1938 European Aquatics Championships

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

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

Medal table

      Host nation

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	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
8	Belgium	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	17	49[1]

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.

1. Two bronze medals were awarded on the men's 100 metre backstroke event