| 26th European Aquatics Championships | |
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| Host city |  Berlin,Germany |
| Date(s) | 29 July–4 August 2002 |
| Events | 57 |
The2002 LEN European Championships were held inBerlin,Germany from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2002 at theBerlin Eurosportpark in the German capital. The 26th edition of the event was organised by theLEN. A total number of 786 swimmers competed, from 38 countries. The event included disciplines ofswimming (long course),open water swimming,diving, andsynchronized swimming (women). A 10 km open water event, for both men and women was introduced in the open water swimming competition, this was held inPotsdam.
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany* | 15 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| 2 |  Russia | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 |  Italy | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 |  Sweden | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  France | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 |  Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 |  Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Spain | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 |  Austria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Hungary | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 16 |  Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 |  Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 57 | 57 | 57 | 171 | |
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km open water | Luca Baldini (ITA) | Thomas Lurz (GER) | Stefano Rubaudo (ITA) |
| 10 km open water | Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) | Yevgeniy Kochkarov (RUS) | Luca Baldini (ITA) |
| 25 km open water | Yuri Kudinov (RUS) | Gilles Rondy (FRA) | David Meca (ESP) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km open water | Viola Valli (ITA) | Hanna Miluska (SUI) | Nadine Pastor (GER) |
| 10 km open water | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Angela Maurer (GER) | Britta Kamrau (GER) |
| 25 km open water | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Olesiya Shalygina (RUS) | Natalia Pankina (RUS) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Nicola Marconi Italy | José Miguel Gil Spain | Christian Löffler Germany |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Andreas Wels Germany | Vasiliy Lisovskiy Russia |
| 10 m platform | Heiko Meyer Germany | Imre Lengyel Hungary | Aliaksandr Varlamau Belarus |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Dmitri Baibakov Dmitri Sautin Russia | Tobias Schellenberg Andreas Wels Germany | Nicola Marconi Tommaso Marconi Italy |
| 10 m platform synchro | Anton Zakharov Roman Volodkov Ukraine | Imre Lengyel András Hajnal Hungary | Aliaksandr Varlamau Andrei Mamontov Belarus |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Heike Fischer Germany | Vera Ilyina Russia | Natalya Umyskova Russia |
| 3 m springboard | Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | Ditte Kotzian Germany | Conny Schmalfuß Germany |
| 10 m platform | Anke Piper Germany | Tania Cagnotto Italy | Olha Leonova Ukraine |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Ditte Kotzian Conny Schmalfuß Germany | Vera Ilyina Yuliya Pakhalina Russia | Tania Cagnotto Maria Marconi Italy |
| 10 m platform synchro | Ditte Kotzian Annett Gamm Germany | Olha Leonova Olena Zhupina Ukraine | Yevgeniya Olshevskaya Svetlana Timoshinina Russia |