LEN European Aquatics Championships

The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by European Aquatics – the governing body for aquatic sport in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years and since 2022, they have included 5 aquatics disciplines: swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, open water swimming and high diving. Prior to 1999, the championships also included water polo, which beginning in 1999 LEN split-off into a separate championships. The open water events are not held during the Olympic year.
The Championships are generally held over a two-week time-period in mid-to-late Summer, but in the most recent Summer Olympics years, the Championships were moved to the Spring to be moved away from the Summer Olympic Games.
The swimming portion of these championships is considered one of the pre-eminent swimming competitions in the world. LEN also conducts an annual short-course swimming championship, which is a completely separate, distinct event.

Championships

Historically, the Championships were first held in 1926, and included water polo prior to 1999 when the discipline was moved to the European Water Polo Championship. From 1973-1999 Europeans were held in years without a Summer Olympics or World Championships, save 1979. Women were first allowed to participate at the second Championships in 1927.

Number

Year

Host city

Country

Events

Dates

First in the medal table

Second in the medal table

Third in the medal table

1926

Budapest

Hungary|1920GERSWE

Medal tables (1926–2024)

Updated after the 2024 European Aquatics Championships.

Overall

Source:
Note: The table includes medals won in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, high diving and water polo since 1926 until and including 1997 when the discipline was part of the event. From 1999 the water polo event was separated and got its own independent tournament as European Water Polo Championship.
As of 2024, Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia and San Marino have yet to win a medal.

Swimming (1926–2024)

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Diving (1926–2024)

Artistic swimming (1974–2024)

Open water swimming (1991–2024)

High diving (2022)

Water polo (1926–1997)

Multiple medalists in swimming (long course)

These table shows swimmers who have won at least 7 gold medals at the European Championships and is updated after the 2024 European Aquatics Championships.