1966 European Aquatics Championships
The 1966 European Aquatics Championships were held in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 to 27 August 1966. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men).
Medal table
Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 12 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 |  East Germany | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 |  Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 | |
Medal summary
Diving
- Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m springboard | Mikhail Safonov (URS) | 155.27 | Tord Andersson (SWE) | 146.30 | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 146.21 |
| 10 m platform | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 162.92 | Brian Phelps (GBR) | 152.01 | Jerzy Kowalewski (POL) | 143.13 |
- Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m springboard | Vera Baklanova (URS) | 136.59 | Delia Reinhard (GDR) | 136.05 | Tamara Fyedosova (URS) | 133.23 |
| 10 m platform | Natalya Kuznetsova (URS) | 100.93 | Ingeborg Pertmayr (AUT) | 94.52 | Gabriele Krauss Schöpe (GDR) | 91.22 |
Swimming
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Bobby McGregor (GBR) | 53.7 | Leonid Ilyichev (URS) | 54.3 | Udo Poser (GDR) | 54.8 |
| 400 m freestyle | Frank Wiegand (GDR) | 4:11.1 | Semyon Belits-Geiman (URS) | 4:13.2 | Alain Mosconi (FRA) | 4:13.6 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Semyon Belits-Geiman (URS) | 16:58.5 | Alan Kimber (GBR) | 17:13.2 | Aleksandr Pletnyev (URS) | 17:17.9 |
| 200 m backstroke | Yuriy Gromak (URS) | 2:12.9 | Jaime Monzó (ESP) | 2:15.7 | Joachim Rother (GDR) | 2:16.7 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Georgiy Prokopenko (URS) | 2:30.0 | Aleksandr Tutakayev (URS) | 2:30.3 | Egon Henninger (GDR) | 2:30.5 |
| 200 m butterfly | Valentin Kuzmin (URS) | 2:10.2 | Horst-Günter Gregor (GDR) | 2:10.6 | Anatoliy Skavronskiy (URS) | 2:11.2 |
| 400 m individual medley | Frank Wiegand (GDR) | 4:47.9 | Andrey Dunayev (URS) | 4:48.7 | Klaus Katzur (GDR) | 4:55.7 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Frank Wiegand Udo Poser Horst-Günter Gregor Peter Sommer | 3:36.8 | Soviet Union Leonid Ilyichev Viktor Mazanov Georgiy Kulikov Vladimir Shuvalov | 3:37.5 | Sweden Lester Eriksson Göran Jansson Yngvar Eriksson Jan Lundin | 3:39.0 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Leonid Ilyichev Semyon Belits-Geiman Aleksandr Pletnev Yevgeniy Novikov | 8:00.2 | East Germany Horst-Günter Gregor Alfred Müller Udo Poser Frank Wiegand | 8:01.6 | Sweden Lester Eriksson Olle Ferm Ingvar Eriksson Jan Lundin | 8:04.3 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Soviet Union Viktor Mazanov Georgiy Prokopenko Valentin Kuzmin Leonid Ilyichev | 4:02.4 | East Germany Jürgen Dietze Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand | 4:02.9 | HUN József Csikány Ferenc Lenkei Ákos Gulyás István Szentirmay | 4:05.9 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Martina Grunert (GDR) | 1:01.2 | Judit Turóczy (HUN) | 1:02.1 | Pauline Sillett (GBR) | 1:02.5 |
| 400 m freestyle | Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) | 4:48.2 | Ada Kok (NED) | 4:48.7 | Tamara Sosnova (URS) | 4:50.1 |
| 100 m backstroke | Christine Caron (FRA) | 1:08.1 | Linda Ludgrove (GBR) | 1:08.9 |  Cristina Balaban (ROM) | 1:09.7 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS) | 2:40.8 | Irina Posdnyakova (URS) | 2:41.9 | Jill Slattery (GBR) | 2:47.9 |
| 100 m butterfly | Ada Kok (NED) | 1:05.6 | Heike Hustede (FRG) | 1:06.3 | Eila Pyrhönen (FIN) | 1:07.8 |
| 400 m individual medley | Betty Heukels (NED) | 5:25.0 | Heidi Pechstein (GDR) | 5:26.0 | Lyudmila Kasiyeva (URS) | 5:28.4 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Natalya Sipchenko Antonina Rudenko Natalya Ustinova Tamara Sosnova | 4:11.3 | Sweden Ingrid Gustavsson Ulla Jafvert Ann-charlott Lilja Anne-Christine Hagberg | 4:12.2 | Netherlands Toos Beumer Mirjam van Hemert Bep Weeteling Lydia Schaap | 4:12.8 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Netherlands Cobie Sikkens Gretta Kok Ada Kok Toos Beumer | 4:36.4 | Soviet Union Natalya Mikhaylova Galina Prozumenshchikova Tatyana Devyatova Antonina Rudenko | 4:38.2 | Great Britain Linda Ludgrove Diana Harris Mary-Anne Cotterill Pauline Sillett | 4:38.4 |
Water polo
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's competition | Soviet Union |
East Germany |
Yugoslavia |
See also
References
- "European Swimming Championships (Men)". GBRSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- "European Swimming Championships (Women)". GBRSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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