European Swimming Championships 1954

8th European Swimming Championships
Host location	Turin
Host country	Italy
Beginning	August 31, 1954
The End	5th September 1954
Venues	Monumentale swimming stadium
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1950 Vienna	1958 Budapest →
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The 8th European Swimming Championships took place in Turin from August 31 to September 5, 1954 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1954 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	Imre Nyéki Hungary	57.8	Lev Balandin Soviet Union	58.2	Géza Kádas Hungary	58.3
400 m freestyle	György Csordás Hungary	4: 38.8	Angelo Romani Italy	4: 40.4	Per-Olof Östrand Sweden	4: 40.9
1500 m freestyle	György Csordás Hungary	18: 57.8	György Schuszter Hungary	19: 05.6	Vladimir Lavrinenko Soviet Union	19: 10.6
100 m back	Gilbert Bozon France	1: 05.1	László Magyar Hungary	1: 05.3	John Brockway Great Britain	1: 05.9
200 m chest	Klaus Bodinger GDR	2: 40.9	Marek Petrusewicz Poland	2: 42.5	Sándor Utassy Hungary	2: 43.4
200 m butterfly	György Tumpek Hungary	2: 32.2	Zsolt Feyér Hungary	2: 35.1	Vadim Martyntschik Soviet Union	2: 36.3
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Hungary László Till Zoltán Dömötör Géza Kádas Imre Nyéki	8: 47.8	France Jean Boiteux Gilbert Bozon Guy Montserret Aldo Eminent	8: 54.1	Soviet Union Nikolai Sukhorukov Vyacheslav Kurennoi Yuri Abovyan Lev Balandin	8: 55.9

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Katalin Szőke Hungary	1: 05.8	Judit Temes Hungary	1: 06.7	Geertje Wielema Netherlands	1: 07.3
400 m freestyle	Agata Sebö Hungary	5: 14.4	Valéria Gyenge Hungary	5: 16.3	Eša Ligorio Yugoslavia	5: 18.7
100 m back	Geertje Wielema Netherlands	1: 13.2	Johanna de Korte Netherlands	1: 13.6	Pat Symons UK	1: 17.3
200 m chest	Ursula Happe Federal Republic of Germany	2: 54.9	Jytte Hansen Denmark	2: 55.0	Klára Killermann Hungary	2: 55.8
100 m butterfly	Jutta Langenau GDR	1: 16.6	Mária Littomeritzky Hungary	1: 18.6	Ursula Happe Federal Republic of Germany	1: 18.9
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Hungary	4: 30.6	Netherlands	4: 33.2	BR Germany	4: 37.2

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Roman Brener Soviet Union	Gennady Udalov Soviet Union	Christian Pire France
10 m	Roman Brener Soviet Union	Mikhail Chachba Soviet Union	Peter Heatly Great Britain

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Valentina Tschumitschowa Soviet Union	Birte Hanson Sweden	Lyubov Zhigalova Soviet Union
10 m	Tatiana Karakashjanz Soviet Union	Birte Hanson Sweden	Eva Pfarrhofer Austria

Water polo

→ Main article : 1954 European Water Polo Championship

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Italy

Individual evidence

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