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

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1926 European Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	18 – 22 August 1926	9	93	12
1927 European Aquatics Championships	Bologna	ITA	31 August – 5 September 1927	16	236	15
1931 European Aquatics Championships	Paris	FRA	23 – 30 August 1931	16	171	14
1934 European Aquatics Championships	Magdeburg	GER	12 – 19 August 1934	16	226	16
1938 European Aquatics Championships	London	GBR	6 – 13 August 1938	16	181	14
1947 European Aquatics Championships	Monte Carlo	MON	10 – 14 September 1947	16	269	16
1950 European Aquatics Championships	Wien	AUT	20 – 27 August 1950	16	197	11
1954 European Aquatics Championships	Torino	ITA	31 August – 5 September 1954	18	386	21
1958 European Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	31 August – 6 September 1958	20	410	24
1962 European Aquatics Championships	Leipzig	GDR	18 – 25 August 1962	23	463	23
1966 European Aquatics Championships	Utrecht	NED	20 – 27 August 1966	23	565	26
1970 European Aquatics Championships	Barcelona	ESP	4 – 13 September 1970	34	552	25
1974 European Aquatics Championships	Wien	AUT	18 – 25 August 1974	34	526	26
1977 European Aquatics Championships	Jönköping	SWE	14 – 21 August 1977	37	513	27
1981 European Aquatics Championships	Split	YUG	5 – 12 September 1981	37	646	27
1983 European Aquatics Championships	Roma	ITA	20 – 27 August 1983	38	652	26
1985 European Aquatics Championships	Sofia	BUL	4 – 11 August 1985	38	716	27
1987 European Aquatics Championships	Strasbourg	FRA	16 – 23 August 1987	41	830	29
1989 European Aquatics Championships	Bonn	GER	13 – 20 August 1989	43	857	29
1991 European Aquatics Championships	Athina	GRE	17 – 25 August 1991	43	818	30
1993 European Aquatics Championships	Sheffield	GBR	30 July – 8 August 1993	43	812	35
1995 European Aquatics Championships	Wien	AUT	17 – 27 August 1995	47	1016	41
1997 European Aquatics Championships	Sevilla	ESP	13 – 24 August 1997	51	1013	39
1999 European Aquatics Championships	İstanbul	TUR	22 July – 1 August 1999	55	750	43
2000 European Aquatics Championships	Helsinki	FIN	28 June – 9 July 2000	55	829	42
2002 European Aquatics Championships	Berlin	GER	25 July – 4 August 2002	57	761	38
2004 European Aquatics Championships	Madrid	ESP	10 – 16 May 2004	58	790	41
2006 European Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	26 July – 6 August 2006	58	926	40
2008 European Aquatics Championships	Eindhoven	NED	13 – 24 March 2008	54	839	41
2010 European Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	4 – 15 August 2010	62	925	43
2012 European Aquatics Championships	Debrecen (HUN); Eindhoven (NED)	MIX	14 – 27 May 2012	55	784	44
2014 European Aquatics Championships	Berlin	GER	13 – 24 August 2014	64	870	44
2016 European Aquatics Championships	London	GBR	9 – 22 May 2016	64	922	49
2018 European Aquatics Championships	Glasgow, Edinburgh and Loch Lomond	GBR	3 – 12 August 2018	72	997	47
2020 European Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	10 – 23 May 2021	73	1089	51
2022 European Aquatics Championships	Roma	ITA	11 – 21 August 2022	77	883	48
2024 European Aquatics Championships	Beograd	SRB	10 – 23 June 2024	74	775	48

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Germany	GER	215	197	182	594
2	Russia	RUS	198	117	86	401
3	East Germany	GDR	144	115	67	326
4	Hungary	HUN	133	116	88	337
5	Italy	ITA	126	156	200	482
6	Great Britain	GBR	111	120	141	372
7	Soviet Union	URS	97	86	80	263
8	France	FRA	91	102	100	293
9	Netherlands	NED	89	94	88	271
10	Sweden	SWE	70	78	75	223
11	Ukraine	UKR	69	73	70	212
12	Spain	ESP	38	61	52	151
13	Denmark	DEN	30	24	34	88
14	Poland	POL	23	24	30	77
15	Austria	AUT	17	20	24	61
16	Romania	ROU	14	26	32	72
17	Finland	FIN	13	9	12	34
18	Greece	GRE	12	20	28	60
19	Israel	ISR	7	6	12	25
20	Norway	NOR	6	9	5	20
21	Belgium	BEL	6	8	16	30
22	Czech Republic	CZE	6	2	16	24
23	Belarus	BLR	5	10	17	32
24	Ireland	IRL	5	7	2	14
25	Serbia	SRB	5	1	2	8
26	Switzerland	SUI	4	12	20	36
27	Lithuania	LTU	4	6	11	21
28	Slovakia	SVK	3	11	4	18
29	Bulgaria	BUL	3	4	9	16
30	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	13	14	29
31	Croatia	CRO	2	7	7	16
32	Slovenia	SLO	2	5	10	17
33	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	4	11	17
34	Turkey	TUR	2	1	5	8
35	Portugal	POR	1	1	5	7
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	1	3
37	Estonia	EST	1	1	0	2
38	Faroe Islands	FAR	0	3	0	3
39	Iceland	ISL	0	2	1	3
40	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	0	1	0	1
41	Armenia	ARM	0	0	1	1