European Swimming Championships 1938

5th European Swimming Championships
Host location	London
Host country	United Kingdom
Beginning	August 6, 1938
The End	August 13, 1938
Venues
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1934 Magdeburg	1947 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin →
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The 5th European Swimming Championships took place in London from 6 to 13 August 1938 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1938 European Swimming Championships included competitions in swimming , art and high diving as well as the men's water polo tournament.

Pool swimming

Results men

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Kees Hoving Netherlands	59.8	Frederick Dove Great Britain	1: 00.6	István Körösi Hungary	1: 01.2
400 m freestyle	Bjorn Borg Sweden	4: 51.6	Werner Plath German Empire	4: 56.2	Norman Wainwright Great Britain	4: 56.3
1500 m freestyle	Bjorn Borg Sweden	19: 55.6	Bobby Leivers Great Britain	19: 57.0	Heinz Arendt German Empire	20: 12.6
100 m back	Heinz hose German Empire	1: 09.0	Gerhard Nüske German Empire	1: 10.8	Árpád Lengyel Hungary	1: 12.0
200 m chest	Joachim Balke German Empire	2: 45.8	Erwin Sieta's German Empire	2: 45.9	Anton Cerer Yugoslavia	2: 47.6
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	German Empire	9: 17.6	France	9: 22.6	United Kingdom	9: 24.6

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Ragnhild Hveger Denmark	1: 06.2	Birte Ove-Petersen Denmark	1: 06.8	Ria van Veen Netherlands	1: 08.4
400 m freestyle	Ragnhild Hveger Denmark	5: 09.0	Ria van Veen Netherlands	5: 27.7	Fernande Caroen Belgium	5: 33.4
100 m back	Cor Kint Netherlands	1: 15.0	Irene van Feggelen Netherlands	1: 15.9	Birte Ove-Petersen Denmark	1: 17.0
200 m chest	Inge Sørensen Denmark	3: 05.4	Doris Storey Great Britain	3: 06.0	Josephine Waalberg Netherlands	3: 06.2
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Denmark	4: 31.6	Netherlands	4: 39.5	United Kingdom	4: 51.4

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Erhard Weiß German Empire	Fritz Haster German Empire	Frederick Hodges Great Britain
10 m	Erhard Weiß German Empire	Hans Kitzig German Empire	László Hidvégi Hungary

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Betty Slade Great Britain	Gerda Daumerlang German Empire	Edna Child Great Britain
10 m	Inge Beeken Denmark	Ann-Margret Nirling Sweden	Suse Heinze German Empire

Water polo

→ Main article : 1938 European Water Polo Championship

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Hungary	German Empire	Netherlands

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of swimming men
2. ↑ Results of swimming women
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of high diving