European Swimming Championships 1985

17th Swimming World Championships 2017
Host location	Sofia and Oslo
Host country	Bulgaria Norway
Beginning	4th August 1985
The End	August 18, 1985
Venues
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , synchronized swimming , water jumping
Participating Nations
Athletes
← 1983 Rome	Strasbourg 1987 →
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The 17th European Swimming Championships took place in Sofia from August 4 to August 11, 1985 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1985 European Swimming Championships included competitions in swimming , art and tower diving , synchronized swimming and the two water polo tournaments. The women's water polo tournament was held for the first time in 1985 and took place between August 12 and 18, 1985 in Oslo ( Norway ).

Pool swimming

Results men

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Stéphan Caron France	50.20	Jörg Woithe German Democratic Republic	50.38	Stefan Volery Switzerland	50.70
200 m freestyle	Michael Groß BR Germany	1: 47.95	Sven Lodziewski German Democratic Republic	1: 49.99	Tommy Werner Sweden	1: 50.04
400 m freestyle	Uwe Dassler German Democratic Republic	3: 51.52	Sven Lodziewski German Democratic Republic	3: 51.54	Rainer Henkel BR Germany	3: 51.79
1500 m freestyle	Uwe Dassler German Democratic Republic	15: 08.56	Rainer Henkel BR Germany	15: 10.34	Stefan Pfeiffer BR Germany	15: 20.67
100 m back	Igor Polyansky Soviet Union	55.24	Dirk Richter German Democratic Republic	56.02	Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union	56.88
200 m back	Igor Polyansky Soviet Union	1: 58.50	Sergey Zabolotnov Soviet Union	2: 01.88	Frank Baltrusch German Democratic Republic	2: 02.57
100 m chest	Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain	1: 02.99	Rolf Beab BR Germany	1: 03.38	Dmitri Volkov Soviet Union	1: 03.59
200 m chest	Dmitri Volkov Soviet Union	2: 19.53	Alexandre Yokochi Portugal	2: 19.63	Étienne Dagon Switzerland	2: 19.69
100 m butterfly	Michael Groß BR Germany	54.02	Andy Jameson Great Britain	54.30	Marcel Gery Czechoslovakia	54.86
200 m butterfly	Michael Groß BR Germany	1: 56.65	Benny Nielsen Denmark	1: 58.80	Frank Drost Netherlands	2: 00.16
200 m layers	Tamás Darnyi Hungary	2: 03.23	Josef Hladký Czechoslovakia	2: 04.13	Peter Bermel BR Germany	2: 04.47
400 m layers	Tamás Darnyi Hungary	4: 20.70	Vadim Yaroshchuk Soviet Union	4: 21.54	Raik Hannemann German Democratic Republic	4: 26.33
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	BR Germany	3: 22.18	German Democratic Republic	3: 22.32	Sweden	3: 22.41
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	BR Germany	7: 19.23	Sweden	7: 25.69	Netherlands	7: 32.82
4 × 100 m individual relay	BR Germany	3: 43.59	German Democratic Republic	3: 45.35	Italy	3: 46.09

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Heike Friedrich German Democratic Republic	55.71	Manuela Stellmach German Democratic Republic	55.77	Conny van Bentum Netherlands	56.33
200 m freestyle	Heike Friedrich German Democratic Republic	1: 59.55	Manuela Stellmach German Democratic Republic	1: 59.88	Vania Argirova Bulgaria	2: 02.62
400 m freestyle	Astrid Strauss German Democratic Republic	4: 09.22	Anke Möhring German Democratic Republic	4: 10.55	Yelena Dendeberova Soviet Union	4: 14.44
800 m freestyle	Astrid Strauss German Democratic Republic	8: 32.45	Sarah Hardcastle Great Britain	8: 32.57	Anke Möhring German Democratic Republic	8: 40.82
100 m back	Birte Weigang German Democratic Republic	1: 02.16	Kathrin Zimmermann German Democratic Republic	1: 02.60	Natalya Shibayeva Soviet Union	1: 03.12
200 m back	Cornelia Sirch German Democratic Republic	2: 10.89	Kathrin Zimmermann German Democratic Republic	2: 12.43	Jolanda de Rover Netherlands	2: 15.06
100 m chest	Sylvia Gerasch German Democratic Republic	1: 08.62	Silke Hörner German Democratic Republic	1: 08.95	Tanja Bogomilowa Bulgaria	1: 09.46
200 m chest	Tanja Bogomilowa Bulgaria	2: 28.57	Sylvia Gerasch German Democratic Republic	2: 02/29	Silke Hörner German Democratic Republic	2: 29.82
100 m butterfly	Kornelia Greßler German Democratic Republic	59.46	Birte Weigang German Democratic Republic	1: 00.45	Tatyana Kurnikova Soviet Union	1: 01.73
200 m butterfly	Jacqueline Alex German Democratic Republic	2: 11.78	Kornelia Greßler German Democratic Republic	2: 11.87	Petra Zindler BR Germany	2: 14.62
200 m layers	Kathleen Nord German Democratic Republic	2: 07/16	Sonia Blagoeva Bulgaria	2: 17.35	Susanne Börnike German Democratic Republic	2: 17.96
400 m layers	Kathleen Nord German Democratic Republic	4: 47.08	Cornelia Sirch German Democratic Republic	4: 48.73	Sonia Blagoeva Bulgaria	4: 50.69
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	German Democratic Republic	3: 44.48	BR Germany	3: 47.38	Netherlands	3: 48.59
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	German Democratic Republic	8: 03.82	Netherlands	8: 15.14	Sweden	8: 15.15
4 × 100 m individual relay	German Democratic Republic	4: 06.93	Soviet Union	4: 11.32	Bulgaria	4: 11.92

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Nikolay Droshin Soviet Union	Petar Georgiev Bulgaria	Dieter Dörr BR Germany
10 m	Thomas Knuth's German Democratic Republic	Albin Killat BR Germany	Domenico Rinaldo Italy

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
3 m	Zhanna Tsirulnikova Soviet Union	Irina Sidorova Soviet Union	Brita Baldus German Democratic Republic
10 m	Anzhela Stasyulevich Soviet Union	Ramona Paetow-Wenzel German Democratic Republic	Alla Lobankina Soviet Union

Synchronized swimming

competition	gold	silver	bronze
singles	Carolyn Wilson Great Britain	Muriel Hermine France	Alexandra Worisch Austria
duet	Eva-Maria Edinger Alexandra Worisch Austria	Pascale Besson Muriel Hermine France	Amanda Dodd Carolyn Wilson Great Britain
group	France	United Kingdom	Netherlands

Water polo

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	BR Germany

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Netherlands	Hungary	BR Germany

Individual evidence

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