European Open Water Swimming Championships
The European Open Water Swimming Championships are sanctioned by LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation), the European governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming, and open water swimming. The European Open Water Swimming Championship organizes a 5 km solo, 5 km team pursuit, 10 km solo, and 25 km solo marathon swim at its championships.
Male Podium Finishers
1989 Stari Grad
5 km Gold: Igor Majcen (YUG)
5 km Silver: Jaromír Henyš (TCH)
5 km Bronze: Arthur de Rouw (NED)
25 km Gold: Nace Majcen (YUG)
25 km Silver: Michal Špaček (TCH)
25 km Bronze: Dragan Kvrgić (YUG)
1991 Terracina
5 km Gold: Stefano Rubaudo (ITA)
5 km Silver: Davide Giacchino (ITA)
5 km Bronze: Hans van Goor (NED)
25 km Gold: Christof Wandratsch (GER)
25 km Silver: Sergio Chiarandini (ITA)
25 km Bronze: Urs Kohlhaas (SUI)
1993 Slapy
5 km Gold: Marco Formentini (ITA)
5 km Silver: Claudio Gargaro (ITA)
5 km Bronze: Alex Havranek (CZE)
25 km Gold: Dario Taraboi (ITA)
25 km Silver: Hans van Goor (NED)
25 km Bronze: Attila Molnar (HUN)
1995 Vienna
5 km Gold: Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
5 km Silver: Christof Wandratsch (GER)
5 km Bronze: Samuele Pampana (ITA)
25 km Gold: Christof Wandratsch (GER)
25 km Silver: Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Stéphane Lecat (FRA)
1997 Sevilla
5 km Gold: Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
5 km Silver: Evgenij Bezručenko (RUS
5 km Bronze: Luca Baldini (ITA)
25 km Gold: Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
25 km Silver: Christof Wandratsch (GER) and Stéphane Lecat (FRA)
1999 Istanbul
5 km Gold: Evgenij Bezručenko (RUS)
5 km Silver: Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
5 km Bronze: Samuele Pampana (ITA)
25 km Gold: Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
25 km Silver: Anton Sanachev (RUS)
25 km Bronze: André Wilde (GER)
2000 Helsinki
5 km Gold: Luca Baldini (ITA)
5 km Silver: Fabio Venturini (ITA)
5 km Bronze: David Meca (ESP)
25 km Gold: Stéphane Lecat (FRA)
25 km Silver: David Meca (ESP)
25 km Bronze: Fabio Fusi (ITA)
2002 Berlin
5 km Gold: Luca Baldini (ITA)
5 km Silver: Thomas Lurz (GER)
5 km Bronze: Stefano Rubaudo (ITA)
10 km Gold: Vladimir D'jatčin (RUS)
10 km Silver: Evgenij Koškarov (RUS)
10 km Bronze: Luca Baldini (ITA)
25 km Gold: Yuri Kudinov (RUS)
25 km Silver: Gilles Rondy (FRA)
25 km Bronze: David Meca (ESP)
2004 Madrid
5 km Gold: Fabio Venturini (ITA)
5 km Silver: Alan Bircher (GBR)
5 km Bronze: Stefano Rubaudo (ITA)
10 km Gold: Evgenij Koškarov (RUS)
10 km Silver: Massimiliano Parla (ITA)
10 km Bronze: Anton Sanačev (RUS)
25 km Gold: Yevgeniy Kochkarov (RUS)
25 km Silver: David Meca (ESP)
25 km Bronze: Petar Stoychev (BUL)
2006 Budapest
5 km Gold: Thomas Lurz (GER)
5 km Silver: Christian Hein (GER)
5 km Bronze: Simone Ercoli (ITA)
10 km Gold: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Silver: Maarten van der Weijden (NED)
10 km Bronze: Christian Hein (GER)
25 km Gold: Gilles Rondy (FRA)
25 km Silver: Anton Sanachev (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Stéphane Gomez (FRA)
2008 Dubrovnik
5 km Gold: Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)
5 km Silver: Jan Wolfgarten (GER)
5 km Bronze: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Gold: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Silver: Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
10 km Bronze: Toni Franz (GER)
25 km Gold: Valerio Cleri (ITA)
25 km Silver: Joanes Hedel (FRA)
25 km Bronze: Dmitry Solovnev (RUS)
2010 Budapest
5 km Gold: Luca Ferretti (ITA)
5 km Silver: Simone Ercoli (ITA)
5 km Bronze: Simone Ruffini (ITA) and Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)
10 km Gold: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Silver: Valerio Cleri (ITA)
10 km Bronze: Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
25 km Gold: Valerio Cleri (ITA)
25 km Silver: Bertrand Venturi (FRA)
25 km Bronze: Joanes Hedel (FRA)
2011 Eilat
5 km Gold: Simone Ercoli (ITA)
5 km Silver: Jan Wolfgarten (GER)
5 km Bronze: Michael Dmitriev (ISR)
10 km Gold: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Silver: Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)
10 km Bronze: Igor Snitko (UKR)
25 km Gold: Brian Ryckeman (BEL)
25 km Silver: Petar Stoychev (BUL)
25 km Bronze: Joanes Hedel (FRA)
2012 Piombino
5 km Gold: Kirill Abrosimov (RUS)
5 km Silver: Andreas Waschburger (GER)
5 km Bronze: Luca Ferretti (ITA)
10 km Gold: Kyrill Abrosimov (RUS)
10 km Silver: Andreas Waschburger (GER)
10 km Bronze: Nicola Bolzonello (ITA)
25 km Gold: Petar Stoychev (BUL)
25 km Silver: Arseniy Lavrentyev (POR)
25 km Bronze: Axel Reymond (FRA)
2014 Berlin
5 km Gold: Daniel Fogg (GBR)
5 km Silver: Rob Muffels (GER)
5 km Bronze: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Gold: Ferry Weertman (NED)
10 km Silver: Thomas Lurz (GER)
10 km Bronze: Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
25 km Gold: Axel Reymond (FRA)
25 km Silver: Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Edoardo Stochino (ITA)
2016 Hoorn
5 km Gold: Kirill Abrosimov (RUS)
5 km Silver: Federico Vanelli (ITA)
5 km Bronze: Caleb Hughes (GBR)
10 km Gold: Ferry Weertman (NED)
10 km Silver: Jack Burnell (GBR)
10 km Bronze: Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)
25 km Gold: Axel Reymond (FRA)
25 km Silver: Matteo Furlan (ITA)
25 km Bronze: Edoardo Stochino (ITA)
2018 Glasgow
5 km Gold: Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN)
5 km Silver: Axel Reymond (FRA)
5 km Bronze: Logan Fontaine (FRA)
10 km Gold: Ferry Weertman (NED)
10 km Silver: Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN)
10 km Bronze: Rob Muffels (GER)
25 km Gold: Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN)
25 km Silver: Kirill Belyaev (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Matteo Furlan (ITA)
Female Podium Finishers
1989 Stari Grad
5 km Gold: Anamarija Petričević (YUG)
5 km Silver: Wandy Kater (NED)
5 km Bronze: Tanja Godina (YUG)
25 km Gold: Rita Lazar (HUN)
25 km Silver: Diana Simonović (YUG)
25 km Bronze: Annemie Landmeters (BEL)
1991 Terracina
5 km Gold: Bea Berzlanovits (HUN)
5 km Silver: Yvetta Hlaváčová (TCH)
5 km Bronze: Mara Data (ITA)
25 km Gold: Eliane Fieschi (SUI)
25 km Silver: Samantha Cavadini (SUI)
25 km Bronze: Rita Kovács (HUN)
1993 Slapy
5 km Gold: Olga Šplíchalová (CZE)
5 km Silver: Carla Geurts (NED)
5 km Bronze: Eva Novaková (CZE)
25 km Gold: Anne Chagnaud (FRA)
25 km Silver: Gea Veldhuizen (NED)
25 km Bronze: Wandy Kater (NED)
1995 Vienna
5 km Gold: Rita Kovács (HUN)
5 km Silver: Peggy Büchse (GER)
5 km Bronze: Valeria Casprini (ITA)
25 km Gold: Peggy Büchse (GER)
25 km Silver: Edith van Dijk (NED)
25 km Bronze: Yvetta Hlaváčová (CZE)
1997 Sevilla
5 km Gold: Peggy Büchse (GER)
5 km Silver: Valeria Casprini (ITA)
5 km Bronze: Rita Kovács (HUN)
25 km Gold: Rita Kovács (HUN)
25 km Silver: Valeria Casprini (ITA)
25 km Bronze: Edith van Dijk (NED)
1999 Istanbul
5 km Gold: Peggy Büchse (GER)
5 km Silver: Viola Valli (ITA)
5 km Bronze: Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km Gold: Olga Gusseva (RUS)
25 km Silver: Angela Maurer (GER)
25 km Bronze: Britta Kamrau (GER)
2000 Helsinki
5 km Gold: Peggy Büchse (GER)
5 km Silver: Britta Kamrau (GER)
5 km Bronze: Jana Pechanová (CZE)
25 km Gold: Peggy Büchse (GER)
25 km Silver: Edith van Dijk (NED)
25 km Bronze: Valeria Casprini (ITA)
2002 Berlin
5 km Gold: Viola Valli (ITA)
5 km Silver: Hanna Miluska (SUI)
5 km Bronze: Nadine Pastor (GER)
10 km Gold: Edith van Dijk (NED)
10 km Silver: Angela Maurer (GER)
10 km Bronze: Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km Gold: Edith van Dijk (NED)
25 km Silver: Olesiya Shalygina (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Natalia Pankina (RUS)
2004 Madrid
5 km Gold: Britta Kamrau (GER)
5 km Silver: Stefanie Biller (GER)
5 km Bronze: Xenia López (ESP)
10 km Gold: Britta Kamrau (GER)
10 km Silver: Marta Nogues (ESP)
10 km Bronze: Angela Maurer (GER)
25 km Gold: Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km Silver: Natalia Pankina (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Ivanka Moralieva (BUL)
2006 Budapest
5 km Gold: Ekaterina Seliverstova (RUS)
5 km Silver: Cathi Dietrich (FRA)
5 km Bronze: Jana Pechanová (CZE) and Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)
10 km Gold: Angela Maurer (GER)
10 km Silver: Rita Kovács (HUN)
10 km Bronze: Jana Pechanová (CZE)
25 km Gold: Angela Maurer (GER)
25 km Silver: Natalia Pankina (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Stefanie Biller (GER)
2008 Dubrovnik
5 km Gold: Rachele Bruni (ITA)
5 km Silver: Britta Kamrau (GER)
5 km Bronze: Alice Franco (ITA)
10 km Gold: Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)
10 km Silver: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
10 km Bronze: Alice Franco (ITA)
25 km Gold: Margarita Dominguez (ESP)
25 km Silver: Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km Bronze: Anna Uvarova (RUS)
2010 Budapest
5 km Gold: Ekaterina Seliverstova (RUS)
5 km Silver: Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)
5 km Bronze: Marianna Lymperta (GRE)
10 km Gold: Linsy Heister (NED)
10 km Silver: Giorgia Consiglio (ITA)
10 km Bronze: Angela Maurer (GER)
25 km Gold: Olga Beresnyeva (UKR)
25 Silver: Angela Maurer (GER)
25 km Bronze: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
2011 Eilat
5 km Gold: Rachele Bruni (ITA)
5 km Silver: Jana Pechanová (CZE)
5 km Bronze: Coralie Codevelle (FRA)
10 km Gold: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
10 km Silver: Rachele Bruni (ITA)
10 km Bronze: Nadine Reichert (GER)
25 km Gold: Alice Franco (ITA)
25 km Silver: Margarita Dominguez (ESP)
25 km Bronze: Jana Pechanová (CZE)
2012 Piombino
5 km Gold: Rachele Bruni (ITA)
5 km Silver: Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)
5 km Bronze: Jana Pechanová (CZE)
10 km Gold: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
10 km Silver: Angela Maurer (GER)
10 km Bronze: Jana Pechanová (CZE)
25 km Gold: Alice Franco (ITA)
25 km Silver: Margarita Dominguez (ESP)
25 km Bronze: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
2014 Berlin
5 km Gold: Isabelle Härle (GER)
5 km Silver: Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
5 km Bronze: Mireia Belmonte (ESP)
10 km Gold: Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
10 km Silver: Éva Risztov (HUN)
10 km Bronze: Aurora Ponselè (ITA)
25 km Gold: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
25 km Silver: Anna Olasz (HUN)
25 km Bronze: Angela Maurer (GER)
2016 Hoorn
5 km Gold: Danielle Huskisson (GBR)
5 km Silver: Finnia Wunram (GER)
5 km Bronze: Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
10 km Gold: Rachele Bruni (ITA) and Aurélie Muller (FRA)
10 km Silver: None awarded
10 km Bronze: Arianna Bridi (ITA)
25 km Gold: Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
25 km Silver: Olga Kozydub (RUS)
25 km Bronze: Caroline Jouisse (FRA)
2018 Glasgow
5 km Gold: Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
5 km Silver: Leonie Beck (GER)
5 km Bronze: Rachele Bruni (ITA)
10 km Gold: Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
10 km Silver: Giulia Gabbrielleschi (ITA)
10 km Bronze: Esmee Vermeulen (NED)
25 km Gold: Arianna Bridi (ITA)
25 km Silver: Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
25 km Bronze: Lara Grangeon (FRA)
External links
- Paula Ruiz Wins World Junior Open Water Championships
- Xiaohan Liu Wins World Junior Open Water Championships
- Daniil Orlov Wins World Junior Open Water Championships
- Logan Fontaine Wins World Junior Open Water Championships
- LEN website
- List Of Marathon Swims Around The World
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Calm Before The Storm In Eilat