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1966 European Aquatics Championships

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11th European Aquatics Championships
Host cityUtrecht
CountryNetherlands
Events23
Opening20 August 1966 (1966-08-20)
Closing27 August 1966 (1966-08-27)

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

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4×100m medley relay women podium. From left to right: Soviet Union, Netherlands and Great Britain

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union127524
2 East Germany46515
3 Netherlands*3115
4 France2013
5 Great Britain1337
6 Italy1012
7 Sweden0224
8 Hungary0112
9 Austria0101
 Spain0101
 West Germany0101
12 Finland0011
 Poland0011
 Romania0011
 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (15 entries)23232369

Medal summary

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Diving

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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

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Men's events

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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 WR  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

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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 Pozdnyakova (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 Khazieva (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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's competition  Soviet Union  East Germany  Yugoslavia

See also

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References

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  • "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.