Great Britain Surges to the Top of the Medal Table Saturday

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 5

Monday, May 16th – Sunday, May 22nd
Prelims: 10:00 AM (London Time) / 5:00 AM (Eastern Time)
Finals: 6:00 PM (London Time) / 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)
London Aquatics Center, London, UK
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After sitting in the three-way tie with Italy and Hungary yesterday at 13 medals apiece, the British scored four top-three performances in finals tonight, jumping to the top of the medal table with 17 total.

The Brits also top the two countries in the gold count, after a gold medal apiece from Fran Halsall and Adam Peaty tonight boosted them to a total 16 golds.

Italy and Hungary sit second with 15 medals apiece; thirteen of Italy’s and fourteen of Hungary’s are gold. The Netherlands is holding steady with their fourth place, bolstered by a win in the men’s 4×200 relay.

1	HUNGARY	6	1	1	8	2	2	2	6			1	1	8	3	4	15	2
2	ITALY	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	10		2		2	5	6	4	15	2
3	GREAT BRITAIN	1	3	5	9	3	1	3	7	1			1	5	4	8	17	1
4	NETHERLANDS	1	2	2	5	2	1		3	1			1	4	3	2	9	4
5	FRANCE			1	1	3		2	5			1	1	3		4	7	5
6	SWEDEN	3		1	4									3		1	4	7
7	DENMARK	2	3		5		1		1					2	4		6	6
8	UKRAINE		1		1	1		2	3					1	1	2	4	7
9	POLAND					1	1		2					1	1		2	11
10	LITHUANIA	1			1			2	2					1		2	3	10
11	GREECE					1		1	2					1		1	2	11
12	SPAIN		3	1	4										3	1	4	7
13	ISRAEL						2		2						2		2	11
14	ICELAND		1	1	2										1	1	2	11
14	RUSSIA						1	1	2						1	1	2	11
14	SLOVENIA			1	1		1		1						1	1	2	11
14	BELGIUM						1	1	2						1	1	2	11
18	GERMANY						1		1						1		1	18
18	NORWAY						1		1						1		1	18
18	SERBIA						1		1						1		1	18
21	PORTUGAL							1	1							1	1	18
21	CROATIA			1	1											1	1	18

	TOTAL	15	15	15	45	17	17	18	52	2	2	2	6	34	34	35	103

TROPHY STANDINGS

The overall team trophy is not awarded based on medals; rather, that honor is determined by a points system that awards 8 places deep instead of just 3.

In that race, Italy holds a commanding lead over Hungary, who has, in turn, lengthened their lead on Great Britain from one point yesterday to 12 points today. While Hungary boasts superstars like Laszlo Cseh and Katinka Hosszu, they can’t quite touch Italy in depth.

Countries with the most finals swims:

Italy: 56
Great Britain: 48
Hungary: 43
France/Poland: 24
Greece: 21
Netherlands/Sweden/Spain: 20

TROPHY AFTER 34 EVENTS
RANK	NAT	MEN	WOMEN	MIXED	POINTS
1	ITALY	344 (26)	294 (28)	64 (2)	702
2	HUNGARY	249 (22)	272 (19)	56 (2)	577
3	GREAT BRITAIN	259 (24)	269 (23)	36 (1)	564
4	NETHERLANDS	105 (6)	184 (13)	36 (1)	325
5	FRANCE	190 (15)	90 (8)	30 (1)	310
6	SWEDEN	42 (7)	147 (11)	56 (2)	245
7	SPAIN	54 (8)	172 (12)		226
8	POLAND	171 (16)	43 (8)		214
9	GREECE	151 (15)	37 (6)		188
10	BELGIUM	119 (7)	56 (6)		175
11	DENMARK	33 (4)	128 (9)		161
12	SLOVENIA	60 (8)	91 (11)		151
13	UKRAINE	96 (10)	41 (4)		137
14	CZECH REPUBLIC	48 (7)	86 (12)		134
15	FINLAND	44 (5)	63 (7)	20 (1)	127
16	ISRAEL	105 (10)	17 (2)		122
17	TURKEY	9 (4)	61 (6)	50 (2)	120
18	RUSSIA	100 (9)	16 (3)		116
19	NORWAY	41 (5)	3 (1)	44 (2)	88
20	ICELAND	21 (2)	57 (5)		78
21	SERBIA	70 (7)			70
21	LITHUANIA	51 (4)	19 (2)		70
23	SWITZERLAND	14 (3)	49 (5)		63
24	GERMANY	50 (7)	4 (2)		54
24	ROMANIA	54 (5)			54
26	IRELAND	24 (4)	18 (2)		42
27	AUSTRIA	22 (5)	15 (3)		37
28	PORTUGAL	30 (3)	5 (2)		35
29	SLOVAKIA	10 (2)	24 (5)		34
30	CROATIA	10 (2)	22 (3)		32
31	BULGARIA	8 (1)	23 (2)		31
32	MOLDOVA			24 (1)	24
33	ESTONIA	2 (1)		20 (1)	22
34	BELARUS	21 (2)			21
35	LIECHTENSTEIN		13 (2)		13
36	LUXEMBOURG	12 (1)			12
37	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA		2 (1)		2