The European Long Course Championships 1999 were a swimming competition held in Istanbul, Turkey from Monday 26 July to Sunday 1 August, in the 50 m pool of the Ataköy Olympic Pool Stadium. The 24th edition of the event was organised by the LEN.
The Istanbul championships resulted in two world and eight European records.
Alongside swimming (long course), the aquatics disciplines of diving, synchronised swimming and open water swimming were held. Water polo was no longer part of the LEN European Aquatics Championships from 1999 and separate European Water Polo Championship was held in Florence, Italy.
For the first time, the 50 m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly were contested.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 12 | 13 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 |  Russia | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 |  Netherlands | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 |  Sweden | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 |  Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 |  France | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 |  Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 |  Italy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 |  Romania | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 |  Spain | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 |  Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Croatia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 nations) | 55 | 56 | 56 | 167 | |
Swimming
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Lorenzo Vismara Italy | Alexander Popov Russia |
| 100 m freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Alexander Popov Russia | Lars Frölander Sweden |
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Paul Palmer Great Britain | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy |
| 400 m freestyle | Paul Palmer Great Britain | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | Dragoş Coman Romania |
| 1500 m freestyle | Igor Snitko Ukraine | Dragoş Coman Romania | Sylvain Cros France |
| 50 m backstroke | Stev Theloke Germany | Thomas Rupprath Germany | Mariusz Siembida Poland |
| 100 m backstroke | Stev Theloke Germany | Gordan Kožulj Croatia | Eithan Urbach Israel |
| 200 m backstroke | Ralf Braun Germany | Gordan Kožulj Croatia | Emanuele Merisi Italy |
| 50 m breaststroke | Mark Warnecke Germany | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | Károly Güttler Hungary |
| 100 m breaststroke | Domenico Fioravanti Italy | Mark Warnecke Germany | Stéphan Perrot France |
| 200 m breaststroke | Stéphan Perrot France | Dmitry Komornikov Russia | Yohann Bernard France |
| 50 m butterfly | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | Miloš Milošević Croatia | Mark Foster Great Britain
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| 100 m butterfly | Lars Frölander Sweden | James Hickman Great Britain | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine |
| 200 m butterfly | Franck Esposito France | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | Anatoly Polyakov Russia |
| 200 m individual medley | Marcel Wouda Netherlands | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | Jani Sievinen Finland |
| 400 m individual medley | Frederik Hviid Spain | Michael Halika Israel | Marcel Wouda Netherlands |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Netherlands Johan Kenkhuis Mark Veens Marcel Wouda Pieter van den Hoogenband | Russia Denis Pimankov Sergey Ashihmin Dmitry Chernyshov Alexander Popov | Germany Christian Keller Lars Merseburg Christian Tröger Lars Conrad |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Germany Christian Keller Stefan Pohl Lars Conrad Michael Kiedel | Great Britain Paul Palmer Gavin Meadows James Salter Edward Sinclair | Russia Maksim Korsunov Dmitri Kuzmin Andrey Kapralov Dmitry Chernyshov |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Netherlands Klaas-Erik Zwering Marcel Wouda Stefan Aartsen Pieter van den Hoogenband | Germany Stev Theloke Mark Warnecke Christian Keller Christian Tröger | Russia Sergey Ostapchuk Dmitry Komornikov Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov SwedenMattias Ohlin Patrik Isaksson Daniel Carlsson Lars Frölander |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | Therese Alshammar Sweden | Alison Sheppard Great Britain |
| 100 m freestyle | Sue Rolph Great Britain | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | Sandra Völker Germany |
| 200 m freestyle | Camelia Potec Romania | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | Natalya Baranovskaya Belarus |
| 400 m freestyle | Camelia Potec Romania | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | Yana Klochkova Ukraine |
| 800 m freestyle | Hannah Stockbauer Germany | Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands | Jana Henke Germany |
| 50 m backstroke | Sandra Völker Germany | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Metka Šparovec Slovenia |
| 100 m backstroke | Sandra Völker Germany | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | Roxana Maracineanu France |
| 200 m backstroke | Roxana Maracineanu France | Yuliya Fomenko Russia
| None |
| 50 m breaststroke | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | Zoë Baker Great Britain | Janne Schäfer Germany |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | Brigitte Becue Belgium |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ágnes Kovács Hungary | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | Alicja Pęczak Poland |
| 50 m butterfly | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | Chantal Groot Netherlands |
| 100 m butterfly | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | Diana Mocanu Romania |
| 200 m butterfly | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | María Peláez Spain | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland |
| 200 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | Sabine Herbst Germany |
| 400 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | Hana Černá Czech Republic |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Germany Katrin Meissner Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Sandra Völker | Sweden Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström Therese Alshammar | Great Britain Alison Sheppard Claire Huddart Karen Pickering Sue Rolph |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Germany Franziska van Almsick Silvia Szalai Hannah Stockbauer Kerstin Kielgass | Sweden Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström Johanna Sjöberg Louise Jöhncke | Romania Camelia Potec Ioana Diaconescu Simona Păduraru Beatrice Câșlaru |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Sweden Therese Alshammar Maria Östling Johanna Sjöberg Malin Svahnström | Germany Sandra Völker Silvia Pulfrich Franziska van Almsick Katrin Meissner | Great Britain Katy Sexton Zoë Baker Sue Rolph Karen Pickering |
Open water swimming
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km open water | Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS) | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) | Samuele Pampana (ITA) |
| 25 km open water | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) | Anton Sanachev (RUS) | André Wilde (GER) |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km open water | Peggy Büchse (GER) | Viola Valli (ITA) | Britta Kamrau (GER) |
| 25 km open water | Olga Gusseva (RUS) | Angela Maurer (GER) | Britta Kamrau (GER) |
Diving
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | José Miguel Gil Spain | Andreas Wels Germany | Stefan Ahrens Germany |
| 3 m springboard | Tony Ally Great Britain | Imre Lengyel Hungary | Jukka Piekkanen Finland |
| 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin Russia | Heiko Meyer Germany | Roman Volodkov Ukraine |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Donald Miranda Nicola Marconi Italy | Holger Schlepps Alexander Mesch Germany | Tony Ally Mark Shipman Great Britain |
| 10 m platform synchro | Jan Hempel Heiko Meyer Germany | Igor Lukashin Vladimir Timoshinin Russia | Leon Taylor Peter Waterfield Great Britain |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Vera Ilyina Russia | Irina Lashko Russia | Conny Schmalfuß Germany |
| 3 m springboard | Vera Ilyina Russia | Irina Lashko Russia | Conny Schmalfuß Germany |
| 10 m platform | Olena Zhupina Ukraine | Dolores Sáez Spain | Svetlana Timoshinina Russia |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Ganna Sorokina Olena Zhupina Ukraine | Simona Koch Conny Schmalfuß Germany | Odile Arboles-Souchon Julie Danaux France |
| 10 m platform synchro | Yevgeniya Olshevskaya Svetlana Timoshinina Russia | Anke Piper Ute Wetzig Germany | Odile Arboles-Souchon Julie Danaux France |
Synchronized swimming
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Olga Brusnikina Russia | Virginie Dedieu France | Giovanna Burlando Italy |
| Duet | Olga Brusnikina Mariya Kiselyova Russia | Virginie Dedieu Myriam Lignot France | Giovanna Burlando Maurizia Cecconi Italy |
| Team | Russia | France | Italy |
See also
- 1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship
- 1999 Women's European Water Polo Championship