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.

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1997 European Aquatics Championships

Host city	Seville
Country	Spain
Sport	5
Events	51
Opening	19 August 1997 (1997-08-19)
Closing	24 August 1997 (1997-08-24)
Main venue	Centro Deportivo San Pablo
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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.

  *   Host nation (Spain)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	16	9	3	28
2	Germany	15	8	10	33
3	Hungary	4	1	2	7
4	Italy	3	5	5	13
5	Netherlands	2	2	3	7
6	Spain*	2	2	2	6
7	Ireland	2	2	0	4
8	Great Britain	2	1	3	6
9	Belarus	2	0	1	3
10	France	1	7	4	12
11	Sweden	1	3	3	7
12	Denmark	1	0	2	3
13	Ukraine	0	6	3	9
14	Slovakia	0	3	0	3
15	Poland	0	1	1	2
16	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
18	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
19	Belgium	0	0	2	2
20	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		51	52	50	153

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• Results
• LEN European Aquatics Championships at SVT's open archive (including 1997 event) (in Swedish)
• "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.