1985 European Aquatics Championships

Host City Sofia
Country BUL
Held 4 – 11 August 1985
Events 38
Competitors 717
Countries 27

The women’s water polo tournament was held as a separate event.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Solo, Women Women 8 – 9 August 1985 Medal 91 14
Duet, Women Women 10 August 1985 Medal 24 12
Team, Women Women 11 August 1985 Medal 64 8
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard, Men Men 5 – 6 August 1985 Medal 24 15
10 m Platform, Men Men 7 – 8 August 1985 Medal 16 10
3 m Springboard, Women Women 6 – 7 August 1985 Medal 21 13
10 m Platform, Women Women 4 – 5 August 1985 Medal 18 11
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle, Men Men 8 August 1985 Medal 32 20
200 m Freestyle, Men Men 6 August 1985 Medal 28 19
400 m Freestyle, Men Men 9 August 1985 Medal 24 17
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Men 10 – 11 August 1985 Medal 18 11
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Men 9 August 1985 Medal 50 11
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Men 7 August 1985 Medal 32 8
100 m Backstroke, Men Men 10 August 1985 Medal 22 14
200 m Backstroke, Men Men 8 August 1985 Medal 25 16
100 m Breaststroke, Men Men 6 August 1985 Medal 32 22
200 m Breaststroke, Men Men 9 August 1985 Medal 28 19
100 m Butterfly, Men Men 7 August 1985 Medal 30 19
200 m Butterfly, Men Men 10 August 1985 Medal 26 17
200 m Individual Medley, Men Men 11 August 1985 Medal 23 14
400 m Individual Medley, Men Men 7 August 1985 Medal 19 12
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Men 11 August 1985 Medal 56 12
100 m Freestyle, Women Women 6 August 1985 Medal 31 18
200 m Freestyle, Women Women 7 August 1985 Medal 27 17
400 m Freestyle, Women Women 8 August 1985 Medal 23 14
800 m Freestyle, Women Women 9 – 10 August 1985 Medal 18 13
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Women 8 August 1985 Medal 45 10
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women Women 6 August 1985 Medal 43 9
100 m Backstroke, Women Women 8 August 1985 Medal 24 17
200 m Backstroke, Women Women 11 August 1985 Medal 22 14
100 m Breaststroke, Women Women 9 August 1985 Medal 26 18
200 m Breaststroke, Women Women 7 August 1985 Medal 22 17
100 m Butterfly, Women Women 9 August 1985 Medal 29 20
200 m Butterfly, Women Women 11 August 1985 Medal 26 18
200 m Individual Medley, Women Women 10 August 1985 Medal 26 15
400 m Individual Medley, Women Women 6 August 1985 Medal 19 12
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Women 10 August 1985 Medal 55 13
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo, Men Men 4 – 11 August 1985 Medal 211 16

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 17 17 5 39
2 Soviet Union URS 7 4 6 17
3 Germany GER 6 4 6 16
4 Great Britain GBR 2 3 1 6
5 France FRA 2 2 0 4
6 Hungary HUN 2 0 0 2
7 Bulgaria BUL 1 2 4 7
8 Austria AUT 1 0 1 2
9 Netherlands NED 0 1 6 7
10 Sweden SWE 0 1 3 4
11 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 2 3
12 Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Portugal POR 0 1 0 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
15 Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 2 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Solo, Women Carolyn Wilson GBR Muriel Hermine FRA Alexandra Worisch AUT
Duet, Women Eva-Maria Edinger / Alexandra Worisch AUT Muriel Hermine / Pascale Besson FRA Amanda Dodd / Carolyn Wilson GBR
Team, Women France FRA Great Britain GBR Netherlands NED
3 m Springboard, Men Nikolay Drozhzhin URS Petar Georgiev BUL Dieter Dörr GER
10 m Platform, Men Thomas Knuths GDR Albin Killat GER Domenico Rinaldi ITA
3 m Springboard, Women Zhanna Tsirulnikova URS Irina Sidorova URS Heidemarie Grécká TCH
10 m Platform, Women Anzhela Stasyulevich URS Ramona Wenzel GDR Alla Lobankina URS
100 m Freestyle, Men Stéphan Caron FRA Jörg Woithe GDR Stéfan Voléry SUI
200 m Freestyle, Men Michael Groß GER Sven Lodziewski GDR Tom Werner SWE
400 m Freestyle, Men Uwe Daßler GDR Sven Lodziewski GDR Rainer Henkel GER
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Uwe Daßler GDR Rainer Henkel GER Stefan Pfeiffer GER
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Germany GER East Germany GDR Sweden SWE
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Germany GER Sweden SWE Netherlands NED
100 m Backstroke, Men Igor Polyansky URS Dirk Richter GDR Sergey Zabolotnov URS
200 m Backstroke, Men Igor Polyansky URS Sergey Zabolotnov URS Frank Baltrusch GDR
100 m Breaststroke, Men Adrian Moorhouse GBR Rolf Beab GER Dmitry Volkov URS
200 m Breaststroke, Men Dmitry Volkov URS Alexandre Yokochi POR Étienne Dagon SUI
100 m Butterfly, Men Michael Groß GER Andy Jameson GBR Marcel Géry TCH
200 m Butterfly, Men Michael Groß GER Benny Nielsen DEN Frank Drost NED
200 m Individual Medley, Men Tamás Darnyi HUN Josef Hladký TCH Peter Bermel GER
400 m Individual Medley, Men Tamás Darnyi HUN Vadim Yaroshchuk URS Raik Hannemann GDR
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Germany GER East Germany GDR Italy ITA
100 m Freestyle, Women Heike Friedrich GDR Manuela Stellmach GDR Conny van Bentum NED
200 m Freestyle, Women Heike Friedrich GDR Manuela Stellmach GDR Vanya Argirova BUL
400 m Freestyle, Women Astrid Strauß GDR Anke Möhring GDR Yelena Dendeberova URS
800 m Freestyle, Women Astrid Strauß GDR Sarah Hardcastle GBR Anke Möhring GDR
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women East Germany GDR Germany GER Netherlands NED
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women East Germany GDR Netherlands NED Sweden SWE
100 m Backstroke, Women Birte Weigang GDR Kathrin Zimmermann GDR Nataliya Shibayeva URS
200 m Backstroke, Women Cornelia Sirch GDR Kathrin Zimmermann GDR Jolanda de Rover NED
100 m Breaststroke, Women Sylvia Gerasch GDR Silke Hörner GDR Tanya Bogomilova BUL
200 m Breaststroke, Women Tanya Bogomilova BUL Sylvia Gerasch GDR Silke Hörner GDR
100 m Butterfly, Women Kornelia Greßler GDR Birte Weigang GDR Tatyana Kurnikova URS
200 m Butterfly, Women Jacqueline Alex GDR Kornelia Greßler GDR Petra Zindler GER
200 m Individual Medley, Women Kathleen Nord GDR Sonia Blagova BUL Susanne Börnike GDR
400 m Individual Medley, Women Kathleen Nord GDR Cornelia Sirch GDR Sonia Blagova BUL
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL
Water Polo, Men Soviet Union URS Yugoslavia YUG Germany GER