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European Open Water Swimming Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencybiannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1989 (1989)

The European Open Water Swimming Championships are an event organized by LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation), dedicated to open water swimming competitions. The event was held biennially from 1989 to 1993; since 1995 the open water swimming has been included in the program of the European Swimming Championships. [1]

Editions

Ten editions was part of the European Aquatics Championships, and seven edition was stand alone editions.

  stand alone edition
Edition Year Venue Country
1st 1989 Stari Grad   Yugoslavia
2nd 1991 Terracina   Italy
3rd 1993 Slapy   Czech Republic
4th 1995 Vienna   Austria
5th 1997 Sevilla   Spain
6th 1999 Istanbul   Turkey
7th 2000 Helsinki   Finland
8th 2002 Berlín   Germany
9th 2004 Madrid   Spain
10th 2006 Budapest   Hungary
11th 2008 Dubrovnik   Croatia
12th 2010 Budapest   Hungary
13th 2011 Eilat   Israel
14th 2012 Piombino   Italy
15th 2014 Berlín   Germany
16th 2016 Hoorn   Netherlands
17th 2018 Glasgow   United Kingdom
18th 2020 Budapest   Hungary
19th 2022 Rome   Italy

Medal table

Update to 2018 European Aquatics Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy26172467
2  Germany18241860
3  Russia1615839
4  Netherlands119626
5  France661224
6  Hungary64414
7  Yugoslavia3126
8  Greece2428
9  Great Britain2215
10  Spain15410
11  Czech Republic14914
12  Switzerland1214
13  Bulgaria1124
14  Belgium1012
  Ukraine1012
16  Portugal0101
17  Israel0011
Totals (17 entries)969596287

See also

References

  1. ^ "LEN European Swimming Championships - History". bln2014.de. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

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