European Swimming Championships 1997

23rd European Swimming Championships
Host location	Seville
Host country	Spain
Beginning	August 19, 1997
The End	August 24, 1997
Venues	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
Disciplines	Swimming , open water swimming , water jumping , water polo , synchronized swimming
Number of athletes
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The 23rd European Swimming Championships took place in Seville from August 19 to August 24, 1997 and were organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN).

The 1997 European Swimming Championships included competitions in swimming , art and tower diving , synchronized swimming and open water swimming . The two water polo tournaments took place for the last time parallel to the European Swimming Championships.

Pool swimming

Results men

competition	gold		silver		bronze
50 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	22.30	Mark Foster Great Britain	22.53	Julien Sicot France	22.78
100 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	49.09	Lars Frölander Sweden	49.51	Oleg Ruklevich Belarus	49.84
200 m freestyle	Paul Palmer Great Britain	1: 48.85	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	1: 49.02	Béla Szabados Hungary	1: 49.98
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Italy	3: 45.96	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	3: 48.11	Paul Palmer Great Britain	3: 50.03
1500 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Italy	14: 58.65	Igor Snitko Ukraine	15: 07.85	Denis Zavgorodniy Ukraine	15: 19.28
100 m back	Martin López-Zubero Spain	55.71	Eithan Urbach Israel	55.88	Vladimir Selkov Russia	55.97
200 m back	Vladimir Selkov Russia	1: 59.21	Emanuele Merisi Italy	1: 59.63	Ralf Braun Germany	1: 59.91
100 m chest	Aleksandr Gukov Belarus	1: 02.17	Károly Güttler Hungary	1: 02.23	Daniel Málek Czech Republic	1: 02.27
200 m chest	Aleksandr Gukov Belarus	2: 13.90	Andrei Kornejew Russia	2: 14.40	Daniel Málek Czech Republic	2: 14.74
100 m butterfly	Lars Frölander Sweden	52.85	Denys Sylantyev Ukraine	53.27	Franck Esposito France	53.28
200 m butterfly	Franck Esposito France	1: 57.24	Denys Sylantyev Ukraine	1: 58.48	Stephen Parry Great Britain	1: 58.78
200 m layers	Marcel Wouda Netherlands	2: 00.77	Xavier Marchand France	2: 01.08	Jani Sievinen Finland	2: 02.12
400 m layers	Marcel Wouda Netherlands	4: 15.38	Frederik Hviid Spain	4: 19.68	Robert Seibt Germany	4: 20.43
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Russia Alexander Popov Roman Egorov Denis Pimankow Wladimir Pyschnenko	3: 16.85	Germany Alexander Lüderitz Steffen Zesner Christian Tröger Torsten Spanneberg	3: 18.33	Netherlands Bram van Haandel Martijn Zuijdweg Mark Veens Pieter van den Hoogenband	3: 20.82
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Great Britain Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Gavin Meadows James Salter	7: 17.56	Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark van der Zijden Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda	7: 17.84	Germany Lars Conrad Christian Keller Stefan Pohl Steffen Zesner	7: 18.86
4 × 100 m individual relay	Russia Vladimir Selkow Andrei Kornejew Wladislaw Kulikow Alexander Popow	3: 39.67	Germany Ralf Braun Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Christian Tröger	3: 41.47	Poland Mariusz Siembida Marek Krawczyk Marcin Kaczmarek Bartosz Kizierowski	3: 42.20

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
50 m freestyle	Natalia Meshcheryakova Russia	25.31	Sandra Völker Germany	25.43	Therese Alshammar Sweden	25.78
100 m freestyle	Sandra Völker Germany	55.38	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	55.46	Antje Buschschulte Germany	55.50
200 m freestyle	Michelle Smith de Bruin Ireland	1: 59.93	Nadezhda Chemezova Russia	1: 59.97	Camelia Potec Romania	2: 00.17
400 m freestyle	Dagmar Hase Germany	4: 09.58	Michelle Smith de Bruin Ireland	4: 10.50	Kerstin Kielgass Germany	4: 10.89
800 m freestyle	Kerstin Kielgass Germany	8: 34.41	Carla Geurts Netherlands	8: 36.14	Jana Henke Germany	8: 39.93
100 m back	Antje Buschschulte Germany	1: 01.74	Roxana Mărăcineanu France	1: 01.84	Sandra Völker Germany	1: 02.23
200 m back	Cathleen Rund Germany	2: 11.56	Antje Buschschulte Germany	2: 12.05	Roxana Mărăcineanu France	2: 06/12
100 m chest	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	1: 08.08	Svetlana Bondarenko Ukraine	1: 08.87	Brigitte Becue Belgium	1: 09.42
200 m chest	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	2: 24.90	Alicja Pęczak Poland	2: 04/28	Brigitte Becue Belgium	2: 28.90
100 m butterfly	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	59.64	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	59.74	Johanna Sjöberg Sweden	1: 00.07
200 m butterfly	María Peláez Spain	2: 10.25	Michelle Smith de Bruin Ireland	2: 10.88	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	2: 11.97
200 m layers	Oksana Werewka Russia	2: 14.74	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	2: 15.02	Yana Klochkova Ukraine	2: 15.03
400 m layers	Michelle Smith de Bruin Ireland	4: 42.08	Yana Klochkova Ukraine	4: 43.07	Hana Černá Czech Republic	4: 44.05
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Germany Katrin Meißner Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Sandra Völker	3: 41.49	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström Therese Alshammar	3: 43.69	Russia Svetlana Lesjukowa Natalja Meschtscherjakowa Inna Jaizkaja Nadeschda Chemezowa	3: 44.72
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Germany Dagmar Hase Janina Götz Antje Buschschulte Kerstin Kielgass	8: 03.59	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström	8: 04.53	Denmark Britt Raaby Berit Puggaard Mette Jacobsen Ditte Jensen	8: 07.26
4 × 100 m individual relay	Germany Antje Buschschulte Sylvia Gerasch Katrin Meißner Sandra Völker	4: 07.73	Russia Olga Kotschetkowa Olga Landik Swetlana Posdejewa Natalja Meschtscherjakowa	4: 04/09	Great Britain Sarah Price Jaime King Caroline Foot Karen Pickering	4: 10.31

Open water swimming

Results men

competition	gold		silver		bronze
5 km	Alexei Akatiev Russia	56:07	Yevgeny Besruchenko Russia	56:14	Luca Baldini Italy	56:19
25 km	Alexe Akatiev Russia	5:05:00	Christof Wandratsch Germany Stéphane Lecat France	5:08:36

Results women

competition	gold		silver		bronze
5 km	Peggy Büchse Germany	1:00:51	Valeria Casprini Italy	1:00:52	Rita Kovács Hungary	1:01:06
25 km	Rita Kovács Hungary	5:21:58	Valeria Casprini Italy	5:23:28	Edith van Dijk Netherlands	5:25:58

Art and high diving

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
1 m	Andreas Wels Germany	Holger Schlepps Germany	Rafael Álvarez Spain
3 m	Dmitri Sautin Russia	Andreas Wels Germany	Stefan Ahrens Germany
10 m	Jan Hempel Germany	Yaroslav Makogin Ukraine	Heiko Meyer Germany
3 m synchro	Holger Schlepps Alexander Mesch Germany	José Luis Hidalgo Rubén Santos Spain	Donald Miranda Nicola Marconi Italy
10 m synchro	Jan Hempel Michael Kühne Germany	Igor Lukashin Alexander Varlamov Russia	Frédéric Pierre Gilles Emptoz-Lacote France

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
1 m	Wera Ilyina Russia	Irina Laschko Russia	Dörte Lindner Germany
3 m	Julija Pachalina Russia	Wera Ilyina Russia	Anna Lindberg Sweden
10 m	Olga Kristoforova Russia	Annika Walter Germany	Switlana Serbina Ukraine
3 m synchron	Claudia Bockner Conny Schmalfuß Germany	Irina Laschko Julija Pachalina Russia	Julia Cruz Dolores Sáez Spain
10 m synchron	Ute Wetzig Anke Piper Germany	Julie Danaux Odile Arboles-Souchon France	Marion Reiff Anja Richter Austria

Synchronized swimming

competition	gold	silver	bronze
singles	Olga Sedakova Russia	Virginie Dedieu France	Giovanna Burlando Italy
duet	Olga Brusnikina Marija Kisseljowa Russia	Virginie Dedieu Myriam Lignot France	Giada Ballan Erena Bianchi Italy
group	Russia	France	Italy

Water polo

Results men

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Russia

Results women

competition	gold	silver	bronze
team	Italy	Russia	Netherlands

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Russia	16	9	3	28
2	Germany	15th	8th	10	33
3	Hungary	4th	1	2	7th
4th	Italy	3	5	5	13
5	Netherlands	2	2	3	7th
6th	Spain	2	2	2	6th
7th	Ireland	2	2	-	4th
8th	United Kingdom	2	1	3	6th
9	Belarus	2	-	1	3
10	France	1	7th	4th	12
11	Sweden	1	3	3	7th
12	Denmark	1	-	2	3
13	Ukraine	-	6th	3	9
14th	Slovakia	-	3	-	3
15th	Poland	-	1	1	2
16	Israel Yugoslavia	-	1	-	1
18th	Czech Republic	-	-	3	3
19th	Belgium	-	-	2	2
20th	Finland Romania Austria	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

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