European Swimming Championships 1970

12th European Swimming Championships
Host location	Barcelona
Host country	Spain
Beginning	5th September 1970
The End	September 13, 1970
Venues	Bernat Picornell swimming stadium
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1966 Utrecht	1974 Vienna →
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The 12th European Swimming Championships took place in Barcelona from September 5 to 13, 1970 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1970 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	Michel Rousseau France	52.9	Roland Matthes GDR	53.5	Georgi Kulikov Soviet Union	53.7
200 m freestyle	Hans Fassnacht Federal Republic of Germany	1: 55.2	Gunnar Larsson Sweden	1: 55.7	Georgi Kulikov Soviet Union	1: 56.6
400 m freestyle	Gunnar Larsson Sweden	4: 02.6	Hans Fassnacht Federal Republic of Germany	4: 03.0	Santiago Esteva Spain	4: 08.3
1500 m freestyle	Hans Fassnacht Federal Republic of Germany	16: 19.9	Werner Lampe Federal Republic of Germany	16: 25.6	Santiago Esteva Spain	16: 35.7
100 m back	Roland Matthes GDR	58.9	Santiago Esteva Spain	59.9	Bob Schoutsen Netherlands	1: 00.4
200 m back	Roland Matthes GDR	2: 08.8	Santiago Esteva Spain	2: 09.7	Volker Werner GDR	2: 11.5
100 m chest	Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union	1: 06.8	Roger-Philippe Menu France	1: 07.8	Rolf Klees Federal Republic of Germany	1: 08.1
200 m chest	Klaus Katzur GDR	2: 26.0	Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union	2: 26.1	Walter Kusch Federal Republic of Germany	2: 28.2
100 m butterfly	Hans Lampe Federal Republic of Germany	57.5	Udo Poser GDR	57.9	Vladimir Nemschilow Soviet Union	58.0
200 m butterfly	Udo Poser GDR	2: 08.0	Folkert Meeuw Federal Republic of Germany	2: 08.2	Hartmut Flöckner GDR	2: 09.6
200 m layers	Gunnar Larsson Sweden	2: 09.3	Matthias Pechmann GDR	2: 13.6	Hans Ljungberg Sweden	2: 14.3
400 m layers	Gunnar Larsson Sweden	4: 36.2	Hans Fassnacht Federal Republic of Germany	4: 36.9	Matthias Pechmann GDR	4: 40.6
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Soviet Union	3: 32.3	BR Germany	3: 34.1	German Democratic Republic	3: 34.6
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	BR Germany	7: 49.5	Soviet Union	7: 52.8	German Democratic Republic	7: 54.5
4 × 100 m individual relay	German Democratic Republic	3: 54.4	France	3: 57.6	Soviet Union	3: 58.0

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Gabriele Wetzko GDR	59.6	Mirjana Šegrt Yugoslavia	1: 00.8	Alex Jackson Great Britain	1: 00.8
200 m freestyle	Gabriele Wetzko GDR	2: 08.2	Mirjana Šegrt Yugoslavia	2: 11.9	Yvonne Nieber GDR	2: 12.8
400 m freestyle	Elke Sehmisch GDR	4: 32.9	Gunilla Jonsson Sweden	4: 36.8	Karin Tülling GDR	4: 38.0
800 m freestyle	Karin Neugebauer GDR	9: 29.1	Linda de Boer Netherlands	9: 35.7	Novella Calligaris Italy	9: 38.8
100 m back	Tinatin Lekweischwili Soviet Union	1: 07.8	Andrea Gyarmati Hungary	1: 07.9	Jacobje Buter Netherlands	1: 08.5
200 m back	Andrea Gyarmati Hungary	2: 40.8	Barbara Hofmeister GDR	2: 26.6	Tinatin Lekweischwili Soviet Union	2: 27.1
100 m chest	Galina Stepanova Soviet Union	1: 15.6	Uta Frommater Federal Republic of Germany	1: 16.9	Alla Grebennikova Soviet Union	1: 16.9
200 m chest	Galina Stepanova Soviet Union	2: 40.7	Alla Grebennikova Soviet Union	2: 43.5	Dorothy Harrison Great Britain	2: 45.6
100 m butterfly	Andrea Gyarmati Hungary	1: 05.0	Helga Lindner GDR	1: 05.6	Edeltraut Koch Federal Republic of Germany	1: 05.8
200 m butterfly	Helga Lindner Hungary	2: 20.2	Mirjana Šegrt Yugoslavia	2: 24.5	Evelyn Stolze GDR	2: 25.6
200 m layers	Martina Grunert GDR	2: 26.6	Evelyn Stolze GDR	2: 29.3	Shelagh Ratcliffe UK	2: 29.6
400 m layers	Evelyn Stolze GDR	5: 07.9	Brigitte Schuchardt GDR	5: 18.3	Shelagh Ratcliffe UK	5: 19.6
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	German Democratic Republic	4: 00.8	Hungary	4: 02.7	Sweden	4: 07.4
4 × 100 m individual relay	German Democratic Republic	4: 30.1	Soviet Union	4: 31.3	BR Germany	4: 33.4

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy	Klaus Dibiasi Italy	Vladimir Wassin Soviet Union
10 m	Lothar Matthes GDR	Klaus Dibiasi Italy	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Heidi Becker GDR	Marina Janicke GDR	Tamara Safonova Soviet Union
10 m	Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia	Marina Janicke GDR	Sylvia Fiedler GDR

Water polo

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Soviet Union	Hungary	Yugoslavia

Medal table

Medal table
rank	nation				total
1	German Democratic Republic	16	9	9	34
2	Soviet Union	6th	4th	8th	18th
3	BR Germany	4th	6th	4th	14th
4th	Sweden	3	2	2	7th
5	Hungary	2	3	-	5
6th	Italy	1	2	2	5
7th	France	1	2	-	3
8th	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
9	Yugoslavia	-	3	1	4th
10	Spain	-	2	2	4th
11	Netherlands	-	1	2	3
12	United Kingdom	-	-	4th	4th
––	all in all	34	34	34	102

Individual evidence

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