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)
← Madenburg 1934 Monte Carlo 1947 →

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 details	Erhard Weiß Germany	148.02	Fritz Haster Germany	137.50	Frederick Hodges  Great Britain	132.52
10 m highboard details	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 details	Betty Slade  Great Britain	103.60	Gerda Daumerlang Germany	102.28	Edna Child  Great Britain	100.40
10 m highboard details	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 details	Kees Hoving  Netherlands	59.8	Frederick Dove  Great Britain	1:00.6	István Kőrösi Hungary	1:01.2
400 m freestyle details	Björn Borg  Sweden	4:51.6	Werner Plath Germany	4:56.2	Norman Wainwright  Great Britain	4:56.3
1500 m freestyle details	Björn Borg  Sweden	19:55.6	Bob Leivers  Great Britain	19:57.0	Heinz Arendt Germany	20:12.6
100 m backstroke details	Heinz Schlauch Germany	1:09.0	Gerhard Nüsske Germany	1:10.8	Árpád Lengyel Hungary Stans Scheffer NED	1:12.0
200 m breaststroke details	Joachim Balke Germany	2:45.8	Erwin Sietas Germany	2:45.9	Anton Cerer  Yugoslavia	2:47.6
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	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 details	Ragnhild Hveger  Denmark	1:06.2	Birte Ove-Petersen  Denmark	1:06.8	Rie van Veen  Netherlands	1:08.4
400 m freestyle details	Ragnhild Hveger  Denmark	5:09.0	Rie van Veen  Netherlands	5:27.7	Fernande Caroen  Belgium	5:33.4
100 m backstroke details	Cor Kint  Netherlands	1:15.0	Iet van Feggelen  Netherlands	1:15.9	Birte Ove-Petersen  Denmark	1:17.0
200 m breaststroke details	Inge Sørensen  Denmark	3:05.4	Doris Storey  Great Britain	3:06.0	Jopie Waalberg  Netherlands	3:06.2
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	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 details	Hungary	Germany	Netherlands

See also

• List of European Championships records in swimming