title: 1950 European Aquatics Championships
text: # 1950 European Aquatics Championships
  
  The 1950 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 20–27 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Austria)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
  | 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
  | 3 | West Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
  | 4 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | 5 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
  | 6 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Austria* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Diving
  
  **Men's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 m springboard details | Hans Aderhold West Germany | 183.68 | G Hernandez France | 174.66 | Werner Sobek West Germany | 167.88 |
  | 10 m platform details | Günther Haase West Germany | 158.13 | Werner Sobek West Germany | 141.54 | Thomas Christiansen Denmark | 140.94 |
  
  **Women's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 m springboard details | Madeleine Moreau France | 155.58 | Nicole Pellissard France | 140.64 | Birte Christoffersen Denmark | 129.63 |
  | 10 m platform details | Nicole Pellissard France | 85.67 | Alma Staudinger Austria | 82.38 | Birte Christoffersen Denmark | 82.31 |
  
  ### Swimming
  
  **Men's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 m freestyle details | Alexandre Jany France | 57.7 | Göran Larsson Sweden | 59.4 | Joris Tjebbes Netherlands | 1:00.3 |
  | 400 m freestyle details | Alexandre Jany France | 4:48.0 | Jean Boiteux France | 4:50.1 | Hans-Günther Lehmann West Germany | 4:51.2 |
  | 1500 m freestyle details | Hans-Günther Lehmann West Germany | 19:48.2 | Jean Boiteux France | 19:48.4 | Jo Bernardo France | 20:06.7 |
  | 100 m backstroke details | Göran Larsson Sweden | 1:09.4 | Kees Kievit Netherlands | 1:09.7 | Boris Škanata Yugoslavia | 1:10.8 |
  | 200 m breaststroke details | Herbert Klein West Germany | 2:38.6 | Maurice Lusien France | 2:40.9 | Bengt Rask Sweden | 2:43.8 |
  | 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Sweden Tore Sjunnerholm Per-Olof Östrand Olle Johansson Göran Larsson | 9:06.5 | France Willy Blioch Joseph Bernardo Jean Boiteux Alexandre Jany | 9:10.0 | Yugoslavia Branko Vidović Andrej Kvinc Mislav Stipetić Marijan Stipetić | 9:12.7 |
  
  **Women's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 m freestyle details | Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Netherlands | 1:06.4 | Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Netherlands | 1:07.1 | Greta Andersen Denmark | 1:07.9 |
  | 400 m freestyle details | Greta Andersen Denmark | 5:30.9 | Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Netherlands | 5:31.2 | Colette Thomas France | 5:37.4 |
  | 100 m backstroke details | Ria van der Horst Netherlands | 1:17.1 | Gertrud Herrbruck West Germany | 1:17.8 | Greetje Gaillard Netherlands | 1:17.9 |
  | 200 m breaststroke details | Raymonde Vergauwen Belgium | 3:00.1 | Lies Bonnier Netherlands | 3:01.8 | Jannie de Groot Netherlands | 3:02.2 |
  | 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Netherlands Ans Massaar Hannie Termeulen Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher | 4:33.9 | Denmark Greta Olsen Ulla Madsen Mette Petersen Greta Andersen | 4:43.1 | Sweden Marianne Lundqvist Gisela Tidholm Ingegard Fredin Elisabeth Ahlgren | 4:44.7 |
  
  ### Water polo
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's tournament details | Netherlands | Sweden | Yugoslavia |
  