European Swimming Championships 1983

16th European Swimming Championships
Host location	Rome
Host country	Italy
Beginning	22nd August 1983
The End	August 27, 1983
Venues	Swimming stadium in the Foro Italico
Disciplines	Swimming , synchronized swimming , water polo , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1981 split	1985 Sofia →
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The 16th European Swimming Championships took place in Rome from August 22nd to 27th, 1983 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1983 European Swimming Championships included competitions in swimming , art and tower diving , synchronized swimming and the men's water polo tournament. The competitions took place in the Foro Italico .

Pool swimming

Results men

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Per Johansson Sweden	50.20	Jörg Woithe GDR	50.29	Sergey Smiryagin Soviet Union	50.35
200 m freestyle	Michael Groß Federal Republic of Germany	1: 47.87	Jörg Woithe GDR	1: 50.18	Thomas Fahrner Federal Republic of Germany	1: 50.92
400 m freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union	3: 49.80	Borut Petrič Yugoslavia	3: 51.96	Darjan Petric Yugoslavia	3: 52.60
1500 m freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union	15: 08.84	Borut Petrič Yugoslavia	15:14:54	Stefan Pfeiffer Federal Republic of Germany	15: 16.85
100 m back	Dirk Richter GDR	56.10	Vladimir Shemetov Soviet Union	56.38	Sándor Wladár Hungary	57.16
200 m back	Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union	2: 01.00	Sándor Wladár Hungary	2: 01.61	Frank Baltrusch GDR	2: 02.46
100 m chest	Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union	1: 03.32	Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain	1: 03.37	Gerald Mörken Federal Republic of Germany	1: 04.16
200 m chest	Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain	2: 17.49	Albán Vermes Hungary	2: 18.27	Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union	2: 18.72
100 m butterfly	Michael Groß Federal Republic of Germany	54.00	David López-Zubero Spain	54.77	Aleksey Markovskiy Soviet Union	54.81
200 m butterfly	Michael Groß Federal Republic of Germany	1: 57.05	Serhiy Fessenko Soviet Union	1: 59.74	Paolo Revelli Italy	1: 59.84
200 m layers	Giovanni Franceschi Italy	2: 02.48	Jens-Peter Berndt GDR	2: 02.95	Josef Hladký Czechoslovakia	2: 03.55
400 m layers	Giovanni Franceschi Italy	4: 20.41	Jens-Peter Berndt GDR	4: 20.81	Josef Hladký Czechoslovakia	4: 23.52
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Soviet Union	3: 20.88	Sweden	3: 22.02	German Democratic Republic	3: 23.02
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	BR Germany	7: 20.40	German Democratic Republic	7: 23.01	Italy	7: 26.01
4 × 100 m individual relay	Soviet Union	3: 43.99	BR Germany	3: 44.79	German Democratic Republic	3: 45.54

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Birgit Meineke GDR	55.18	Kristin Otto GDR	55.52	Conny van Bentum Netherlands	56.61
200 m freestyle	Birgit Meineke GDR	1: 59.45	Astrid Strauss GDR	2: 00.16	Conny van Bentum Netherlands	2: 00.61
400 m freestyle	Astrid Strauss GDR	4: 08.07	Anke sonnenodt GDR	4: 10.37	Irina Laricheva Soviet Union	4: 12.90
800 m freestyle	Astrid Strauss GDR	8: 32.12	Anke sonnenodt GDR	8: 37.72	Sarah Hardcastle Great Britain	8: 40.44
100 m back	Ina Kleber GDR	1: 01.79	Cornelia Sirch GDR	1: 02.46	Carmen Bunaciu Romania	1: 03.08
200 m back	Cornelia Sirch GDR	2: 12.05	Kathrin Zimmermann GDR	2: 12.36	Larisa Gorchakova Soviet Union	2: 14.41
100 m chest	Ute Geweniger GDR	1: 08.51	Sylvia Gerasch GDR	1: 09.62	Tania Bogomilova Bulgaria	1: 10.77
200 m chest	Ute Geweniger GDR	2: 30.64	Sylvia Gerasch GDR	2: 30.67	Olga Selenkova Soviet Union	2: 33.10
100 m butterfly	Ines Geissler GDR	1: 00.31	Cornelia Polit GDR	1: 00.92	Cinzia Savi Scarponi Italy	1: 01.37
200 m butterfly	Cornelia Polit GDR	2: 07.82	Ines Geissler GDR	2: 08.09	Conny van Bentum Netherlands	2: 12.87
200 m layers	Ute Geweniger GDR	2: 07/13	Kathleen North GDR	2: 15.55	Irina Gerasimova Soviet Union	2: 16.72
400 m layers	Kathleen North GDR	4: 39.95	Petra Schneider GDR	4: 40.34	Petra Zindler Federal Republic of Germany	4: 47.90
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	German Democratic Republic	3: 44.72	Netherlands	3: 48.24	BR Germany	3: 49.86
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	German Democratic Republic	8: 02.27	BR Germany	8: 11.69	Netherlands	8: 12.41
4 × 100 m individual relay	German Democratic Republic	4: 05.79	Netherlands	4: 12.78	BR Germany	4: 13.25

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Petar Georgiev Bulgaria	Nikolay Droshin Soviet Union	Chris Snode Federal Republic of Germany
10 m	Dawit Hambarzumjan Soviet Union	Vyacheslav Troshin Soviet Union	Steffen Haage GDR

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Brita Baldus GDR	Tatyana Alyabeva Soviet Union	Daphne Jongejans Netherlands
10 m	Alla Lobankina Soviet Union	Anzhela Stasyulevich Soviet Union	Ramona Wenzel GDR

Synchronized swimming

competition	gold	silver	bronze
singles	Carolyn Wilson Great Britain	Muriel Hermine France	Gudrun Hänisch Federal Republic of Germany
duet	Amanda Dodd Carolyn Wilson Great Britain	Gudrun Hänisch Gerlind Scheller Federal Republic of Germany	Catrien Eijken Marijke Engelen Netherlands
group	United Kingdom	Netherlands	BR Germany

Water polo

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Soviet Union	Hungary	Spain

Individual evidence

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