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Swimming at the 1st European Games | |
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Venue | Baku Aquatics Centre |
Dates | 23–27 June 2015 |
Competitors | 526 [1] |
swimming events were included at the inaugural 2015 European Games took place at the Baku Aquatics Centre, Baku 42 events were contested in long course conditions. Swimming was not included in the earliest list of sports confirmed for the 2015 Games, as the European swimming authorities at that stage were minded not to take part. However, following negotiations with the organising authorities, a compromise was reached whereby, in 2015, these events were for junior swimmers only - in effect, under 18 for men, under 16 for women.
In effect, therefore, the swimming portion of the 2015 European Games doubled as the 2015 European Junior Swimming Championships. Swimming events did not return for the 2019 Games in Minsk.
A number of non-Olympic distances have been raced, in addition to a full Olympic programme. The 50 metre sprint in backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly will be held for both genders, the 800 metre freestyle for men, the 1500 metre freestyle for women and mixed gender 4 x 100 metre relays, both freestyle and medley.
Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
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I | 2015 | 42 | ![]() |
II | 2019 | not contested | |
III | 2023 | ||
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Ziv Kalontorov ![]() | Giovanni Izzo ![]() | Aleksei Brianskiy ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Duncan Scott ![]() | Alessandro Miressi ![]() | Vladislav Kozlov ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Duncan Scott ![]() | Cameron Kurle ![]() | Elisei Stepanov ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Paul Hentschel ![]() | Dimitrios Dimitriou ![]() | Ernest Maksumov ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Nicolas D'Oriano ![]() | Marcos Rodríguez ![]() | Henning Mühlleitner ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Nicolas D'Oriano ![]() | Ernest Maksumov ![]() | Marc Hinawi ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Filipp Shopin ![]() | Marek Ulrich ![]() | Andrii Khloptsov ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Luke Greenbank ![]() | Filipp Shopin ![]() | Marek Ulrich ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Luke Greenbank ![]() | Mikita Tsmyh ![]() | Roman Larin ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Andrius Šidlauskas ![]() | Nikola Obrovac ![]() | Tobias Bjerg ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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2015 Baku | Anton Chupkov ![]() | Andrius Šidlauskas ![]() | Charlie Attwood ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Anton Chupkov ![]() | Kirill Mordashev ![]() | Luke Davies ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Andrii Khloptsov ![]() | Paweł Sendyk ![]() | Daniil Pakhomov ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Daniil Pakhomov ![]() | Alberto Lozano ![]() | Daniil Antipov ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Daniil Pakhomov ![]() | Giacomo Carini ![]() | Matthias Marsau ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Sebastian Steffan ![]() | Jarvis Parkinson ![]() | Martyn Walton ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Nikolay Sokolov ![]() | Igor Balyberdin ![]() | Karol Zbutowicz ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | ![]() Duncan Scott Martyn Walton Daniel Speers Cameron Kurle Thomas Fannon | ![]() Alessandro Miressi Giovanni Izzo Ivano Vendrame Alessandro Bori Manuel Frigo | ![]() Vladislav Kozlov Aleksei Brianskiy Elisei Stepanov Igor Shadrin Georg Gutmann Sergei Sudakov |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | ![]() Aleksandr Prokofev Nikolay Snegirev Ernest Maksumov Elisei Stepanov Igor Shadrin Daniil Antipov | ![]() Duncan Scott Martyn Walton Kyle Chisholm Cameron Kurle | ![]() Paul Hentschel Henning Mühlleitner Konstantin Walter Moritz Brandt Alexander Lohmar Thore Bermel |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Maria Kameneva ![]() | Marrit Steenbergen ![]() | Julie Kepp Jensen ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Marrit Steenbergen ![]() | Arina Openysheva ![]() | Maria Kameneva ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Arina Openysheva ![]() | Marrit Steenbergen ![]() | Leonie Kullmann ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Arina Openysheva ![]() | Leonie Kullmann ![]() | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Holly Hibbott ![]() | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova ![]() | Marina Castro Atalaya ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Sveva Schiazzano ![]() | Janka Juhász ![]() | Marina Castro Atalaya ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Caroline Pilhatsch ![]() | Pauline Mahieu ![]() | Maria Kameneva ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Polina Egorova ![]() | Maria Kameneva ![]() | Pauline Mahieu ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Polina Egorova ![]() | Maxime Wolters ![]() | Maryna Kolesnykova ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Maria Astashkina ![]() | Laura Kelsch ![]() | Nolwenn Hervé ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Maria Astashkina ![]() | Giuila Verona ![]() | Daria Chikunova ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Maria Astashkina ![]() | Giuila Verona ![]() | Layla Black ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Polina Egorova ![]() | Caroline Pilhatsch ![]() | Julie Kepp Jensen ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Polina Egorova ![]() | Amelia Clynes ![]() | Ilektra Lebl ![]() Laura Stephens ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Julia Mrozinski ![]() | Elisa Scarpa Vidal ![]() | Boglárka Bonecz ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Maxime Wolters ![]() | Ilaria Cusinato ![]() | Abbie Wood ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | Abbie Wood ![]() | Ilaria Cusinato ![]() | Anja Crevar ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 Baku | ![]() Arina Openysheva Vasilissa Buinaia Olesia Cherniatina Maria Kameneva Polina Egorova Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | ![]() Pien Schravesande Frederique Janssen Laura van Engelen Marrit Steenbergen Josien Wijkhuijs | ![]() Darcy Deakin Madeleine Crompton Hannah Featherstone Georgia Coates Holly Hibbott |
Russia is by far the most successful swimming nation at the European Games with 23 gold medals out of 42 events. Great Britain and Germany follow with seven and three gold medals respectively.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 23 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 42 | 42 | 43 | 127 |
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