title: 2006 European Open Water Swimming Championships
text: # 2006 European Open Water Swimming Championships
  
  The 2006 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the 10th edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (was part of the 2006 European Aquatics Championships) and took part from 26–30 July 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 km | Thomas Lurz Germany | 56:00.1 | Christian Hein Germany | 56:01.1 | Simone Ercoli Italy | 56:01.8 |
  | 10 km | Thomas Lurz Germany | 1:58:12.1 | Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands | 1:58:13.5 | Christian Hein Germany | 1:58:16.6 |
  | 25 km | Gilles Rondy France | 5:10:17.3 | Anton Sanachev Russia | 5:10:18.2 | Stéphane Gomez France | 5:10:19.3 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 km | Ekaterina Seliverstova Russia | 1:01:50.8 | Cathi Dietrich France | 1:01:52.3 | Jana Pechanová Czech Republic Larisa Ilchenko Russia | 1:01:52.4 |
  | 10 km | Angela Maurer Germany | 2:07:10.8 | Rita Kovács Hungary | 2:07:14.3 | Jana Pechanová Czech Republic | 2:07:15.6 |
  | 25 km | Angela Maurer Germany | 5:35:19.1 | Natalia Pankina Russia | 5:35:25.1 | Stefanie Biller Germany | 5:35:29.5 |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
  | 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
  