European Short Course Swimming Championships

The European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships, (often referred to informally as Short Course Europeans) are the continental swimming championships, organized by LEN for short course swimming in Europe. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events in a short course (25-meter) pool and features some of the highest standard of 25m racing in the world. It is the sister competition to the European Aquatics Long Course (50m) Championships. The meet has traditionally been held in the beginning of December. Annual until 2013, the event now occurs in odd years.

History

The championships were first held in 1996, and were preceded by the "European Sprint Swimming Championships" which were held from 1991 to 1994. The Sprint meet featured 14 events: the 50 metres of the strokes, the 100 metres individual medley, and 4 × 50 metres relays (freestyle and medley).

In 1996, the meet expanded to 38 events, adding the 100 metres and 200 metres of each stroke, the 400 metres, the men's 1500 metres freestyle and women's 800 metres freestyle events, and the 200 and 400 metres individual medley events; and the name was changed from "Sprint" to "Short Course". LEN also started numbering the championships again, such that 2011's meet was the 15th edition.

In 2012, the meet expanded to 40 events: 19 for men, 19 for women, and two mixed. Of each 19 events, 17 are individual and two are relays.

Editions

No.	Year	Host city	Country	Dates	Events	Winner of the medal table	Second in the medal table	Third in the medal table
Sprint Championships
1	1991	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	6–8 December	14
2	1992	Espoo	Finland	21–22 December	14
3	1993	Gateshead	Great Britain	11–13 November	20			Great Britain
4	1994	Stavanger	Norway	3–4 December	14
Short Course Championships
1	1996	Rostock	Germany	13–15 December	38		Great Britain
2	1998	Sheffield	Great Britain	11–13 December	38		Great Britain
3	1999	Lisbon	Portugal	9–12 December	38
4	2000	Valencia	Spain	14–17 December	38
5	2001	Antwerp	Belgium	13–16 December	38
6	2002	Riesa	Germany	12–15 December	38
7	2003	Dublin	Ireland	11–14 December	38		Great Britain
8	2004	Vienna	Austria	9–12 December	38			Great Britain
9	2005	Trieste	Italy	8–11 December	38
10	2006	Helsinki	Finland	7–10 December	38
11	2007	Debrecen	Hungary	13–16 December	38
12	2008	Rijeka	Croatia	11–14 December	38
13	2009	Istanbul	Turkey	10–13 December	38
14	2010	Eindhoven	Netherlands	25–28 November	38
15	2011	Szczecin	Poland	8–11 December	38
16	2012	Chartres	France	22–25 November	40
17	2013	Herning	Denmark	12–15 December	40
18	2015	Netanya	Israel	2–6 December	40
19	2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	13–17 December	40
20	2019	Glasgow	Great Britain	4–8 December	40
21	2021	Kazan		2–7 November	42
22	2023	Otopeni		5–10 December	42	Great Britain
23	2025	Lublin		2–7 December	42			Great Britain

Medals (1991–2025)

Source:

Note 1: medals Consist of medals also.

Note 2: is a former country.

See also

• List of European Championships records in swimming
• List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (men)
• List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (women)

External links

• https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/17