Swimming at the 1991 European Aquatics Championships explained

The swimming events of the 1991 European Aquatics Championships were held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens, Greece which also hosted the swimming competition during the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

50 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Nils Rudolph	GER	22.33
	Gennadiy Prigoda	URS	22.44
	Mike Fibbens	GBR	22.72
Vladimir Tkacenko	URS
5	Christophe Kalfayan	FRA	22.78
6	Silko Günzel	GER	22.91
7	Dano Halsall	SUI	22.97
8	René Gusperti	ITA	23.37

100 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Alexander Popov	URS	49.18
	Nils Rudolph	GER	49.52
	Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	49.57
4	Silko Günzel	GER	49.79
5	Venyamin Tayanovich	URS	50.07
6	Tommy Werner	SWE	50.09
7	Mike Fibbens	GBR	50.30
8	Christophe Kalfayan	FRA	50.33

200 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Artur Wojdat	POL	1:48.10
	Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	1:48.15
	Roberto Gleria	ITA	1:48.73
4	Yevgeny Sadovyi	URS	1:48.74
5	Anders Holmertz	SWE	1:49.02
6	Steffen Zesner	GER	1:49.04
7	Antti Kasvio	FIN	1:49.83
8	Jarl Inge Melberg	NOR	1:50.07

400 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Yevgeny Sadovyi	URS	3:49.02
	Artur Wojdat	POL	3:49.09
	Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	3:50.46
4	Sebastian Wiese	GER	3:50.49
5	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	3:51.42
6	Anders Holmertz	SWE	3:52.08
7	Mariusz Podkościelny	POL	3:53.21
8	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	3:55.88

1500 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	15:02.57
	Ian Wilson	GBR	15:02.72
	Sebastian Wiese	GER	15:14.30
4	Igor Majcen	YUG	15:21.58
5	Piotr Albinski	POL	15:30.30
6	Sergi Rouro	ESP	15:33.44
7	Evgeni Logvinov	URS	15:34.30
8	Zoltán Szilágyi	HUN	15:35.27

100 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Martin López-Zubero	ESP	55.30
	Dirk Richter	GER	56.04
	Franck Schott	FRA	56.29
4	Vladimir Selkov	URS	56.58
5	Tamás Deutsch	HUN	56.59
6	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	56.66
7	Stefaan Maene	BEL	57.22
8	Attila Czene	HUN	57.67

200 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Martin López-Zubero	ESP	1:58.66
	Dirk Richter	GER	2:00.18
Vladimir Selkov	URS
4	Tamás Deutsch	HUN	2:00.30
5	David Holderbach	FRA	2:00.60
6	Stefano Battistelli	ITA	2:00.89
7	Lars Kalenka	GER	2:01.48
8	Thomas Sopp	NOR	2:02.83

100 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	1:01.49
	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	1:01.89
	Gianni Minervini	ITA	1:02.41
4	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	1:02.58
5	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:02.71
6	Petri Suominen	FIN	1:02.90
7	Dmitri Volkov	URS	1:03.18
8	Frédérik Deburghgraeve	BEL	1:03.34

200 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Nick Gillingham	GBR	2:12.55
	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	2:12.58
	Sergio López	ESP	2:13.40
4	Károly Güttler	HUN	2:14.07
5	Joaquín Fernández	ESP	2:14.40
6	Cédric Penicaud	FRA	2:14.82
7	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	2:15.59
8	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	2:16.29

100 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Vladislav Kulikov	URS	54.22
	Martin López-Zubero	ESP	54.30
	Nils Rudolph	GER	54.31
4	Rafał Szukała	POL	54.35
5	Bruno Gutzeit	FRA	54.92
6	Thilo Haase	GER	55.07
7	Franck Esposito	FRA	55.16
8	Rik Leishman	GBR	55.26

200 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:59.59
	Rafał Szukała	POL	2:01.01
	Christophe Bordeau	FRA	2:01.25
4	Marco Braida	ITA	2:01.53
5	Bernd Zeruhn	GER	2:01.97
6	Matiaz Koželi	YUG	2:02.14
7	José Luis Ballester	ESP	2:02.32
-	Christian Keller	GER	DSQ

200 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Lars Sørensen	DEN	2:02.63
	Christian Gessner	GER	2:02.66
	Luca Sacchi	ITA	2:02.93
4	Christian Keller	GER	2:03.16
5	Attila Czene	HUN	2:03.89
6	Frédéric Lefévre	FRA	2:04.13
7	John Davey	GBR	2:05.03
8.	Jani Sievinen	FIN	2:05.48

400 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Luca Sacchi	ITA	4:17.81
	Patrick Kühl	GER	4:17.85
	Christian Gessner	GER	4:19.66
4	Stefano Battistelli	ITA	4:22.33
5	Jani Sievinen	FIN	4:23.34
6	Marcin Malinski	POL	4:24.54
7	Jorge Perez	ESP	4:24.60
8.	Denislav Kaltchev	BUL	4:30.99

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Pavel Khnykin Gennadiy Prigoda Venyamin Tayanovich Alexander Popov	URS	3:17.11
	Silko Günzel Nils Rudolph Steffen Zesner Dirk Richter	GER	3:18.31
	Tommy Werner Göran Titus Anders Holmertz Göran Jansson	SWE	3:20.42
4	Italy	ITA	3:20.94
5	France	FRA	3:21.27
6	Netherlands	NED	3:23.81
7	Norway	NOR	3:26.34
8	Greece	GRE	3:31.41

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Dmitri Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Venyamin Tayanovich Yevgeny Sadovyi	URS	7:15.96
	Emanuele Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti	ITA	7:18.30
	Steffen Zesner Uwe Dassler Christian Keller Jörg Hoffmann	GER	7:19.13
4	Poland	POL	7:25.05
5	Spain	ESP	7:27.60
6	Norway	NOR	7:28.75
7	Great Britain	GBR	7:31.85
-	France	FRA	DSQ

4 × 100 m medley relay

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Vladimir Selkov Dmitri Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov	URS	3:39.68
	Franck Schott Cédric Penicaud Bruno Gutzeit Christophe Kalfayan	FRA	3:42.15
	Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Béla Szabados	HUN	3:42.35
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:43.67
5	Spain	ESP	3:45.52
-	Germany	GER	DSQ
-	Italy	ITA	DSQ
-	Finland	FIN	DSQ

Women's events

50 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Simone Osygus	GER	25.80
	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	25.84
	Inge de Bruijn	NED	25.91
4	Daniela Hunger	GER	26.06
5	Yevgeniya Yermakova	URS	26.26
6	Louise Karlsson	SWE	26.31
7	Gitta Jensen	DEN	26.32
8	Judith Draxler	AUT	26.47

100 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	56.20
	Karin Brienesse	NED	56.44
	Simone Osygus	GER	56.47
4	Daniela Hunger	GER	56.76
5	Gitta Jensen	DEN	57.20
6	Liliana Dobrescu	ROM	57.25
7	Louise Karlsson	SWE	57.46
8	Marieke Mastenbroek	NED	57.66

200 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:00.29
	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	2:00.34
	Liliana Dobrescu	ROM	2:01.77
4	Gitta Jensen	DEN	2:02.03
5	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	2:02.91
6	Eva Nyberg	SWE	2:03.21
7	Sandra Cam	BEL	2:03.66
8	Karin Brienesse	NED	2:03.89

400 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Irene Dalby	NOR	4:11.63
	Beatrice Câșlaru	ROM	4:12.33
	Cristina Sossi	ITA	4:12.35
4	Jana Henke	GER	4:12.64
5	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	4:14.24
6	Manuela Melchiorri	ITA	4:14.77
7	Sandra Cam	BEL	4:17.06
8	Baukje Wiersma	NED	4:17.62

800 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Irene Dalby	NOR	8:32.08
	Jana Henke	GER	8:32.25
	Cristina Sossi	ITA	8:33.79
4	Manuela Melchiorri	ITA	8:42.67
5	Isabelle Arnould	BEL	8:44.70
6	Olga Spíchalová	TCH	8:47.14
7	Grit Müller	GER	8:48.19
8	Baukje Wiersma	NED	8:49.36

100 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Krisztina Egerszegi	HUN	1:00.31 WR
	Tünde Szabó	HUN	1:01.31
	Dagmar Hase	GER	1:02.42
4	Natalya Krupskaya	URS	1:02.62
5	Natalya Shibayeva	URS	1:03.10
6	Sandra Völker	GER	1:03.20
7	Ellen Elzerman	NED	1:03.34
8	Sharon Page	GBR	1:03.74

200 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Krisztina Egerszegi	HUN	2:06.62 WR
	Tünde Szabó	HUN	2:11.42
	Dagmar Hase	GER	2:12.22
4	Natalya Krupskaya	URS	2:13.71
5	Joanne Deakins	GBR	2:14.23
6	Kathy Read	GBR	2:15.15
7	Natalya Shibayeva	URS	2:15.25
8	Lorenza Vigarani	ITA	2:15.31

100 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Elena Roudkovskaya	URS	1:09.05
	Svitlana Bondarenko	URS	1:09.99
	Tanya Dangalakova	BUL	1:10.12
4	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	1:10.54
4	Gabriella Csépe	HUN	1:10.54
6	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:10.62
7	Lorriane Coombes	GBR	1:11.52
8	Jean Hill	GBR	1:11.56

200 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Elena Roudkovskaya	URS	2:29.50
	Beatrice Câșlaru	ROM	2:32.00
	Tanya Dangalakova	BUL	2:32.09
4	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:32.50
5	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:32.52
6	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:32.88
7	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	ISL	2:34.08
8	Audrey Guerit	FRA	2:34.12

100 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	1:00.32
	Inge de Bruijn	NED	1:01.64
	Therèse Lundin	SWE	1:01.80
4	Madeleine Campbell	GBR	1:02.01
5	Elena Kononenko	URS	1:02.40
6	Katrin Meissner	GER	1:02.65
7	Malin Strömberg	SWE	1:02.80
8	Karin Brienesse	NED	1:03.16

200 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:12.87
	Sabine Herbst	GER	2:14.72
	Berit Puggard	DEN	2:14.80
4	Corina Dumitru	ROM	2:15.55
5	María Fernández	ESP	2:16.20
6	Juliana Pantillimon	ROM	2:16.71
7	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:16.78
8	Martia Wzodkovska	POL	2:19.40

200 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Daniela Hunger	GER	2:15.15
	Beatrice Câșlaru	ROM	2:16.68
	Marion Zoller	GER	2:17.43
4	Darya Shmeleva	URS	2:17.59
5	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:18.34
6	Ewa Synowska	POL	2:19.77
7	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:19.89
8	Lenka Maňhalová	TCH	2:20.21

400 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Krisztina Egerszegi	HUN	4:39.78
	Beatrice Câșlaru	ROM	4:44.67
	Ewa Synowska	POL	4:47.92
4	Sabine Herbst	GER	4:49.85
5	Darya Shmeleva	URS	4:50.55
6	Irene Dalby	NOR	4:50.68
7	Annalisa Nisiro	ITA	4:55.72
-	Céline Bonnet	FRA	DSQ

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Diana van der Plaats Inge de Bruijn Marieke Mastenbroek Karin Brienesse	NED	3:45.36
	Daniela Hunger Katrin Meissner Dagmar Hase Simone Osygus	GER	3:45.54
	Mette Nielsen Gitta Jensen Berit Puggard Mette Jacobsen	DEN	3:46.36
4	France	FRA	3:47.95
5	Italy	ITA	3:50.14
6	Sweden	SWE	3:50.73
7	Great Britain	GBR	3:52.15
8	Norway	NOR	3:52.54

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Annette Poulsen Gitta Jensen Berit Puggard Mette Jacobsen	DEN	8:05.90
		GER	8:10.26
	Ellen Elzerman Baukje Wiersma Diana van der Plaats Karin Brienesse	NED	8:13.97
4	Italy	ITA	8:19.46
5	Romania	ROM	8:19.47
6	Sweden	SWE	8:20.56
7	Spain	ESP	8:26.58
8	Norway	NOR	8:26.91

4 × 100 m medley relay

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Natalya Krupskaya Elena Roudkovskaya Elena Kononenko Yevgeniya Yermakova	URS	4:08.55
		GER	4:10.10
	Ellen Elzerman Kira Bulten Inge de Bruijn Karin Brienesse	NED	4:14.03
4	Sweden	SWE	4:16.22
5	Italy	ITA	4:17.63
6	Denmark	DEN	4:18.74
7	Romania	ROM	4:18.79
-	Great Britain	GBR	DSQ

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