The 2000 LEN European Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from Monday 3 July to Sunday 9 July 2000, in the 50 m pool at the Mäkelänrinne Swimming Center. The 25th edition of the event was organised by the LEN, less than three months prior to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The championships included the aquatic disciplines of swimming (long course), open water swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming.

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Lorenzo Vismara Italy
100 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Lars Frölander Sweden
200 m freestyle	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands	Paul Palmer Great Britain
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Italy	Dragos Coman Romania	Paul Palmer Great Britain
1500 m freestyle	Igor Chervynskyi Ukraine	Emiliano Brembilla Italy	Dragos Coman Romania
50 m backstroke	Stev Theloke Germany	Darius Grigalionis Lithuania	David Ortega Spain
100 m backstroke	David Ortega Spain	Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Ukraine	Derya Büyükunçu Turkey
200 m backstroke	Gordan Kožulj Croatia	Emanuele Merisi Italy	Yoav Gath Israel
50 m breaststroke	Mark Warnecke Germany	Oleg Lisogor Ukraine	Remo Lütolf Switzerland
100 m breaststroke	Domenico Fioravanti Italy	Jarno Pihlava Finland	Dmitriy Komornikov Russia
200 m breaststroke	Dmitriy Komornikov Russia	Domenico Fioravanti Italy	Maxim Podoprigora Austria
50 m butterfly	Jere Hård Finland	Lars Frölander Sweden	Mark Foster Great Britain
100 m butterfly	Lars Frölander Sweden	Thomas Rupprath Germany	James Hickman Great Britain
200 m butterfly	Anatoly Polyakov Russia	James Hickman Great Britain	Ioan Gherghel Romania
200 m individual medley	Massimiliano Rosolino Italy	Christian Keller Germany	Xavier Marchand France
400 m individual medley	István Batházi Hungary	Cezar Bădiţă Romania	Johann Le Bihan France
4×100 m freestyle relay	Russia Denis Pimankov Dmitriy Chernychev Andrey Kapralov Alexander Popov	Germany Stefan Herbst Lars Conrad Christian Tröger Stephen Kunzelmann	France Romain Barnier Nicolas Kintz Hugo Viart Frédérick Bousquet
4×200 m freestyle relay	Italy Massimiliano Rosolino Matteo Pelliciari Simone Cercato Emiliano Brembilla	Germany Michael Kiedel Christian Keller Stefan Herbst Stefan Pohl	Netherlands Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Pieter van den Hoogenband
4×100 m medley relay	Russia Vladislav Aminov Dmitriy Komornikov Dmitriy Chernyshev Alexander Popov	Sweden Mattias Ohlin Martin Gustavsson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand	Ukraine Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Oleg Lisogor Andriy Serdinov Pavel Khnykin

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Therese Alshammar Sweden	Wilma van Hofwegen Netherlands	Olga Mukomol Ukraine
100 m freestyle	Therese Alshammar Sweden	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Mette Jacobsen Denmark
200 m freestyle	Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Camelia Potec Romania
400 m freestyle	Yana Klochkova Ukraine	Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus	Camelia Potec Romania
800 m freestyle	Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland	Chantal Strasser Switzerland	Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands
50 m backstroke	Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain	Diana Mocanu Romania	Ilona Hlaváčková Czech Republic
100 m backstroke	Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain	Diana Mocanu Romania	Louise Ørnstedt Denmark
200 m backstroke	Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain	Diana Mocanu Romania	Antje Buschschulte Germany
50 m breaststroke	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	Zoë Baker Great Britain	Sylvia Gerasch Germany
100 m breaststroke	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	Sylvia Gerasch Germany	Svetlana Bondarenko Ukraine
200 m breaststroke	Beatrice Caslaru Romania	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	Karine Bremond France
50 m butterfly	Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden	Karen Egdal Denmark	Martina Moravcová Slovakia
100 m butterfly	Martina Moravcová Slovakia	Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland	Johanna Sjöberg Sweden
200 m butterfly	Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland	Mette Jacobsen Denmark	Mireia García Spain
200 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova Ukraine Beatrice Caslaru Romania	None	Sue Rolph Great Britain
400 m individual medley	Yana Klochkova Ukraine	Beatrice Caslaru Romania	Yseult Gervy Belgium
4×100 m freestyle relay	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling Therese Alshammar	Italy Luisa Striani Sara Parise Cecilia Vianini Cristina Chiuso	Belgium Nina van Koeckhoven Liesbet Dreesen Sofie Goffin Tine Bossuyt
4×200 m freestyle relay	Romania Camelia Potec Simona Păduraru Ioana Diaconescu Beatrice Caslaru	Italy Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini Sara Parise Sara Goffi	France Solenne Figues Laetitia Choux Katarine Quelennec Alicia Bozon
4×100 m medley relay	Sweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Louise Jöhncke	Belgium Sofie Wolfs Brigitte Becue Fabienne Dufour Nina van Koeckhoven	Romania Raluca Udroiu Beatrice Caslaru Diana Mocanu Camelia Potec

[edit] Open water swimming

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Luca Baldini (ITA)	Fabio Venturini (ITA)	David Meca (ESP)
25 km open water	Stéphane Lecat (FRA)	David Meca (ESP)	Fabio Fusi (ITA)

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km open water	Peggy Büchse (GER)	Britta Kamrau (GER)	Jana Pechanová (CZE)
25 km open water	Peggy Büchse (GER)	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Valeria Casprini (ITA)

[edit] Diving

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[edit] Synchronised swimming

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[edit] External links

• Results
• Swim Rankings results