1938 European Aquatics Championships

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.

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

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.