European Open Water Swimming Championships
| European Open Water Swimming Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date(s) | mid-year |
| Frequency | biannual |
| Country | varying |
| Inaugurated | 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 biennally 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.
part of the European Aquatics Championships
stand alone edition
| Edition | Year | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1989 | Stari Grad |  Yugoslavia
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| 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
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| 11th | 2008 | Dubrovnik |  Croatia
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| 12th | 2010 | Budapest | Hungary
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| 13th | 2011 | Eilat |  Israel
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| 14th | 2012 | Piombino | Italy
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| 15th | 2014 | Berlín | Germany
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| 16th | 2016 | Hoorn |  Netherlands
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| 17th | 2018 | Glasgow |  United Kingdom
|
Medal table
Update to 2018 European Aquatics Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 26 | 17 | 24 | 67 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 18 | 24 | 18 | 60 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) | 16 | 15 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Greece (GRE) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 12 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 96 | 95 | 96 | 287 | |
See also
- LEN European Aquatics Championships
- List of medalists at the European Open Water Swimming Championships
References
- ^ "LEN European Swimming Championships - History". bln2014.de. Retrieved 13 August 2018.