European Swimming Championships

Postage stamps from the GDR in 1962

European swimming championships have been held by the European swimming federation LEN since 1926 . Initially, there was no uniform cycle, from 1950 a four-year rhythm and since 1981 the EM has been held every two years with one exception (from 1999 to 2000, with regard to the swimming world championships, the odd to the even year was changed). But that also means that the European Championship overlaps with the Olympic Games every four years , which is reflected in weaker starting fields and times.

The focus of the EM is on the swimming competitions on the 50-meter lane. In addition, competitions in diving , synchronized swimming and open water swimming are held. Until 1997, the men's (since 1926) and women's (since 1987) water polo tournaments were also part of the European Swimming Championships. Since 1999 these have been held separately in a double event. The 1974 European Championships in synchronized swimming and the 2008 European Open Water Championships were also held separately; the same applied to the 2012 European Diving Championships .

No.	year	place	country	items
1	1926	Budapest	Hungary	Details
2	1927	Bologna	Italy	Details
3	1931	Paris	France	Details
4th	1934	Magdeburg	German Empire	Details
5	1938	London	United Kingdom	Details
6th	1947	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Details
7th	1950	Vienna	Austria	Details
8th	1954	Turin	Italy	Details
9	1958	Budapest	Hungary	Details
10	1962	Leipzig	German Democratic Republic	Details
11	1966	Utrecht	Netherlands	Details
12	1970	Barcelona	Spain	Details
13	1974	Vienna	Austria	Details
14th	1977	Jonkoping	Sweden	Details
15th	1981	Split	Yugoslavia	Details
16	1983	Rome	Italy	Details
17th	1985	Sofia	Bulgaria	Details
18th	1987	Strasbourg	France	Details
19th	1989	Bonn	BR Germany	Details
20th	1991	Athens	Greece	Details
21st	1993	Sheffield	United Kingdom	Details
22nd	1995	Vienna	Austria	Details
23	1997	Seville	Spain	Details
24	1999	Istanbul	Turkey	Details
25th	2000	Helsinki	Finland	Details
26th	2002	Berlin	Germany	Details
27	2004	Madrid	Spain	Details
28	2006	Budapest	Hungary	Details
29	2008	Eindhoven	Netherlands	Details
30th	2010	Budapest	Hungary	Details
31	2012	Debrecen	Hungary	Details
32	2014	Berlin	Germany	Details
33	2016	London	United Kingdom	Details
34	2018	Glasgow	United Kingdom	Details
35	2020	Budapest	Hungary	Details

Web links

Commons : European Swimming Championships  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• List of venues for the Ligue Européenne de Natation
• Results on swimrankings.net