LEN European Aquatics Championships
The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years ; and since 1999, they have included 4 aquatics disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming and Open water swimming. Prior to 1999, the championships also included Water polo, which beginning in 1999 LEN split-off into a separate championships. The open water events are not held during the Olympic year.
The Championships are generally held over a two-week time-period in mid-to-late Summer; however, in the most recent Summer Olympics years, the Championships were moved to the Spring to be moved away from the Summer Olympic Games.
The swimming portion of these championships is considered one of the pre-eminent swimming competitions in the world. Note however that LEN also conducts an annual short-course swimming championship, which is a completely separate and a completely distinct event.
Championships
Historically, the Championships were first held in 1926, and included water polo prior to 1999 when the discipline was moved to the European Water Polo Championship. From 1973-1999 Europeans were held in years without a Summer Olympics or World Championships, save 1979. Women were first allowed to participate at the second Championships in 1927| Number | Year | Host city | Country | Events | Dates | Winner of the Medal Table | Second in the Medal Table | Third in the Medal Table |
| 1 | 1926 | Budapest | 9 | 18–22 August 1926 | ||||
| 2 | 1927 | Bologna | 16 | 31 August – 4 September 1927 | ||||
| 3 | 1931 | Paris | 16 | 23–30 August 1931 | ||||
| 4 | 1934 | Magdeburg | 16 | 12–19 August 1934 | ||||
| 5 | 1938 | London | 16 | 6–13 August 1938 |  Germany | |||
| 6 | 1947 | Monte Carlo | 16 | 10–14 September 1947 | ||||
| 7 | 1950 | Vienna | 16 | 20–27 August 1950 | ||||
| 8 | 1954 | Turin | 18 | 31 August – 5 September 1954 | ||||
| 9 | 1958 | Budapest | 20 | 31 August – 6 September 1958 | ||||
| 10 | 1962 | Leipzig | 23 | 18–25 August 1962 | ||||
| 11 | 1966 | Utrecht | 23 | 20–27 August 1966 | ||||
| 12 | 1970 | Barcelona | 34 | 5–13 September 1970 | ||||
| 13 | 1974 | Vienna | 37 | 18–25 August 1974 | ||||
| 14 | 1977 | Jönköping | 37 | 14–21 August 1977 | ||||
| 15 | 1981 | Split | 37 | 4–12 September 1981 | ||||
| 16 | 1983 | Rome | 38 | 22–27 August 1983 | ||||
| 17 | 1985 | Oslo Sofia | | 39 | 4–11 August 1985 | |||
| 18 | 1987 | Strasbourg | 41 | 16–23 August 1987 | ||||
| 19 | 1989 | Bonn | 43 | 15–20 August 1989 | ||||
| 20 | 1991 | Athens | 47 | 18–25 August 1991 | ||||
| 21 | 1993 | Sheffield | 47 | 3–8 August 1993 | ||||
| 22 | 1995 | Vienna | 47 | 22–27 August 1995 | ||||
| 23 | 1997 | Seville | 51 | 19–24 August 1997 | ||||
| 24 | 1999 | Istanbul | 55 | 26 July – 1 August 1999 | ||||
| 25 | 2000 | Helsinki | 55 | 3–9 July 2000 | ||||
| 26 | 2002 | Berlin | 57 | 29 July – 4 August 2002 | ||||
| 27 | 2004 | Madrid | 58 | 5–16 May 2004 | ||||
| 28 | 2006 | Budapest | 58 | 26 July – 6 August 2006 | ||||
| 29 | 2008 | Eindhoven | 54 | 13–24 March 2008 | ||||
| 30 | 2010 | Budapest | 61 | 4–15 August 2010 | ||||
| 31 | 2012 | Debrecen Eindhoven | | 55 | 15–27 May 2012 | |||
| 32 | 2014 | Berlin | 64 | 13–24 August 2014 | ||||
| 33 | 2016 | London | 64 | 9–22 May 2016 | ||||
| 34 | 2018 | Glasgow Edinburgh | 72 | 2–12 August 2018 | ||||
| 35 | 2020 | Budapest | 10–23 May 2021 | |||||
| 36 | 2022 | Rome | 11–21 August 2022 |
Medal table (1926–2018)
Note: The table includes medals won in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, open water swimming and water polo since 1926 until and including 1997 when the discipline was part of the event. From 1999 the water polo event was separated and got its own independent tournament as European Water Polo Championship.As of 2018, Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino have yet to win a medal.