European Swimming Championships 2006

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28th European Swimming Championships
Host location Budapest
Host country HungaryHungary Hungary
Beginning July 26, 2006
The End August 6, 2006
Venues Alfréd Hajós swimming stadium,
Balaton
Disciplines Swimming ,
diving ,
open water swimming ,
synchronized swimming
Number of athletes 1.008
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Medal table (final result after 58 competitions)
space country G S. B. total
1 RussiaRussia Russia 16 7th 3 26th
2 GermanyGermany Germany 12 10 5 27
3 FranceFrance France 6th 3 9 18th
4th ItalyItaly Italy 5 6th 11 22nd
5 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 5 4th 5 14th
6th PolandPoland Poland 5 2 1 8th
7th SwedenSweden Sweden 3 3 - 6th
8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 2 5 6th 13
9 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2 3 3 8th
10 HungaryHungary Hungary 2 2 5 9
Complete medal table
The Alfréd Hajós swimming complex on Margaret Island

The 28th European Swimming Championships took place in 2006 from July 26th to August 6th in Budapest . With that, they returned to their first venue in 1926. The Vice President of the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), Sven-Egil Folvik from Norway , classified the European Championships as the “world's largest swimming event of 2006”.

With the third edition of the European Championships, Budapest caught up with Vienna after 1926 and 1958, which was the venue in 1950, 1974 and 1995.

Competition venues

The competitions in the water diving, synchronized swimming and swimming pool were in the traditional Alfréd Hajós -Schwimmkomplex on the Danube nearby Margaret Island held. The complex is not covered and was equipped with a new 50-meter pool with ten lanes and a new diving platform for synchronized jumping for the European Championships. The swimming complex is considered one of the most modern and best in the world. An example of the disadvantages of the open-air swimming pool as a venue was the storm on August 1st, when the spectators were soaked due to the lack of a roof over the spectator stands. The reporters and their work equipment came into contact with the rainwater because of the wind direction, even though their places were covered. The competitions had to be interrupted.

The open water swimming competitions were held in Lake Balaton about 100 kilometers away .

Attendees

Only 40 of the 50 LEN members sent 1008 athletes to the 2006 European Swimming Championships.

The most successful athlete of this European Championship was the French Laure Manaudou , who won seven medals (four gold and three bronze) in eight starts and improved her own world record over 400 meters freestyle. Britta Steffen from Berlin was similarly successful, winning gold in world record time with the relays over 4 × 100 meters and 4 × 200 meters freestyle and also in the individual race over 100 meters freestyle with a new world record; She also won the 50-meter freestyle race in record time in Germany and took silver in the 4 × 100-meter individual medley.

Ceremonies

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 28th European Swimming Championships took place on July 26th in front of 7500 spectators. It was broadcast live on Hungarian television. The LEN -President Bartolo Consolo and Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany held welcome speeches for the athletes and spectators. Then the participating athletes marched in behind their flag-bearers. The pop band Nox , which is very well known in Hungary and also represented the country at the Grand Prix d'Eurovision , gave a performance.

After the opening ceremony there was a water polo friendship game between Hungary and Croatia, which ended with the result 11:11.

Award ceremonies

The award ceremonies were held by members of the LEN. The honored athletes received their medal, a bouquet of flowers and a black stuffed dog ( Puli ), which is the mascot of the European Championships.

Most of the award ceremonies took place on the same day as the competition. However, some of the award ceremonies on August 1st were postponed due to a storm. They were made up for on the following days before the actually planned competitions and honors.

Competitions

At the European Swimming Championships, competitions from four areas were held:

Open water swimming

The first competition in open water swimming, the women's five kilometer, was held on July 26th. The Russian Jekaterina Seliwerstowa won with a time of 1: 01: 50.8 hours ahead of Cathi Dietrich from France. At the same time, the Czech Jana Pechanová and the Russian Larissa Iltschenko placed third . The German hope for the title, Britta Kamrau-Corestein , disappointed as three-time world champion and defending champion with fifth place. She missed the podium by a tenth of a second. 500 meters from the finish she was in the lead with two body lengths until she was thrown out of rhythm by support boats. So she felt cheated of a medal after the end of the competition. The second German starter, Johanna Manz , reached 14th place.

On the same day, Thomas Lurz won his first gold medal at the European Championships over the ten kilometers after two world championship titles. He wasn't even confused by a snake . Silver went to Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands , behind whom the second German starter, Christian Hein , took bronze. The third German Alexander Studzinski reached the 21st place. With first and third place, the German men saved the team result for the first day of competition after the women had disappointed over the five-kilometer route.

One day after his victory over the ten kilometers, Thomas Lurz, the reigning world champion over this route, also won the five kilometer distance. With a long final sprint, he secured his second EM gold. After bronze in the first competition, the three-time vice world champion Christian Hein also improved to silver. Bronze went to the Italian Simone Ercoli . The third German starter, Toni Franz , achieved eleventh place with a time of 56: 59.3 minutes, rounding off the good German team performance.

Angela Maurer took the second German victory that day over the ten kilometers. With this she celebrated her comeback after a one year maternity leave and her first international title, which she won on her 31st birthday. Local matador Rita Kovács , who has been in the lead for a long time , took silver, while Jana Pechanová from the Czech Republic came third . Stefanie Biller reached ninth place with a time of 2: 07: 30.0 hours. Alessa Dörling reached 23rd place with 2: 16: 41.9 hours. The defending champions Britta Kamrau-Corestein had not been able to qualify at the German championships and was therefore not at the start.

The 25 kilometers of the men, which took place on July 29th, was won by Frenchman Gilles Rondy in 5: 10: 17.3 hours ahead of Russian Anton Sanatschew and Stéphane Gomez , who is also from France. The best German was Toni Franz , who crossed the finish line in eleventh place with a time of 5: 14: 02.4 hours. The second German starter, Alexander Studzinski , was twelfth and needed 5: 17: 24.1 hours to cover the distance.

In the women's 25 kilometers, which was held one day later, Angela Maurer was able to win the second gold medal at this European championship after the 10 kilometers. She needed 5: 35: 19.1 hours for the route and was six seconds ahead of second-placed Russian Natalja Pankina and 10.4 seconds ahead of the next German Stefanie Biller , who took bronze. At kilometer 18, Maurer almost swam away from the second and third placed, but she fought her way back. The third German starter Britta Kamrau-Corestein achieved fifth place with a time of 5: 36: 34.8 hours. Kamrau-Corestein was disappointed and complained about Maurer who, despite the agreed team tactics, would only have hung on the back for eight kilometers.

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swimming was clearly dominated by Russia : the Russians won gold in all four disciplines. The second most successful nation was Spain , which won all of its medals at this European Championship (four times silver) in synchronized swimming. Only Greece and Italy were able to join the list of medal winners with two bronze medals each.

solo

The pre-match of the synchronized swimming solo was held on July 26th. The athletes swam a free and a technical program. Natalja Ishchenko from Russia won the free program with 48,700 points ahead of Gemma Mengual from Spain and the Greek Nathalia Anthopoulou . The German starter Lisa Lacker achieved 14th place with 40,400 points, one place ahead of the host country's athlete, Csilla Acsay . In front of the German, Elisabeth Mahn from Austria was 13th with 40.900 points and Magdalena Brunner from Switzerland was eighth with 43.550 points. In the technical program of the preliminaries nothing changed in the front positions. Lisa Lacker and Elisabeth Mahn again came in 14th and 13th. Magdalena Brunner, however, fell by one place compared to the free program. Half a point was deducted as a penalty, so that the Czech Soňa Bernardová with 43,500 points was ahead of her with 43,150 points. The first places also remained the same in the overall result: With 97.850 points, Ishchenko was more than one point ahead of Gemma Mengual. The third place in the preliminary match went to the Greek Anthopoulou. The Austrian Elisabeth Mahn (82.350 points) came in 13th and the German Lisa Lacker (81.250 points) in 14th place, which means that both of them missed the qualification for the final of the twelve best. Gudrun Hänisch won the last medal for Germany in this discipline at the 1983 European Championship in Rome . The Swiss Magdalena Brunner finished eighth overall despite her ninth place in the technical program.

In the final, which took place on July 29th, a second free program was swum. The winner was the Russian Natalja Ishchenko, who finished second at the last European Championship in Madrid in 2004 . It was the first Russian solo European title since 2000 when Olga Brusnikina won. The 2004 defending champion, Virginie Dedieu , had ended her career and was no longer at the start. Gemma Mengual won silver for Spain, bronze went to the Greek Nathalia Anthopoulou. The Swiss Magdalena Brunner , who was eighth in the preliminary fights among the twelve qualified for the final, achieved seventh place in the final with 88.100 points.

duo

The preliminary match in the duo synchronized swimming was held on July 27th. It consisted of a free and a technical program. In the free program, the Russian duo Anastassija Dawydowa / Anastassija Jermakowa took first place with 49,200 points, ahead of the duos from Spain and Greece. The German duo, consisting of Saskia Grünes and Lara Kurz , achieved 14th place out of 18 participants with 40,450 points. The Austrians Nadine Brandl and Elisabeth Mahn took 11th place with a score of 41,550. In seventh place were Ariane Schneider and Magdalena Brunner for Switzerland, who received 43.850 points from the judges for their free program. The top positions in the technical program were also occupied by Russia, Spain and Greece. The German team reached 13th place with 40.850 points. Austria with 41,800 points and Switzerland with 44,300 points took the same positions as in the free program with positions eleven and seven. Overall, Anastassija Dawydowa / Anastassija Jermakowa won the preliminary fight with 98.150 points, ahead of the Spaniards, who were more than one point behind, and the Greeks. According to the free and technical program, the Swiss duo came in seventh overall with 88.150 points. The Austrians Brandl and Mahn finished eleventh overall with a score of 83,350. Saskia Grünes and Lara Kurz received a total of 81,300 points and were 14th for Germany.

On July 30th the final was held, in which a second free program was swum. The Russians Anastassija Dawydowa and Anastassija Yermakowa , the reigning world and Olympic champions, won with a score of 98,800 and thus defended their European title from 2004. Silver went to the Spanish duo Gemma Mengual / Paola Tirados with 97,500 points. The bronze medal went to the Greeks Eleftheria Ftouli / Evanthia Makrygianni . The Swiss Magdalena Brunner and Ariane Schneider improved from seventh in the preliminary battle to sixth place with 88,700 points, displacing the Israeli duo. Nadine Brandl and Elisabeth Mahn took eleventh place for Austria with 83,600 points. With 14th place in the preliminary battle, the German duo could not qualify for the final.

team

In the team synchronized swimming, each nation reports ten swimmers, eight swimmers each for the free and the technical program.

The pre-match of the team synchronized swimming was held on July 28th. It consisted of a free and technical program, but was of little importance as only eleven teams had been entered, and thus all starting nations were qualified for the final of the top twelve. In both parts of the preliminary match Russia, Spain and Italy took the first three places. The German team consisting of Christin Fieber , Saskia Grünes , Lara Kurz , Lisa Lacker , Lorea Urquiaga , Edith Zeppenfeld , Iris Zeppenfeld and Melanie Zillich achieved eleventh and last place with 41,600 points in the free program and 40,250 points in the technical program. With 43,800 points, the Swiss Sarah Amrein , Aude Bellina , Aline Bidlingmeyer , Pamela Fischer , Stéphanie Jasmine Jost , Nora Livet , Ariane Schneider and Aline Suter achieved seventh place, which they also took in the technical program with 42,950 points. An Austrian team did not start.

The final, which consisted of a free program, was held on July 30th. It was planned for July 29th and started on that day, but had to be canceled due to a thunderstorm . The Russian team won the final with 98,800 points. The team from Spain followed in silver, one and a half points behind. The Italian team won bronze. The Swiss women achieved seventh place with a score of 86,800 points. The German team took eleventh and last place. With 80,900 points it was 17,900 points behind the first-placed Russians.

combination

The combination consists only of the competition section of the free freestyle. Solo, duo and team freedoms are swum in a row. The maximum number of swimmers in a team in the combination is ten. The combination was only played for the second time after 2004 at a European championship.

The competition was held on July 30th. The combination won the Russian team with 97,900 points. Spain finished second, two points behind, ahead of the Italians, who won bronze. The Swiss team took seventh place. German and Austrian teams were not at the start.

Pool swimming

Competition pool of the 2006 European Swimming Championships

A total of 39 gold, 37 silver and 39 bronze medals were awarded in the pool competitions. This result came about due to the award of two bronze medals in the men's 50 meter butterfly competition and the award of two gold medals without the men's silver chest over 50 meters.

Women

Freestyle

Britta Steffen won the women's 50 meter freestyle with a new German record of 24.72 seconds ahead of Therese Alshammar from Sweden and Marleen Veldhuis from the Netherlands . The Austrian Fabienne Nadarajah failed to reach the semi-finals in the swim out for 16th place against the Finn Hanna-Maria Seppälä after she was at the same time in the preliminary stages.

In the 100 meter freestyle, there was a real sensation from a German point of view: Britta Steffen from Berlin , who had already shown her excellent form in the 4 × 100 meter relay, increased her best time by almost one second to 53.30 seconds, thus setting one new world record. The Australian Lisbeth Lenton held the previous world record with 53.42 seconds. The other medals went to Marleen Veldhuis from the Netherlands and Nery Mantey Niangkouara from Greece. Birgit Koschischek from Austria, on the other hand, was eliminated in the preliminaries and came in 26th.

Over the 200 meter freestyle, three-time European champion Laure Manaudou from France was up halfway ahead. However, she could not keep her pace and came in third. Gold went to Otylia Jędrzejczak from Poland ahead of Annika Liebs from SV Würzburg 05 . Jördis Steinegger and Birgit Koschischek from Austria were eliminated after the heats and finished in 20th and 44th place.

In the 400 meter freestyle, the French Laure Manaudou won her fourth European Championship title with a lead of over five seconds and improved the world record that she set on May 12 by nine tenths of a second to 4: 02.13 minutes. Silver and bronze went to the Britons Joanne Jackson and Caitlin McClatchey . The Swiss Flavia Rigamonti and the Austrian Jördis Steinegger failed to reach the finals and finished 10th and 17th respectively. There were no German starters.

For a long time it looked like a new world record over the 800 meter freestyle: The French Laure Manaudou had tackled extremely quickly and after 200 meters in 2: 00.06 minutes, she was over two seconds short of the passage time for the world record. In the end she was able to celebrate a new European record in 8: 19.29 minutes. Anke Möhring's old record (8: 19.53 minutes) came from the GDR era and lasted for almost 19 years. The two Britons Rebecca Adlington and Rebecca Cooke won silver and bronze . The Swiss Flavia Rigamonti finished fourth. The Austrian Jördis Steinegger came in 19th. A German starter did not take part.

move

Over 50 meters back Janine Pietsch from Ingolstadt won gold with a new “Championship Record” ahead of Aljaxandra Herassimenja from Belarus and Antje Buschschulte from Magdeburg . The Austrian Fabienne Nadarajah reached the semifinals and ranked 14th. Her compatriot Marilies Demal was eliminated after the preliminary round and was ranked 32nd. Carla Stampfli from Switzerland came in 22nd .

The French Laure Manaudou won her third gold medal over the 100 meters back after the 800 meters freestyle and the 200 meters medley. Halfway through the distance she was still in sixth place. Silver and bronze went to the Germans Antje Buschschulte and Janine Pietsch , who were only a few hundredths of a second away from fourth and fifth place. There were no participants from Austria or Switzerland.

The French Esther Baron won gold over 200 meters back, ahead of the Ukrainian Iryna Amschennikowa . The Brit Melanie Marshall , who was leading over the 150 meter turn, was unable to keep her pace on the last lane and in the end won the bronze medal. There were no starters from Germany, Austria or Switzerland in this competition.

chest

The 50-meter chest was won by the Russian Jelena Bogomasowa with only two hundredths of a second ahead of the British Kate Haywood and Ágnes Kovács from Hungary. As in the semifinals, the German Janne Schäfer from Wolfsburg reached fourth place. Simone Weiler failed to reach the final by five hundredths of a second and came in ninth. There were no participants from Austria or Switzerland, as was the case with the 100 meters and 200 meters chest.

Somewhat surprisingly, Ukrainian Hanna Chlystunowa won gold over the 100 meter chest with a new “Championship Record” of 1: 07.55 minutes. A "Championship Record" is the fastest time ever swum at European Championships. The other places went to the British Kirsty Balfour and Ágnes Kovács from Hungary. The German Sarah Poewe finished in the final seventh place. Simone Weiler reached the semi-finals and finished 11th there.

In the 200 meters chest, there was a clear start-finish victory for Brit Kirsty Balfour . With almost three seconds behind, Julija Pidlisna from Ukraine won silver ahead of Ágnes Kovács from Hungary. Sarah Poewe finished sixth, but only missed a medal by less than six tenths of a second.

butterfly

In the women's 50 meter butterfly, there was a Swedish double victory by Therese Alshammar and Anna-Karin Kammerling . Chantal Groot from the Netherlands won bronze. The Austrian Fabienne Nadarajah and the German Daniela Samulski took fifth and sixth place. Antje Buschschulte set a new German record as the fastest in the run in 26.48 seconds (this time would have been enough to win a medal), but she was disqualified in the semifinals because of a jump start. Birgit Koschischek from Austria and the Swiss Carla Stampfli were eliminated as 28th and 34th, respectively, while Marilies Demal (Austria) finished with the twelfth fastest time in the semifinals.

Inge Dekker from the Netherlands won the 100 meter butterfly in 58.35 seconds. The silver medal was secured in a tight finish by Martina Moravcová from Slovakia, ahead of Alena Popchanka , who was born in Belarus and who now competes for France. Both the German Annika Mehlhorn and the Austrian Birgit Koschischek were eliminated in the semi-finals. They came in 9th (59.55 seconds) and 13th (1: 00.01 minute).

Over 200 meters butterfly, the world record holder Otylia Jędrzejczak from Poland confidently won the title with a lead of almost two seconds. Behind them were the Italians Francesca Segat and Caterina Giacchetti . Beatrix Boulsevicz from Hungary, who swam the fastest time in the semifinals, was still in the lead halfway through the distance, but could no longer keep up. The Baunataler Annika Mehlhorn and the Austrian Nina Dittrich were eliminated in the semifinals, they finished 9th and 12th.

Locations

In the women's 200 meter medley, Laure Manaudou from France won gold with a time of 2: 12.69 minutes, as in the 800 meters freestyle. Katarzyna Baranowska from Poland came in second ahead of Alessia Filippi from Italy . The German Nicole Hetzer took fifth place in the final. Katharina Schiller from Hildesheim failed with 11th place in the semi-finals as did the Austrian Nina Dittrich (16th place). Annika Mehlhorn was eliminated despite the twelfth-fastest time in the preliminary stages because only two participants from a country are allowed to contest the semi-finals.

In the 400 meter individual medley, the Russian Jana Martynowa was first on the butterfly course , but soon afterwards she fell behind and finally came in fifth. The later winner Alessia Filippi from Italy was able to pull away on the back section, as did the German Nicole Hetzer . In the chest section, the Polish Katarzyna Baranowska came close to Hetzer again (at the 300 meter mark it was six tenths of a second), but in the crawl, Hetzer cleared the silver medal thanks to a much better condition , Baranowska finished third. Starters from Austria and Switzerland did not take part.

Seasons
The women's final in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle
German fans cheer about the victory of the German 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay in a new world record time

In the women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle, the German team with Petra Dallmann , Daniela Götz , Britta Steffen and Annika Liebs swam a start-finish victory and set a new world record in 3: 35.22 minutes . The previous record was held by the Australian relay team of 3: 35.94 minutes, which was set up at the Olympic Games in Athens . With 52.66 seconds, Steffen swam faster than the current individual world record. In relays, however, individual records are only recognized if they are achieved by the starting swimmers. The team from the Netherlands came in second, ahead of France. An Austrian or Swiss relay was not at the start, as was the 4 × 200 meter freestyle and 4 × 100 meter medley.

History repeated itself in the women's 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay and, analogous to the shorter freestyle relay, the German team won with a world record time of 7: 50.82 minutes. The old record of the USA was improved by a full 2.60 seconds. In the world record relay, Petra Dallmann , Daniela Samulski , Britta Steffen and Annika Liebs swam, who swam the fastest individual time of the competition in 1: 55.64 minutes. Daniela Götz and Nicole Hetzer were also used in the preliminary runs . Silver went to Poland, over five seconds behind, ahead of France.

The British team with Melanie Marshall , Kirsty Balfour , Terri Dunning and Francesca Halsall won the gold medal over the 4 × 100 meter individual medley . Second was the German team with Antje Buschschulte , Sarah Poewe , Annika Mehlhorn and Britta Steffen ahead of France with the four-time title winner Laure Manaudou .

Men

Freestyle

Over 50 meters freestyle, the Pole Bartosz Kizierowski won the gold medal in 21.88 seconds with a new “Championship Record”. Ukrainian Olexandr Wolynez came in second ahead of Croatian Duje Draganja . The Frenchman Frédérick Bousquet , who swam the fastest time in the semifinals, missed the medal ranks by six hundredths of a second and came in fourth. Karel Nový from Switzerland reached 32nd place. There were no German or Austrian participants.

In the 100 meter freestyle, which is traditionally regarded as the royal route, there was a very narrow run-in, with less than seven tenths of a second separating the first and the eighth. After he turned penultimate after 50 meters, the Italian Filippo Magnini won gold. The other medals went to the Swede Stefan Nystrand and the world record holder on this route, Pieter van den Hoogenband from the Netherlands. The Swiss Karel Nový and Dominik Meichtry reached the semi-finals and came in 14th and 16th. Dominik Koll from Austria was already 30th in the preliminary races. A German swimmer was not at the start.

In the 200 meters freestyle, the 2000 Olympic champion and European record holder for this distance, Pieter van den Hoogenband , won gold. He had clearly led the race from the start. Silver and bronze went to Massimiliano Rosolino and Filippo Magnini , both from Italy. Paul Biedermann from Germany and Dominik Koll from Austria finished seventh and eighth in the final. The Swiss Dominik Meichtry and the Austrian David Brandl were eliminated in the semi-finals and finished 11th and 13th respectively.

Yuri Prilukov , who was also the fastest in the heats , won the men's 400 meter freestyle with a time of 3: 45.73 minutes, setting a new "championship record". Second-placed Massimiliano Rosolino was still in the lead up to about 70 meters from the finish. Frenchman Nicolas Rostoucher took bronze . The Austrians David Brandl and Dominik Koll achieved positions 16 and 18 in 3: 51.08 minutes and 3: 51.59 minutes, respectively. Paul Biedermann from Halle came 28th after a disappointing performance in a time of 3: 55.87 minutes . to the goal.

In the 1500 meters freestyle, the Russian Yuri Prilukov won his second title, also with a new "Championship Record". The French Sebastien Rouault was able to follow him for 600 meters and then lost track. He won the silver medal in front of his compatriot Nicolas Rostoucher . In the preliminaries, the German Thomas Lurz failed in eleventh and the Austrian David Brandl , who came in 18th.

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Start of the men's 50 meter back final

Over 50 meters back, Wiesbaden's Helge Meeuw won gold in a very close race ahead of Aristeidis Grigoriadis from Greece and Matthew Clay from Great Britain. Steffen Driesen swam in fifth place. The Swiss Flori Lang, on the other hand, failed to make it to the finals by just three hundredths of a second and came in ninth.

In the men's 100 meters back, Arkady Vyatchanin took gold in 53.50 seconds. He set a new "Championship Record" and stayed only four hundredths above the European record of Helge Meeuw . Especially on the second half of the route he dominated the field. Markus Rogan from Austria took silver in front of the Greek Aristeidis Grigoriadis . Helge Meeuw and Steffen Driesen reached places six and seven in the final. The Austrians Sebastian Stoss and Dinko Jukić were eliminated in the heats and finished 35th and 38th respectively.

Arkady Vyatchanin from Russia won over 200 meters back with a new European record after he was able to break away from the field on the third track. Silver went to László Cseh from Hungary, ahead of Răzvan Florea from Romania. Markus Rogan was fourth ahead of Helge Meeuw . Sebastian Stoss from Austria was eliminated in the semifinals and finished 15th.

chest

At the same time the Ukrainian Oleh Lissohor and the Italian Alessandro Terrin won over 50 meters chest in 27.48 seconds. Bronze went to Matjaž Markič from Slovenia. The Swiss Remo Luetolf missed the semi-finals by just a hundredth of a second and came in 17th. The Austrians Maxim Podoprigora (37th), Thomas Narnhofer (47th), Martin Cernansky (49th) and Stefan Wipplinger (disqualified ) were also eliminated in the preliminary stages ) out.

Over 100 meters chest there was one of the closest races in European Championship history. In the end, Roman Sludnow from Russia prevailed with two hundredths ahead of Alexander Dale Oen from Norway. Ukrainian Oleh Lissohor finished third, three hundredths behind . The best Austrian over this route was Maxim Podoprigora in 30th, his compatriots Stefan Wipplinger , Martin Cernansky and Thomas Narnhofer finished 43, 47 and 53rd. German and Swiss swimmers were not at the start.

The winner over the 200 meter chest was Sławomir Kuczko from Poland ahead of Paolo Bossini from Italy and the Briton Kristopher Gilchrist . Loris Facci , also from Italy, who swam the fastest time in the semi-finals, was disqualified in the final. The Austrian Maxim Podoprigora reached the semi-finals and was eliminated in fifteenth. His compatriots Martin Cernansky (31st place) and Thomas Narnhofer (37th place) were eliminated in the preliminary stages, as was the Swiss Dimitri Wäber (36th place). There were no German participants.

butterfly

Defending champion Serhij Breus from Ukraine won gold again in the men's 50 meter butterfly . He set a new "Championship Record" with 23.41 seconds and was only three hundredths of a second above his European record. Silver went to the Croatian Duje Draganja , bronze to Jakob Andkjær from Denmark and Andrij Serdinow from Ukraine at the same time . The starters from Germany and Austria were eliminated in the preliminary stages. Johannes Dietrich was 30th, Martin Spitzer 34th.

The European record holder Andrij Serdinow from Ukraine won over 100 meters butterfly by a clear margin . He also set up a new "Championship Record" in advance. Silver went to Amaury Leveaux from France, ahead of Nikolai Skworzow from Russia. The Austrians Dominik Dür , Dinko Jukić and Martin Spitzer were eliminated in the preliminary runs and were 33, 35 and 38th. There were no participants from Germany or Switzerland.

In the 200m butterfly, Paweł Korzeniowski from Poland won gold with a clear lead of almost two seconds in the final. He also set up a new "Championship Record". Ionnis Drymonakos from Greece won silver ahead of Nikolai Skworzow from Russia. The German Helge Meeuw reached the semi-finals and was eliminated in 12th place. He hadn't been able to improve on the preroll. The Austrians Dominik Dür and Dinko Jukić were eliminated after the heats and finished in places 20 and 24 respectively.

Locations

In the 200 meter individual medley, the European record holder László Cseh from Hungary won gold and set a new “championship record” in 1: 58.17 minutes. He dominated this final and was already two seconds ahead of the rest of the field after 100 meters. Alessio Boggiatto from Italy and Tamás Kerékjártó from Hungary came in second and third. Dinko Jukić from Austria reached 15th place in the semifinals, while his compatriots Dominik Dür (21st place) and Sebastian Stoss (29th place) were eliminated in the preliminary stages, as was the Swiss Stephan Bachmann (32nd place). There were no German participants. However, the seventh of the final, Łukasz Wójt , who starts for Poland, has been living in Germany for a long time. He did not choose Polish citizenship until he was 18 years old.

Local hero László Cseh won over 400 meter medley with a four and a half second lead over the Italians Luca Marin and Alessio Boggiatto and improved his own "Championship Record" to 4: 09.86 minutes. All Austrians and the Swiss Stephan Bachmann , who reached rank 24, failed to reach the finals. Markus Rogan came in 11th, Dominik Dür was fifteenth, Dinko Jukić was 21st and Sebastian Stoss was 28th. Luca Marin from Italy achieved the fastest time of the heats.

Seasons

In the men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay, the Italian team, consisting of Alessandro Calvi , Christian Galenda , Lorenzo Vismara and Filippo Magnini , was able to compete in a highly competitive race between Italy, Russia, France and Sweden thanks to the best individual performance (47.62 seconds from Magnini) finally prevailed and set a new "Championship Record". The disqualification of two relays caused a stir because one of their swimmers started early (Houston in Great Britain and Oosting in the Netherlands ). The quartet Steffen Deibler , Stefan Herbst , Jens Thiele and Marco di Carli starting for Germany could not increase their time from the prelim and therefore fell from third to fifth (3: 18.21 minutes). The Swiss team with Dominik Meichtry , Alessandro Gaffuri , Karel Nový and Flori Lang achieved a time of 3: 21.08 minutes and finished tenth.

In the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay, Italy achieved victory with the swimmers Massimiliano Rosolino , David Berbotto , Nicola Cassio and Filippo Magnini . The European record set by the Italian relay at the 2001 World Cup was improved by over 1.2 seconds. The season ended up being around two seconds ahead of the UK season, with the Greek season coming in third. The German season with Paul Biedermann , Benjamin Starke , Jan Wolfgarten and Stefan Herbst came in seventh. Relays from Austria and Switzerland did not take part.

Russia won the 4 × 100 meter relay with a new "Championship Record" of 3: 34.96 minutes ahead of Ukraine and Great Britain. The Russian team included the two-time individual winner Arkady Vyatchanin and Roman Sludnow , Nikolai Skworzow and Andrei Kapralow . The German team with Helge Meeuw , Johannes Neumann , Benjamin Starke and Marco di Carli finished seventh in 3: 39.33 minutes and thus last in the final, as the Swedish team was disqualified.

Diving

The women's diving from the 1-meter board took place on August 1st. Anna Lindberg from Sweden won with 291.80 points ahead of Ditte Kotzian from Germany (279.30 points) and the Italian Maria Marconi (267.35 points). The semifinals were the end of the line for the German Heike Fischer , who, after a long foot injury and little competition experience, finished 5th in semifinals A with 234.60 points this year. She was the European champion in this discipline in Berlin in 2002 and in Madrid in 2004, and hoped to win the title a third time in a row. The Austrian Veronika Kratochwil , who was sixth with 238.25 points and thus last in the semi-final B, also missed the final. The Swiss Joséphine Rapit was eliminated with 186.15 points as 18th in the preliminary round.

When jumping from the men's 1-meter board a day later, the Finn Joona Puhakka won with 425.00 points ahead of the Russian Alexander Dobroskok with 416.60 points and Christopher Sacchin from Italy with 415.70 points. The two Germans Sascha Klein and Tobias Schellenberg were eliminated in the preliminary round as 14th and 17th respectively, as did the Swiss Jonathan Malusardi as 19th. Constantin Blaha from Austria made it into the semi-finals as sixth of the prelims, but was then eliminated with 351, 70 points as 5th in semi-final A.

The Germans Tobias Schellenberg and Andreas Wels were able to win the synchronized jumping from the 3-meter board on August 3, after being the best of the preliminary round with 395.52 points in the final of the best eight, also winning this with 403.86 points. Silver went to the Russians Yuri Kunakow and Dmitri Sautin , bronze went to the Italian team with Nicola and Tommaso Marconi . The Swiss team with Jonathan Malusardi and Victor Augagner finished eleventh with 294.90 points and thus last in the preliminary round. A team from Austria did not take part.

In jumping from the women's 10 meter tower, the Ukrainian Julija Prokoptschuk was successful with 338.00 points, ahead of the Austrian Anja Richter with 332.35 points and the German Christin Steuer with 330.40 points. The best of the preliminary round, the Italian Tania Cagnotto , deteriorated in the final from 327.55 to 292.50 points and was only ninth. Nora Subschinski , also from Germany, was eliminated in the preliminary round in 18th place, as was the second Austrian, Marion Reiff , in 17th place. A Swiss woman was not at the start.

In the women's synchronized jumping from the 10-meter tower, which took place on August 4th, the Germans Nora Subschinski and Annett Gamm defended the European championship with 325.92 points in front of the Russian duo Natalja Goncharova and Julija Koltunova . Julija Prokoptschuk and Kateryna Schuk from Ukraine won bronze. Only seven nations took part in the competition, there was no team from Austria or Switzerland.

The competition on the men's 3-meter board was won by the Russian Dmitri Sautin ahead of his compatriot Alexander Dobroskok and the Finn Joona Puhakka . Constantin Blaha from Austria was sixth, 48.20 points behind the medal ranks. The Swiss Jonathan Malusardi and the German Tobias Schellenberg missed the final as 19th and 22nd of the preliminary round.

On August 5th, Dmitri Dobroskok and Gleb Galperin from Russia won the men's synchronized jumping from the 10-meter tower with 469.38 points. The Germans Sascha Klein and Heiko Meyer took silver with 447.96 points, bronze went to the Italian duo Michele Benedetti and Francesco Dell'Uomo with 435.12 points. Here too, only six nations took part, apart from the first three these were Ukraine, Belarus and the United Kingdom.

The jumping from the 3-meter board for women was won by Anna Lindberg from Sweden, ahead of Ditte Kotzian from Germany and the local hero Nóra Barta . The second German starter, Katja Dieckow , reached fifth place in the final, while Joséphine Rapit from Switzerland came eleventh. The Austrian Veronika Kratochwil was eliminated in the preliminary round as 16th.

In the synchronized jumping of the women from the 3-meter board on August 6th, the Germans Heike Fischer and Ditte Kotzian took second place behind the Russian duo Natalja Umyskowa and Nadeschda Baschina . Bronze went to jumpers Olena Fedorowa and Krystyna Ishchenko from Ukraine. There were no jumpers from Austria or Switzerland.

The men's jump from the 10-meter tower was won by Russian Gleb Galperin , who had also won the synchronized jumping with Dmitri Dobroskok , with 472.90 points. As in the preliminary round, the two Germans Heiko Meyer and Sascha Klein finished 2nd and 4th. The Ukrainian Kostjantyn Miljajew took bronze. No athletes from Austria or Switzerland competed here either.

reporting

TV broadcasts took place in over 50 countries - including overseas. Eurosport reported on the 2006 European Swimming Championships across Europe . In Germany, ARD and ZDF broadcast from Budapest. Eurosport reported live from the synchronized swimming competitions and broadcast the water jumping, the preliminary and intermediate runs as well as the pool swimming finals. ARD and ZDF, on the other hand, only alternately reported live from the finals of the pool swimmers and from diving. The six-time Olympic swimming champion Kristin Otto moderated the ZDF EM broadcasts . The ZDF expert was Christian Keller . Franziska van Almsick worked as an expert for ARD .

In Switzerland there were no special live broadcasts. The coverage of the EM took place only in the context of the normal sports broadcasts.

The official LEN website (lenweb.org) received 3.5 million views in the first few days of the competition. That was a record for this website.

Web links

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