1981 European Aquatics Championships

The 1981 European Aquatics Championships were held in an indoor pool (50 m) in Split, Yugoslavia from 5 September to 12 September 1981. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming (women) and water polo (men).

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany1511329
2 Soviet Union1311832
3 Great Britain3238
4 West Germany2248
5 Hungary2013
6 Sweden1427
7 Yugoslavia*1113
8 Netherlands0347
9 Poland0134
10 Austria0123
11 Italy0112
12 Czechoslovakia0011
 France0011
 Romania0011
 Spain0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (16 nations)373737111

Swimming

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  Per Johansson (SWE)  Jörg Woithe (GDR)  Sergey Krasyuk (URS)
200 m freestyle  Sergey Kopliakov (URS)  Michael Söderlund (SWE)  Thomas Lejdström (SWE)
400 m freestyle  Borut Petrič (YUG)  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)  Darjan Petrič (YUG)
1500 m freestyle  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)  Borut Petrič (YUG)  Rafael Escalas (ESP)
100 m backstroke  Sándor Wladár (HUN)  Vladimir Shemetov (URS)  Viktor Kuznetsov (URS)
200 m backstroke  Sándor Wladár (HUN)  Vladimir Shemetov (URS)  Frédéric Delcourt (FRA)
100 m breaststroke  Yuriy Kis (URS)  Arsens Miskarovs (URS)  Gerald Mörken (FRG)
200 m breaststroke  Robertas Žulpa (URS)  Arsens Miskarovs (URS)  Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
100 m butterfly  Aleksey Markovsky (URS)  Pär Arvidsson (SWE)  Vadim Dombrovskiy (URS)
200 m butterfly  Michael Groß (FRG)  Phil Hubble (GBR)  Sergey Fesenko (URS)
200 m individual medley  Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)  Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)  Josef Hladký (TCH)
400 m individual medley  Sergey Fesenko (URS)  Leszek Górski (POL)  Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)
4×100 m freestyle relay  Soviet Union
Vladimir Shemetov
Vladimir Salnikov
Aleksandr Chaev
Sergey Kopliakov
 Sweden
Per Holmertz
Per Wikström
Lasse Lindqvist
Per Johansson
 West Germany
Peter Knust
Wilfried Kuhlem
Michael Groß
Andreas Schmidt
4×200 m freestyle relay  Soviet Union
Vladimir Shemetov
Vladimir Salnikov
Aleksandr Chaev
Sergey Kopliakov
 West Germany
Michael Groß
Gerald Schlupp
Andreas Schmidt
Frank Wennmann
 Sweden
Michael Söderlund
Per Wikström
Per-Alvar Magnusson
Thomas Lejdström
4×100 m medley relay  Soviet Union
Viktor Kuznetsov
Yuriy Kis
Aleksey Markovsky
Sergey Krasyuk
 Sweden
Bengt Baron
Glen Christiansen
Pär Arvidsson
Per Johansson
 East Germany
Dirk Richter
Sigurd Hanke
Olaf Ziesche
Jörg Woithe

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  Caren Metschuck (GDR)  Birgit Meineke (GDR)  Conny van Bentum (NED)
200 m freestyle  Carmela Schmidt (GDR)  Birgit Meineke (GDR)  Conny van Bentum (NED)
400 m freestyle  Ines Diers (GDR)  Carmela Schmidt (GDR)  Jackie Wilmott (GBR)
800 m freestyle  Carmela Schmidt (GDR)  Ines Diers (GDR)  Jackie Wilmott (GBR)
100 m backstroke  Ina Kleber (GDR)  Cornelia Polit (GDR)  Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)
200 m backstroke  Cornelia Polit (GDR)  Jolanda de Rover (NED)  Larisa Gorchakova (URS)
100 m breaststroke  Ute Geweniger (GDR)  Suki Brownsdon (GBR)  Larisa Belokon (URS)
200 m breaststroke  Ute Geweniger (GDR)  Larisa Belokon (URS)  Grażyna Dziedzic (POL)
100 m butterfly  Ute Geweniger (GDR)  Ines Geißler (GDR)  Karin Seick (FRG)
200 m butterfly  Ines Geißler (GDR)  Heike Dähne (GDR)  Agnieszka Czopek (POL)
200 m individual medley  Ute Geweniger (GDR)  Petra Schneider (GDR)  Olga Klevakina (URS)
400 m individual medley  Petra Schneider (GDR)  Ute Geweniger (GDR)  Agnieszka Czopek (POL)
4×100 m freestyle relay  East Germany
Birgit Meineke
Caren Metschuck
Ines Diers
Susanne Link
 West Germany
Marion Aizpors
Karin Seick
Ute Neubert
Susanne Schuster
 Netherlands
Annemarie Verstappen
Monique Drost
Wilma van Velsen
Conny van Bentum
4×100 m medley relay  East Germany
Ina Kleber
Ute Geweniger
Ines Geißler
Caren Metschuck
 Soviet Union
Larisa Gorchakova
Larisa Byelokon
Natalya Pokas
Natalya Strunnikova
 West Germany
Ute Neubert
Andrea Schönborn
Karin Seick
Marion Aizpors

Diving

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Aleksandr Portnov (URS)  Sergei Kuzmin (URS)  Niki Stajković (AUT)
10 m platform  David Ambartsumyan (URS)  Vladimir Aleynik (URS)  Dieter Waskow (GDR)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Zhanna Zhirulnikova (URS)  Martina Jäschke (GDR)  Irina Kalinina (URS)
10 m platform  Katarina Zipperling (GDR)  Tatyana Belyakova (URS)  Martina Jäschke (GDR)

Synchronized swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo  Carolyn Wilson (GBR)  Alexandra Worisch (AUT)  Marijke Engelen (NED)
Duet  Caroline Holmyard (GBR)
 Carolyn Wilson (GBR)
 Catrien Eijken (NED)
 Marijke Engelen (NED)
 Eva-Maria Edinger (AUT)
 Alexandra Worisch (AUT)
Team competition  Great Britain (GBR)  Netherlands (NED)   Switzerland (SUI)

Water polo

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team competition  West Germany  Soviet Union  Hungary

References

  • "European Swimming Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  • "European Swimming Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  • "Swimming European Championship 1981 Split (CRO)". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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