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.
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Quick Facts Host city, Date(s) ...
| 2006 European Aquatics Championships | |
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| Host city |  Budapest |
| Date(s) | 26 July-6 August 2006 |
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Competition dates by discipline were:[1]
- Swimming: 31 July – 6 August
- Diving: 1–6 August
- Synchro: 26–30 July
- Open Water: 26–30 July
* Host nation (Hungary)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 |  Germany | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 |  France | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 |  Italy | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 |  Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 |  Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 |  Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 |  Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Hungary* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Spain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 |  Greece | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 |  Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 59 | 57 | 60 | 176 | |
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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:
More information Date, Monday 31 July 2006 ...
| Date | Monday 31 July 2006 |
Tuesday 1 August 2006 |
Wednesday 2 August 2006 |
Thursday 3 August 2006 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) | |
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Results
Men's Events
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 50 m freestyle | Bartosz Kizierowski Poland | 21.88 CR |
Oleksandr Volynets Ukraine | 21.97 | Duje Draganja Croatia | 22.14 |
| 100 m freestyle | Filippo Magnini Italy | 48.79 | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 48.91 | Pieter vd Hoogenband Netherlands | 48.94 |
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter vd Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:45.65 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:47.02 | Filippo Magnini Italy | 1:47.57 |
| 400 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov Russia | 3:45.73 CR |
Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:46.87 | Nicolas Rostoucher France | 3:47.04 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov Russia | 14:51.93 CR |
Sébastien Rouault France | 14:55.73 | Nicolas Rostoucher France | 15:01.82 |
| 50 m backstroke | Helge Meeuw Germany | 25.06 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 25.14 | Matthew Clay Great Britain | 25.15 |
| 100 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia | 53.50 CR |
Markus Rogan Austria | 54.07 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 54.34 |
| 200 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia | 1:55.44 ER, CR |
László Cseh Hungary | 1:56.69 | Răzvan Florea Romania | 1:57.83 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine Alessandro Terrin Italy | 27.48 | not awarded | Matjaž Markič Slovenia | 27.87 | |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roman Sloudnov Russia | 1:00.61 | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 1:00.63 | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 1:00.64 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Sławomir Kuczko Poland | 2:12.12 | Paolo Bossini Italy | 2:12.35 | Kristopher Gilchrist Great Britain | 2:13.21 |
| 50 m butterfly | Sergiy Breus Ukraine | 23.41 CR |
Duje Draganja Croatia | 23.62 | Jakob Andkjær Denmark Andriy Serdinov Ukraine | 23.77 |
| 100 m butterfly | Andriy Serdinov Ukrain | 51.95 | Amaury Leveaux France | 52.76 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 52.96 |
| 200 m butterfly | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:55.04 CR |
Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 1:57.03 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:57.12 |
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 1:58.17 CR |
Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 2:00.14 | Tamás Kerékjártó Hungary | 2:00.17 |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 4:09.86 CR |
Luca Marin Italy | 4:14.15 | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 4:16.34 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Lorenzo Vismara Filippo Magnini Italy | 3:15.23 CR |
Evgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Ivan Usov Andrey Kapralov Russia | 3:16.47 | Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux France | 3:16.53 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
Massimiliano Rosolino David Berbotto Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini Italy | 7:09.60 CR |
David Carry Simon Burnett Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport Great Britain | 7:11.63 | Andreas Zisimos Georgios Demetis Dimitrios Manganas Nikolaos Xylouris Greece | 7:16.67 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Sloudnov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov Russia | 3:34.96 CR |
Andriy Oleynyk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Yuriy Yegoshin Ukraine | 3:36.21 | Liam Tancock James Gibson Todd Cooper Simon Burnett Great Britain | 3:36.61 |
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Women's Events
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 50 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 24.72 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.87 | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 24.89 |
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 53.30 WR |
Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 54.32 | Nery-Madey Niangkoura Greece | 54.48 |
| 200 m freestyle | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 1:57.25 | Annika Liebs Germany | 1:57.48 | Laure Manaudou France | 1:58.48 |
| 400 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou France | 4:02.13 WR |
Joanne Jackson Great Britain | 4:07.76 | Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain | 4:08.13 |
| 800 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou France | 8:19.29 ER |
Rebecca Adlington Great Britain | 8:27.88 | Rebecca Cooke Great Britain | 8:28.40 |
| 50 m backstroke | Janine Pietsch Germany | 28.36 CR |
Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus | 28.72 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 28.73 |
| 100 m backstroke | Laure Manaudou France | 1:00.88 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 1:01.40 | Janine Pietsch Germany | 1:01.55 |
| 200 m backstroke | Esther Baron France | 2:10.07 | Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine | 2:12.13 | Melanie Marshall Great Britain | 2:12.17 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Elena Bogomazova Russia | 31.69 | Kate Haywood Great Britain | 31.71 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 31.95 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ganna Khlystunova Ukraine | 1:07.55 CR |
Kirsty Balfour Great Britain | 1:07.95 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 1:08.60 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Kirsty Balfour Great Britain | 2:25.66 | Yuliya Pidlisna Ukraine | 2:28.42 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | 2:28.90 |
| 50 m butterfly | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 26.06 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 26.23 | Chantal Groot Netherlands | 26.49 |
| 100 m butterfly | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 58.35 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 58.98 | Alena Popchanka France | 59.06 |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 2:07.09 | Francesca Segat Italy | 2:08.96 | Caterina Giacchetti Italy | 2:09.01 |
| 200 m individual medley | Laure Manaudou France | 2:12.69 | Katarzyna Baranowska Poland | 2:13.36 | Alessia Filippi Italy | 2:13.75 |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessia Filippi Italy | 4:35.80 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 4:37.97 | Katarzyna Baranowska Poland | 4:40.02 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
Petra Dallmann Daniela Götz Britta Steffen Annika Liebs Germany | 3:35.22 WR |
Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 3:37.04 | Alena Popchanka Aurore Mongel Céline Couderc Malia Metella France | 3:38.83 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
Petra Dallmann Daniela Samulski Britta Steffen Annika Liebs Germany | 7:50.82 WR |
Otylia Jędrzejczak Joanna Budzis Agata Zwiejska Paulina Barzycka Poland | 7:56.32 | Alena Popchanka Sophie Huber Aurore Mongel Laure Manaudou France | 7:56.44 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
Melanie Marshall Kirsty Balfour Terri Dunning Francesca Halsall Great Britain | 4:02.24 | Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen Germany | 4:02.35 | Laure Manaudou Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Alena Popchanka Céline Couderc France | 4:03.64 |
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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
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Russia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 115 | |
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Schedule
Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.[1]
Results
Men
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 |
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Women
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 |
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Schedule
Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.[1]
Results
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 |
98.8 | Spain |
97.3 | Italy
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93.6 |
| Free routine combination | Russia |
97.9 | Spain |
95.9 | Italy
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93.5 |
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Schedule
Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.[1]
Results
Men
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 |
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Women
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 |
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Medal table
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |
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- Ligue Européenne de Natation – LEN: the European Swimming League
- 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.
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