BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Leading European swimmers finally unfurled their strength at an Olympic venue test event as the Good Luck Beijing 2008 Swimming China Open wound up on Tuesday.

World's second-ranking butterfly specialist Pawel Korzeniowski,Olympic individual medley medallist Laszlo Cseh, and Germany's Helge Meeuw were among the few who made some true splashes in the pool of the National Aquatics Center, nicknamed Water Cube.

In men's 200 meters butterfly final, Korzeniowski touched the wall first with the fastest time of one minute and 56.06 seconds, winning his first gold at the tournament. The Poland swimmer ranked the second at the FINA rankings last year, only after American swimming sensation Michael Phelps.

The gold medal of men's 200 meters backstroke was won by Germany's Meeuw, who has already claimed a backstroke victory in men's 100 meters backstroke on Monday.

In the ensuing men's 400 meters individual medley, Hungary's Cseh also harvested a second gold after bagging men's 200 meters individual medley at the tournament on Monday.

Although the pool will be a ground for fierce competitions during the Olympics, not all swimmers cared to flaunt their splashes at the tournament. Olympic butterfly champion Otylia Jedrzejczak still kept her low profile and placed sixth in the women's 100 meters butterfly, won by Japan's Yuka Kato in 59.18 seconds.

Germany's Athens Olympic 200m backstroke bronze medallist Antje Buschschulte was defeated by China's Chen Yanyan in women's 100 meters backstroke.

Chinese again dominated an event on Tuesday, with teenagers Yu Rui and Ding Mengqi taking 1-2 in women's 400 meters individual medley final.

The Sweden foursome defeated the Germany squad and took away the gold of men's 4X100 meters freestyle with the swiftest time of 3 minutes 18.53 seconds.

In final medal standing, China topped the chart with 18 gold, nine silver and six bronze medals, followed by Germany with 8-5-4,and Japan 4-2-2.