1985 European Aquatics Championships

The 1985 European Aquatics Championships were held in "Cherveno zname" swim complex in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 August until 11 August 1985. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. The first ever women's tournament at the European Championships was played in Oslo, Norway.

Medal table

  Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany 17 17 6 40
2  Soviet Union 7 4 6 17
3  West Germany 6 4 7 17
4  Great Britain 2 3 1 6
5  France 2 2 0 4
6  Hungary 2 1 0 3
7  Bulgaria 1 2 4 7
8  Netherlands 1 1 6 8
9  Austria 1 0 1 2
10  Sweden 0 1 3 4
11  Czechoslovakia 0 1 1 2
12  Denmark 0 1 0 1
12  Portugal 0 1 0 1
12  Yugoslavia 0 1 0 1
15  Italy 0 0 2 2
15   Switzerland 0 0 2 2
Total 39 39 39 117

Swimming

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  Stéphan Caron (FRA)  Jörg Woithe (GDR)  Stefan Volery (SUI)
200 m freestyle  Michael Groß (FRG)  Sven Lodziewski (GDR)  Tommy Werner (SWE)
400 m freestyle  Uwe Dassler (GDR)  Sven Lodziewski (GDR)  Rainer Henkel (FRG)
1500 m freestyle  Uwe Dassler (GDR)  Rainer Henkel (FRG)  Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG)
100 m backstroke  Igor Polyansky (URS)  Dirk Richter (GDR)  Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)
200 m backstroke  Igor Polyansky (URS)  Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)  Frank Baltrusch (GDR)
100 m breaststroke  Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)  Rolf Beab (FRG)  Dmitry Volkov (URS)
200 m breaststroke  Dmitry Volkov (URS)  Alexandre Yokochi (POR)  Étienne Dagon (SUI)
100 m butterfly  Michael Groß (FRG)  Andy Jameson (GBR)  Marcel Gery (TCH)
200 m butterfly  Michael Groß (FRG)  Benny Nielsen (DEN)  Frank Drost (NED)
200 m individual medley  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)  Josef Hladký (TCH)  Peter Bermel (FRG)
400 m individual medley  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)  Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS)  Raik Hannemann (GDR)
4×100 m freestyle relay  West Germany
Alexander Schowtka
Thomas Fahrner
Dirk Korthals
Michael Groß
 East Germany
Dirk Richter
Sven Lodziewski
Lars Hinneburg
Jörg Woithe
 Sweden
Tommy Werner
Michael Söderlund
Bengt Baron
Per Johansson
4×200 m freestyle relay  West Germany
Alexander Schowtka
Michael Groß
André Schadt
Thomas Fahrner
 Sweden
Anders Holmertz
Per Johansson
Michael Söderlund
Tommy Werner
 Netherlands
Edsard Schlingemann
Hans Kroes
Patrick Dybiona
Frank Drost
4×100 m medley relay  West Germany
Thomas Lebherz
Rolf Beab
Michael Groß
Alexander Schowtka
 East Germany
Dirk Richter
Ingo Grzywotz
Thomas Dressler
Jörg Woithe
 Italy
Mauro Marini
Gianni Minervini
Fabrizio Rampazzo
Andrea Ceccarini

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  Heike Friedrich (GDR)  Manuela Stellmach (GDR)  Conny van Bentum (NED)
200 m freestyle  Heike Friedrich (GDR)  Manuela Stellmach (GDR)  Vania Argirova (BUL)
400 m freestyle  Astrid Strauss (GDR)  Anke Möhring (GDR)  Yelena Dendeberova (URS)
800 m freestyle  Astrid Strauss (GDR)  Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)  Anke Möhring (GDR)
100 m backstroke  Birte Weigang (GDR)  Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)  Natalya Shibayeva (URS)
200 m backstroke  Cornelia Sirch (GDR)  Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)  Jolanda de Rover (NED)
100 m breaststroke  Sylvia Gerasch (GDR)  Silke Hörner (GDR)  Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
200 m breaststroke  Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)  Sylvia Gerasch (GDR)  Silke Hörner (GDR)
100 m butterfly  Kornelia Gressler (GDR)  Birte Weigang (GDR)  Tatyana Kurnikova (URS)
200 m butterfly  Jacqueline Alex (GDR)  Kornelia Gressler (GDR)  Petra Zindler (FRG)
200 m individual medley  Kathleen Nord (GDR)  Sonia Blagoeva (BUL)  Susanne Börnike (GDR)
400 m individual medley  Kathleen Nord (GDR)  Cornelia Sirch (GDR)  Sonia Blagoeva (BUL)
4×100 m freestyle relay  East Germany
Astrid Strauss
Karen König
Manuela Stellmach
Heike Friedrich
 Germany
Iris Zscherpe
Susanne Schuster
Christiane Pielke
Karin Seick
 Netherlands
Conny van Bentum
Ilse Oegama
Karin Brienesse
Annemarie Verstappen
4×200 m freestyle relay  East Germany
Astrid Strauss
Karen König
Manuela Stellmach
Heike Friedrich
 Netherlands
Jolande van der Meer
Ilse Oegama
Mildred Muis
Conny van Bentum
 Sweden
Suzanne Nilsson
Maria Kardum
Agneta Eriksson
Eva Nyberg
4×100 m medley relay  East Germany
Birte Weigang
Sylvia Gerasch
Kornelia Gressler
Heike Friedrich
 Soviet Union
Natalya Shibaeva
Svetlana Kuzmina
Tatyana Kurnikova
Yelena Dendeberova
 Bulgaria
Bistra Gospodinova
Tanya Bogomilova
Radovesta Pironkova
Vania Argirova

Diving

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Nikolay Droshin (URS)  Petar Georgiev (BUL)  Dieter Dörr (FRG)
10 m platform  Thomas Knuths (GDR)  Albin Killat (FRG)  Domenico Rinaldo (ITA)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Zhanna Tsirulnikova (URS)  Irina Sidorova (URS)  Brita Baldus (GDR)
10 m platform  Anzhela Stasyulevich (URS)  Ramona Pätow-Wenzel (GDR)  Alla Lobankina (URS)

Synchronized swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo  Carolyn Wilson (GBR)  Muriel Hermine (FRA)  Alexandra Worisch (AUT)
Duet  Eva-Maria Edinger (AUT)
 Alexandra Worisch (AUT)
 Muriel Hermine (FRA)
 Pascale Besson (FRA)
 Amanda Dodd (GBR)
 Carolyn Wilson (GBR)
Team competition  France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Netherlands (NED)

Water polo

Men's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team competition  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  West Germany

Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team competition  Netherlands  Hungary  West Germany

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