| 2006 European Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Budapest | 
| Date(s) | 26 July-6 August 2006 | 

The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.
Competition dates by discipline were:[1]
- Swimming: 31 July – 6 August
- Diving: 1–6 August
- Synchro: 26–30 July
- Open Water: 26–30 July
Medal table
* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 
| 2 |  Germany | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 
| 3 |  France | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 
| 4 |  Italy | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 
| 5 |  Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 
| 6 |  Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 
| 7 |  Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 
| 8 |  Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 
| 9 |  Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 
| 10 |  Hungary* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 
| 11 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 12 |  Spain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 13 |  Greece | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 
| 14 |  Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 15 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 16 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
|  Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|  Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
| 20 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
|  Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
|  Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 59 | 57 | 60 | 176 | |
Swimming
Schedule
Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August.[1][2] All swimming events contested in a long-course (50m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was:
- 200m and under: prelims/semifinals/finals—preliminary heats and semifinals were held on the same day (morning then evening), with finals of the event on the next evening.
- 400m and longer: prelims/finals. In the 400m, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, prelims and finals were held on the same day. In the women's 800m and men's 1500m events, prelims were held in the morning of day 1 of the event, with finals of the event in the evening session of day 2.
Event order for evening sessions was:
| Date | Monday 31 July 2006 | Tuesday 1 August 2006 | Wednesday 2 August 2006 | Thursday 3 August 2006 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E v e n t s | 400 free (m) 50 fly (w) – semis 100 back (m) – semis 400 IM (w) 100 breast (m) – semis 200 back (w) – semis 50 fly (m) – semis 4x100 Free Relay (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m) | 50 fly (m) 100 free (w) – semis 100 back (m) 50 fly (w) 100 breast (m) 100 breast (w) – semis 200 IM (m) – semis 200 back (w) 200 free (m) – semis | 800 free (w) 200 breast (m) – semis 200 IM (w) – semis 200 free (m) 100 breast (w) 200 fly (m) – semis 100 free (w) 200 IM (m) 100 back (w) – semis 50 back (m) – semis | 200 IM (w) 100 free (m) – semis 100 fly (w) – semis 200 breast (m) 100 back (w) 200 fly (m) 200 breast (w) – semis 50 back (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w) | 
| Date | Friday 4 August 2006 | Saturday 5 August 2006 | Sunday 6 August 2006 | |
| E v e n t s | 1500 free (m) 200 free (w) – semis 100 fly (m) – semis 200 breast (w) 100 free (m) 50 back (w) – semis 200 back (m) – semis 100 fly (w) 50 breast (m) – semis | 50 breast (w) – semis 100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 50 free (m) – semis 50 back (w) 200 back (m) 200 fly (w) – semis 50 breast (m) 50 free (w) – semis 4x200 Free Relay (m) | 50 free (w) 50 free (m) 50 breast (w) 200 fly (w) 400 IM (m) 400 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (m) | |
Results
Men's Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Bartosz Kizierowski  Poland | 21.88 CR | Oleksandr Volynets  Ukraine | 21.97 | Duje Draganja  Croatia | 22.14 | 
| 100 m freestyle | Filippo Magnini  Italy | 48.79 | Stefan Nystrand  Sweden | 48.91 | Pieter vd Hoogenband  Netherlands | 48.94 | 
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter vd Hoogenband  Netherlands | 1:45.65 | Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy | 1:47.02 | Filippo Magnini  Italy | 1:47.57 | 
| 400 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov  Russia | 3:45.73 CR | Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy | 3:46.87 | Nicolas Rostoucher  France | 3:47.04 | 
| 1500 m freestyle | Yury Prilukov  Russia | 14:51.93 CR | Sébastien Rouault  France | 14:55.73 | Nicolas Rostoucher  France | 15:01.82 | 
| 50 m backstroke | Helge Meeuw  Germany | 25.06 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece | 25.14 | Matthew Clay  Great Britain | 25.15 | 
| 100 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia | 53.50 CR | Markus Rogan  Austria | 54.07 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece | 54.34 | 
| 200 m backstroke | Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia | 1:55.44 ER, CR | László Cseh  Hungary | 1:56.69 | Răzvan Florea  Romania | 1:57.83 | 
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine Alessandro Terrin  Italy | 27.48 | not awarded | Matjaž Markič  Slovenia | 27.87 | |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roman Sloudnov  Russia | 1:00.61 | Alexander Dale Oen  Norway | 1:00.63 | Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine | 1:00.64 | 
| 200 m breaststroke | Sławomir Kuczko  Poland | 2:12.12 | Paolo Bossini  Italy | 2:12.35 | Kristopher Gilchrist  Great Britain | 2:13.21 | 
| 50 m butterfly | Sergiy Breus  Ukraine | 23.41 CR | Duje Draganja  Croatia | 23.62 | Jakob Andkjær  Denmark Andriy Serdinov  Ukraine | 23.77 | 
| 100 m butterfly | Andriy Serdinov  Ukrain | 51.95 | Amaury Leveaux  France | 52.76 | Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia | 52.96 | 
| 200 m butterfly | Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland | 1:55.04 CR | Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece | 1:57.03 | Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia | 1:57.12 | 
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh  Hungary | 1:58.17 CR | Alessio Boggiatto  Italy | 2:00.14 | Tamás Kerékjártó  Hungary | 2:00.17 | 
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh  Hungary | 4:09.86 CR | Luca Marin  Italy | 4:14.15 | Alessio Boggiatto  Italy | 4:16.34 | 
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Lorenzo Vismara Filippo Magnini  Italy | 3:15.23 CR | Evgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Ivan Usov Andrey Kapralov  Russia | 3:16.47 | Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux  France | 3:16.53 | 
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Massimiliano Rosolino David Berbotto Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini  Italy | 7:09.60 CR | David Carry Simon Burnett Andrew Hunter Ross Davenport  Great Britain | 7:11.63 | Andreas Zisimos Georgios Demetis Dimitrios Manganas Nikolaos Xylouris  Greece | 7:16.67 | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Sloudnov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov  Russia | 3:34.96 CR | Andriy Oleynyk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Yuriy Yegoshin  Ukraine | 3:36.21 | Liam Tancock James Gibson Todd Cooper Simon Burnett  Great Britain | 3:36.61 | 
Women's Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Britta Steffen  Germany | 24.72 | Therese Alshammar  Sweden | 24.87 | Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands | 24.89 | 
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen  Germany | 53.30 WR | Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands | 54.32 | Nery-Madey Niangkoura  Greece | 54.48 | 
| 200 m freestyle | Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland | 1:57.25 | Annika Liebs  Germany | 1:57.48 | Laure Manaudou  France | 1:58.48 | 
| 400 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou  France | 4:02.13 WR | Joanne Jackson  Great Britain | 4:07.76 | Caitlin McClatchey  Great Britain | 4:08.13 | 
| 800 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou  France | 8:19.29 ER | Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain | 8:27.88 | Rebecca Cooke  Great Britain | 8:28.40 | 
| 50 m backstroke | Janine Pietsch  Germany | 28.36 CR | Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus | 28.72 | Antje Buschschulte  Germany | 28.73 | 
| 100 m backstroke | Laure Manaudou  France | 1:00.88 | Antje Buschschulte  Germany | 1:01.40 | Janine Pietsch  Germany | 1:01.55 | 
| 200 m backstroke | Esther Baron  France | 2:10.07 | Iryna Amshennikova  Ukraine | 2:12.13 | Melanie Marshall  Great Britain | 2:12.17 | 
| 50 m breaststroke | Elena Bogomazova  Russia | 31.69 | Kate Haywood  Great Britain | 31.71 | Ágnes Kovács  Hungary | 31.95 | 
| 100 m breaststroke | Ganna Khlystunova  Ukraine | 1:07.55 CR | Kirsty Balfour  Great Britain | 1:07.95 | Ágnes Kovács  Hungary | 1:08.60 | 
| 200 m breaststroke | Kirsty Balfour  Great Britain | 2:25.66 | Yuliya Pidlisna  Ukraine | 2:28.42 | Ágnes Kovács  Hungary | 2:28.90 | 
| 50 m butterfly | Therese Alshammar  Sweden | 26.06 | Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden | 26.23 | Chantal Groot  Netherlands | 26.49 | 
| 100 m butterfly | Inge Dekker  Netherlands | 58.35 | Martina Moravcová  Slovakia | 58.98 | Alena Popchanka  France | 59.06 | 
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland | 2:07.09 | Francesca Segat  Italy | 2:08.96 | Caterina Giacchetti  Italy | 2:09.01 | 
| 200 m individual medley | Laure Manaudou  France | 2:12.69 | Katarzyna Baranowska  Poland | 2:13.36 | Alessia Filippi  Italy | 2:13.75 | 
| 400 m individual medley | Alessia Filippi  Italy | 4:35.80 | Nicole Hetzer  Germany | 4:37.97 | Katarzyna Baranowska  Poland | 4:40.02 | 
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Petra Dallmann Daniela Götz Britta Steffen Annika Liebs  Germany | 3:35.22 WR | Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands | 3:37.04 | Alena Popchanka Aurore Mongel Céline Couderc Malia Metella  France | 3:38.83 | 
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Petra Dallmann Daniela Samulski Britta Steffen Annika Liebs  Germany | 7:50.82 WR | Otylia Jędrzejczak Joanna Budzis Agata Zwiejska Paulina Barzycka  Poland | 7:56.32 | Alena Popchanka Sophie Huber Aurore Mongel Laure Manaudou  France | 7:56.44 | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Melanie Marshall Kirsty Balfour Terri Dunning Francesca Halsall  Great Britain | 4:02.24 | Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen  Germany | 4:02.35 | Laure Manaudou Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Alena Popchanka Céline Couderc  France | 4:03.64 | 
WR= World Record (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 
| 2 |  Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 
| 3 |  Italy | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 
| 4 |  France | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 
| 5 |  Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 
| 6 |  Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 
| 7 |  Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 
| 8 |  Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 
| 9 |  Hungary | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 
| 10 |  Sweden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 
| 11 |  Greece | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 
| 12 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 13 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
|  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|  Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|  Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
|  Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
|  Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 115 | |
Diving
Schedule
Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.[1]
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Joona Puhakka  Finland | 425.00 | Alexander Dobroskok  Russia | 416.60 | Christopher Sacchin  Italy | 415.70 | 
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin  Russia | 496.10 | Alexander Dobroskok  Russia | 479.95 | Joona Puhakka  Finland | 464.60 | 
| 10 m platform | Gleb Galperin  Russia | 472.90 | Heiko Meyer  Germany | 459.45 | Konstyantyn Milyayev  Ukraine | 436.50 | 
| 3 m springboard synchro | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels  Germany | 403.86 | Yury Kunakov Dmitri Sautin  Russia | 401.46 | Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi  Italy | 394.68 | 
| 10 m platform synchro | Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin  Russia | 469.38 | Sascha Klein Heiko Meyer  Germany | 447.96 | Michele Benedetti Francesco Dell'Uomo  Italy | 435.12 | 
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Anna Lindberg  Sweden | 291.90 | Ditte Kotzian  Germany | 279.30 | Maria Marconi  Italy | 267.35 | 
| 3 m springboard | Anna Lindberg  Sweden | 330.60 | Ditte Kotzian  Germany | 324.90 | Nóra Barta  Hungary | 319.85 | 
| 10 m platform | Yulia Prokopchuk  Ukraine | 338.00 | Anja Richter  Austria | 332.35 | Christin Steuer  Germany | 330.40 | 
| 3 m springboard synchro | Nataliya Umyskova Nadezhda Bazhina  Russia | 314.55 | Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian  Germany | 298.60 | Olena Fedorova Kristina Ishchenko  Ukraine | 292.17 | 
| 10 m platform synchro | Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski  Germany | 325.92 | Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova  Russia | 306.24 | Yulia Prokopchuk Kateryna Zhuk  Ukraine | 297.21 | 
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 
| 2 |  Germany | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 
| 3 |  Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 4 |  Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 
| 5 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 6 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 7 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 
| 8 |  Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Synchronized Swimming
Schedule
Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.[1]
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo free routine | Natalia Ishchenko  Russia | 98.4 | Gemma Mengual  Spain | 97.7 | Nathalia Anthopolou  Greece | 93.9 | 
| Duet free routine | Anastasia Davydova Anastassia Ermakova  Russia | 98.8 | Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados  Spain | 97.5 | Eleftheria Ftouli Evanthia Makrygianni  Greece | 94.0 | 
| Team free routine |  Russia | 98.8 |  Spain | 97.3 |  Italy 
 | 93.6 | 
| Free routine combination |  Russia | 97.9 |  Spain | 95.9 |  Italy 
 | 93.5 | 
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 
| 2 |  Spain | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 3 |  Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
|  Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Open Water Swimming
Schedule
Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.[1]
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Thomas Lurz  Germany | 56:00.1 | Christian Hein  Germany | 56:01.1 | Simone Ercoli  Italy | 56:01.8 | 
| 10 km | Thomas Lurz  Germany | 1:58:12.1 | Maarten van der Weijden  Netherlands | 1:58:13.5 | Christian Hein  Germany | 1:58:16.6 | 
| 25 km | Gilles Rondy  France | 5:10:17.3 | Anton Sanachev  Russia | 5:10:18.2 | Stéphane Gomez  France | 5:10:19.3 | 
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Ekaterina Seliverstova  Russia | 1:01:50.8 | Cathi Dietrich  France | 1:01:52.3 | Jana Pechanová  Czech Republic Larisa Ilchenko  Russia | 1:01:52.4 | 
| 10 km | Angela Maurer  Germany | 2:07:10.8 | Rita Kovács  Hungary | 2:07:14.3 | Jana Pechanová  Czech Republic | 2:07:15.6 | 
| 25 km | Angela Maurer  Germany | 5:35:19.1 | Natalia Pankina  Russia | 5:35:25.1 | Stefanie Biller  Germany | 5:35:29.5 | 
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 
| 2 |  Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 
| 3 |  France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 
| 4 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
|  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
| 7 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |
See also
- Ligue Européenne de Natation – LEN: the European Swimming League
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Programme Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ↑ Swimming schedule Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for the 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15.

Sources
- Official Budapest 2006 Website
- Swim Rankings Results