European Swimming Championships 1934

4. European Swimming Championships
Host location	Magdeburg
Host country	German Empire
Beginning	August 12, 1934
The End	August 19, 1934
Venues	Europakampfbahn
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1931 Paris	1938 London →
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Medal table (final score after 16 decisions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	German Empire	6th	9	4th	19th
2	Netherlands	4th	2	1	7th
3	Hungary	3	-	-	3
4th	France	2	-	-	2
5	United Kingdom	1	1	2	4th
6th	Italy	-	2	2	4th
7th	Czechoslovakia	-	1	1	2
8th	Sweden	-	1	-	1
9	Denmark	-	-	4th	4th
10	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Belgium	-	-	1	1

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

space	country	athlete	Points
1	German Empire	Leo Esser	138.75
2	German Empire	Winfried Marauhn	129.53
3	Czechoslovakia	Franz Leikert	129.28

Tuesday August 14, 1934 8:30 a.m.

10 meter tower

space	country	athlete	Points
1	German Empire	Hermann Stork	98.99
2	Czechoslovakia	Franz Leikert	92.17
3	German Empire	Ewald Riebschläger	90.72

Jumping women

3 meter board

space	country	athlete	Points
1	German Empire	Olga Jensch-Jordan	74.78
2	Great Britain	Katinka Larsen	68.10
3	German Empire	Anneliese Kapp	65.56

Thursday, August 16, 9:30 a.m.

10 meter tower

space	country	athlete	Points
1	German Empire	Hertha Schieche	35.43
2	Sweden	Ingeborg Sjöqvist	31.54
3	Denmark	Inger Kragh	31.39

Friday, August 18, 1934 10:00 a.m.

Swimming men

100 meters freestyle

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Hungary	Ferenc Csik	0: 59.7
2	German Empire	Helmut Fischer	0: 59.8
3	German Empire	Otto Wille	1: 01.2

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

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	France	Jean Taris	4: 55.5
2	Italy	Paolo Costoli	5: 07.5
3	Italy	Giacomo Signori	5: 11.9

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

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	France	Jean Taris	20: 01.5
2	Italy	Paolo Costoli	21: 01.1
3	Great Britain	Norman Wainwright	21: 10.0

100 meters back

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	Great Britain	John Besford	1: 11.7
2	German Empire	Ernst Küppers	1: 12.2
3	Switzerland	Edgar Siegrist	1: 12.6

Saturday, August 18, 1934 4:50 p.m.

200 meters chest

space	country	athlete	Final time
1	German Empire	Erwin Sietas	2: 49.0
2	German Empire	Hans Schwarz	2: 49.4
3	Denmark	Hans Malmstrøm	2: 49.8

4 × 200 meter freestyle

space	country	Athletes	Final time
1	Hungary	Ödön Gróf , Andras Marothy , Ferenc Csik , Árpád Lengyel	9: 30.2
2	German Empire	Heiko Schwartz , Wolfgang Leisewitz , Otto Lenkitsch , Otto Wille	9: 31.2
3	Italy	Massimo Costa , Guido Giunta , Paolo Costoli , Giacomo Signori	9: 44.1

Wednesday, August 15, 1934 5:00 p.m.

Swimming women

100 meters freestyle

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Willy den Ouden	1: 07.1
2	Netherlands	Rie Mastenbroek	1: 08.1
3	German Empire	Gisela Arendt	1: 10.3

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

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Rie Mastenbroek	5: 27.4
2	Netherlands	Willy den Ouden	5: 27.4
3	Denmark	Lilli Andersen	5: 45.1

100 meters back

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Rie Mastenbroek	1: 20.3
2	German Empire	Gisela Arendt	1: 20.4
3	Netherlands	Marie Oversloot	5: 45.1

Friday, August 17, 1934 6:00 p.m.

200 meters chest

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	German Empire	Martha Genenger	3: 09.1
2	German Empire	Hanni Hölzner	3: 09.3
3	Denmark	Inger Kragh	3: 13.2

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

space	country	Athlete	Final time
1	Netherlands	Johanna Selbach , Anna Timmermans , Rie Mastenbroek , Willy den Ouden	4: 41.5
2	German Empire	Ruth Halbsguth , Ingrid Ohliger , Hilde Salbert , Gisela Arendt	4: 50.4
3	Great Britain	Olive Bartle , Margery Hinton , Edna Hughes , Cecelia Wolstenholme	4: 58.3

Saturday, August 18, 1934 5:05 p.m.

Water polo men

Preliminary round

Table 1. Group

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Hungary	4th	4th	0	0	22: 3	+9	8th
2	Belgium	4th	2	0	2	11:10	+1	4th
3	France	4th	2	0	2	9:11	−2	4th
4th	Yugoslavia	4th	1	0	3	4:10	−6	2
5	Netherlands	4th	1	0	3	7:19	−11	2

Table 2. Group

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	German Empire	4th	4th	0	0	21: 5	+16	8th
2	Sweden	4th	2	1	1	15:10	+5	5
3	Spain	4th	2	2	0	7:11	−4	4th
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	3	0	8:14	−6	2
5	Italy	4th	0	3	1	4:15	−11	1

space	country	Final time
1	Hungary
2	German Empire
3	Belgium

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1. ↑ "What does Magdeburg teach?" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 20, 1934.
2. ^ "Before the European week of swimmers" Magdeburgische Zeitung, 4th August 1934.
3. ^ "The course of the race" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 14, 1934
4. ^ "The course of the fighting" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 17, 1934
5. ^ "The course of the fighting" Magdeburgische Zeitung, August 15, 1934