1997 European Aquatics Championships

Template:Short description Template:Template other Template:Sidebar games events The 1997 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Seville, Spain from Tuesday 19 August to Sunday 24 August, in the 50 m pool of the Centro Deportivo San Pablo. The 23rd edition of the event was organised by the LEN. Besides swimming there were titles contested in open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming (women) and – for the last time – water polo.

The swimming championships resulted in two European records: Ágnes Kovács on the women's 200 m breaststroke and Russia in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Alexander Popov returned in competition after being stabbed down in Moscow, shortly after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Alexander Popov Russia	Template:Flagicon Mark Foster Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Julien Sicot France
100 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Alexander Popov Russia	Template:Flagicon Lars Frölander Sweden	Template:Flagicon Oleg Rykhlevich Belarus
200 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Paul Palmer Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	Template:Flagicon Béla Szabados Hungary
400 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Emiliano Brembilla Italy	Template:Flagicon Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	Template:Flagicon Paul Palmer Great Britain
1500 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Emiliano Brembilla Italy	Template:Flagicon Igor Snitko Ukraine	Template:Flagicon Denis Zavhorodny Ukraine
100 m backstroke	Template:Flagicon Martin López-Zubero Spain	Template:Flagicon Eithan Urbach Israel	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Selkov Russia
200 m backstroke	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Selkov Russia	Template:Flagicon Emanuele Merisi Italy	Template:Flagicon Ralf Braun Germany
100 m breaststroke	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Gukov Belarus	Template:Flagicon Károly Güttler Hungary	Template:Flagicon Daniel Málek Czech Republic
200 m breaststroke	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Gukov Belarus	Template:Flagicon Andrey Korneyev Russia	Template:Flagicon Daniel Málek Czech Republic
100 m butterfly	Template:Flagicon Lars Frölander Sweden	Template:Flagicon Denys Sylantyev Ukraine	Template:Flagicon Franck Esposito France
200 m butterfly	Template:Flagicon Franck Esposito France	Template:Flagicon Denys Sylantyev Ukraine	Template:Flagicon Stephen Parry Great Britain
200 m individual medley	Template:Flagicon Marcel Wouda Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Xavier Marchand France	Template:Flagicon Jani Sievinen Finland
400 m individual medley	Template:Flagicon Marcel Wouda Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Frederik Hviid Spain	Template:Flagicon Robert Seibt Germany
4×100 m freestyle relay	Alexander Popov Roman Yegorov Denis Pimankov Vladimir Pyshnenko	Alexander Lüderitz Steffen Zesner Christian Tröger Torsten Spanneberg	Bram van Haandel Martijn Zuijdweg Mark Veens Pieter van den Hoogenband
4×200 m freestyle relay	Template:GBR2 Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Gavin Meadows James Salter	Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark van der Zijden Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda	Lars Conrad Christian Keller Stefan Pohl Steffen Zesner
4×100 m medley relay	Vladimir Selkov Andrey Korneyev Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov	Ralf Braun Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Christian Tröger	Mariusz Siembida Marek Krawczyk Marcin Kaczmarek Bartosz Kizierowski

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Natalya Meshcheryakova Russia	Template:Flagicon Sandra Völker Germany	Template:Flagicon Therese Alshammar Sweden
100 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Sandra Völker Germany	Template:Flagicon Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Template:Flagicon Antje Buschschulte Germany
200 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Michelle Smith Ireland	Template:Flagicon Nadezhda Chemezova Russia	Template:Flagicon Camelia Potec Romania
400 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Dagmar Hase Germany	Template:Flagicon Michelle Smith Ireland	Template:Flagicon Kerstin Kielgass Germany
800 m freestyle	Template:Flagicon Kerstin Kielgass Germany	Template:Flagicon Carla Geurts Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Jana Henke Germany
100 m backstroke	Template:Flagicon Antje Buschschulte Germany	Template:Flagicon Roxana Maracineanu France	Template:Flagicon Sandra Völker Germany
200 m backstroke	Template:Flagicon Cathleen Rund Germany	Template:Flagicon Antje Buschschulte Germany	Template:Flagicon Roxana Maracineanu France
100 m breaststroke	Template:Flagicon Ágnes Kovács Hungary	Template:Flagicon Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine	Template:Flagicon Brigitte Becue Belgium
200 m breaststroke	Template:Flagicon Ágnes Kovács Hungary	Template:Flagicon Alicja Pęczak Poland	Template:Flagicon Brigitte Becue Belgium
100 m butterfly	Template:Flagicon Mette Jacobsen Denmark	Template:Flagicon Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Template:Flagicon Johanna Sjöberg Sweden
200 m butterfly	Template:Flagicon María Peláez Spain	Template:Flagicon Michelle Smith Ireland	Template:Flagicon Mette Jacobsen Denmark
200 m individual medley	Template:Flagicon Oxana Verevka Russia	Template:Flagicon Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Template:Flagicon Yana Klochkova Ukraine
400 m individual medley	Template:Flagicon Michelle Smith Ireland	Template:Flagicon Yana Klochkova Ukraine	Template:Flagicon Hana Černá Czech Republic
4×100 m freestyle relay	Katrin Meissner Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Sandra Völker	Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström Therese Alshammar	Svetlana Leshukova Natalya Meshcheryakova Inna Yaitskaya Nadezhda Chemezova
4×200 m freestyle relay	Dagmar Hase Janina Götz Antje Buschschulte Kerstin Kielgass	Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström	Britt Raaby Berit Puggaard Mette Jacobsen Ditte Jensen
4×100 m medley relay	Antje Buschschulte Sylvia Gerasch Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker	Olga Kochetkova Olga Landik Svetlana Pozdeyeva Natalya Meshcheryakova	Template:GBR2 Sarah Price Jaime King Caroline Foot Karen Pickering

Open water swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
25 km open water	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
25 km open water	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wels Germany	Template:Flagicon Holger Schlepps Germany	Template:Flagicon Rafael Álvarez Spain
3 m springboard	Template:Flagicon Dmitri Sautin Russia	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wels Germany	Template:Flagicon Stefan Ahrens Germany
10 m platform	Template:Flagicon Jan Hempel Germany	Template:Flagicon Yaroslav Makogin Ukraine	Template:Flagicon Heiko Meyer Germany
3 m springboard synchro	Template:Flagicon Holger Schlepps Alexander Mesch Germany	Template:Flagicon José Luis Hidalgo Rubén Santos Spain	Template:Flagicon Donald Miranda Nicola Marconi Italy
10 m platform synchro	Template:Flagicon Jan Hempel Michael Kühne Germany	Template:Flagicon Igor Lukashin Aleksandr Varlamov Russia	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Pierre Gilles Emptoz-Lacote France

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Template:Flagicon Vera Ilyina Russia	Template:Flagicon Irina Lashko Russia	Template:Flagicon Dörte Lindner Germany
3 m springboard	Template:Flagicon Yuliya Pakhalina Russia	Template:Flagicon Vera Ilyina Russia	Template:Flagicon Anna Lindberg Sweden
10 m platform	Template:Flagicon Olga Khristoforova Russia	Template:Flagicon Annika Walter Germany	Template:Flagicon Svitlana Serbina Ukraine
3 m springboard synchro	Template:Flagicon Claudia Bockner Conny Schmalfuss Germany	Template:Flagicon Irina Lashko Yuliya Pakhalina Russia	Template:Flagicon Julia Cruz Dolores Sáez Spain
10 m platform synchro	Template:Flagicon Ute Wetzig Anke Piper Germany	Template:Flagicon Julie Danaux Odile Arboles-Souchon France	Template:Flagicon Marion Reiff Anja Richter Austria

Synchronized swimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo	Template:Flagicon Olga Sedakova Russia	Template:Flagicon Virginie Dedieu France	Template:Flagicon Giovanna Burlando Italy
Duet	Template:Flagicon Olga Brusnikina Mariya Kiselyova Russia	Template:Flagicon Virginie Dedieu Myriam Lignot France	Template:Flagicon Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Italy
Team	Russia Elena Azarova Elena Barantseva Olga Brusnikina Natalia Gruzdeva Mariya Kiselyova Olga Medvedeva Olga Novokshchenova Anna Yuriaeva	France Agnes Berthet Virginie Dedieu Julie Fabre Myriam Lignot Isabelle Manable Delphine Marechal Charlotte Massardier Eva Riffet	Italy Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Giovanna Burlando Brunella Carrafelli Chiara Cassin Alessia Lucchini Letizia Nuzzo Clara Porchetto

Water polo

Men's team event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Template:Wp	Template:Wp	Template:Wp

Women's team event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Template:Wpw	Template:Wpw	Template:Wpw

External links

• Results
• LEN European Aquatics Championships at SVT's open archive (including 1997 event) Template:In lang