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{{Infobox swimming meet
| name           = 16th European Aquatics Championships
| image          = 
| imagesize      = 
| hostcity       = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| dates          = 22–27 August 1983
| venues         = [[Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto]]
| teams          =
| nations        =
| athletes       = 
| events         = 38
| footnotes      =
| previous       = [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|1981 Split]]
| next           = [[1985 European Aquatics Championships|1985 Sofia]]
}}
The '''1983 LEN European Aquatics Championships''' took place at the [[Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], between 22 August and 27 August 1983. East Germany won all women's events in the [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] competition, and also every silver medal available to them in individual events. Besides swimming there were titles contested in [[diving (sport)|diving]], [[synchronized swimming]] and [[water polo]] (men). The 4 × 200 m freestyle relay for women was held for the first time.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = ITA
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GDR = 17 | silver_GDR = 17 | bronze_GDR = 5
 | gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 6 | bronze_URS = 8
 | gold_FRG = 4 | silver_FRG = 3 | bronze_FRG = 8
 | gold_GBR = 4 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 2
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 3 | host_ITA = yes 
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1 | name_BUL = {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 6
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 3 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 2 | bronze_YUG = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 2
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1 | name_ROU = {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
}}

==Swimming==

===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Per Johansson (swimmer)|Per Johansson]]|SWE}}|| 50.20
| {{Flagathlete|[[Jörg Woithe]]|GDR}}|| 50.29
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sergey Smiriagin]]|URS}}|| 50.35
|-
|200 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Michael Groß]]|FRG}}|| 1:47.87 '''WR'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Jörg Woithe]]|GDR}}|| 1:50.18
| {{Flagathlete|[[Thomas Fahrner]]|FRG}} || 1:50.92
|-
|400 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Vladimir Salnikov]]|URS}} || 3:49.80
| {{Flagathlete|[[Borut Petrič]]|YUG}} || 3:51.96
| {{Flagathlete|[[Darjan Petrič]]|YUG}} || 3:52.60
|-
|1500 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Vladimir Salnikov]]|URS}} || 15:08.84
| {{Flagathlete|[[Borut Petrič]]|YUG}} || 15:14.54
| {{Flagathlete|[[Stefan Pfeiffer]]|FRG}}|| 15:16.85
|-
|100 m backstroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Dirk Richter]]|GDR}}|| 56.10
| {{Flagathlete|[[Vladimir Shemetov]]|URS}}|| 56.38
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sergei Zabolotnov]]|URS}}|| 56.95
|-
|200 m backstroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sergei Zabolotnov]]|URS}}|| 2:01.00
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sándor Wladár]]|HUN|1957}} || 2:01.61
| {{Flagathlete|[[Frank Baltrusch]]|GDR}}|| 2:02.46
|-
|100 m breaststroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Robertas Žulpa]]|URS}}|| 1:03.32
| {{Flagathlete|[[Adrian Moorhouse]]|GBR}}|| 1:03.37
| {{Flagathlete|[[Gerald Mörken]]|FRG}}|| 1:04.16
|-
|200 m breaststroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Adrian Moorhouse]]|GBR}}|| 2:17.49
| {{Flagathlete|[[Albán Vermes]]|HUN|1957}} || 2:18.27
| {{Flagathlete|[[Robertas Žulpa]]|URS}}|| 2:18.72
|-
|100 m butterfly
| {{Flagathlete|[[Michael Groß]]|FRG}} || 54.00 '''ER ='''
| {{Flagathlete|[[David López-Zubero]]|ESP}}|| 54.77
| {{Flagathlete|[[Aleksey Markovsky]]|URS}}|| 54.81
|-
|200 m butterfly
| {{Flagathlete|[[Michael Groß]]|FRG}} || 1:57.05 '''WR'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sergey Fesenko, Sr.|Sergey Fesenko]]|URS}} || 1:59.74
| {{Flagathlete|[[Paolo Revelli]]|ITA}}|| 1:59.84
|-
|200 m individual medley
| {{Flagathlete|[[Giovanni Franceschi]]|ITA}}|| 2:02.48 '''ER'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Jens-Peter Berndt]]|GDR}}|| 2:02.95
| {{Flagathlete|[[Josef Hladký]]|TCH}}|| 2:03.55
|-
|400 m individual medley
| {{Flagathlete|[[Giovanni Franceschi]]|ITA}}|| 4:20.41 '''ER'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Jens-Peter Berndt]]|GDR}}|| 4:20.81
| {{Flagathlete|[[Josef Hladký]]|TCH}}|| 4:23.52
|- valign=top
|4 × 100 m freestyle relay
|{{Flagteam|URS}}<br>[[Sergey Smiriagin]]<br>[[Sergey Krasyuk]]<br>[[Volodymyr Tkachenko (swimmer)|Volodymyr Tkachenko]]<br>[[Aleksey Markovsky]]|| 3:20.89 '''ER'''
| {{Flagteam|SWE}}<br>[[Thomas Lejdström]]<br>[[Per Johansson (swimmer)|Per Johansson]]<br>[[Per Holmertz]]<br>[[Per Wikström]]|| 3:22.02
|{{Flagteam|GDR}}<br>[[Jörg Woithe]]<br>[[Dirk Richter]]<br>[[Rainer Sternal]]<br>[[Sven Lodziewski]] || 3:23.02
|- valign=top
|4 × 200 m freestyle relay
| {{Flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Thomas Fahrner]]<br>[[Alexander Schowtka]]<br>[[Andreas Schmidt (swimmer)|Andreas Schmidt]]<br>[[Michael Groß]]|| 7:20.40 '''WR'''
|{{Flagteam|GDR}}<br>[[Dirk Richter]]<br>[[Jörg Woithe]]<br>[[Rainer Sternal]]<br>[[Sven Lodziewski]] || 7:23.01
| {{Flagteam|ITA}}<br>[[Paolo Revelli]]<br>[[Marcello Guarducci]]<br>[[Raffaelle Franceschi]]<br>[[Fabrizio Rampazzo]]|| 7:26.01
|- valign=top
|4 × 100 m medley relay
| {{Flagteam|URS}}<br/>[[Vladimir Shemetov]]<br/>[[Robertas Žulpa]]<br/>[[Aleksey Markovsky]]<br>[[Sergey Smiriagin]] || 3:43.99
| {{Flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Stefan Peter (swimmer)|Stefan Peter]]<br>[[Gerald Mörken]]<br>[[Michael Groß]]<br>[[Andreas Schmidt (swimmer)|Andreas Schmidt]]||  3:44.79
|{{Flagteam|GDR}}<br>[[Dirk Richter]]<br>[[Sigurd Hanke]]<br>[[Andreas Ott]]<br>[[Jörg Woithe]] || 3:45.54
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Birgit Meineke]]|GDR}}|| 55.18
| {{Flagathlete|[[Kristin Otto]]|GDR}}|| 55.52
| {{Flagathlete|[[Conny van Bentum]]|NED}}|| 56.61
|-
|200 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Birgit Meineke]]|GDR}}|| 1:59.45
| {{Flagathlete|[[Astrid Strauss]]|GDR}}|| 2:00.16
| {{Flagathlete|[[Conny van Bentum]]|NED}}|| 2:00.61
|-
|400 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Astrid Strauss]]|GDR}}|| 4:08.07 '''ER'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Anke Sonnenbrodt]]|GDR}}|| 4:10.37
| {{Flagathlete|[[Irina Laricheva (swimmer)|Irina Laricheva]]|URS}} || 4:12.90
|-
|800 m freestyle
| {{Flagathlete|[[Astrid Strauss]]|GDR}}|| 8:32.12
| {{Flagathlete|[[Anke Sonnenbrodt]]|GDR}}|| 8:37.72
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sarah Hardcastle]]|GBR}}|| 8:40.44
|-
|100 m backstroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ina Kleber]]|GDR}}|| 1:01.79
| {{Flagathlete|[[Cornelia Sirch]]|GDR}} || 1:02.46
| {{Flagathlete|[[Carmen Bunaciu]]|ROU|1965}}|| 1:03.08
|-
|200 m backstroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Cornelia Sirch]]|GDR}} || 2:12.05
| {{Flagathlete|[[Katrin Zimmermann]]|GDR}} || 2:13.36
| {{Flagathlete|[[Larisa Gortschakova]]|URS}}|| 2:14.41
|-
|100 m breaststroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ute Geweniger]]|GDR}}|| 1:08.51 '''WR'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sylvia Gerasch]]|GDR}} || 1:09.62
| {{Flagathlete|[[Tanya Dangalakova|Tanya Bogomilova]]|BUL|1971}}|| 1:10.77
|-
|200 m breaststroke
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ute Geweniger]]|GDR}}|| 2:30.64
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sylvia Gerasch]]|GDR}} || 2:30.67
| {{Flagathlete|[[Olga Zelenkova]]|URS}}|| 2:33.10
|-
|100 m butterfly
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ines Geißler]]|GDR}}|| 1:00.31
| {{Flagathlete|[[Cornelia Polit]]|GDR}}|| 1:00.92
| {{Flagathlete|[[Cinzia Savi Scarponi]]|ITA}}|| 1:01.37
|-
|200 m butterfly
| {{Flagathlete|[[Cornelia Polit]]|GDR}}|| 2:07.82 '''ER'''
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ines Geißler]]|GDR}}|| 2:08.09
| {{Flagathlete|[[Conny van Bentum]]|NED}} || 2:12.87
|-
|200 m individual medley
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ute Geweniger]]|GDR}}|| 2:13.07
| {{Flagathlete|[[Kathleen Nord]]|GDR}}|| 2:15.55
| {{Flagathlete|[[Irina Gerassimova]]|URS}}|| 2:16.72
|-
|400 m individual medley
| {{Flagathlete|[[Kathleen Nord]]|GDR}}|| 4:39.95
| {{Flagathlete|[[Petra Schneider]]|GDR}}|| 4:40.34
| {{Flagathlete|[[Petra Zindler]]|FRG}} || 4:47.90
|- valign=top
|4 × 100 m freestyle relay
| {{Flagteam|GDR}}<br>[[Kristin Otto]]<br>[[Susanne Link]]<br>[[Cornelia Sirch]]<br>[[Birgit Meineke]]|| 3:44.72
| {{Flagteam|NED}}<br>[[Annemarie Verstappen]]<br>[[Wilma van Velsen]]<br>[[Elles Voskes]]<br>[[Conny van Bentum]]|| 3:48.24
| {{Flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Karin Seick]]<br>[[Susanne Schuster]]<br>[[Iris Zscherpe]]<br>[[Ina Beyermann]]|| 3:49.86
|- valign=top
|4 × 200 m freestyle relay
| {{Flagteam|GDR}}<br/>[[Kristin Otto]]<br/>[[Astrid Strauss]]<br/>[[Cornelia Sirch]]<br/>[[Birgit Meineke]]|| 8:02.27 '''WR'''
| {{Flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Jutta Kalweit]]<br>[[Birgit Kowalczyk]]<br>[[Petra Zindler]]<br>[[Ina Beyermann]]|| 8:11.69
| {{Flagteam|NED}}<br>[[Annemarie Verstappen]]<br>[[Jolande van der Meer]]<br>[[Reggie de Jong]]<br>[[Conny van Bentum]]|| 8:12.41
|- valign=top
|4 × 100 m medley relay
| {{Flagteam|GDR}}<br/>[[Ina Kleber]]<br/>[[Ute Geweniger]]<br/>[[Ines Geißler]]<br/>[[Birgit Meineke]]|| 4:05.79 '''WR'''
| {{Flagteam|NED}}<br>[[Jolanda de Rover]]<br>[[Petra van Staveren]]<br>[[Annemarie Verstappen]]<br>[[Conny van Bentum]]|| 4:12.78
| {{Flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Svenja Schlicht]]<br>[[Ute Hasse]]<br>[[Ina Beyermann]]<br>[[Karin Seick]]|| 4:13.25
|}

==Diving==

===Men's events===
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| 3&nbsp;m springboard
| {{Flagathlete|[[Petar Georgiev (diver)|Petar Georgiev]]|BUL|1971}} || 619.80
| {{Flagathlete|[[Nikolay Drozhin]]|URS}} || 618.87
| {{Flagathlete|[[Chris Snode]]|GBR}} || 610.17
|-
| 10&nbsp;m platform
| {{Flagathlete|[[David Ambartsumyan]]|URS}} || 605.79
| {{Flagathlete|[[Vyacheslav Troshin]]|URS}} || 563.31
| {{Flagathlete|[[Steffen Haage]]|GDR}} || 559.41
|}

===Women's events===
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| 3&nbsp;m springboard
| {{Flagathlete|[[Brita Baldus]]|GDR}} || 494.88
| {{Flagathlete|[[Tatyana Alyabyeva]]|URS}} || 493.14
| {{Flagathlete|[[Daphne Jongejans]]|NED}} || 461.10
|-
| 10&nbsp;m platform
| {{Flagathlete|[[Alla Lobankina]]|URS}} || 455.52 
| {{Flagathlete|[[Anzhela Stasyulevich]]|URS}} || 448.56 
| {{Flagathlete|[[Ramona Wenzel]]|GDR}} || 410.91
|}

==Synchronized swimming==
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| Solo
| {{Flagathlete|[[Carolyn Wilson]]|GBR}} || 180.333 
| {{Flagathlete|[[Muriel Hermine]]|FRA}} || 172.767 
| {{Flagathlete|[[Gudrun Hänisch]]|FRG}} || 172.600
|-
| Duet
| {{Flagathlete|[[Amanda Dodd]]|GBR}}<br>{{Flagathlete|[[Carolyn Wilson]]|GBR}} || 174.667
| {{Flagathlete|[[Gudrun Hänisch]]|FRG}}<br>{{Flagathlete|[[Gerlind Scheller]]|FRG}} || 168.634
| {{Flagathlete|[[Catrien Eijken]]|NED}}<br>{{Flagathlete|[[Marijke Engelen]]|NED}} || 168.600
|- valign=top
| Team competition 
| {{Flagteam|GBR}}<br>[[Alison Bowler]]<br>[[Amanda Dodd]]<br>[[Allison Garratt]]<br>[[Caroline Holmyard]]<br>[[Helen Page]]<br>[[Nicola Shearn]]<br>[[Philippa Sutton]]<br>[[Carolyn Wilson]] || 168.342
| {{Flagteam|NED}}<br>[[Catrien Eijken]]<br>[[Marijke Engelen]]<br>[[Petri Engels]]<br>[[Marjolein Philipsen]]<br>[[Margo Siedel]]<br>[[Esther Theisen]]<br>[[Judith van de Berg]]<br>[[Annette van Tol]] || 163.577
| {{Flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Gudrun Hänisch]]<br>[[Kirsten Hohlstein]]<br>[[Silke Hohlstein]]<br>[[Anette Feil]]<br>[[Kerstin Jorkisch]]<br>[[Christine Lang (synchronised swimmer)|Christine Lang]]<br>[[Gerlind Scheller]]<br>[[Annette Schubert]] || 159.381
|}

==Water polo==

===Men's event===
{{Further|Water polo at the 1983 European Aquatics Championships}}
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| Team competition
| {{Wp|URS}}
| {{Wp|HUN|1957}}
| {{Wp|ESP}}
|}

== References ==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimec.htm |title=European Swimming Championships (Men) |publisher=GBRSPORTS.COM }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimecw.htm |title=European Swimming Championships (Women) |publisher=GBRSPORTS.COM }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www2.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LEN_2018_European_Championships.FINAL_sml-1.pdf |title=LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206142739/https://www2.len.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LEN_2018_European_Championships.FINAL_sml-1.pdf |archivedate=6 December 2020}} 
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