1997 European Open Water Swimming Championships

1997 European Open Water Swimming Championships

Host city	Sevilla
Country	Spain
Events	4
Opening	19 August 1997 (1997-08-19)
Closing	24 August 1997 (1997-08-24)
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The 1997 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the fifth edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (was part of the 1997 European Aquatics Championships) and took part from 19–24 August 1997 in Sevilla, Spain.^[1]

Results

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)	Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS)	Luca Baldini (ITA)
25 km open water	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)	Christof Wandratsch (GER)  Stéphane Lecat (FRA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Peggy Büchse (GER)	Valeria Casprini (ITA)	Rita Kovács (HUN)
25 km open water	Rita Kovács (HUN)	Valeria Casprini (ITA)	Edith van Dijk (NED)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	1	0	3
2	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
3	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	2
4	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	5	3	12

See also

• 1997 European Aquatics Championships
• List of medalists at the European Open Water Swimming Championships

References

External links

• Ligue Européenne de Natation LEN Official Website