The 15th European Aquatics Championship was held from 5 to 12 September 1981 in Split ( Yugoslavia ). It was attended by 803 athletes from 28 countries. The championship program included swimming , diving , synchronized swimming and water polo competitions . A total of 37 sets of awards were played.
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Medalists
Swimming
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m freestyle | Per Johansson Sweden | 50.55 | Jörg Voight GDR | 50.81 | Sergey Krasyuk the USSR | 50.91 |
| 200 m freestyle | Sergey Koplyakov the USSR | 1.51.23 | Michael Söderland Sweden | 1.51.62 | Thomas Leidstrom Sweden | 1.52.11 |
| 400 m freestyle | Borut Petrich Yugoslavia | 3.51.63 | Vladimir Salnikov the USSR | 3.51.77 | Daryan Petrich Yugoslavia | 3.53,71 |
| 1,500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov the USSR | 09/15/17 | Borut Petrich Yugoslavia | 15.17.31 | Rafael Escalas Spain | 15.17.93 |
| 100 m on the back | Sandor Vladar Hungary | 56.72 | Vladimir Shemetov the USSR | 56.75 | Victor Kuznetsov the USSR | 56.90 |
| 200 m on the back | Sandor Vladar Hungary | 2.00,80 | Vladimir Shemetov the USSR | 2.01.32 | Frederick Delcourt France | 2.03.35 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Yuri Kis the USSR | 1.03.44 | Arsen Miskarov the USSR | 1.03.63 | Herald Merken Germany | 1.03.85 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Robertas Zhulpa the USSR | 2.16.15 | Arsen Miskarov the USSR | 2.18.08 | Adrian Moorhouse Great Britain | 2.18.14 |
| 100 m butterfly | Alexey Markovsky the USSR | 54.39 | Per Arvidsson Sweden | 54.60 | Vadim Dombrovsky the USSR | 55.00 |
| 200 m butterfly | Michael Gross Germany | 1.59.19 | Phil Hubble Great Britain | 2.00,21 | Sergey Fesenko the USSR | 2.00,48 |
| 200 m integrated swimming | Alexander Sidorenko the USSR | 2.03.41 | Giovanni Francesca Italy | 2.04.97 | Joseph Smooth Czechoslovakia | 2.06.15 |
| 400 m integrated swimming | Sergey Fesenko the USSR | 4.22.77 | Leszek Gursky Poland | 4.23.62 | Giovanni Francesca Italy | 4.24.82 |
| Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle | the USSR Sergey Krasyuk Sergey Koplyakov Alexey Markovsky Sergey Smiryagin | 3.21,48 | Sweden Per Holmerz Per Wickstrom Lasse Lindquist Per Johansson | 3.22.48 | Germany Peter Knust Wilfred Kühl Michael Gross Andreas Schmidt | 3.22.67 |
| Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle | the USSR Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Alexander Chaev Sergey Koplyakov | 7.24.41 | Germany Michael Gross Herald shlupp Andreas Schmidt Frank Wennmann | 7.25.22 | Sweden Michael Söderland Per Wickstrom Pere Alwar Magnusson Thomas Leidstrom | 7.27.78 |
| Relay 4 × 100 m integrated swimming | the USSR Victor Kuznetsov Yuri Kis Alexey Markovsky Sergey Krasyuk | 3.44,23 | Sweden Bengt Baron Glen Christiansen Per Arvidsson Per Johansson | 3.45,01 | GDR Dirk Richter Sigurd Hanke Olaf Zishe Jörg Voight | 3.45.66 |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m freestyle | Karen Mechuk GDR | 55.74 | Birgit Mineke GDR | 56.06 | Connie Van Bentum Netherlands | 56.73 |
| 200 m freestyle | Carmela Schmidt GDR | 2.00,27 | Birgit Mineke GDR | 2.00.57 | Connie Van Bentum Netherlands | 2.01.15 |
| 400 m freestyle | Ines Deers GDR | 4.08.58 | Carmela Schmidt GDR | 4.08.71 | Jackie Wilmott Great Britain | 4.15.23 |
| 800 m freestyle | Carmela Schmidt GDR | 8.32.79 | Ines Deers GDR | 8.32.89 | Jackie Wilmott Great Britain | 8.37.22 |
| 100 m on the back | Ina Kleber GDR | 1.02.81 | Cornelia Polit GDR | 1.03.12 | Carmen Bunachiu Romania | 1.03.34 |
| 200 m on the back | Cornelia Polit GDR | 2.12.55 | Yolanda de Rover Netherlands | 2.15.22 | Larisa Gorchakova the USSR | 2.16.10 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ute Geveniger GDR | 1.08.60 | Susan Brownsdon Great Britain | 1.11.05 | Larisa Belokon the USSR | 1.11.17 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ute Geveniger GDR | 2.32.41 | Larisa Belokon the USSR | 2.33.07 | Grazhina Dziedzich Poland | 2.35.35 |
| 100 m butterfly | Ute Geveniger GDR | 1.00,40 | Ines Geissler GDR | 1.00.97 | Karin Zayk Germany | 1.01.37 |
| 200 m butterfly | Ines Geissler GDR | 2.08,50 | Heike Dene GDR | 2.09.59 | Agnieszka Chopek Poland | 2.13.47 |
| 200 m integrated swimming | Ute Geveniger GDR | 2.12.64 | Petra Schneider GDR | 2.13.49 | Olga Klevakina the USSR | 2.19.10 |
| 400 m integrated swimming | Petra Schneider GDR | 4.39.30 | Ute Geveniger GDR | 4.45.43 | Agnieszka Chopek Poland | 4.50.75 |
| Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle | GDR Birgit Mineke Karen Mechuk Ines Deers Suzanne Link | 3.44.37 | Germany Marion Aitzpors Karin Zayk Ute Neubert Suzanne Schuster | 3.47,42 | Netherlands Annemmery Verstappen Monique Drost Wilma van Welsen Connie Van Bentum | 3.49.65 |
| Relay 4 × 100 m integrated swimming | GDR Ina Kleber Ute Geveniger Ines Geissler Karen Mechuk | 4.09.72 | the USSR Larisa Gorchakova Larisa Belokon Natalya Pokas Natalya Strunnikova | 4.13.23 | Germany Ute Neubert Andrea Schonborn Karin Zayk Marion Aitzpors | 4.13.42 |
Diving
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Trampoline 3 m | Alexander Portnov the USSR | 665.94 | Sergey Kuzmin the USSR | 641.49 | Nikola Steikovich Austria | 639.72 |
| Tower 10 m | David Hambartsumyan the USSR | 606.96 | Vladimir Aleinik the USSR | 601.92 | Dieter Vaskov GDR | 550.20 |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Trampoline 3 m | Zhanna Tsirulnikova the USSR | 499.74 | Martina Eške GDR | 492.18 | Irina Kalinina the USSR | 467.31 |
| Tower 10 m | Katarina Zipperling GDR | 433.05 | Tatyana Belyakova the USSR | 403.23 | Martina Eške GDR | 393.33 |
Synchronized swimming
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Solo | Carolyn Wilson Great Britain | 176,017 | Alexandra Vorish Austria | 167,684 | Mareike Engelen Netherlands | 166,767 |
| Duets | Carolyn Wilson Caroline Holmerd Great Britain | 171,417 | Katarina Aiken Mareike Engelen Netherlands | 166,142 | Alexandra Vorish Eva Maria Edinger Austria | 163,201 |
| Teams | United Kingdom | 168,658 | Netherlands | 167,850 | Switzerland | 164,356 |
Water Polo
See Men's European Water Polo Championship 1981
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Germany Peter Röhle Thomas Loeb Frank Otto Jürgen Stiefel Hagen Strain Michael Wendel Jürgen Schroeder Rainer Osselman Roland Freund Bernd Weyer Werner Oschernikat Ralph Oschernikat Gunther Kilian | the USSR Mikhail Giorgadze Vladimir Akimov Erlan Ayapbergenov Vyacheslav Obotkov Sergey Nikiforov Alexander Kabanov Sergey Kotenko Erkin Shagaev Nurlan Mendygaliev Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Smirnov Alexander Tretyakov Evgeny Sharonov | Hungary Tibor Chervenyak Györt Heltai Attila Shudar György Garandash György Horkai Laszlo Kunz Jozsef Shomoshi Istvan Kish György Kenes Andras Feher Gabor Schmidt Janos Varga Laszlo Borsch |
Team Event
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | GDR | fifteen | eleven | 3 | 29th |
| 2 | the USSR | 13 | eleven | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| four | Germany | 2 | 2 | four | 8 |
| 5 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | one | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden | one | four | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | one | one | one | 3 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | four | 7 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | one | 3 | four |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | one | 2 | 3 |
| eleven | Italy | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| France | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Total | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | |
The host country of the competition