| Competition | 1989 European Aquatics Championships | 
|---|---|
| Venue | 
Bonn
 | 
| Held | 18 August 1989 | 
| Status | Medal | 
| Competitors | 45 | 
| Countries | 9 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Preliminary Round | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Germany | 3:21.41 (2 h1)  | 
3:19.68 (1 F)  | 
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| Peter Sitt | — | 50.78 | ||||
| André Schadt | — | 49.98 | ||||
| Bengt Zikarsky | 49.67 | 49.52 | ||||
| Björn Zikarsky | 50.35 | 49.40 | ||||
| Josef Hladky | 50.58 | — | * | |||
| Rolf-Dieter Maltzahn | 50.81 | — | * | |||
| 🥈 | France | 3:24.06 (5 h1)  | 
3:19.73 (2 F)  | 
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| Stéphan Caron | — | 50.39 | ||||
| Christophe Kalfayan | — | 50.28 | ||||
| Laurent Neuville | 50.24 | 49.62 | ||||
| Bruno Gutzeit | 51.64 | 49.44 | ||||
| Ludovic Dépickère | 51.23 | — | * | |||
| Franck Schott | 50.95 | — | * | |||
| 🥉 | Sweden | 3:21.72 (3 h1)  | 
3:19.76 (3 F)  | 
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| Tom Werner | — | 50.27 | ||||
| Anders Holmertz | — | 49.87 | ||||
| Håkan Karlsson | — | 49.76 | ||||
| Joakim Holmquist | — | 49.86 | ||||
| Magnus Eriksson | 51.53 | — | * | |||
| Per Johansson | 50.33 | — | * | |||
| Michael Söderlund | 50.01 | — | * | |||
| Göran Titus | 49.85 | — | * | |||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 3:21.17 (1 h1)  | 
3:19.77 (4 F)  | 
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| Raimundas Mažuolis | — | 50.61 | ||||
| Aleksey Borislavsky | 49.83 | 49.99 | ||||
| Iurie Bașcatov | — | 49.45 | ||||
| Vladimir Tkachenko | 50.10 | 49.72 | ||||
| Yevgeny Kotriaga | 51.04 | — | * | |||
| Veniamin Tayanovich | 50.20 | — | * | |||
| 5 | East Germany | 3:23.90 (4 h1)  | 
3:21.36 (5 F)  | 
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| Nils Rudolph | — | 50.92 | ||||
| Dirk Richter | — | 50.15 | ||||
| Steffen Zesner | 50.94 | 50.15 | ||||
| Silko Günzel | 51.02 | 50.14 | ||||
| Dirk Bludau | 50.94 | — | * | |||
| Thomas Flemming | 51.00 | — | * | |||
| 6 | Italy | 3:25.74 (7 h1)  | 
3:21.37 (6 F)  | 
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| Roberto Gleria | 50.47 | 50.58 | ||||
| Antonio Consiglio | 51.31 | 50.77 | ||||
| Giorgio Lamberti | — | 48.73 | ||||
| Alessandro Ciucci | 51.60 | 51.29 | ||||
| Emanuele Idini | 52.36 | — | * | |||
| 7 | Netherlands | 3:25.28 (6 h1)  | 
3:23.98 (7 F)  | 
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| Erik Ran | 51.32 | 51.16 | ||||
| Ronald Sloeserwij | 52.01 | 51.64 | ||||
| Richard Granneman | 50.82 | 50.75 | ||||
| Ron Dekker | 51.13 | 50.43 | ||||
| 8 | Great Britain | 3:29.70 (8 h1)  | 
— (DQ F)  | 
* | ||
| Steven Dronsfield | 51.47 | — | ||||
| Paul Brew | 52.17 | — | ||||
| David Parker | 53.31 | — | ||||
| Jonathan Broughton | 52.75 | — | ||||
| DQ | Ireland | — (DQ h1)  | 
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