1991 European Sprint Swimming Championships

The 1991 LEN European Sprint Swimming Championships were the first edition of what later would become the European Short Course Championships. It was held in Gelsenkirchen, Germany from 6–8 December 1991, and was organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. Only the 50 m events of each stroke, 100 m individual medley and 4×50 m relay events were at stake at this inaugural edition.

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	22.16	Template:Flagathlete	22.25	Template:Flagathlete	22.32
50 m backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	25.18	Template:Flagathlete	25.68	Template:Flagathlete	25.83
50 m breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	27.38	Template:Flagathlete	27.42	Template:Flagathlete	27.51
50 m butterfly	Template:Flagathlete	24.32	Template:Flagathlete	24.46	Template:Flagathlete	24.52
100 m individual medley	Template:Flagathlete	55.28	Template:Flagathlete	55.45	Template:Flagathlete	55.83
4×50 m freestyle relay		1:28.27		1:29.39	Template:GBR2	1:31.58
4×50 m medley relay		1:38.87		1:39.05		1:39.84

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	25.04	Template:Flagathlete	25.49	Template:Flagathlete	25.76
50 m backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	28.59	Template:Flagathlete	28.77	Template:Flagathlete	29.12
50 m breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	31.61	Template:Flagathlete	31.87	Template:Flagathlete	32.25
50 m butterfly	Template:Flagathlete	27.25	Template:Flagathlete	27.63	Template:Flagathlete	28.02
100 m individual medley	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.61	Template:Flagathlete	1:02.23	Template:Flagathlete	1:02.36
4×50 m freestyle relay		1:41.30		1:44.26		1:44.73
4×50 m medley relay		1:53.13		1:55.84	Template:GBR2	1:56.19

References

• Results on GBRAthletics.com