The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.

Competition dates by discipline were:Programme for 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15. Swimming: 31 July – 6 August Diving: 1–6 August Synchro: 26–30 July Open Water: 26–30 July

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Swimming Schedule Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August.Swimming schedule for the 2006 European Swimming Championships; published by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-15. All swimming events contested in a long-course (50 m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was: 200 m and under: prelims/semifinals/finals—preliminary heats and semifinals were held on the same day (morning then evening), with finals of the event on the next evening. 400 m and longer: prelims/finals. In the 400 m, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, prelims and finals were held on the same day. In the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m events, prelims were held in the morning of day 1 of the event, with finals of the event in the evening session of day 2.

Event order for evening sessions was: Date Monday 31 July 2006 Tuesday 1 August 2006 Wednesday 2 August 2006 Thursday 3 August 2006 Events 400 free (m) 50 fly (w) – semis 100 back (m) – semis 400 IM (w) 100 breast (m) – semis 200 back (w) – semis 50 fly (m) – semis 4 × 100 Free Relay (w) 4 × 100 Free Relay (m) 50 fly (m) 100 free (w) – semis 100 back (m) 50 fly (w) 100 breast (m) 100 breast (w) – semis 200 IM (m) – semis 200 back (w) 200 free (m) – semis 800 free (w) 200 breast (m) – semis 200 IM (w) – semis 200 free (m) 100 breast (w) 200 fly (m) – semis 100 free (w) 200 IM (m) 100 back (w) – semis 50 back (m) – semis 200 IM (w) 100 free (m) – semis 100 fly (w) – semis 200 breast (m) 100 back (w) 200 fly (m) 200 breast (w) – semis 50 back (m) 4 × 200 Free Relay (w) Date Friday 4 August 2006 Saturday 5 August 2006 Sunday 6 August 2006 Events 1500 free (m) 200 free (w) – semis 100 fly (m) – semis 200 breast (w) 100 free (m) 50 back (w) – semis 200 back (m) – semis 100 fly (w) 50 breast (m) – semis 50 breast (w) – semis 100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 50 free (m) – semis 50 back (w) 200 back (m) 200 fly (w) – semis 50 breast (m) 50 free (w) – semis 4 × 200 Free Relay (m) 50 free (w) 50 free (m) 50 breast (w) 200 fly (w) 400 IM (m) 400 free (w) 4 × 100 Medley Relay (w) 4 × 100 Medley Relay (m)

Results Men's Events 50 m freestyle Bartosz Kizierowski   Poland 21.88  CR Oleksandr Volynets   Ukraine 21.97 Duje Draganja   Croatia 22.14100 m freestyle Filippo Magnini   Italy 48.79 Stefan Nystrand   Sweden 48.91 Pieter vd Hoogenband   Netherlands 48.94200 m freestyle Pieter vd Hoogenband   Netherlands 1:45.65 Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy 1:47.02 Filippo Magnini   Italy 1:47.57400 m freestyle Yury Prilukov   Russia 3:45.73  CR Massimiliano Rosolino   Italy 3:46.87 Nicolas Rostoucher   France 3:47.041500 m freestyle Yury Prilukov   Russia 14:51.93  CR Sébastien Rouault   France 14:55.73 Nicolas Rostoucher   France 15:01.8250 m backstroke Helge Meeuw   Germany 25.06 Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Greece 25.14 Matthew Clay   Great Britain 25.15100 m backstroke Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 53.50  CR Markus Rogan   Austria 54.07 Aristeidis Grigoriadis   Greece 54.34200 m backstroke Arkady Vyatchanin   Russia 1:55.44   ER, CR László Cseh   Hungary 1:56.69 Răzvan Florea   Romania 1:57.8350 m breaststroke Oleg Lisogor   Ukraine Alessandro Terrin   Italy 27.48   not awarded Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.87100 m breaststroke Roman Sloudnov   Russia 1:00.61 Alexander Dale Oen   Norway 1:00.63 Oleg Lisogor   Ukraine 1:00.64200 m breaststroke Sławomir Kuczko   Poland 2:12.12 Paolo Bossini   Italy 2:12.35 Kristopher Gilchrist   Great Britain 2:13.2150 m butterfly Sergiy Breus   Ukraine 23.41  CR Duje Draganja   Croatia 23.62 Jakob Andkjær   Denmark Andriy Serdinov   Ukraine 23.77100 m butterfly Andriy Serdinov   Ukraine 51.95 Amaury Leveaux   France 52.76 Nikolay Skvortsov   Russia 52.96200 m butterfly Paweł Korzeniowski   Poland 1:55.04  CR Ioannis Drymonakos   Greece 1:57.03 Nikolay Skvortsov   Russia 1:57.12200 m individual medley László Cseh   Hungary 1:58.17  CR Alessio Boggiatto   Italy 2:00.14 Tamás Kerékjártó   Hungary 2:00.17400 m individual medley László Cseh   Hungary 4:09.86   CR Luca Marin   Italy 4:14.15 Alessio Boggiatto   Italy 4:16.344 × 100 m   freestyle relay Alessandro CalviChristian GalendaLorenzo VismaraFilippo Magnini Italy 3:15.23   CR Evgeny LagunovAndrey GrechinIvan UsovAndrey Kapralov Russia 3:16.47 Alain BernardGrégory MalletFabien GilotAmaury Leveaux France 3:16.534 × 200 m   freestyle relay Massimiliano RosolinoDavid BerbottoNicola CassioFilippo Magnini Italy 7:09.60   CR David CarrySimon BurnettAndrew HunterRoss Davenport Great Britain 7:11.63 Andreas ZisimosGeorgios DemetisDimitrios ManganasNikolaos Xylouris Greece 7:16.674 × 100 m   medley relay Arkady VyatchaninRoman SloudnovNikolay SkvortsovAndrey Kapralov Russia 3:34.96   CR Andriy OleynykOleg LisogorAndriy SerdinovYuriy Yegoshin Ukraine 3:36.21 Liam TancockJames GibsonTodd CooperSimon Burnett Great Britain 3:36.61

Women's Events 50 m freestyle Britta Steffen   Germany 24.72 Therese Alshammar   Sweden 24.87 Marleen Veldhuis   Netherlands 24.89100 m freestyle Britta Steffen   Germany 53.30   WR Marleen Veldhuis   Netherlands 54.32 Nery-Madey Niangkoura   Greece 54.48200 m freestyle Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 1:57.25 Annika Liebs   Germany 1:57.48 Laure Manaudou   France 1:58.48400 m freestyle Laure Manaudou   France 4:02.13   WR Joanne Jackson   Great Britain 4:07.76 Caitlin McClatchey   Great Britain 4:08.13800 m freestyle Laure Manaudou   France 8:19.29   ER Rebecca Adlington   Great Britain 8:27.88 Rebecca Cooke   Great Britain 8:28.4050 m backstroke Janine Pietsch   Germany 28.36   CR Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 28.72 Antje Buschschulte   Germany 28.73100 m backstroke Laure Manaudou   France 1:00.88 Antje Buschschulte   Germany 1:01.40 Janine Pietsch   Germany 1:01.55200 m backstroke Esther Baron   France 2:10.07 Iryna Amshennikova   Ukraine 2:12.13 Melanie Marshall   Great Britain 2:12.1750 m breaststroke Elena Bogomazova   Russia 31.69 Kate Haywood   Great Britain 31.71 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 31.95100 m breaststroke Ganna Khlystunova   Ukraine 1:07.55   CR Kirsty Balfour   Great Britain 1:07.95 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:08.60200 m breaststroke Kirsty Balfour   Great Britain 2:25.66 Yuliya Pidlisna   Ukraine 2:28.42 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 2:28.9050 m butterfly Therese Alshammar   Sweden 26.06 Anna-Karin Kammerling   Sweden 26.23 Chantal Groot   Netherlands 26.49100 m butterfly Inge Dekker   Netherlands 58.35 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 58.98 Alena Popchanka   France 59.06200 m butterfly Otylia Jędrzejczak   Poland 2:07.09 Francesca Segat   Italy 2:08.96 Caterina Giacchetti   Italy 2:09.01200 m individual medley Laure Manaudou   France 2:12.69 Katarzyna Baranowska   Poland 2:13.36 Alessia Filippi   Italy 2:13.75400 m individual medley Alessia Filippi   Italy 4:35.80 Nicole Hetzer   Germany 4:37.97 Katarzyna Baranowska   Poland 4:40.024 × 100 m  freestyle relay Petra DallmannDaniela GötzBritta SteffenAnnika Liebs Germany 3:35.22   WR Inge DekkerRanomi KromowidjojoChantal GrootMarleen Veldhuis Netherlands 3:37.04 Alena PopchankaAurore MongelCéline CoudercMalia Metella France 3:38.834 × 200 m  freestyle relay Petra DallmannDaniela SamulskiBritta SteffenAnnika Liebs Germany 7:50.82   WR Otylia JędrzejczakJoanna BudzisAgata ZwiejskaPaulina Barzycka Poland 7:56.32 Alena PopchankaSophie HuberAurore MongelLaure Manaudou France 7:56.444 × 100 m  medley relay Melanie MarshallKirsty BalfourTerri DunningFrancesca Halsall Great Britain 4:02.24 Antje BuschschulteSarah PoeweAnnika MehlhornBritta Steffen Germany 4:02.35 Laure ManaudouAnne-Sophie Le ParanthoënAlena PopchankaCéline Couderc France 4:03.64 WR= World Record (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record

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Diving Schedule Competition dates for Diving were: 1–6 August 2006.

Results Men 1 m springboard Joona Puhakka 425.00 Alexander Dobroskok 416.60 Christopher Sacchin 415.703 m springboard Dmitri Sautin 496.10 Alexander Dobroskok 479.95 Joona Puhakka 464.6010 m platform Gleb Galperin 472.90 Heiko Meyer 459.45 Konstyantyn Milyayev 436.503 m springboard synchro Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels 403.86 Yury Kunakov Dmitri Sautin 401.46 Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi 394.6810 m platform synchro Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin 469.38 Sascha Klein Heiko Meyer 447.96 Michele Benedetti Francesco Dell'Uomo 435.12

Women 1 m springboard Anna Lindberg 291.90 Ditte Kotzian 279.30 Maria Marconi 267.353 m springboard Anna Lindberg 330.60 Ditte Kotzian 324.90 Nóra Barta 319.8510 m platform Yulia Prokopchuk 338.00 Anja Richter 332.35 Christin Steuer 330.403 m springboard synchro Nataliya Umyskova Nadezhda Bazhina 314.55 Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian 298.60 Olena Fedorova Kristina Ishchenko 292.1710 m platform synchro Annett Gamm Nora Subschinski 325.92 Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova 306.24 Yulia Prokopchuk Kateryna Zhuk 297.21

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Synchronized Swimming Schedule Competition dates for Synchro were 26–30 July 2006.

Results Solo free routine Natalia Ishchenko 98.4 Gemma Mengual 97.7 Nathalia Anthopolou 93.9 Duet free routine Anastasia DavydovaAnastassia Ermakova 98.8 Gemma MengualPaola Tirados 97.5 Eleftheria FtouliEvanthia Makrygianni 94.0 Team free routine 98.8 97.3 93.6 Free routine combination 97.9 95.9 93.5

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Open Water Swimming Schedule Competition dates for Open Water were 26–30 July 2006.

Results Men 5 km Thomas Lurz 56:00.1 Christian Hein 56:01.1 Simone Ercoli 56:01.810 km Thomas Lurz 1:58:12.1 Maarten van der Weijden 1:58:13.5 Christian Hein 1:58:16.625 km Gilles Rondy 5:10:17.3 Anton Sanachev 5:10:18.2 Stéphane Gomez 5:10:19.3

Women 5 km Ekaterina Seliverstova 1:01:50.8 Cathi Dietrich 1:01:52.3 Jana Pechanová Larisa Ilchenko 1:01:52.410 km Angela Maurer 2:07:10.8 Rita Kovács 2:07:14.3 Jana Pechanová 2:07:15.625 km Angela Maurer 5:35:19.1 Natalia Pankina 5:35:25.1 Stefanie Biller 5:35:29.5

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See also Ligue Européenne de Natation – LEN: the European Swimming League

References

Sources Official Budapest 2006 Website Swim Rankings Results