2006 European Aquatics Championships
The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.
| 2006 European Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | |
| Date(s) | 26 July-6 August 2006 |

Competition dates by discipline were:[1]
- Swimming: 31 July – 6 August
- Diving: 1–6 August
- Synchro: 26–30 July
- Open Water: 26–30 July
Medal table
* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (22 entries) | 59 | 57 | 60 | 176 | |
Swimming
Schedule
Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August.[1][2] All swimming events contested in a long-course (50m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was:
- 200m and under: prelims/semifinals/finals—preliminary heats and semifinals were held on the same day (morning then evening), with finals of the event on the next evening.
- 400m and longer: prelims/finals. In the 400m, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, prelims and finals were held on the same day. In the women's 800m and men's 1500m events, prelims were held in the morning of day 1 of the event, with finals of the event in the evening session of day 2.
Event order for evening sessions was:
| Date | Monday 31 July 2006 |
Tuesday 1 August 2006 |
Wednesday 2 August 2006 |
Thursday 3 August 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E v e n t s |
400 free (m) 50 fly (w) – semis 100 back (m) – semis 400 IM (w) 100 breast (m) – semis 200 back (w) – semis 50 fly (m) – semis 4x100 Free Relay (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m) |
50 fly (m) 100 free (w) – semis 100 back (m) 50 fly (w) 100 breast (m) 100 breast (w) – semis 200 IM (m) – semis 200 back (w) 200 free (m) – semis |
800 free (w) 200 breast (m) – semis 200 IM (w) – semis 200 free (m) 100 breast (w) 200 fly (m) – semis 100 free (w) 200 IM (m) 100 back (w) – semis 50 back (m) – semis |
200 IM (w) 100 free (m) – semis 100 fly (w) – semis 200 breast (m) 100 back (w) 200 fly (m) 200 breast (w) – semis 50 back (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w) |
| Date | Friday 4 August 2006 |
Saturday 5 August 2006 |
Sunday 6 August 2006 |
|
| E v e n t s |
1500 free (m) 200 free (w) – semis 100 fly (m) – semis 200 breast (w) 100 free (m) 50 back (w) – semis 200 back (m) – semis 100 fly (w) 50 breast (m) – semis |
50 breast (w) – semis 100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 50 free (m) – semis 50 back (w) 200 back (m) 200 fly (w) – semis 50 breast (m) 50 free (w) – semis 4x200 Free Relay (m) |
50 free (w) 50 free (m) 50 breast (w) 200 fly (w) 400 IM (m) 400 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (m) | |
Men's Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Bartosz Kizierowski | 21.88 CR |
Oleksandr Volynets | 21.97 | Duje Draganja | 22.14 |
| 100 m freestyle | Filippo Magnini | 48.79 | Stefan Nystrand | 48.91 | Pieter vd Hoogenband | 48.94 |
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter vd Hoogenband | 1:45.65 | Massimiliano Rosolino | 1:47.02 | Filippo Magnini | 1:47.57 |
| 400 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov | 3:45.73 CR |
Massimiliano Rosolino | 3:46.87 | Nicolas Rostoucher | 3:47.04 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov | 14:51.93 CR |
Sébastien Rouault | 14:55.73 | Nicolas Rostoucher | 15:01.82 |
| 50 m backstroke | Helge Meeuw | 25.06 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 25.14 | Matthew Clay | 25.15 |
| 100 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin | 53.50 CR |
Markus Rogan | 54.07 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 54.34 |
| 200 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1:55.44 ER, CR |
László Cseh | 1:56.69 | Răzvan Florea | 1:57.83 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Alessandro Terrin | 27.48 | not awarded | Matjaž Markič | 27.87 | |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roman Sloudnov | 1:00.61 | Alexander Dale Oen | 1:00.63 | Oleg Lisogor | 1:00.64 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Sławomir Kuczko | 2:12.12 | Paolo Bossini | 2:12.35 | Kristopher Gilchrist | 2:13.21 |
| 50 m butterfly | Sergiy Breus | 23.41 CR |
Duje Draganja | 23.62 | Jakob Andkjær Andriy Serdinov | 23.77 |
| 100 m butterfly | Andriy Serdinov | 51.95 | Amaury Leveaux | 52.76 | Nikolay Skvortsov | 52.96 |
| 200 m butterfly | Paweł Korzeniowski | 1:55.04 CR |
Ioannis Drymonakos | 1:57.03 | Nikolay Skvortsov | 1:57.12 |
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh | 1:58.17 CR |
Alessio Boggiatto | 2:00.14 | Tamás Kerékjártó | 2:00.17 |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh | 4:09.86 CR |
Luca Marin | 4:14.15 | Alessio Boggiatto | 4:16.34 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Lorenzo Vismara Filippo Magnini | 3:15.23 CR |
Evgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Ivan Usov Andrey Kapralov | 3:16.47 | Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux | 3:16.53 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
Massimiliano Rosolino David Berbotto Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini | 7:09.60 CR |
David Carry Simon Burnett Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport | 7:11.63 | Andreas Zisimos Georgios Demetis Dimitrios Manganas Nikolaos Xylouris | 7:16.67 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Sloudnov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov | 3:34.96 CR |
Andriy Oleynyk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Yuriy Yegoshin | 3:36.21 | Liam Tancock James Gibson Todd Cooper Simon Burnett | 3:36.61 |
Women's Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Britta Steffen | 24.72 | Therese Alshammar | 24.87 | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.89 |
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen | 53.30 WR |
Marleen Veldhuis | 54.32 | Nery-Madey Niangkoura | 54.48 |
| 200 m freestyle | Otylia Jędrzejczak | 1:57.25 | Annika Liebs | 1:57.48 | Laure Manaudou | 1:58.48 |
| 400 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou | 4:02.13 WR |
Joanne Jackson | 4:07.76 | Caitlin McClatchey | 4:08.13 |
| 800 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou | 8:19.29 ER |
Rebecca Adlington | 8:27.88 | Rebecca Cooke | 8:28.40 |
| 50 m backstroke | Janine Pietsch | 28.36 CR |
Aleksandra Gerasimenya | 28.72 | Antje Buschschulte | 28.73 |
| 100 m backstroke | Laure Manaudou | 1:00.88 | Antje Buschschulte | 1:01.40 | Janine Pietsch | 1:01.55 |
| 200 m backstroke | Esther Baron | 2:10.07 | Iryna Amshennikova | 2:12.13 | Melanie Marshall | 2:12.17 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Elena Bogomazova | 31.69 | Kate Haywood | 31.71 | Ágnes Kovács | 31.95 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ganna Khlystunova | 1:07.55 CR |
Kirsty Balfour | 1:07.95 | Ágnes Kovács | 1:08.60 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Kirsty Balfour | 2:25.66 | Yuliya Pidlisna | 2:28.42 | Ágnes Kovács | 2:28.90 |
| 50 m butterfly | Therese Alshammar | 26.06 | Anna-Karin Kammerling | 26.23 | Chantal Groot | 26.49 |
| 100 m butterfly | Inge Dekker | 58.35 | Martina Moravcová | 58.98 | Alena Popchanka | 59.06 |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak | 2:07.09 | Francesca Segat | 2:08.96 | Caterina Giacchetti | 2:09.01 |
| 200 m individual medley | Laure Manaudou | 2:12.69 | Katarzyna Baranowska | 2:13.36 | Alessia Filippi | 2:13.75 |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessia Filippi | 4:35.80 | Nicole Hetzer | 4:37.97 | Katarzyna Baranowska | 4:40.02 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
Petra Dallmann Daniela Götz Britta Steffen Annika Liebs | 3:35.22 WR |
Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis | 3:37.04 | Alena Popchanka Aurore Mongel Céline Couderc Malia Metella | 3:38.83 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
Petra Dallmann Daniela Samulski Britta Steffen Annika Liebs | 7:50.82 WR |
Otylia Jędrzejczak Joanna Budzis Agata Zwiejska Paulina Barzycka | 7:56.32 | Alena Popchanka Sophie Huber Aurore Mongel Laure Manaudou | 7:56.44 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
Melanie Marshall Kirsty Balfour Terri Dunning Francesca Halsall | 4:02.24 | Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen | 4:02.35 | Laure Manaudou Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Alena Popchanka Céline Couderc | 4:03.64 |
WR= World Record (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (19 entries) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 115 | |
Diving
Schedule
Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.[1]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Joona Puhakka | 425.00 | Alexander Dobroskok | 416.60 | Christopher Sacchin | 415.70 |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin | 496.10 | Alexander Dobroskok | 479.95 | Joona Puhakka | 464.60 |
| 10 m platform | Gleb Galperin | 472.90 | Heiko Meyer | 459.45 | Konstyantyn Milyayev | 436.50 |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels | 403.86 | Yury Kunakov Dmitri Sautin | 401.46 | Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi | 394.68 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin | 469.38 | Sascha Klein Heiko Meyer | 447.96 | Michele Benedetti Francesco Dell'Uomo | 435.12 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Anna Lindberg | 291.90 | Ditte Kotzian | 279.30 | Maria Marconi | 267.35 |
| 3 m springboard | Anna Lindberg | 330.60 | Ditte Kotzian | 324.90 | Nóra Barta | 319.85 |
| 10 m platform | Yulia Prokopchuk | 338.00 | Anja Richter | 332.35 | Christin Steuer | 330.40 |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Nataliya Umyskova Nadezhda Bazhina | 314.55 | Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian | 298.60 | Olena Fedorova Kristina Ishchenko | 292.17 |
| 10 m platform synchro | Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski | 325.92 | Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova | 306.24 | Yulia Prokopchuk Kateryna Zhuk | 297.21 |
Synchronized Swimming
Schedule
Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.[1]
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo free routine | Natalia Ishchenko | 98.4 | Gemma Mengual | 97.7 | Nathalia Anthopolou | 93.9 |
| Duet free routine | Anastasia Davydova Anastassia Ermakova | 98.8 | Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados | 97.5 | Eleftheria Ftouli Evanthia Makrygianni | 94.0 |
| Team free routine | 98.8 | 97.3 |
|
93.6 | ||
| Free routine combination | 97.9 | 95.9 |
|
93.5 | ||
Open Water Swimming
Schedule
Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.[1]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Thomas Lurz | 56:00.1 | Christian Hein | 56:01.1 | Simone Ercoli | 56:01.8 |
| 10 km | Thomas Lurz | 1:58:12.1 | Maarten van der Weijden | 1:58:13.5 | Christian Hein | 1:58:16.6 |
| 25 km | Gilles Rondy | 5:10:17.3 | Anton Sanachev | 5:10:18.2 | Stéphane Gomez | 5:10:19.3 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Ekaterina Seliverstova | 1:01:50.8 | Cathi Dietrich | 1:01:52.3 | Jana Pechanová Larisa Ilchenko | 1:01:52.4 |
| 10 km | Angela Maurer | 2:07:10.8 | Rita Kovács | 2:07:14.3 | Jana Pechanová | 2:07:15.6 |
| 25 km | Angela Maurer | 5:35:19.1 | Natalia Pankina | 5:35:25.1 | Stefanie Biller | 5:35:29.5 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |
See also
- Ligue Européenne de Natation – LEN: the European Swimming League
References
- Programme Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- Swimming schedule Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for the 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
Sources
- Official Budapest 2006 Website
- Swim Rankings Results