European Short Course Swimming Championships

The European Short Course Swimming Championships, variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25 m Championships", are a swimming meet, organized by LEN. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events in a short course (25-meter) pool. 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.<ref>Template:Cite web Note: The release was before the start of the 2011 meet, and references tallies for the 14 previous editions.</ref>

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

Template:Abbr	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	Template:Flag	6–8 December	14	Template:GER	Template:USSR	Template:SWE
2	1992	Espoo	Template:Flag	21–22 December	14	Template:GER	Template:SWE	Template:FIN
3	1993	Gateshead	Template:Flag	11–13 November	20	Template:GER	Template:SWE	Template:Flag
4	1994	Stavanger	Template:Flag	3–4 December	14	Template:GER	Template:SWE	Template:NED
Short Course Championships
1	1996	Rostock	Template:Flag	13–15 December	38	Template:GER	Template:Flag	Template:NED
2	1998	Sheffield	Template:Flag	11–13 December	38	Template:GER	Template:Flag	Template:NED
3	1999	Lisbon	Template:Flag	9–12 December	38	Template:SWE	Template:GER	Template:UKR
4	2000	Valencia	Template:Flag	14–17 December	38	Template:SWE	Template:ITA	Template:GER
5	2001	Antwerp	Template:Flag	13–16 December	38	Template:GER	Template:SWE	Template:UKR
6	2002	Riesa	Template:Flag	12–15 December	38	Template:GER	Template:ITA	Template:SWE
7	2003	Dublin	Template:Flag	11–14 December	38	Template:GER	Template:Flag	Template:NED
8	2004	Vienna	Template:Flag	9–12 December	38	Template:GER	Template:RUS	Template:Flag
9	2005	Trieste	Template:Flag	8–11 December	38	Template:GER	Template:POL	Template:NED
10	2006	Helsinki	Template:Flag	7–10 December	38	Template:GER	Template:FRA	Template:ITA
11	2007	Debrecen	Template:Flag	13–16 December	38	Template:GER	Template:RUS	Template:FRA
12	2008	Rijeka	Template:Flag	11–14 December	38	Template:RUS	Template:FRA	Template:ITA
13	2009	Istanbul	Template:Flag	10–13 December	38	Template:NED	Template:RUS	Template:FRA
14	2010	Eindhoven	Template:Flag	25–28 November	38	Template:GER	Template:NED	Template:HUN
15	2011	Szczecin	Template:Flag	8–11 December	38	Template:GER	Template:DEN	Template:ESP
16	2012	Chartres	Template:Flag	22–25 November	40	Template:FRA	Template:DEN	Template:HUN
17	2013	Herning	Template:Flag	12–15 December	40	Template:RUS	Template:HUN	Template:DEN
18	2015	Netanya	Template:Flag	2–6 December	40	Template:HUN	Template:ITA	Template:GER
19	2017	Copenhagen	Template:Flag	13–17 December	40	Template:RUS	Template:HUN	Template:ITA
20	2019	Glasgow	Template:Flag	4–8 December	40	Template:RUS	Template:ITA	Template:NED
21	2021	Kazan	Template:RUS	2–7 November	42	Template:RUS	Template:NED	Template:ITA
22	2023	Otopeni	Template:ROM	5–10 December	42	Template:Flag	Template:ITA	Template:FRA
23	2025	Lublin	Template:POL	2–7 December	42

Medals (1991–2023)

Note 1: Template:SRB medals Consist of Template:SCG medals also.

Note 2: Template:URS 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)