European Swimming Championships 1947

6th European Swimming Championships
Host location	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Host country	France
Beginning	September 10, 1947
The End	September 14, 1947
Venues
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1938 London	1950 Vienna →
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The 6th European Swimming Championships took place in Monte Carlo from September 10th to 14th, 1947 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1947 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	Alex Jany France	56.9	Per-Olof Olsson Sweden	58.8	Elemér Szathmáry Hungary	59.6
400 m freestyle	Alex Jany France	4: 35.2	György Mitró Hungary	4: 50.4	Miloslav Bartušek Czechoslovakia	4: 51.4
1500 m freestyle	György Mitró Hungary	19: 28.0	Ferenc Vörös Hungary	20: 07.0	Marijan Stipetic Yugoslavia	20: 08.5
100 m back	Georges Vallerey France	1: 07.6	Gyula Valent Hungary	1: 10.5	Jirí Kovár Czechoslovakia	1: 10.5
200 m chest	Roy Romain Great Britain	2: 40.1	Anton Cerer Yugoslavia	2: 41.6	Sándor Németh Hungary	2: 46.2
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Sweden	9: 00.5	France	9:00 am	Hungary	9: 01.0

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Fritzie Nathansen Denmark	1: 07.8	Johanna Termeulen Netherlands	1: 08.1	Greta Andersen Denmark	1: 08.3
400 m freestyle	Karen Margrete Harup Denmark	5: 18.2	Catherine Gibson Great Britain	5: 19.8	Fernande Caroen Belgium	5: 20.9
100 m back	Karen Margrete Harup Denmark	1: 15.9	Catherine Gibson Great Britain	1: 16.5	Irene Koster Netherlands	1: 18.0
200 m chest	Petronella van Vliet Netherlands	2: 56.6	Éva Székely Hungary	2: 57.9	Jannie de Groot Netherlands	3: 00.5
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Denmark	4: 32.3	Netherlands	4: 36.0	United Kingdom	4: 37.1

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Roger Heinkele France	Svante Johansson Sweden	László Hidvégi Hungary
10 m	Thomas Christiansen Denmark	Lennart Brunnhage Sweden	Louise Marchant Great Britain

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Madeleine Moreau France	Alma Staudinger Austria	Jeannette Aubert-Pinel France
10 m	Nicole Pellissard France	Eileen Szagot Hungary	Alma Staudinger Austria

Water polo

→ Main article : 1947 European Water Polo Championship

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Italy	Sweden	Belgium

Individual evidence

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