2006 European Aquatics Championships

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Swimming pool just before the finales on 3rd of August 2006

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.

Competition dates by discipline were:

• Swimming: 31 July – 6 August
• Diving: 1–6 August
• Synchro: 26–30 July
• Open Water: 26–30 July

Swimming

Schedule

Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August. 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)

Results

Men's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Bartosz Kizierowski   Template:Flagicon Poland	21.88   CR	Oleksandr Volynets   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	21.97	Duje Draganja   Template:Flagicon Croatia	22.14
100 m freestyle	Filippo Magnini   Template:Flagicon Italy	48.79	Stefan Nystrand   Template:Flagicon Sweden	48.91	Pieter vd Hoogenband   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	48.94
200 m freestyle	Pieter vd Hoogenband   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	1:45.65	Massimiliano Rosolino   Template:Flagicon Italy	1:47.02	Filippo Magnini   Template:Flagicon Italy	1:47.57
400 m freestyle	Yury Prilukov   Template:Flagicon Russia	3:45.73   CR	Massimiliano Rosolino   Template:Flagicon Italy	3:46.87	Nicolas Rostoucher   Template:Flagicon France	3:47.04
1500 m freestyle	Yury Prilukov   Template:Flagicon Russia	14:51.93   CR	Sébastien Rouault   Template:Flagicon France	14:55.73	Nicolas Rostoucher   Template:Flagicon France	15:01.82
50 m backstroke	Helge Meeuw   Template:Flagicon Germany	25.06	Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Template:Flagicon Greece	25.14	Matthew Clay   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	25.15
100 m backstroke	Arkady Vyatchanin   Template:Flagicon Russia	53.50   CR	Markus Rogan   Template:Flagicon Austria	54.07	Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Template:Flagicon Greece	54.34
200 m backstroke	Arkady Vyatchanin   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:55.44   ER, CR	László Cseh   Template:Flagicon Hungary	1:56.69	Răzvan Florea   Template:Flagicon Romania	1:57.83
50 m breaststroke	Oleg Lisogor   Template:Flagicon Ukraine Alessandro Terrin   Template:Flagicon Italy	27.48	not awarded		Matjaž Markič   Template:Flagicon Slovenia	27.87
100 m breaststroke	Roman Sloudnov   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:00.61	Alexander Dale Oen   Template:Flagicon Norway	1:00.63	Oleg Lisogor   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	1:00.64
200 m breaststroke	Sławomir Kuczko   Template:Flagicon Poland	2:12.12	Paolo Bossini   Template:Flagicon Italy	2:12.35	Kristopher Gilchrist   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	2:13.21
50 m butterfly	Sergiy Breus   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	23.41   CR	Duje Draganja   Template:Flagicon Croatia	23.62	Jakob Andkjær   Template:Flagicon Denmark Andriy Serdinov   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	23.77
100 m butterfly	Andriy Serdinov   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	51.95	Amaury Leveaux   Template:Flagicon France	52.76	Nikolay Skvortsov   Template:Flagicon Russia	52.96
200 m butterfly	Paweł Korzeniowski   Template:Flagicon Poland	1:55.04   CR	Ioannis Drymonakos   Template:Flagicon Greece	1:57.03	Nikolay Skvortsov   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:57.12
200 m individual medley	László Cseh   Template:Flagicon Hungary	1:58.17   CR	Alessio Boggiatto   Template:Flagicon Italy	2:00.14	Tamás Kerékjártó   Template:Flagicon Hungary	2:00.17
400 m individual medley	László Cseh   Template:Flagicon Hungary	4:09.86   CR	Luca Marin   Template:Flagicon Italy	4:14.15	Alessio Boggiatto   Template:Flagicon Italy	4:16.34
4 × 100 m   freestyle relay	Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Lorenzo Vismara Filippo Magnini Template:Flagicon Italy	3:15.23   CR	Evgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Ivan Usov Andrey Kapralov Template:Flagicon Russia	3:16.47	Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux Template:Flagicon France	3:16.53
4 × 200 m   freestyle relay	Massimiliano Rosolino David Berbotto Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini Template:Flagicon Italy	7:09.60   CR	David Carry Simon Burnett Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport Template:Flagicon Great Britain	7:11.63	Andreas Zisimos Georgios Demetis Dimitrios Manganas Nikolaos Xylouris Template:Flagicon Greece	7:16.67
4 × 100 m   medley relay	Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Sloudnov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov Template:Flagicon Russia	3:34.96   CR	Andriy Oleynyk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Yuriy Yegoshin Template:Flagicon Ukraine	3:36.21	Liam Tancock James Gibson Todd Cooper Simon Burnett Template:Flagicon Great Britain	3:36.61

Women's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Britta Steffen   Template:Flagicon Germany	24.72	Therese Alshammar   Template:Flagicon Sweden	24.87	Marleen Veldhuis   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	24.89
100 m freestyle	Britta Steffen   Template:Flagicon Germany	53.30   WR	Marleen Veldhuis   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	54.32	Nery-Madey Niangkoura   Template:Flagicon Greece	54.48
200 m freestyle	Otylia Jędrzejczak   Template:Flagicon Poland	1:57.25	Annika Liebs   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:57.48	Laure Manaudou   Template:Flagicon France	1:58.48
400 m freestyle	Laure Manaudou   Template:Flagicon France	4:02.13   WR	Joanne Jackson   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	4:07.76	Caitlin McClatchey   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	4:08.13
800 m freestyle	Laure Manaudou   Template:Flagicon France	8:19.29   ER	Rebecca Adlington   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	8:27.88	Rebecca Cooke   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	8:28.40
50 m backstroke	Janine Pietsch   Template:Flagicon Germany	28.36   CR	Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Template:Flagicon Belarus	28.72	Antje Buschschulte   Template:Flagicon Germany	28.73
100 m backstroke	Laure Manaudou   Template:Flagicon France	1:00.88	Antje Buschschulte   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:01.40	Janine Pietsch   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:01.55
200 m backstroke	Esther Baron   Template:Flagicon France	2:10.07	Iryna Amshennikova   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	2:12.13	Melanie Marshall   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	2:12.17
50 m breaststroke	Elena Bogomazova   Template:Flagicon Russia	31.69	Kate Haywood   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	31.71	Ágnes Kovács   Template:Flagicon Hungary	31.95
100 m breaststroke	Ganna Khlystunova   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	1:07.55   CR	Kirsty Balfour   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	1:07.95	Ágnes Kovács   Template:Flagicon Hungary	1:08.60
200 m breaststroke	Kirsty Balfour   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	2:25.66	Yuliya Pidlisna   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	2:28.42	Ágnes Kovács   Template:Flagicon Hungary	2:28.90
50 m butterfly	Therese Alshammar   Template:Flagicon Sweden	26.06	Anna-Karin Kammerling   Template:Flagicon Sweden	26.23	Chantal Groot   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	26.49
100 m butterfly	Inge Dekker   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	58.35	Martina Moravcová   Template:Flagicon Slovakia	58.98	Alena Popchanka   Template:Flagicon France	59.06
200 m butterfly	Otylia Jędrzejczak   Template:Flagicon Poland	2:07.09	Francesca Segat   Template:Flagicon Italy	2:08.96	Caterina Giacchetti   Template:Flagicon Italy	2:09.01
200 m individual medley	Laure Manaudou   Template:Flagicon France	2:12.69	Katarzyna Baranowska   Template:Flagicon Poland	2:13.36	Alessia Filippi   Template:Flagicon Italy	2:13.75
400 m individual medley	Alessia Filippi   Template:Flagicon Italy	4:35.80	Nicole Hetzer   Template:Flagicon Germany	4:37.97	Katarzyna Baranowska   Template:Flagicon Poland	4:40.02
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	Petra Dallmann Daniela Götz Britta Steffen Annika Liebs Template:Flagicon Germany	3:35.22   WR	Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis Template:Flagicon Netherlands	3:37.04	Alena Popchanka Aurore Mongel Céline Couderc Malia Metella Template:Flagicon France	3:38.83
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	Petra Dallmann Daniela Samulski Britta Steffen Annika Liebs Template:Flagicon Germany	7:50.82   WR	Otylia Jędrzejczak Joanna Budzis Agata Zwiejska Paulina Barzycka Template:Flagicon Poland	7:56.32	Alena Popchanka Sophie Huber Aurore Mongel Laure Manaudou Template:Flagicon France	7:56.44
4 × 100 m  medley relay	Melanie Marshall Kirsty Balfour Terri Dunning Francesca Halsall Template:Flagicon Great Britain	4:02.24	Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen Template:Flagicon Germany	4:02.35	Laure Manaudou Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Alena Popchanka Céline Couderc Template:Flagicon France	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

Diving

Schedule

Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Joona Puhakka Finland	425.00	Alexander Dobroskok Russia	416.60	Christopher Sacchin Italy	415.70
3 m springboard	Dmitri Sautin Russia	496.10	Alexander Dobroskok Russia	479.95	Joona Puhakka Finland	464.60
10 m platform	Gleb Galperin Russia	472.90	Heiko Meyer Germany	459.45	Konstyantyn Milyayev Ukraine	436.50
3 m springboard synchro	Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany	403.86	Yury Kunakov Dmitri Sautin Russia	401.46	Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi Italy	394.68
10 m platform synchro	Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin Russia	469.38	Sascha Klein Heiko Meyer Germany	447.96	Michele Benedetti Francesco Dell'Uomo Italy	435.12

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Anna Lindberg Sweden	291.90	Ditte Kotzian Germany	279.30	Maria Marconi Italy	267.35
3 m springboard	Anna Lindberg Sweden	330.60	Ditte Kotzian Germany	324.90	Nóra Barta Hungary	319.85
10 m platform	Yulia Prokopchuk Ukraine	338.00	Anja Richter Austria	332.35	Christin Steuer Germany	330.40
3 m springboard synchro	Nataliya Umyskova Nadezhda Bazhina Russia	314.55	Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian Germany	298.60	Olena Fedorova Kristina Ishchenko Ukraine	292.17
10 m platform synchro	Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski Germany	325.92	Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova Russia	306.24	Yulia Prokopchuk Kateryna Zhuk Ukraine	297.21

Synchronized Swimming

Schedule

Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Solo free routine	Natalia Ishchenko Russia	98.4	Gemma Mengual Spain	97.7	Nathalia Anthopolou Greece	93.9
Duet free routine	Anastasia Davydova Anastassia Ermakova Russia	98.8	Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados Spain	97.5	Eleftheria Ftouli Evanthia Makrygianni Greece	94.0
Team free routine	Russia Template:Unbulleted list	98.8	Spain Template:Unbulleted list	97.3	Italy Template:Unbulleted list	93.6
Free routine combination	Russia Template:Unbulleted list	97.9	Spain Template:Unbulleted list	95.9	Italy Template:Unbulleted list	93.5

Open Water Swimming

Schedule

Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km	Thomas Lurz Germany	56:00.1	Christian Hein Germany	56:01.1	Simone Ercoli Italy	56:01.8
10 km	Thomas Lurz Germany	1:58:12.1	Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands	1:58:13.5	Christian Hein Germany	1:58:16.6
25 km	Gilles Rondy France	5:10:17.3	Anton Sanachev Russia	5:10:18.2	Stéphane Gomez France	5:10:19.3

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km	Ekaterina Seliverstova Russia	1:01:50.8	Cathi Dietrich France	1:01:52.3	Jana Pechanová Czech Republic Larisa Ilchenko Russia	1:01:52.4
10 km	Angela Maurer Germany	2:07:10.8	Rita Kovács Hungary	2:07:14.3	Jana Pechanová Czech Republic	2:07:15.6
25 km	Angela Maurer Germany	5:35:19.1	Natalia Pankina Russia	5:35:25.1	Stefanie Biller Germany	5:35:29.5

See also

• Ligue Européenne de Natation – LEN: the European Swimming League

Sources

• Official Budapest 2006 Website
• Swim Rankings Results