2021 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Swimming: Monday, May 17th – Sunday, May 23rd
- Budapest, Hungary
- Prelims at 10:00 am local/Finals at 6:00 pm local
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The 2021 LEN European Aquatics Championships is already underway and the pool swimming portion of the competition begins on Monday, May 17, and will continue until Sunday, May 23.
Viewers will be able to watch all of the action using the LEN TV platform, accessible here. Additionally, viewers can follow the action on the Hungarian-based M4 Sport site, available here.
The BBC will also be broadcasting all finals sessions via the BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and via the BBC Sport website and mobile app according to the following schedule (times listed are in British Standard Time):
| Monday, May 17 | 17:00-18:40 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
| Tuesday, May 18 | 17:00-19:05 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
| Wednesday, May 19 | 17:00-19:25 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
| Thursday, May 20 | 17:00-19:05 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
| Friday, May 21 | 17:00-19:25 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
| Saturday, May 22 | 17:00-19:30 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
| Sunday, May 23 | 17:00-19:05 – Swimming, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app |
Prelims will get underway every day at 10:00 local time (GMT+2) which is 4 am EST, while the finals sessions will commence each day at 18:00 local time and 12 pm EST. For a full list of start times around the globe, check out the table below.
SESSION START TIMES, 2021 EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Prelims/Finals
| UK TIME (GMT+1) | GMT + 2 | GMT+3 | GMT+4 | GMT+5 | GMT+10 | GMT-4 | |
| UK, Portugal | Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland | Estonia, Finland, Greece, Israel, South Africa, Belarus, Turkey, Russia – Moscow Time | Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia – Samara Time | Seychelles, Russia – Yekaterinburg Time | Sydney, Australia | U.S. Eastern Time | |
| Monday, May 17 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
| Tuesday, May 18 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
| Wednesday, May 19 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
| Thursday, May 20 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
| Friday, May 21 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
| Saturday, May 22 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
| Saturday, May 23 | 9:00/17:00 | 10:00/18:00 | 11:00/19:00 | 12:00/20:00 | 13:00/21:00 | 19:00/3:00 | 4:00/12:00 |
The 2021 European will run as a prelims/semi-finals/finals meet for all stroke 50s, 100s, and 200s and the 200 IM while the 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 1500 freestyle, 400 IM, and all relays will feature just prelims and finals. The meet will run according to the following schedule:
Make sure to check back in here at SwimSwam.com to follow along with our live recaps and analysis of each session throughout the week.
Can somebody have a word with Hungarian tv , the fancy side and overhead cameras are rubbish in the context of the race , you cannot see who is winning , who is moving up until the camera angle changes at the end . Poor coverage of every race so far
I was thinking the same.
I wonder why they are not practicing the heats in the eve and finals in morning, in preparation for Tokyo?
Good question
The sessions start at 10.00 and 18.00 local time, so that’s 9.00 and 17.00 in the UK, 4.00 and noon for EST, and 1am/9am on PST.
Please tidy up the first table and the text before it.
2am for the finals is a bit unfortunate.
Finals start at 5pm in the UK not 4pm (we’re in BST which is already GMT+1, and the finals are GMT+2)
Bit annoying prelims aren’t on BBC but oh well
Prelims live: https://areena.yle.fi/tv/suorat
Eh the Finals will start at 18.00 GMT+2, not 17.00 as stated in your timetable
Actually there are 3 different time in this article 4PM local time in the text of the article, 5PM in the 1st table and 6PM in the 2nd table. I think the last one is the good one, so add 1 hour to the start of the finals in the 1st table.
so that’s noon EST, correct?
Yes, noon EST is the start for all finals sessions.
SADLY, given BBC access rules, I don’t think I’ll be watching, but I wish I could!
Use a VPN or LEN TV
The Hungarian link should work