European Swimming Championships 1991

20th European Swimming Championships
Host location	Athens
Host country	Greece
Beginning	August 18, 1991
The End	August 25, 1991
Venues	Olympic swimming pool Athens
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , synchronized swimming , water jumping
Number of athletes
← 1989 Bonn	1993 Sheffield →
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The 20th European Swimming Championships took place from August 18 to August 25, 1991 in the Athens suburb of Marousi and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1991 European Swimming Championships included competitions in swimming , art and tower diving , synchronized swimming and the two water polo tournaments. The competitions were held at the Athens Water Sports Center , which was used for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The European Open Water Swimming Championships were held from September 14th to 15th in Italy in Terracina ( Italy ).

Pool swimming

Results men

competition	gold		silver		bronze
50 m freestyle	Nils Rudolph Germany	22.33	Gennadiy Prigoda Soviet Union	22.44	Mike Fibbens Great Britain Vladimir Tkachenko Soviet Union	22.72
100 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Soviet Union	49.18	Nils Rudolph Germany	49.52	Giorgio Lamberti Italy	49.57
200 m freestyle	Artur Wojdat Poland	1: 48.10	Giorgio Lamberti Italy	1: 48.15	Roberto Gleria Italy	1: 48.74
400 m freestyle	Yevgeniy Sadovyi Soviet Union	3: 49.02	Artur Wojdat Poland	3: 49.09	Giorgio Lamberti Italy	3: 50.46
1500 m freestyle	Jörg Hoffmann Germany	15: 02.57	Ian Wilson Great Britain	15: 03.72	Sebastian Wiese Germany	15: 14.30
100 m back	Martín López-Zubero Spain	55.30	Dirk Richter Germany	56.04	Franck Schott France	56.29
200 m back	Martín López-Zubero Spain	1: 58.66	Dirk Richter Germany Wladimir Selkow Soviet Union	2: 00.18
100 m chest	Norbert Rózsa Hungary	1: 01.49	Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain	1: 01.88	Gianni Minervini Italy	1: 02.41
200 m chest	Nick Gillingham Great Britain	2: 12.55	Norbert Rózsa Hungary	2: 12.58	Sergio López Spain	2: 13.10
100 m butterfly	Vladislav Kulikov Soviet Union	54.22	Martín López-Zubero Spain	54.30	Nils Rudolph Germany	54.31
200 m butterfly	Franck Esposito France	1: 59.59	Rafał Szukała Poland	2: 01.01	Christophe Bordeau France	2: 01.25
200 m layers	Lars Sörensen Denmark	2: 02.63	Christian Gessner Germany	2: 02.66	Luca Sacchi Italy	2: 02.93
400 m layers	Luca Sacchi Italy	4: 17.81	Patrick Kühl Germany	4: 17.85	Christian Gessner Germany	4: 19.16
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Soviet Union	3: 17.11	Germany	3: 18.31	Sweden	3: 20.42
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Soviet Union	7: 15.96	Italy	7: 18.30	Germany	7: 19.13
4 × 100 m individual relay	Soviet Union	3: 40.68	France	3: 42.15	Hungary	3: 42.35

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
50 m freestyle	Simone Osygus Germany	25.80	Catherine Plewinski France	25.84	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands	25.91
100 m freestyle	Catherine Plewinski France	56.20	Karin Brienesse Netherlands	56.44	Simone Osygus Germany	56.47
200 m freestyle	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	2: 00.29	Catherine Plewinski France	2: 00.34	Luminița Dobrescu Romania	2: 01.77
400 m freestyle	Irene Dalby Norway	4: 11.63	Beatrice Coadă Romania	4: 12.33	Cristina Sossi Italy	4: 12.35
800 m freestyle	Irene Dalby Norway	8: 32.08	Jana Henke Germany	8: 32.25	Cristina Sossi Italy	8: 33.79
100 m back	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	1: 00.31	Tünde Szabó Hungary	1: 01.11	Dagmar Hase Germany	1: 02.41
200 m back	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	2: 06.62	Tünde Szabó Hungary	2: 11.42	Dagmar Hase Germany	2: 12.21
100 m chest	Yelena Rudkovskaya Soviet Union	1: 09.05	Svetlana Bondarenko Soviet Union	1: 09.99	Tania Dangalakova Bulgaria	1: 10.12
200 m chest	Yelena Rudkovskaya Soviet Union	2: 29.50	Beatrice Coadă Romania	2: 32.00	Tania Dangalakova Bulgaria	2: 32.09
100 m butterfly	Catherine Plewinski France	1: 00.32	Inge de Bruijn Netherlands	1: 01.64	Therese Lundin Sweden	1: 01.80
200 m butterfly	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	2: 12.87	Sabine Herbst Germany	2: 14.72	Berit Puggaard Denmark	2: 14.80
200 m layers	Daniela Hunger Germany	2: 15.53	Beatrice Coadă Romania	2: 16.68	Marion Zoller Germany	2: 17.43
400 m layers	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	4: 39.78	Beatrice Coadă Romania	4: 44.67	Ewa Synowska Poland	4: 47.92
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Netherlands	3: 45.36	Germany	3: 45.54	Denmark	3: 46.36
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Denmark	8: 05.90	Germany	8: 10.26	United Kingdom	8: 13.97
4 × 100 m individual relay	Soviet Union	4: 08.55	Germany	4: 10.10	Netherlands	4: 14.03

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
1 m	Andrey Semenyuk Soviet Union	Peter Böhler Germany	Edwin Jongejans Netherlands
3 m	Albin Killat Germany	Joakim Andersson Sweden	Davide Lorenzini Italy
10 m	Vladimir Timoshinin Soviet Union	Dmitri Sautin Soviet Union	Bob Morgan Great Britain

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
1 m	Brita Baldus Germany	Irina Laschko Soviet Union	Conny Schmalfuß Germany
3 m	Irina Laschko Soviet Union	Wera Ilyina Soviet Union	Brita Baldus Germany
10 m	Jelena Miroschina Soviet Union	Inga Afonina Soviet Union	Ute Wetzig Germany

Synchronized swimming

competition	gold	silver	bronze
singles	Olga Sedakowa Soviet Union	Christina Thalassinidou Greece	Anne Capron France
duet	Anna Kozlova Olga Sedakova Soviet Union	Anne Capron Celine Leveque France	Marjolijn Both Tamara Zwart Netherlands
group	Soviet Union	France	Italy

Water polo

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Yugoslavia	Spain	Soviet Union

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Hungary	Netherlands	Italy

Individual evidence

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