1985 European Aquatics Championships

The 1985 European Aquatics Championships were held in "Cherveno zname" swim complex in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 August until 11 August 1985. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. The first ever women's tournament at the European Championships was played in Oslo, Norway.

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	17	17	6	40
2	Soviet Union	7	4	6	17
3	West Germany	6	4	7	17
4	Great Britain	2	3	1	6
5	France	2	2	0	4
6	Hungary	2	1	0	3
7	Bulgaria*	1	2	4	7
8	Netherlands	1	1	6	8
9	Austria	1	0	1	2
10	Sweden	0	1	3	4
11	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
12	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
15	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 nations)		39	39	39	117

Swimming[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Stéphan Caron (FRA)	Jörg Woithe (GDR)	Stefan Volery (SUI)
	Michael Groß (FRG)	Sven Lodziewski (GDR)	Tommy Werner (SWE)
	Uwe Dassler (GDR)	Sven Lodziewski (GDR)	Rainer Henkel (FRG)
	Uwe Dassler (GDR)	Rainer Henkel (FRG)	Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG)
	Igor Polyansky (URS)	Dirk Richter (GDR)	Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)
	Igor Polyansky (URS)	Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)	Frank Baltrusch (GDR)
	Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)	Rolf Beab (FRG)	Dmitry Volkov (URS)
	Dmitry Volkov (URS)	Alexandre Yokochi (POR)	Étienne Dagon (SUI)
	Michael Groß (FRG)	Andy Jameson (GBR)	Marcel Gery (TCH)
	Michael Groß (FRG)	Benny Nielsen (DEN)	Frank Drost (NED)
	Tamás Darnyi (HUN)	Josef Hladký (TCH)	Peter Bermel (FRG)
	Tamás Darnyi (HUN)	Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS)	Raik Hannemann (GDR)
	West Germany Alexander Schowtka Thomas Fahrner Dirk Korthals Michael Groß	East Germany Dirk Richter Sven Lodziewski Lars Hinneburg Jörg Woithe	Sweden Tommy Werner Michael Söderlund Bengt Baron Per Johansson
	West Germany Alexander Schowtka Michael Groß André Schadt Thomas Fahrner	Sweden Anders Holmertz Per Johansson Michael Söderlund Tommy Werner	Netherlands Edsard Schlingemann Hans Kroes Patrick Dybiona Frank Drost
	West Germany Thomas Lebherz Rolf Beab Michael Groß Alexander Schowtka	East Germany Dirk Richter Thomas Dressler Jörg Woithe	Italy Gianni Minervini Fabrizio Rampazzo Andrea Ceccarini

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Heike Friedrich (GDR)	Manuela Stellmach (GDR)	Conny van Bentum (NED)
	Heike Friedrich (GDR)	Manuela Stellmach (GDR)	(BUL)
	Astrid Strauss (GDR)	Anke Möhring (GDR)	Yelena Dendeberova (URS)
	Astrid Strauss (GDR)	Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)	Anke Möhring (GDR)
	Birte Weigang (GDR)	Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)	Natalya Shibayeva (URS)
	Cornelia Sirch (GDR)	Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)	Jolanda de Rover (NED)
	Sylvia Gerasch (GDR)	Silke Hörner (GDR)	Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
	Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)	Sylvia Gerasch (GDR)	Silke Hörner (GDR)
	Kornelia Gressler (GDR)	Birte Weigang (GDR)	Tatyana Kurnikova (URS)
	Jacqueline Alex (GDR)	Kornelia Gressler (GDR)	Petra Zindler (FRG)
	Kathleen Nord (GDR)	(BUL)	Susanne Börnike (GDR)
	Kathleen Nord (GDR)	Cornelia Sirch (GDR)	(BUL)
	East Germany Astrid Strauss Karen König Manuela Stellmach Heike Friedrich	Germany Iris Zscherpe Susanne Schuster Christiane Pielke Karin Seick	Netherlands Conny van Bentum Karin Brienesse Annemarie Verstappen
	East Germany Astrid Strauss Karen König Manuela Stellmach Heike Friedrich	Netherlands Jolande van der Meer Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum	Sweden Suzanne Nilsson Maria Kardum Agneta Eriksson Eva Nyberg
	East Germany Birte Weigang Sylvia Gerasch Kornelia Gressler Heike Friedrich	Soviet Union Natalya Shibaeva Svetlana Kuzmina Tatyana Kurnikova Yelena Dendeberova	Bulgaria Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Bogomilova

Diving[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	(URS)	Petar Georgiev (BUL)	Dieter Dörr (FRG)
10 m platform	Thomas Knuths (GDR)	Albin Killat (FRG)	(ITA)

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	(URS)	Irina Sidorova (URS)	Brita Baldus (GDR)
10 m platform	Anzhela Stasyulevich (URS)	(GDR)	(URS)

Synchronized swimming[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo	Carolyn Wilson (GBR)	Muriel Hermine (FRA)	Alexandra Worisch (AUT)
Duet	Eva-Maria Edinger (AUT)  Alexandra Worisch (AUT)	Muriel Hermine (FRA)  Pascale Besson (FRA)	(GBR)  Carolyn Wilson (GBR)
Team competition	France (FRA)	Great Britain (GBR)	Netherlands (NED)

Water polo[]

Men's event[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	West Germany

Women's event[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team competition	Netherlands	Hungary	West Germany

External links[]

• Results