European Aquatics Championships

For the 1974 European synchronised swimming championships see here.

For the 1985 women’s water polo tournament see here.

From 1999 on water polo was held as a separate tournament.

Several European open water swimming championships have been held as separate tournaments.

Since 2009 European Diving Championships have been held in years without European Aquatics Championships.

The 2020 edition originally scheduled from 11 to 24 May 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Year	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1926	Budapest	HUN	18 – 22 August 1926	9	93	12
1927	Bologna	ITA	31 August – 5 September 1927	16	236	15
1931	Paris	FRA	23 – 30 August 1931	16	171	14
1934	Magdeburg	GER	12 – 19 August 1934	16	226	16
1938	London	GBR	6 – 13 August 1938	16	181	14
1947	Monte Carlo	MON	10 – 14 September 1947	16	269	16
1950	Wien	AUT	20 – 27 August 1950	16	197	11
1954	Torino	ITA	31 August – 5 September 1954	18	386	21
1958	Budapest	HUN	31 August – 6 September 1958	20	410	24
1962	Leipzig	GDR	18 – 25 August 1962	23	463	23
1966	Utrecht	NED	20 – 27 August 1966	23	565	26
1970	Barcelona	ESP	4 – 13 September 1970	34	552	25
1974	Wien	AUT	18 – 25 August 1974	34	526	26
1977	Jönköping	SWE	14 – 21 August 1977	37	513	27
1981	Split	YUG	5 – 12 September 1981	37	646	27
1983	Roma	ITA	20 – 27 August 1983	38	653	26
1985	Sofia	BUL	4 – 11 August 1985	38	716	27
1987	Strasbourg	FRA	16 – 23 August 1987	41	830	29
1989	Bonn	GER	13 – 20 August 1989	43	857	29
1991	Athina	GRE	17 – 25 August 1991	43	818	30
1993	Sheffield	GBR	30 July – 8 August 1993	43	812	35
1995	Wien	AUT	17 – 27 August 1995	47	1016	41
1997	Sevilla	ESP	13 – 24 August 1997	51	1013	39
1999	İstanbul	TUR	22 July – 1 August 1999	55	750	43
2000	Helsinki	FIN	28 June – 9 July 2000	55	829	42
2002	Berlin	GER	25 July – 4 August 2002	57	761	38
2004	Madrid	ESP	10 – 16 May 2004	58	790	41
2006	Budapest	HUN	26 July – 6 August 2006	58	926	40
2008	Eindhoven	NED	13 – 24 March 2008	54	839	41
2010	Budapest	HUN	4 – 15 August 2010	62	925	43
2012	Debrecen (HUN); Eindhoven (NED)	MIX	14 – 27 May 2012	55	785	44
2014	Berlin	GER	13 – 24 August 2014	64	875	44
2016	London	GBR	9 – 22 May 2016	64	922	49
2018	Glasgow, Edinburgh and Loch Lomond	GBR	3 – 12 August 2018	72	997	47
2020	Budapest	HUN	10 – 23 May 2021	72	1087	51
2022	Roma	ITA	11 – 21 August 2022	77	882	48

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Germany	GER	211	190	177	578
2	Russia	RUS	198	118	86	402
3	East Germany	GDR	144	114	67	325
4	Italy	ITA	123	145	194	462
5	Hungary	HUN	121	107	77	305
6	Great Britain	GBR	106	117	134	357
7	Soviet Union	URS	97	86	80	263
8	France	FRA	89	99	94	282
9	Netherlands	NED	87	94	86	267
10	Sweden	SWE	67	76	71	214
11	Ukraine	UKR	65	70	67	202
12	Spain	ESP	31	58	51	140
13	Denmark	DEN	29	22	32	83
14	Poland	POL	19	17	23	59
15	Finland	FIN	13	8	12	33
16	Romania	ROU	12	26	32	70
17	Austria	AUT	12	19	24	55
18	Greece	GRE	6	10	24	40
19	Norway	NOR	6	8	5	19
20	Belarus	BLR	5	9	17	31
21	Belgium	BEL	5	6	16	27
22	Switzerland	SUI	4	11	16	31
23	Ireland	IRL	4	6	1	11
24	Serbia	SRB	4	1	1	6
25	Slovakia	SVK	3	11	4	18
26	Lithuania	LTU	3	5	10	18
27	Israel	ISR	3	4	9	16
28	Czech Republic	CZE	3	0	14	17
29	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	13	14	29
30	Croatia	CRO	2	7	7	16
31	Slovenia	SLO	2	5	10	17
32	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	4	11	17
33	Bulgaria	BUL	2	4	9	15
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	0	1	2
35	Faroe Islands	FAR	0	3	0	3
36	Iceland	ISL	0	2	1	3
37	Portugal	POR	0	1	4	5
38	Estonia	EST	0	1	0	1
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	0	1	0	1
40	Turkey	TUR	0	0	2	2
41	Armenia	ARM	0	0	1	1