2002 European Aquatics Championships

26th European Aquatics Championships
Host city	Berlin, Germany
Date(s)	29 July–4 August 2002
Events	57
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The 2002 LEN European Championships were held in Berlin, Germany from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2002 at the Berlin Eurosportpark in the German capital. The 26th edition of the event was organised by the LEN. A total number of 786 swimmers competed, from 38 countries. The event included disciplines of swimming (long course), open water swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming (women). A 10 km open water event, for both men and women was introduced in the open water swimming competition, this was held in Potsdam.

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany*	15	12	9	36
2	Russia	11	7	8	26
3	Italy	7	6	7	20
4	Ukraine	6	5	6	17
5	Sweden	4	3	4	11
6	Netherlands	4	0	2	6
7	France	2	3	4	9
8	Poland	2	1	1	4
9	Finland	2	0	0	2
10	Spain	1	5	2	8
11	Austria	1	2	1	4
12	Slovakia	1	2	0	3
13	Croatia	1	0	2	3
14	Hungary	0	8	1	9
15	Belarus	0	1	6	7
16	Romania	0	1	2	3
17	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
18	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		57	57	57	171

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Bartosz Kizierowski  Poland	22.18	Lorenzo Vismara  Italy	22.26	Oleksandr Volynets  Ukraine	22.31
100 m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands	47.86 CR	Aleksandr Popov  Russia	48.94	Duje Draganja  Croatia	49.31
200 m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands	1:44.89 ER	Emiliano Brembilla  Italy	1:46.94	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	1:47.98
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla  Italy	3:46.60	Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy	3:48.70	Dragoş Coman  Romania	3:48.78
1500 m freestyle	Yuri Prilukov  Russia	15:03.88	Christian Minotti  Italy	15:04.16	Ihor Chervynskyy  Ukraine	15:07.65
50 m backstroke	Thomas Rupprath  Germany	25.05	Stev Theloke  Germany	25.12	Bartosz Kizierowski  Poland	25.52
100 m backstroke	Stev Theloke  Germany	54.42 ER	Markus Rogan  Austria	54.54	Pierre Roger  France	54.89
200 m backstroke	Gordan Kožulj  Croatia	1:58.70	Markus Rogan  Austria	1:58.83	Marko Strahija  Croatia	1:58.89
50 m breaststroke	Oleh Lisohor  Ukraine	27.18 WR	Mihály Flaskay  Hungary	27.51	Károly Güttler  Hungary	27.85
100 m breaststroke	Oleh Lisohor  Ukraine	1:00.29 CR	Roman Sludnov  Russia	1:00.72	Hugues Duboscq  France	1:01.04
200 m breaststroke	Davide Rummolo  Italy	2:11.37 CR	Yohan Bernard  France	2:11.77	Roman Sludnov  Russia	2:11.82
50 m butterfly	Jere Hård  Finland	23.50 ER	Thomas Rupprath  Germany	23.78	Lars Frölander  Sweden	23.85
100 m butterfly	Thomas Rupprath  Germany	51.94 CR	Andriy Serdinov  Ukraine	52.17	Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine	52.36
200 m butterfly	Franck Esposito  France	1:55.18 CR	Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine	1:55.42 NR	Anatoly Polyakov  Russia	1:55.62
200 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen  Finland	1:59.30	Alessio Boggiatto  Italy	1:59.83	Markus Rogan  Austria	2:00.50
400 m individual medley	Alessio Boggiatto  Italy	4:13.19 CR	István Batházi  Hungary	4:17.33	Nicolas Rostoucher  France	4:19.19
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Germany Lars Conrad (50.23) Stefan Herbst (48.83) Torsten Spanneberg (49.26) Stephan Kunzelmann (49.35) Leif Marten Krueger[a] Jens Thiele[a]	3:17.67	Sweden Eric la Fleur (50.63) Stefan Nystrand (48.83) Lars Frölander (49.26) Mattias Ohlin (49.35) Erik Dorch[a] Jonas Tilly[a]	3:17.75 NR	Italy Lorenzo Vismara (49.45) Christian Galenda (49.48) Michele Garcia (49.82) Simone Cercato (49.45) Pietro Deriu[a] Andrea Beccari[a] Matteo Pelliciani[a]	3:18.20
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Italy Matteo Pelliciari (1:48.39) Emiliano Brembilla (1:47.73) Federico Cappellazzo (1:48.44) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:47.62)	7:12.18 CR	Germany Moritz Zimmer (1:51.25) Stefan Pohl (1:49.17) Lars Conrad (1:49.01) Stefan Herbst (1:48.16)	7:17.59	Greece Thanasis Oikonomou (1:49.50) Nikos Xylouris (1:49.82) Ioannis Kokkodis (1:49.73) Spyridon Gianniotis (1:51.62)	7:20.67 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay	Russia Evgeny Aleshin (56.50) Roman Sludnov (1:00.04) Igor Marchenko (51.82) Aleksandr Popov (47.85) Arkady Vyatchanin[a] Roman Ivanovsky[a] Anatoly Polyakov[a] Maxim Skrynnikov[a]	3:36.21 CR, NR	France Pierre Roger (55.15) Hugues Duboscq (1:00.26) Franck Esposito (52.32) Romain Barnier (48.82) Simon Dufour[a]	3:36.55 NR	Germany Stev Theloke (55.01) Jens Kruppa (1:01.36) Thomas Rupprath (51.74) Stefan Herbst (48.94) Lars Conrad[a]	3:37.05

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Therese Alshammar  Sweden	24.84	Martina Moravcová  Slovakia	25.09	Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus	25.24
100 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick  Germany	54.39 CR	Martina Moravcová  Slovakia	54.61	Alena Popchanka  Belarus	54.62
200 m freestyle	Franziska van Almsick  Germany	1:56.64 WR	Camelia Potec  Romania	1:57.80	Alena Popchanka  Belarus	1:57.91
400 m freestyle	Yana Klochkova  Ukraine	4:07.10 NR	Éva Risztov  Hungary	4:07.24 NR	Camelia Potec  Romania	4:09.49
800 m freestyle	Jana Henke  Germany	8:23.83	Éva Risztov  Hungary	8:28.06 NR	Hannah Stockbauer  Germany	8:30.97
50 m backstroke	Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain	28.58 CR	Sandra Völker  Germany	28.81	Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus	28.86
100 m backstroke	Stanislava Komarova  Russia	1:01.40	Sandra Völker  Germany	1:01.42	Antje Buschschulte  Germany	1:01.56
200 m backstroke	Stanislava Komarova  Russia	2:09.49	Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain	2:10.27	Iryna Amshennikova  Ukraine	2:11.59
50 m breaststroke	Emma Igelström  Sweden	31.17 CR	Svitlana Bondarenko  Ukraine	31.77	Yelena Bogomazova  Russia	32.10
100 m breaststroke	Emma Igelström  Sweden	1:07.87 CR	Svitlana Bondarenko  Ukraine	1:09.28	Yelena Bogomazova  Russia	1:09.53
200 m breaststroke	Mirna Jukić  Austria	2:25.83	Anne Poleska  Germany	2:27.37	Emma Igelström  Sweden	2:27.61
50 m butterfly	Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden	25.57 WR	Daniela Samulski  Germany	26.86	Chantal Groot  Netherlands	26.91
100 m butterfly	Martina Moravcová  Slovakia	57.20 CR	Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland	57.97	Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden	58.94
200 m butterfly	Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland	2:05.78 WR	Éva Risztov  Hungary	2:08.24	Annika Mehlhorn  Germany	2:09.37
200 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova  Ukraine	2:11.59 CR	Hanna Shcherba  Belarus	2:13.04	Alenka Kejžar  Slovenia	2:14.24
400 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova  Ukraine	4:35.10 CR	Éva Risztov  Hungary	4:36.17 NR	Nicole Hetzer  Germany	4:42.22
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Germany Katrin Meissner (54.82) Petra Dallmann (53.95) Sandra Völker (53.59) Franziska van Almsick (53.64) Alessa Ries[a] Meike Freitag[a] Britta Steffen[a]	3:36.00 WR	Sweden Josefin Lillhage (55.75) Johanna Sjöberg (55.57) Anna-Karin Kammerling (54.81) Therese Alshammar (54.53) Lisa Wanberg[a] Malin Svahnström[a] Cathrin Carlzon[a]	3:40.66	Netherlands Manon van Rooijen (55.83) Marleen Veldhuis (55.21) Chantal Groot (55.90) Wilma van Hofwegen (55.04)	3:41.98
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Germany Petra Dallmann (2:00.29) Alessa Ries (2:00.70) Hannah Stockbauer (2:00.18) Franziska van Almsick (1:57.90)	7:59.07	Spain Laura Roca (2:01.47) Melissa Caballero (2:01.88) Erika Villaécija (2:01.85) Tatiana Rouba (2:00.63)	8:05.83 NR	Sweden Josefin Lillhage (2:01.67) Johanna Sjöberg (2:01.61) Lisa Wanberg (2:02.96) Ida Mattsson (2:02.22)	8:08.46
4 × 100 m medley relay	Germany Antje Buschschulte (1:01.38) Simone Weiler (1:08.65) Franziska van Almsick (57.48) Sandra Völker (54.03) Daniela Samulski[a] Petra Dallmann[a]	4:01.64 ER	Sweden Therese Alshammar (1:04.33) Emma Igelström (1:08.16) Anna-Karin Kammerling (58.80) Johanna Sjöberg (54.86) Jennie Lindh[a] Josefin Lillhage[a]	4:06.15	Ukraine Iryna Amshennikova (1:02.34) Svitlana Bondarenko (1:08.91) Yana Klochkova (59.59) Olga Mukomol (55.38) Mariya Ohurtsova[a]	4:06.22 NR

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Luca Baldini (ITA)	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Stefano Rubaudo (ITA)
10 km open water	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	Yevgeniy Kochkarov (RUS)	Luca Baldini (ITA)
25 km open water	Yuri Kudinov (RUS)	Gilles Rondy (FRA)	David Meca (ESP)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Viola Valli (ITA)	Hanna Miluska (SUI)	Nadine Pastor (GER)
10 km open water	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Angela Maurer (GER)	Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km open water	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Olesiya Shalygina (RUS)	Natalia Pankina (RUS)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Nicola Marconi Italy	José Miguel Gil Spain	Christian Löffler Germany
3 m springboard	Dmitri Sautin Russia	Andreas Wels Germany	Vasiliy Lisovskiy Russia
10 m platform	Heiko Meyer Germany	Imre Lengyel Hungary	Aliaksandr Varlamau Belarus
3 m springboard synchro	Dmitri Baibakov Dmitri Sautin Russia	Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany	Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi Italy
10 m platform synchro	Anton Zakharov Roman Volodkov Ukraine	Imre Lengyel András Hajnal Hungary	Aliaksandr Varlamau Andrei Mamontov Belarus

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Heike Fischer Germany	Vera Ilyina Russia	Natalya Umyskova Russia
3 m springboard	Yuliya Pakhalina Russia	Ditte Kotzian Germany	Conny Schmalfuß Germany
10 m platform	Anke Piper Germany	Tania Cagnotto Italy	Olha Leonova Ukraine
3 m springboard synchro	Ditte Kotzian Conny Schmalfuß Germany	Vera Ilyina Yuliya Pakhalina Russia	Tania Cagnotto Maria Marconi Italy
10 m platform synchro	Ditte Kotzian Annett Gamm Germany	Olha Leonova Olena Zhupina Ukraine	Yevgeniya Olshevskaya Svetlana Timoshinina Russia

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo	Virginie Dedieu France	Anastasia Davydova Russia	Gemma Mengual Spain
Duet	Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova Russia	Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados Spain	Virginie Dedieu Myriam Glez France
Team	Russia Youlia Chestakovitch Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Elvira Khasyanova Elena Ovtchinnikova Anna Shorina Irina Tolkatcheva	Spain Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Gemma Mengual Ana Montero Irina Rodriguez Alicia Sanz Paola Tirados	Italy Eva Balzarotti Monica Cirulli Joey Paccagnella Elisa Plaisant Beatrice Spaziani Lorena Zaffalon Laura Zanazza Christina Zarfati

• Results
• Swim Rankings Results
• "LEN European Championships Aquatic finalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2020.