4. European Swimming Championships
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Host location
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Magdeburg
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Host country
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Nazi state German Empire
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Beginning
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August 12, 1934
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The End
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August 19, 1934
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Venues
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Europakampfbahn
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Disciplines
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Swimming , water polo , water jumping
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Number of athletes
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← 1931 Paris
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1938 London →
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[ Edit on Wikidata ]
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The 4th European Swimming Championships took place in Magdeburg from August 12th to 19th, 1934 . The organization on site was in the hands of the Magdeburg Swimming Club from 1896. 17 nations had registered more than 300 athletes in total, surpassing the numbers from the first three World Championships in Budapest, Bologna and Paris. The progress in swimming was noticeable, because none of the winning times in Paris in 1931 would have won Magdeburg. The competitions took place in the specially built, so-called Europakampfbahn in Magdeburg's Berliner Chaussee district, which had a 50-meter pool and a jumping facility with a 3-meter board and a 10-meter tower.
Jumping men
3 meter board
Tuesday August 14, 1934 8:30 a.m.
10 meter tower
Jumping women
3 meter board
Thursday, August 16, 9:30 a.m.
10 meter tower
Friday, August 18, 1934 10:00 a.m.
Swimming men
100 meters freestyle
Monday, August 13, 1934 5:00 p.m.
The 100-meter final in 1934 is already an exciting affair. Seven athletes are in the final, two Dutch, two Germans and one Hungarian, one Swede and one Pole. When the Magdeburg swimming idol
Ete Rademacher gave the starting shot, the German fisherman immediately took the lead thanks to his powerful jump. However, Hungary's Csik immediately catches up again and can pull itself away a little before the turn. He covers the first 50 meters in 27.5 seconds, three tenths faster than Fischer. Although Csik was able to move about a meter away, from the 80-meter mark, Fischer came threateningly close again. Nevertheless, it was enough for the Hungarian, who was only able to strike first by a narrow margin and won his first European championship title in 59.7 seconds. Fischer also stayed under a minute, while Wille secured third place with just 2 tenths ahead of Mooi (Netherlands) and Petterson (Sweden), who were together on four.
400 meters freestyle
Thursday, August 16, 1934 5:00 p.m.
As expected, Frenchman
Jean Taris won the 400 meters in free style with a 12 second lead. In the preliminary and intermediate heats he was already the fastest and even improved his time from the preliminary heats. In a start-to-finish victory, Taris takes the first turn at 50 meters after 31.8 seconds, only the two Italians, the Hungarian Angyel and the British
Norman Wainwright can still follow, but he shakes the three off in the course of the race and leads at 300 meters with a 10 meter lead and a time of 3: 40.2. At the finish the new European champion finally has a lead of almost 15 meters, his time of 4: 55.5 undercuts the winning time of Paris 1931 by 8.5 seconds.
1500 meters freestyle
100 meters back
Saturday, August 18, 1934 4:50 p.m.
200 meters chest
4 × 200 meter freestyle
Wednesday, August 15, 1934 5:00 p.m.
Swimming women
100 meters freestyle
Tuesday, August 14, 1934 4:00 p.m.
The announcer has to call for the final three times until the audience finally calms down. Only six athletes are in the final of the women's 100 meter freestyle, including two Germans and the only 16-year-old world record holder
Willy den Ouden from the Netherlands. At the start, however, a mishap happened, Ete Rademacher's pistol failed, the athletes nevertheless landed in the water. On the second try everything goes well and Den Ouden is immediately at the head of the field. After just 29.8 seconds she is at the turn. Mastenbroek, the second Dutch woman, and Gisela Arendt are tied at the turn, but neither can keep up with the high pace. At 75 meters, the Ouden has moved away by three meters, and only Mastenbroek can come close again, but the victory can no longer be taken from her. after 1: 07.1 minutes the Ouden hits, Mastenbroek one second and Arendt almost two seconds later.
400 meters freestyle
100 meters back
Friday, August 17, 1934 6:00 p.m.
200 meters chest
Wednesday, August 15, 1934 5:30 p.m.
4 × 100 meter freestyle
The winners from left to right: Willy den Ouden, Rie Mastenbroek, Anna Timmermans, Jopie Selbach
Saturday, August 18, 1934 5:05 p.m.
Water polo men
Preliminary round
Table 1. Group
RF
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team
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Sp
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Sg
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U.N
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NL
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Gates
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TD
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Pts.
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1 |
Hungary 1918 Hungary
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4th |
4th |
0 |
0 |
22: 3 |
+9 |
8th
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2 |
Belgium Belgium
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4th |
2 |
0 |
2 |
11:10 |
+1 |
4th
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3 |
France France
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4th |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9:11 |
−2 |
4th
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4th |
Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918 Yugoslavia
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4th |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4:10 |
−6 |
2
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5 |
Netherlands Netherlands
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4th |
1 |
0 |
3 |
7:19 |
−11 |
2
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Table 2. Group
RF
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team
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Sp
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Sg
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U.N
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NL
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Gates
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TD
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Pts.
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1 |
Nazi state German Empire
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4th |
4th |
0 |
0 |
21: 5 |
+16 |
8th
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2 |
Sweden Sweden
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4th |
2 |
1 |
1 |
15:10 |
+5 |
5
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3 |
Spain Second Republic Spain
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4th |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7:11 |
−4 |
4th
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4th |
Czechoslovakia 1920 Czechoslovakia
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4th |
1 |
3 |
0 |
8:14 |
−6 |
2
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5 |
Italy 1861 Italy
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4th |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4:15 |
−11 |
1
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↑ "What does Magdeburg teach?" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 20, 1934.
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^ "Before the European week of swimmers" Magdeburgische Zeitung, 4th August 1934.
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^ "The course of the race" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 14, 1934
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^ "The course of the fighting" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 17, 1934
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^ "The course of the fighting" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 15, 1934