1938 European Aquatics Championships

The 1938 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 6–13 August 1938 in London, United Kingdom.

5th European Aquatics Championships

Host city	London
Country	United Kingdom
Events	16
Opening	6 August 1938 (1938-08-06)
Closing	13 August 1938 (1938-08-13)

Empire Pool Wembley on the first day of the 1938 European Aquatics Championships. London, 6 August 1938.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	7	2	14
2	Denmark	5	1	1	7
3	Netherlands	2	3	4	9
4	Sweden	2	1	0	3
5	Great Britain*	1	3	5	9
6	Hungary	1	0	3	4
7	France	0	1	0	1
8	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		16	16	17	49

Medal summary

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Erhard Weiß Germany	148.02	Fritz Haster Germany	137.50	Frederick Hodges Great Britain	132.52
10 m highboard	Erhard Weiß Germany	124.67	Hans Kitzig Germany	121.53	László Hidvégi Hungary	107.22

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Betty Slade Great Britain	103.60	Gerda Daumerlang Germany	102.28	Edna Child Great Britain	100.40
10 m highboard	Inge Beeken Denmark	37.09	Ann-Margret Nirling Sweden	36.92	Suse Heinze Germany	36.39

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kees Hoving Netherlands	59.8	Frederick Dove Great Britain	1:00.6	István Kőrösi Hungary	1:01.2
400 m freestyle	Björn Borg Sweden	4:51.6	Werner Plath Germany	4:56.2	Norman Wainwright Great Britain	4:56.3
1500 m freestyle	Björn Borg Sweden	19:55.6	Bob Leivers Great Britain	19:57.0	Heinz Arendt Germany	20:12.6
100 m backstroke	Heinz Schlauch Germany	1:09.0	Gerhard Nüsske Germany	1:10.8	Árpád Lengyel Hungary Stans Scheffer NED	1:12.0
200 m breaststroke	Joachim Balke Germany	2:45.8	Erwin Sietas Germany	2:45.9	Anton Cerer Yugoslavia	2:47.6
4×200 m freestyle relay	Germany Werner Birr Wolfgang Heimlich Hans Freese Werner Plath	9:17.6	France Roland Pallard Christian Talli René Cavalero Alfred Nakache	9:22.6	Great Britain Frederick Dove Kenneth Deane Bob Leivers Norman Wainwright	9:24.6

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Ragnhild Hveger Denmark	1:06.2	Birte Ove-Petersen Denmark	1:06.8	Rie van Veen Netherlands	1:08.4
400 m freestyle	Ragnhild Hveger Denmark	5:09.0	Rie van Veen Netherlands	5:27.7	Fernande Caroen Belgium	5:33.4
100 m backstroke	Cor Kint Netherlands	1:15.0	Iet van Feggelen Netherlands	1:15.9	Birte Ove-Petersen Denmark	1:17.0
200 m breaststroke	Inge Sørensen Denmark	3:05.4	Doris Storey Great Britain	3:06.0	Jopie Waalberg Netherlands	3:06.2
4×100 m freestyle relay	Denmark Eva Arndt Riise Gunvor Kraft Birte Ove-Petersen Ragnhild Hveger	4:31.6	Netherlands Alie Stijl Trude Malcorps Rie van Veen Willy den Ouden	4:39.5	Great Britain Zilpha Grant Joyce Harrowby Margery Hinton Olive Wadham	4:51.4

Water polo

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Hungary	Germany	Netherlands

See also

• List of European Championships records in swimming

References

• "European Swimming Championships (Men)". GBRSPORTS.COM.
• "European Swimming Championships (Women)". GBRSPORTS.COM.