Marleen Veldhuis and Federica Pellegrini kept up the relentless world record rush at the European swimming championships on Monday and the overall count rose to six by the end of the final day.

Veldhuis sped through the 50 metres freestyle in 24.09 seconds to win her third gold medal of the championships and beat the 24.13 world mark set by her Dutch compatriot Inge de Bruijn at the Sydney Olympics on September 22, 2000.

Italy's Pellegrini, who had been disqualified for a false start in the 200 freestyle heats on Saturday, bounced back by taking the women's 400 metres freestyle world record from Olympic and world champion Laure Manaudou of France.

Pellegrini clocked four minutes 1.53 seconds to beat the 4:02.13 mark set by Manaudou at the last European championships in Budapest on August 6, 2006.

Alain Bernard, who had broken three world records in three days, was happy just to win the men's 50 freestyle in 21.66, 0.16 seconds outside the world mark he set in Sunday's semifinals.

Olympic silver medallist Duje Draganja of Croatia took silver in 22.00 and Sweden's Stefan Nystrand, second to Bernard in the 100 freestyle, bronze in 22.16.

There were European records for Hungary's Laszlo Cseh in the 400 individual medley and Britain's women's medley relay, while 13-year-old Briton Tom Daley unfurled his precocious skills on the 10-metre tower to win the platform diving crown.

Pellegrini, twice a world 200 freestyle medallist, raced away in the 400 freestyle in the absence of Manaudou, who had left Eindhoven early to catch up on her Olympic training after winning gold in the 200 backstroke and 4x200 freestyle relay and silver in the 100 backstroke.

Russia finished top of the medal heap with 12 golds and brought the championships to a rousing close, winning the men's 4x100 medley relay from Croatia and Sweden in 3:34.25.