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{{Infobox swimming meet
| name           = 2006 European Aquatics Championships
| image          = 
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| hostcity       = {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest]]
| dates          = 26 July-6 August 2006
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| nations        = 
| athletes       = 
| events         =
| footnotes      =
| previous       = [[2004 European Aquatics Championships|2004 Madrid]]
| next           = [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]]
}}
[[File:ECh Swimming 2006.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Swimming pool just before the finales on 3rd of August 2006]]

The '''2006 [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Swimming Championships]]''' were held in [[Budapest|Budapest, Hungary]], from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[diving (sport)|diving]], [[synchronised swimming]] (synchro) and [[open water swimming]]. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by [[Ligue Européenne de Natation|LEN]], but held separately.

Competition dates by discipline were:<ref name="Programme">[http://www.lenweb.org/LEN/budapest_2006/Programme.pdf Programme] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615134502/http://www.lenweb.org/LEN/budapest_2006/Programme.pdf |date=2011-06-15 }} for 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by [[Ligue Européenne de Natation|LEN]]. Retrieved 2010-07-15.</ref>
*'''Swimming''': 31 July – 6 August
*'''Diving''': 1–6 August
*'''Synchro''': 26–30 July
*'''Open Water''': 26–30 July

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = HUN
 | flag_template  = Flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 16 | silver_RUS = 7 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_GER = 12 | silver_GER = 10 | bronze_GER = 5
 | gold_FRA = 6 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 9
 | gold_ITA = 5 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 11
 | gold_UKR = 5 | silver_UKR = 4 | bronze_UKR = 5
 | gold_POL = 5 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_SWE = 3 | silver_SWE = 3 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 5 | bronze_GBR = 6
 | gold_NED = 2 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 3
 | gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 5 | host_HUN = yes 
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 4 | bronze_ESP = 0
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 5
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 1 | bronze_CRO = 1
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 0
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 2
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1
}}

==Swimming==
===Schedule===
Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August.<ref name="Programme" /><ref>[http://www.lenweb.org/LEN/budapest_2006/Swimming%20Format.pdf Swimming schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615134617/http://www.lenweb.org/LEN/budapest_2006/Swimming%20Format.pdf |date=2011-06-15 }} for the 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by [[Ligue Européenne de Natation|LEN]]. Retrieved 2010-07-15.</ref> 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:
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
! Date 
! Monday <br> 31 July 2006
! Tuesday <br> 1 August 2006
! Wednesday <br> 2 August 2006
! Thursday <br> 3 August 2006
|-
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD| '''E<br>v<br>e<br>n<br>t<br>s'''
| 400 free (m) <small><br> 50 fly (w) – semis <br> 100 back (m) – semis <br></small> 400 IM (w) <small><br> 100 breast (m) – semis <br> 200 back (w) – semis <br> 50 fly (m) – semis </small><br> 4x100 Free Relay (w) <br> 4x100 Free Relay (m)
| 50 fly (m) <small><br> 100 free (w) – semis </small><br> 100 back (m) <br> 50 fly (w) <br> 100 breast (m) <small><br> 100 breast (w) – semis <br> 200 IM (m) – semis </small><br> 200 back (w) <small><br> 200 free (m) – semis </small>
| 800 free (w) <small><br> 200 breast (m) – semis <br> 200 IM (w) – semis </small><br> 200 free (m) <br> 100 breast (w) <small><br> 200 fly (m) – semis </small><br> 100 free (w) <br> 200 IM (m) <small><br> 100 back (w) – semis <br> 50 back (m) – semis </small>
| 200 IM (w) <small><br> 100 free (m) – semis <br> 100 fly (w) – semis <br></small> 200 breast (m) <br> 100 back (w) <br> 200 fly (m) <small><br> 200 breast (w) – semis <br></small> 50 back (m) <br> 4x200 Free Relay (w)
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=5|
|-
! Date
! Friday <br> 4 August 2006
! Saturday <br> 5 August 2006
! Sunday <br> 6 August 2006
|rowspan=2|
|-
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD| '''E<br>v<br>e<br>n<br>t<br>s'''
| 1500 free (m) <small><br> 200 free (w) – semis <br> 100 fly (m) – semis <br></small> 200 breast (w) <br> 100 free (m) <small><br> 50 back (w) – semis <br> 200 back (m) – semis <br></small> 100 fly (w) <small><br> 50 breast (m) – semis </small>
| <small> 50 breast (w) – semis <br></small> 100 fly (m) <br> 200 free (w) <small><br> 50 free (m) – semis <br></small> 50 back (w) <br> 200 back (m) <small><br> 200 fly (w) – semis <br></small> 50 breast (m) <small><br> 50 free (w) – semis <br></small> 4x200 Free Relay (m)
| 50 free (w) <br> 50 free (m) <br> 50 breast (w) <br> 200 fly (w) <br> 400 IM (m) <br> 400 free (w) <br> 4x100 Medley Relay (w) <br> 4x100 Medley Relay (m)
|-
|}

===Results===
====Men's Events====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} 
|-
|50 m freestyle
| [[Bartosz Kizierowski]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 21.88<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Oleksandr Volynets]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 21.97
| [[Duje Draganja]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|CRO}} Croatia </small> || 22.14
|-
|100 m freestyle
| [[Filippo Magnini]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 48.79
| [[Stefan Nystrand]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden </small> || 48.91
| [[Pieter van den Hoogenband|Pieter vd Hoogenband]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands </small> || 48.94
|-
|200 m freestyle
| [[Pieter van den Hoogenband|Pieter vd Hoogenband]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands </small> || 1:45.65
| [[Massimiliano Rosolino]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 1:47.02
| [[Filippo Magnini]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 1:47.57
|-
|400 m freestyle 
| [[Yury Prilukov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 3:45.73<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Massimiliano Rosolino]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 3:46.87
| [[Nicolas Rostoucher]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 3:47.04
|-
|1500 m freestyle 
| [[Yury Prilukov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 14:51.93<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Sébastien Rouault]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 14:55.73
| [[Nicolas Rostoucher]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 15:01.82
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|50 m backstroke 
| [[Helge Meeuw]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 25.06
| [[Aristeidis Grigoriadis]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece </small> || 25.14
| [[Matthew Clay (swimmer)|Matthew Clay]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 25.15
|-
|100 m backstroke
| [[Arkady Vyatchanin]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 53.50<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Markus Rogan]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria </small> || 54.07
| [[Aristeidis Grigoriadis]]  <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece </small> || 54.34
|-
|200 m backstroke 
| [[Arkady Vyatchanin]]  <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 1:55.44 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European records in swimming|ER]], [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[László Cseh]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 1:56.69
| [[Răzvan Florea]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ROU}} Romania </small> || 1:57.83
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|50 m breaststroke 
| [[Oleg Lisogor]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> <br> [[Alessandro Terrin]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 27.48
| <small>&nbsp; ''not awarded''</small>|| 
| [[Matjaž Markič]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|SLO}} Slovenia </small> || 27.87
|-
|100 m breaststroke
| [[Roman Sloudnov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 1:00.61
| [[Alexander Dale Oen]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway </small> || 1:00.63
| [[Oleg Lisogor]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 1:00.64
|-
|200 m breaststroke 
| [[Sławomir Kuczko]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 2:12.12
| [[Paolo Bossini]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 2:12.35
| [[Kristopher Gilchrist]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 2:13.21
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|50 m butterfly
| [[Sergiy Breus]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 23.41<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Duje Draganja]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|CRO}} Croatia </small> || 23.62
| [[Jakob Andkjær]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark </small><br>[[Andriy Serdinov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 23.77
|- 
|100 m butterfly 
| [[Andriy Serdinov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 51.95
| [[Amaury Leveaux]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 52.76
| [[Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)|Nikolay Skvortsov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 52.96
|-
|200 m butterfly 
| [[Paweł Korzeniowski]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 1:55.04<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Ioannis Drymonakos]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece </small> || 1:57.03
| [[Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)|Nikolay Skvortsov]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 1:57.12
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|200 m individual medley 
| [[László Cseh]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 1:58.17<small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Alessio Boggiatto]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 2:00.14
| [[Tamás Kerékjártó]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 2:00.17 
|-
|400 m individual medley 
| [[László Cseh]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 4:09.86 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Luca Marin]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 4:14.15
| [[Alessio Boggiatto]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 4:16.34
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|4 × 100 m <br>&nbsp; freestyle relay
| [[Alessandro Calvi]]<br>[[Christian Galenda]]<br>[[Lorenzo Vismara]]<br>[[Filippo Magnini]]<br> {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy || 3:15.23 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Evgeny Lagunov]]<br>[[Andrey Grechin]]<br>[[Ivan Usov]]<br>[[Andrey Kapralov]]<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia || 3:16.47
| [[Alain Bernard]]<br>[[Grégory Mallet]]<br>[[Fabien Gilot]]<br>[[Amaury Leveaux]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} France || 3:16.53
|-
|4 × 200 m  <br>&nbsp; freestyle relay
| [[Massimiliano Rosolino]]<br>[[David Berbotto]]<br>[[Nicola Cassio]]<br>[[Filippo Magnini]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy || 7:09.60 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[David Carry]]<br>[[Simon Burnett]]<br>[[Andrew Hunter (British swimmer)|Andrew Hunter]]<br>[[Ross Davenport]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain || 7:11.63
| [[Andreas Zisimos]]<br>[[Georgios Demetis]]<br>[[Dimitrios Manganas]]<br>[[Nikolaos Xylouris]]<br>{{flagicon|GRE}} Greece || 7:16.67
|-
|4 × 100 m  <br>&nbsp; medley relay
| [[Arkady Vyatchanin]]<br>[[Roman Sloudnov]]<br>[[Nikolay Skvortsov (swimmer)|Nikolay Skvortsov]]<br>[[Andrey Kapralov]]<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia || 3:34.96 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Andriy Oleynyk]]<br>[[Oleg Lisogor]]<br>[[Andriy Serdinov]]<br>[[Yuriy Yegoshin]]<br>{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine || 3:36.21
| [[Liam Tancock]]<br>[[James Gibson (swimmer)|James Gibson]]<br>[[Todd Cooper]]<br>[[Simon Burnett]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain || 3:36.61
|}

====Women's Events====
{|  {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} 
|-
|50 m freestyle 
| [[Britta Steffen]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 24.72
| [[Therese Alshammar]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden </small> || 24.87
| [[Marleen Veldhuis]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands </small> || 24.89
|-
|100 m freestyle 
| [[Britta Steffen]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 53.30 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of world records in swimming|WR]]</small>
| [[Marleen Veldhuis]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands </small> || 54.32
| [[Nery-Madey Niangkoura]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece </small> || 54.48
|-
|200 m freestyle 
| [[Otylia Jędrzejczak]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 1:57.25
| [[Annika Liebs]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 1:57.48
| [[Laure Manaudou]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 1:58.48
|-
|400 m freestyle 
| [[Laure Manaudou]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 4:02.13 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of world records in swimming|WR]]</small>
| [[Joanne Jackson (swimmer)|Joanne Jackson]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 4:07.76
| [[Caitlin McClatchey]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 4:08.13
|-
|800 m freestyle 
| [[Laure Manaudou]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 8:19.29 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European records in swimming|ER]]</small>
| [[Rebecca Adlington]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 8:27.88
| [[Rebecca Cooke]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 8:28.40
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|50 m backstroke 
| [[Janine Pietsch]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 28.36 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Aleksandra Gerasimenya]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|BLR}} Belarus </small> || 28.72
| [[Antje Buschschulte]] <br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany || 28.73
|-
|100 m backstroke 
| [[Laure Manaudou]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 1:00.88
| [[Antje Buschschulte]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 1:01.40
| [[Janine Pietsch]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 1:01.55 
|-
|200 m backstroke 
| [[Esther Baron]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 2:10.07
| [[Iryna Amshennikova]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 2:12.13
| [[Melanie Marshall]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 2:12.17 
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|50 m breaststroke
| [[Elena Bogomazova]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia </small> || 31.69
| [[Kate Haywood]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 31.71
| [[Ágnes Kovács]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 31.95
|-
|100 m breaststroke
| [[Ganna Khlystunova]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 1:07.55 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of European Championships records in swimming|CR]]</small>
| [[Kirsty Balfour]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 1:07.95
| [[Ágnes Kovács]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 1:08.60
|-
|200 m breaststroke
| [[Kirsty Balfour]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain </small> || 2:25.66
| [[Yuliya Pidlisna]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine </small> || 2:28.42
| [[Ágnes Kovács]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary </small> || 2:28.90
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|50 m butterfly
| [[Therese Alshammar]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden </small> || 26.06
| [[Anna-Karin Kammerling]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden </small> || 26.23
| [[Chantal Groot]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands </small> || 26.49
|-
|100 m butterfly
| [[Inge Dekker]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands </small> || 58.35
| [[Martina Moravcová]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia </small> || 58.98
| [[Alena Popchanka]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 59.06
|-
|200 m butterfly 
| [[Otylia Jędrzejczak]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 2:07.09 
| [[Francesca Segat]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small>  || 2:08.96 
| [[Caterina Giacchetti]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 2:09.01
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|200 m individual medley
| [[Laure Manaudou]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|FRA}} France </small> || 2:12.69
| [[Katarzyna Baranowska]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 2:13.36
| [[Alessia Filippi]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 2:13.75
|-
|400 m individual medley
| [[Alessia Filippi]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy </small> || 4:35.80
| [[Nicole Hetzer]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|GER}} Germany </small> || 4:37.97
| [[Katarzyna Baranowska]] <small><br> &nbsp; {{flagicon|POL}} Poland </small> || 4:40.02
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|4 × 100 m <br> &nbsp;freestyle relay 
| [[Petra Dallmann]]<br>[[Daniela Götz]]<br>[[Britta Steffen]]<br>[[Annika Liebs]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} Germany || 3:35.22 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of world records in swimming|WR]]</small>
| [[Inge Dekker]]<br>[[Ranomi Kromowidjojo]]<br>[[Chantal Groot]]<br>[[Marleen Veldhuis]]<br>{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands || 3:37.04
| [[Alena Popchanka]]<br>[[Aurore Mongel]]<br>[[Céline Couderc]]<br>[[Malia Metella]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} France || 3:38.83
|-
|4 × 200 m <br> &nbsp;freestyle relay 
| [[Petra Dallmann]]<br>[[Daniela Samulski]]<br>[[Britta Steffen]]<br>[[Annika Liebs]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} Germany || 7:50.82 <small><br>&nbsp; [[List of world records in swimming|WR]]</small>
| [[Otylia Jędrzejczak]]<br>[[Joanna Budzis]]<br>[[Agata Zwiejska]]<br>[[Paulina Barzycka]]<br>{{flagicon|POL}} Poland || 7:56.32
| [[Alena Popchanka]]<br>[[Sophie Huber]]<br>[[Aurore Mongel]]<br>[[Laure Manaudou]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} France || 7:56.44
|-
|4 × 100 m <br> &nbsp;medley relay 
| [[Melanie Marshall]]<br>[[Kirsty Balfour]]<br>[[Terri Dunning]]<br>[[Francesca Halsall]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain || 4:02.24 
| [[Antje Buschschulte]]<br>[[Sarah Poewe]]<br>[[Annika Mehlhorn]]<br>[[Britta Steffen]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} Germany || 4:02.35
| [[Laure Manaudou]]<br>[[Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën]]<br>[[Alena Popchanka]]<br>[[Céline Couderc]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} France || 4:03.64
|}
<small>'''WR'''= [[List of world records in swimming|World Record]] (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); '''ER'''= [[List of European records in swimming|European Record]] (and by default also new Championships and National records); '''CR'''= [[List of European Championships records in swimming|Championships Record]]</small>

====Medal table====
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = Flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 7 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 2
 | gold_GER = 6 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_ITA = 5 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 4
 | gold_FRA = 5 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 8
 | gold_POL = 5 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_UKR = 4 | silver_UKR = 4 | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 5 | bronze_GBR = 6
 | gold_NED = 2 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 3
 | gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 4
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 3 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 3
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 1 | bronze_CRO = 1
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 0
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1
}}

==Diving==
===Schedule===
Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.<ref name="Programme" />

===Results===
====Men====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|1 m springboard || [[Joona Puhakka]] <br> {{flag|Finland}} || 425.00
| [[Alexander Dobroskok]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 416.60
| [[Christopher Sacchin]] <br> {{flag|Italy}} || 415.70
|-
|3 m springboard|| [[Dmitri Sautin]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 496.10
| [[Alexander Dobroskok]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 479.95
| [[Joona Puhakka]] <br> {{flag|Finland}} || 464.60
|-
|10 m platform|| [[Gleb Galperin]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 472.90
| [[Heiko Meyer]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 459.45
| [[Konstyantyn Milyayev]] <br> {{flag|Ukraine}} || 436.50
|-
|3 m springboard synchro|| [[Tobias Schellenberg]] <br> [[Andreas Wels]]  <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 403.86
| [[Yury Kunakov]] <br> [[Dmitri Sautin]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 401.46
| [[Nicola Marconi]] <br> [[Tommaso Marconi]] <br> {{flag|Italy}} || 394.68
|-
|10 m platform synchro|| [[Dmitry Dobroskok]] <br> [[Gleb Galperin]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 469.38
| [[Sascha Klein]] <br> [[Heiko Meyer]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 447.96
| [[Michele Benedetti (diver)|Michele Benedetti]] <br> [[Francesco Dell'Uomo]] <br> {{flag|Italy}} || 435.12
|}

====Women====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|1 m springboard|| [[Anna Lindberg]] <br> {{flag|Sweden}} || 291.90
| [[Ditte Kotzian]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 279.30
| [[Maria Marconi]] <br> {{flag|Italy}} || 267.35
|-
|3 m springboard|| [[Anna Lindberg]] <br> {{flag|Sweden}} || 330.60
| [[Ditte Kotzian]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 324.90
| [[Nóra Barta]] <br> {{flag|Hungary}} || 319.85
|-
|10 m platform|| [[Yulia Prokopchuk]] <br> {{flag|Ukraine}} || 338.00
| [[Anja Richter]] <br> {{flag|Austria}} || 332.35
| [[Christin Steuer]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 330.40
|-
|3 m springboard synchro|| [[Nataliya Umyskova]] <br> [[Nadezhda Bazhina]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 314.55
| [[Heike Fischer]] <br> [[Ditte Kotzian]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 298.60
| [[Olena Fedorova]] <br> [[Kristina Ishchenko]] <br> {{flag|Ukraine}} || 292.17
|-
|10 m platform synchro|| [[Annett Gamm]] <br> [[Nora Subschinski]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 325.92
| [[Natalia Goncharova (diver)|Natalia Goncharova]] <br> [[Yulia Koltunova]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 306.24
| [[Yulia Prokopchuk]] <br> [[Kateryna Zhuk]] <br> {{flag|Ukraine}} || 297.21
|}

====Medal table====
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = Flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 4 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 0
 | gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 5 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 3
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 4
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1
}}

==Synchronized Swimming==
===Schedule===
Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.<ref name="Programme" />

===Results===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| Solo free routine
| [[Natalia Ishchenko]]<br />{{flag|Russia}} || 98.4
| [[Gemma Mengual]]<br />{{flag|Spain}} || 97.7
| [[Nathalia Anthopolou]]<br />{{flag|Greece}} || 93.9
|-
| Duet free routine
| [[Anastasia Davydova]]<br />[[Anastassia Ermakova]]<br />{{flag|Russia}} || 98.8
| [[Gemma Mengual]]<br />[[Paola Tirados]]<br />{{flag|Spain}} || 97.5
| [[Eleftheria Ftouli]]<br />[[Evanthia Makrygianni]]<br />{{flag|Greece}} || 94.0
|-
| Team free routine
| {{flag|Russia}}<br />{{unbulleted list
  | [[Mariya Gromova]]
  | [[Natalia Ishchenko]]
  | [[Elvira Khasyanova|Elvira Khassianova]]
  | [[Olga Kuzhela]]
  | {{interlanguage link|Anna Nasekina|ru|Насекина, Анна Александровна}}
  | [[Elena Ovtchinnikova]]
  | [[Svetlana Romashina]]
  | [[Anna Shorina]]
  }}
| 98.8
| {{flag|Spain}}<br />{{unbulleted list
  | [[Alba Cabello]]
  | [[Raquel Corral]]
  | [[Andrea Fuentes]]
  | [[Tina Fuentes (synchronized swimmer)|Tina Fuentes]]
  | [[Laura López (synchronized swimmer)|Laura López]]
  | [[Gisela Morón]]
  | [[Irina Rodríguez]]
  | [[Paola Tirados]]
  }}
| 97.3
| {{flag|Italy}}<br />{{unbulleted list
  | {{interlanguage link|Alessia Bigi|it}}
  | [[Elisa Bozzo]]
  | [[Manila Flamini]]
  | {{interlanguage link|Francesca Gangemi|it}}
  | [[Mariangela Perrupato]]
  | {{interlanguage link|Benedetta Re|it}}
  | [[Sara Sgarzi]]
  | {{interlanguage link|Federica Tommasi|it|Federica Tommasi (nuotatrice)}}
  }}
| 93.6 <!-- or 93.8 ? -->
|-
| Free routine combination
| {{flag|Russia}}<br />{{unbulleted list
  | [[Anastasia Davydova]]
  | [[Anastassia Ermakova]]
  | [[Mariya Gromova]]
  | [[Natalia Ishchenko]]
  | [[Elvira Khasyanova|Elvira Khassianova]]
  | [[Olga Kuzhela]]
  | {{interlanguage link|Anna Nasekina|ru|Насекина, Анна Александровна}}
  | [[Elena Ovtchinnikova]]
  | [[Svetlana Romashina]]
  | [[Anna Shorina]]
  }}
| 97.9
| {{flag|Spain}}<br />{{unbulleted list
  | [[Alba Cabello]]
  | [[Raquel Corral]]
  | [[Andrea Fuentes]]
  | [[Tina Fuentes (synchronized swimmer)|Tina Fuentes]]
  | [[Thais Henríquez]]
  | [[Laura López (synchronized swimmer)|Laura López]]
  | [[Gemma Mengual]]
  | [[Gisela Morón]]
  | [[Irina Rodríguez]]
  | [[Paola Tirados]]
  }}
| 95.9
| {{flag|Italy}}<br />{{unbulleted list
  | {{ill|Alessia Bigi|it}}
  | [[Elisa Bozzo]]
  | [[Manila Flamini]]
  | {{ill|Francesca Gangemi|it}}
  | [[Mariangela Perrupato]]
  | {{ill|Benedetta Re|it}}
  | {{ill|Dalila Schiesaro|it}}
  | [[Sara Sgarzi]]
  | [[Virna Taccone]]
  | {{ill|Federica Tommasi|it|Federica Tommasi (nuotatrice)}}
  }}
| 93.5
|}

====Medal table====
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = Flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 4 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 0
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 4 | bronze_ESP = 0
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 2
}}

==Open Water Swimming==
===Schedule===
Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.<ref name="Programme" />

===Results===
====Men====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} 
|-
|5&nbsp;km|| [[Thomas Lurz]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 56:00.1
| [[Christian Hein]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 56:01.1
| [[Simone Ercoli (swimmer)|Simone Ercoli]] <br> {{flag|Italy}} || 56:01.8
|-
|10&nbsp;km|| [[Thomas Lurz]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 1:58:12.1
| [[Maarten van der Weijden]] <br> {{flag|Netherlands}} || 1:58:13.5
| [[Christian Hein]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 1:58:16.6
|-
|25&nbsp;km|| [[Gilles Rondy]] <br> {{flag|France}} || 5:10:17.3
| [[Anton Sanachev]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 5:10:18.2
| [[Stéphane Gomez]] <br> {{flag|France}} || 5:10:19.3
|}

====Women====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|5&nbsp;km|| [[Ekaterina Seliverstova]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 1:01:50.8
| [[Cathi Dietrich]] <br> {{flag|France}} || 1:01:52.3
| [[Jana Pechanová]] <br> {{flag|Czech Republic}} <br> [[Larisa Ilchenko]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 1:01:52.4
|-
|10&nbsp;km|| [[Angela Maurer]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 2:07:10.8
| [[Rita Kovács]] <br> {{flag|Hungary}} || 2:07:14.3
| [[Jana Pechanová]] <br> {{flag|Czech Republic}} || 2:07:15.6
|-
|25&nbsp;km|| [[Angela Maurer]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 5:35:19.1
| [[Natalia Pankina]] <br> {{flag|Russia}} || 5:35:25.1
| [[Stefanie Biller]] <br> {{flag|Germany}} || 5:35:29.5
|}

====Medal table====
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = Flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 2
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
}}

==See also==
*[[Ligue Européenne de Natation]] – LEN: the European Swimming League

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{commons category}}

==Sources==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060823085349/http://www.lenweb.org/competitions/Budapest_2006/ Official Budapest 2006 Website]
* Swim Rankings [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210607/http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=7360725 Results]

{{LEN swimming champs}}

[[Category:2006 in water sports|E]]
[[Category:2006 in Hungarian sport|S]]
[[Category:LEN European Aquatics Championships]]
[[Category:International aquatics competitions hosted by Hungary|A]]
[[Category:International sports competitions in Budapest|European Aquatics]]
[[Category:July 2006 sports events in Europe]]
[[Category:August 2006 sports events in Europe]]
[[Category:2000s in Budapest]]