.46) László Cseh (1:48.23) | 7:13.60 | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay[22] | Mirco di Tora (54.40) Fabio Scozzoli (59.38) Matteo Rivolta (51.24) Filippo Magnini (47.78) | 3:32.80 | Helge Meeuw (54.52) Christian vom Lehn (1:00.21) Steffen Deibler (51.74) Marco di Carli (47.94) | 3:34.41 | Péter Bernek (54.79) Dániel Gyurta (59.33) László Cseh (51.88) Dominik Kozma (48.57) | 3:34.57 | |
| 50 m freestyle[23] | Britta Steffen | 24.37 | Hinkelien Schreuder | 24.78 | Nery Mantey Niangkouara | 24.93 | |
| 100 m freestyle[24] | Sarah Sjöström | 53.61 | Britta Steffen | 54.15 | Daniela Schreiber | 54.41 | |
| 200 m freestyle[25] | Federica Pellegrini | 1:56.76 | Silke Lippok | 1:58.19 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | 1:58.23 | |
| 400 m freestyle[26] | Coralie Balmy | 4:05.31 | Mireia Belmonte García | 4:05.45 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | 4:07.47 | |
| 800 m freestyle[27] | Boglárka Kapás | 8:26.49 | Coralie Balmy | 8:27.79 | Éva Risztov | 8:27.87 | |
| 1500 m freestyle[28] | Mireia Belmonte García | 16:05.34 | Éva Risztov | 16:10.04 | Erika Villaécija García | 16:15.85 | |
| 50 m backstroke | Mercedes Peris | 28.25 | Arianna Barbieri Sanja Jovanović | 28.31 | not awarded | ||
| 100 m backstroke[29] | Jenny Mensing | 1:00.08 | Arianna Barbieri | 1:00.54 | Simona Baumrtová | 1:00.57 | |
| 200 m backstroke[30] | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.41 | Jenny Mensing | 2:09.55 | Duane Da Rocha | 2:09.56 | |
| 50 m breaststroke[31] | Petra Chocová | 31.25 | Sycerika McMahon | 31.27 | Caroline Ruhnau | 31.35 | |
| 100 m breaststroke[32] | Sarah Poewe | 1:07.33 | Jennie Johansson | 1:07.85 | Marina García | 1:07.91 | |
| 200 m breaststroke[33] | Sara Nordenstam | 2:26.91 | Irina Novikova | 2:27.25 | Sarah Poewe | 2:27.80 | |
| 50 m butterfly[34] | Sarah Sjöström | 25.64 | Triin Aljand | 25.92 | Ingvild Snildal | 26.12 | |
| 100 m butterfly[35] | Ingvild Snildal | 58.04 | Martina Granström | 58.07 | Amit Ivri | 58.78 | |
| 200 m butterfly[36] | Katinka Hosszú | 2:07.28 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 2:07.86 | Martina Granström | 2:08.22 | |
| 200 m individual medley[37] | Katinka Hosszú | 2:10.84 | Sophie Allen | 2:11.49 | Evelyn Verrasztó | 2:11.63 | |
| 400 m individual medley[38] | Katinka Hosszú | 4:33.76 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 4:35.68 | Barbora Závadová | 4:38.07 | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay[39] | Britta Steffen (54.21) Silke Lippok (55.07) Lisa Vitting (55.33) Daniela Schreiber (53.37) | 3:37.98 | Ida Marko-Varga (55.66) Michelle Coleman (54.08) Sarah Sjöström (54.04) Gabriella Fagundez (54.62) | 3:38.40 | Alice Mizzau (55.14) Federica Pellegrini (54.29) Erica Buratto (55.50) Erika Ferraioli (54.91) | 3:39.84 | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay[40] | Alice Mizzau (1:58.67) Alice Nesti (1:59.50) Diletta Carli (1:59.40) Federica Pellegrini (1:55.33) | 7:52.90 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:58.43) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:59.02) Ágnes Mutina (1:58.52) Katinka Hosszú (1:58.73) | 7:54.70 | Sara Isaković (1:59.06) Anja Klinar (1:59.23) Urša Bežan (1:59.98) Mojca Sagmeister (2:01.46) | 7:59.73 | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay[41] | Jenny Mensing (1:00.51) Sarah Poewe (1:07.44) Alexandra Wenk (57.74) Britta Steffen (52.74) | 3:58.43 CR | Arianna Barbieri (1:00.83) Chiara Bogiatto (1:08.51) Ilaria Bianchi (57.45) Alice Mizzau (55.13) | 4:01.92 | Therese Svendsen (1:03.34) Joline Höstman (1:08.54) Martina Grandström (58.46) Natalie Lindborg (55.24) | 4:05.58 | |
| 1 m springboard[42] | Illya Kvasha | 430.50 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 412.65 | Matthieu Rosset | 403.95 | |
| 3 m springboard[43] | Matthieu Rosset | 504.00 | Patrick Hausding | 502.75 | Ilya Zakharov | 493.80 | |
| 3 m synchro springboard[44] | Evgeny Kuznetsov Ilya Zakharov | 445.92 | Patrick Hausding Stephan Feck | 433.68 | Oleksiy Pryhorov Illya Kvasha | 432.48 | |
| 10 m platform[45] | Tom Daley | 565.05 | Victor Minibaev | 515.40 | Gleb Galperin | 511.55 | |
| 10 m synchro platform[46] | Sascha Klein Patrick Hausding | 463.08 | Ilya Zakharov Victor Minibaev | 458.07 | Oleksandr Bondar Oleksandr Gorshkovozov | 437.79 |
| 1 m springboard[47] | Anna Lindberg | 301.35 | Tania Cagnotto | 281.30 | Nadezhda Bazhina | 275.15 | |
| 3 m springboard[48] | Anna Lindberg | 342.75 | Uschi Freitag | 321.40 | Olena Fedorova | 315.00 | |
| 3 m synchro springboard[49] | Francesca Dallapé Tania Cagnotto | 325.50 | Hanna Pysmenska Olena Fedorova | 302.10 | Katja Dieckow Uschi Freitag | 296.70 | |
| 10 m platform[50] | Yulia Prokopchuk | 321.55 | Noemi Batki | 315.60 | Maria Kurjo | 312.65 | |
| 10 m synchro platform[51] | Tonia Couch Sarah Barrow | 319.56 | Viktoriya Potyekhina Yulia Prokopchuk | 310.68 | Nora Subschinski Christin Steuer | 303.93 |
| Team Event[52] | Audrey Labeau Matthieu Rosset | 416.50 | Olena Fedorova Oleksandr Bondar | 387.85 | Nadezhda Bazhina Artem Chesakov | 384.30 |