European Swimming Championships 1926

1st European Swimming Championships
Host location	Budapest
Host country	Hungary
Beginning	August 18, 1926
The End	August 22, 1926
Venues	Bela Komjadi swimming stadium
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes	150
	1927 Bologna →
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Medal table (final score)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	German Empire	5	3	4th	12
2	Sweden	2	3	3	8th
3	Hungary	2	2	-	4th
4th	Belgium	-	1	-	1
5	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1

The 1st European Swimming Championships took place in Budapest from August 18 to 22, 1926 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

Swimming men

Freestyle

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	István Bárány	1: 01.0
2	Sweden	Arne Borg	1: 01.1
3	Sweden	Georg Werner	1: 03.6

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Sweden	Arne Borg	5: 14.2
2	German Empire	Herbert Heinrich	5: 21.4
3	German Empire	Friedel Berges	5: 25.6

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Sweden	Arne Borg	21: 29.2
2	German Empire	Friedel Berges	22: 08.2
3	German Empire	Joachim Rademacher	22: 19.8

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Empire	Gustav Frölich	1: 16.0
2	Hungary	Károly Bartha	1: 16.0
3	Sweden	Eskil Lundahl	1: 16.1

chest

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Empire	Erich Rademacher	2: 52.6
2	Belgium	Louis Van Parys	2: 54.8
3	German Empire	Wilhelm Prasse	3: 00.1

Season

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

Final on August 14th

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Empire	August Heitmann Joachim Rademacher Friedel Berges Herbert Heinrich	9: 57.2
2	Hungary	Zoltán Bitskey András Wanié Géza Szigritz István Bárány	10: 03.4
3	Sweden	Åke Borg Arne Borg Eskil Lundahl Georg Werner	10: 06.8

Water polo men

space	country
1	Hungary
2	Sweden
3	German Empire

Diving men

3 meter

space	country	athlete	Points
1	German Empire	Arthur mouth
2	German Empire	Josef Lechnir
3	Czechoslovakia	Július Balasz

platform

space	country	athlete	Points
1	German Empire	Hans Luber
2	Sweden	Helge Öberg
3	United Kingdom	Albert Knight

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimec.htm