1947 European Aquatics Championships

The 1947 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 10–14 September 1947 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

6th European Aquatics Championships

Host city	Monte Carlo
Country	Monaco
Events	16
Opening	10 September 1947 (1947-09-10)
Closing	14 September 1947 (1947-09-14)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	6	1	1	8
2	Denmark	5	0	1	6
3	Hungary	1	5	4	10
4	Sweden	1	4	0	5
5	Great Britain	1	2	2	5
	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
7	Italy	1	0	0	1
8	Austria	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
10	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		16	16	16	48

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Roger Heinkele France	126.71	Svante Johansson Sweden	118.88	László Hidvégi Hungary	114.50
10 m platform	Thomas Christiansen Denmark	105.55	Lennart Brunnhage Sweden	98.85	Louis Marchant Great Britain	95.32

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Madeleine Moreau France	100.43	Alma Staudinger Austria	90.67	Jeannette Aubert-Pinel France	86.78
10 m platform	Nicole Pellissard France	60.03	Eileen Szagot Hungary	59.86	Alma Staudinger Austria	58.02

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Alexandre Jany France	56.9	Per-Olof Olsson Sweden	58.8	Elemér Szathmáry Hungary	59.6
400 m freestyle	Alexandre Jany France	4:35.2	György Mitró Hungary	4:50.4	Miloslav Bartušek Czechoslovakia	4:51.4
1500 m freestyle	György Mitró Hungary	19:28.0	Ferenc Vörös Hungary	20:07.0	Marijan Stipetić Yugoslavia	20:08.5
100 m backstroke	Georges Vallerey France	1:07.6	Gyula Valent Hungary	1:10.5	Jirí Kovár Czechoslovakia	1:10.5
200 m breaststroke	Roy Romain Great Britain	2:40.1	Anton Cerer Yugoslavia	2:41.6	Sándor Németh Hungary	2:46.2
4×200 m freestyle relay	Sweden Per-Olof Olsson Martin Lundén Per-Olof Östrand Olle Johansson	9:00.5	France Alexandre Jany Charles Babey Georges Vallerey Jean Vallerey	9:00.7	Hungary Imre Nyéki Géza Kadas György Mitro Elemer Szathmary	9:01.0

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Fritzie Nathansen Denmark	1:07.8	Hannie Termeulen Netherlands	1:08.1	Greta Andersen Denmark	1:08.3
400 m freestyle	Karen Margrete Harup Denmark	5:18.2	Catherine Gibson Great Britain	5:19.8	Fernande Caroen Belgium	5:20.9
100 m backstroke	Karen Margrete Harup Denmark	1:15.9	Catherine Gibson Great Britain	1:16.5	Iet van Feggelen Netherlands	1:18.0
200 m breaststroke	Nel van Vliet Netherlands	2:56.6	Éva Székely Hungary	2:57.9	Jannie de Groot Netherlands	3:00.5
4×100 m freestyle relay	Denmark Elvi Svendsen Karen Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Nathansen	4:32.3	Netherlands Margot Marsman Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Hannie Termeulen	4:36.0	Great Britain Catherine Gibson Lillian Preece Nancy Riach Margaret Wellington	4:37.1

Water polo

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Italy	Sweden	Belgium

See also

• List of European Championships records in swimming