1981 European Aquatics Championships

The 1981 European Aquatics Championships were held in an indoor pool (50 m) in Split, Yugoslavia from 5 September to 12 September 1981. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming (women) and water polo (men).

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	15	11	3	29
2	Soviet Union	13	11	8	32
3	Great Britain	3	2	3	8
4	West Germany	2	2	4	8
5	Hungary	2	0	1	3
6	Sweden	1	4	2	7
7	Yugoslavia*	1	1	1	3
8	Netherlands	0	3	4	7
9	Poland	0	1	3	4
10	Austria	0	1	2	3
11	Italy	0	1	1	2
12	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		37	37	37	111

Swimming[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Per Johansson (SWE)	Jörg Woithe (GDR)	Sergey Krasyuk (URS)
	Sergey Kopliakov (URS)	Michael Söderlund (SWE)	Thomas Lejdström (SWE)
	Borut Petrič (YUG)	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	Darjan Petrič (YUG)
	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	Borut Petrič (YUG)	Rafael Escalas (ESP)
	Sándor Wladár (HUN)	Vladimir Shemetov (URS)	Viktor Kuznetsov (URS)
	Sándor Wladár (HUN)	Vladimir Shemetov (URS)	Frédéric Delcourt (FRA)
	Yuriy Kis (URS)	Arsens Miskarovs (URS)	Gerald Mörken (FRG)
	Robertas Žulpa (URS)	Arsens Miskarovs (URS)	Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
	Aleksey Markovsky (URS)	Pär Arvidsson (SWE)	Vadim Dombrovskiy (URS)
	Michael Groß (FRG)	Phil Hubble (GBR)	Sergey Fesenko (URS)
	Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)	Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)	Josef Hladký (TCH)
	Sergey Fesenko (URS)	Leszek Górski (POL)	Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)
	Soviet Union Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Aleksandr Chaev Sergey Kopliakov	Sweden Per Holmertz Per Wikström Per Johansson	West Germany Peter Knust Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt
	Soviet Union Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Aleksandr Chaev Sergey Kopliakov	West Germany Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt Frank Wennmann	Sweden Michael Söderlund Per Wikström Per-Alvar Magnusson Thomas Lejdström
	Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Yuriy Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Krasyuk	Sweden Bengt Baron Glen Christiansen Pär Arvidsson Per Johansson	East Germany Dirk Richter Jörg Woithe

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Caren Metschuck (GDR)	Birgit Meineke (GDR)	Conny van Bentum (NED)
	Carmela Schmidt (GDR)	Birgit Meineke (GDR)	Conny van Bentum (NED)
	Ines Diers (GDR)	Carmela Schmidt (GDR)	Jackie Wilmott (GBR)
	Carmela Schmidt (GDR)	Ines Diers (GDR)	Jackie Wilmott (GBR)
	Ina Kleber (GDR)	Cornelia Polit (GDR)	Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)
	Cornelia Polit (GDR)	Jolanda de Rover (NED)	Larisa Gorchakova (URS)
	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Suki Brownsdon (GBR)	Larisa Belokon (URS)
	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Larisa Belokon (URS)	(POL)
	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Ines Geißler (GDR)	Karin Seick (FRG)
	Ines Geißler (GDR)	Heike Dähne (GDR)	Agnieszka Czopek (POL)
	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Petra Schneider (GDR)	Olga Klevakina (URS)
	Petra Schneider (GDR)	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Agnieszka Czopek (POL)
	East Germany Birgit Meineke Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Susanne Link	West Germany Marion Aizpors Karin Seick Susanne Schuster	Netherlands Annemarie Verstappen Monique Drost Wilma van Velsen Conny van Bentum
	East Germany Ina Kleber Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Caren Metschuck	Soviet Union Larisa Gorchakova Larisa Byelokon Natalya Pokas Natalya Strunnikova	West Germany Karin Seick Marion Aizpors

Diving[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Aleksandr Portnov (URS)	(URS)	Niki Stajković (AUT)
10 m platform	David Ambartsumyan (URS)	Vladimir Aleynik (URS)	Dieter Waskow (GDR)

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	(URS)	Martina Jäschke (GDR)	Irina Kalinina (URS)
10 m platform	(GDR)	(URS)	Martina Jäschke (GDR)

Synchronized swimming[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo	Carolyn Wilson (GBR)	Alexandra Worisch (AUT)	Marijke Engelen (NED)
Duet	Caroline Holmyard (GBR)  Carolyn Wilson (GBR)	Catrien Eijken (NED)  Marijke Engelen (NED)	Eva-Maria Edinger (AUT)  Alexandra Worisch (AUT)
Team competition	Great Britain (GBR)	Netherlands (NED)	Switzerland (SUI)

Water polo[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	West Germany	Soviet Union	Hungary

References[]

• "European Swimming Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
• "European Swimming Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
• "Swimming European Championship 1981 Split (CRO)". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.