The 1983 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto in Rome, Italy, between 22 August and 27 August 1983. East Germany won all women's events in the swimming competition, and also every silver medal available to them in individual events. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo (men). The 4 × 200 m freestyle relay for women was held for the first time.
Medal table
Swimming
Men's events 100 m freestyle 50.20 50.29 50.35200 m freestyle 1:47.87 WR 1:50.18 1:50.92400 m freestyle 3:49.80 3:51.96 3:52.601500 m freestyle 15:08.84 15:14.54 15:16.85100 m backstroke 56.10 56.38 56.95200 m backstroke 2:01.00 2:01.61 2:02.46100 m breaststroke 1:03.32 1:03.37 1:04.16200 m breaststroke 2:17.49 2:18.27 2:18.72100 m butterfly 54.00 ER = 54.77 54.81200 m butterfly 1:57.05 WR 1:59.74 1:59.84200 m individual medley 2:02.48 ER 2:02.95 2:03.55400 m individual medley 4:20.41 ER 4:20.81 4:23.524 × 100 m freestyle relaySergey SmiriaginSergey KrasyukVolodymyr TkachenkoAleksey Markovsky 3:20.89 ER Thomas LejdströmPer JohanssonPer HolmertzPer Wikström 3:22.02Jörg WoitheDirk RichterRainer SternalSven Lodziewski 3:23.024 × 200 m freestyle relay Thomas FahrnerAlexander SchowtkaAndreas SchmidtMichael Groß 7:20.40 WRDirk RichterJörg WoitheRainer SternalSven Lodziewski 7:23.01 Paolo RevelliMarcello GuarducciRaffaelle FranceschiFabrizio Rampazzo 7:26.014 × 100 m medley relay Vladimir ShemetovRobertas ŽulpaAleksey MarkovskySergey Smiriagin 3:43.99 Stefan PeterGerald MörkenMichael GroßAndreas Schmidt 3:44.79Dirk RichterSigurd HankeAndreas OttJörg Woithe 3:45.54
Women's events 100 m freestyle 55.18 55.52 56.61200 m freestyle 1:59.45 2:00.16 2:00.61400 m freestyle 4:08.07 ER 4:10.37 4:12.90800 m freestyle 8:32.12 8:37.72 8:40.44100 m backstroke 1:01.79 1:02.46 1:03.08200 m backstroke 2:12.05 2:13.36 2:14.41100 m breaststroke 1:08.51 WR 1:09.62 1:10.77200 m breaststroke 2:30.64 2:30.67 2:33.10100 m butterfly 1:00.31 1:00.92 1:01.37200 m butterfly 2:07.82 ER 2:08.09 2:12.87200 m individual medley 2:13.07 2:15.55 2:16.72400 m individual medley 4:39.95 4:40.34 4:47.904 × 100 m freestyle relay Kristin OttoSusanne LinkCornelia SirchBirgit Meineke 3:44.72 Annemarie VerstappenWilma van VelsenElles VoskesConny van Bentum 3:48.24 Karin SeickSusanne SchusterIris ZscherpeIna Beyermann 3:49.864 × 200 m freestyle relay Kristin OttoAstrid StraussCornelia SirchBirgit Meineke 8:02.27 WR Jutta KalweitBirgit KowalczykPetra ZindlerIna Beyermann 8:11.69 Annemarie VerstappenJolande van der MeerReggie de JongConny van Bentum 8:12.414 × 100 m medley relay Ina KleberUte GewenigerInes GeißlerBirgit Meineke 4:05.79 WR Jolanda de RoverPetra van StaverenAnnemarie VerstappenConny van Bentum 4:12.78 Svenja SchlichtUte HasseIna BeyermannKarin Seick 4:13.25
Diving
Men's events 3 m springboard 619.80 618.87 610.17 10 m platform 605.79 563.31 559.41
Women's events 3 m springboard 494.88 493.14 461.10 10 m platform 455.52 448.56 410.91
Synchronized swimming Solo 180.333 172.767 172.600 Duet 174.667 168.634 168.600 Team competition Alison BowlerAmanda DoddAllison GarrattCaroline HolmyardHelen PageNicola ShearnPhilippa SuttonCarolyn Wilson 168.342 Catrien EijkenMarijke EngelenPetri EngelsMarjolein PhilipsenMargo SiedelEsther TheisenJudith van de BergAnnette van Tol 163.577 Gudrun HänischKirsten HohlsteinSilke HohlsteinAnette FeilKerstin JorkischChristine LangGerlind SchellerAnnette Schubert 159.381
Water polo
Men's event Team competition
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