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{{Short description|International short-course swimming competitions}}
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The '''European Short Course Swimming Championships''', variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25&nbsp;m Championships", are a swimming meet, organized by [[LEN]]. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events in a [[Short course (swimming)|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 European Short Course Swimming Championships|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>{{cite web | url=http://www.len.eu/cms?events+championships+szczecin2011+pr=2 | title=The most successful European short course swimmers | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804104615/http://www.len.eu/cms?events+championships+szczecin2011+pr=2 | archive-date=4 August 2012 | publisher=[[LEN]]| date=7 December 2012 | access-date=20 March 2012 }} 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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! Year
! Host city
! Country
! Dates
! Events
! width=125 em|Winner of the medal table
! width=125 em|Second in the medal table
! width=125 em|Third in the medal table
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|colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|'''Sprint Championships'''
|-
| align="center"|1||[[1991 European Sprint Swimming Championships|1991]] || [[Gelsenkirchen]] || {{flag|Germany}} || 6–8 December || align="center"|14 || {{GER}} || {{USSR}} || {{SWE}}
|-
| align="center"|2||[[1992 European Sprint Swimming Championships|1992]] || [[Espoo]] || {{flag|Finland}} || 21–22 December || align="center"|14 || {{GER}} || {{SWE}} || {{FIN}}
|-
| align="center"|3||[[1993 European Sprint Swimming Championships|1993]] || [[Gateshead]] || {{flag|Great Britain}} || 11–13 November || align="center"|20 || {{GER}} || {{SWE}} || {{flag|Great Britain}}
|-
| align="center"|4||[[1994 European Sprint Swimming Championships|1994]] || [[Stavanger]] || {{flag|Norway}} || 3–4 December || align="center"|14 || {{GER}} || {{SWE}} || {{NED}}
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|'''Short Course Championships'''
|-
| align="center"|1||[[1996 European Short Course Swimming Championships|1996]] || [[Rostock]] || {{flag|Germany}} || 13–15 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{flag|Great Britain}} || {{NED}}
|-
| align="center"|2||[[1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships|1998]] || [[Sheffield]] || {{flag|Great Britain}} || 11–13 December || align="center"|38 || {{GER}} || {{flag|Great Britain}} || {{NED}}
|-
| align="center"|3||[[1999 European Short Course Swimming Championships|1999]] || [[Lisbon]] || {{flag|Portugal}} || 9–12 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{SWE}} || {{GER}} || {{UKR}}
|-
| align="center"|4||[[2000 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2000]] || [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] || {{flag|Spain}} || 14–17 December || align="center"|38 || {{SWE}} || {{ITA}} || {{GER}}
|-
| align="center"|5||[[2001 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2001]] || [[Antwerp]] || {{flag|Belgium}} || 13–16 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{SWE}} || {{UKR}}
|-
| align="center"|6||[[2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2002]] || [[Riesa]] || {{flag|Germany}} || 12–15 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{ITA}} || {{SWE}}
|-
| align="center"|7||[[2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2003]] || [[Dublin]] || {{flag|Ireland}} || 11–14 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{flag|Great Britain}} || {{NED}}
|-
| align="center"|8||[[2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2004]] || [[Vienna]] || {{flag|Austria}} || 9–12 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{RUS}} || {{flag|Great Britain}}
|-
| align="center"|9||[[2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2005]] || [[Trieste]] || {{flag|Italy|2003}} || 8–11 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{POL}} || {{NED}}
|-
| align="center"|10||[[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2006]] || [[Helsinki]] || {{flag|Finland}} || 7–10 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{FRA}} || {{ITA}}
|-
| align="center"|11||[[2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2007]] || [[Debrecen]] || {{flag|Hungary}} || 13–16 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{RUS}} || {{FRA}}
|-
| align="center"|12||[[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2008]] || [[Rijeka]] || {{flag|Croatia}} || 11–14 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{RUS}} || {{FRA}} || {{ITA}}
|-
| align="center"|13||[[2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2009]] || [[Istanbul]] || {{flag|Turkey}} || 10–13 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{NED}} || {{RUS}} || {{FRA}}
|-
| align="center"|14||[[2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2010]] || [[Eindhoven]] || {{flag|Netherlands}} || 25–28 November || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{NED}} || {{HUN}}
|-
| align="center"|15||[[2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2011]] || [[Szczecin]] || {{flag|Poland}} || 8–11 December || align="center"|38 ||  {{GER}} || {{DEN}} || {{ESP}}
|-
| align="center"|16||[[2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2012]] || [[Chartres]] || {{flag|France}} || 22–25 November || align="center"|40 ||  {{FRA}} || {{DEN}} || {{HUN}}
|-
| align="center"|17||[[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2013]] || [[Herning]] || {{flag|Denmark}} || 12–15 December || align="center"|40 ||  {{RUS}} || {{HUN}} || {{DEN}}
|-
| align="center"|18||[[2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2015]] || [[Netanya]] || {{flag|Israel}} || 2–6 December || align="center"|40 || {{HUN}} || {{ITA}} || {{GER}}
|-
| align="center"|19||[[2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2017]] || [[Copenhagen]] || {{flag|Denmark}} || 13–17 December || align="center"|40 || {{RUS}} || {{HUN}} || {{ITA}}
|-
| align="center"|20||[[2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2019]] || [[Glasgow]] || {{flag|Great Britain}} || 4–8 December || align="center"|40 || {{RUS}} || {{ITA}} || {{NED}}
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| align="center"|21 || [[2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2021]] || [[Kazan]] || {{RUS}} || 2–7 November || align="center"|42 || {{RUS}} || {{NED}} || {{ITA}}
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| align="center"|22 || [[2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2023]] || [[Otopeni]] || {{ROM}} || 5–10 December || align="center"|42 || {{flag|Great Britain}} || {{ITA}} || {{FRA}}
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| align="center"|23 || [[2025 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2025]] || [[Lublin]] || {{POL}} || 2–7 December || align="center"|42 || || ||
|}

==Medals (1991–2023)==
{{Medals table
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 | gold_GER = 143 | silver_GER = 139 | bronze_GER = 115
 | gold_RUS = 100 | silver_RUS = 81  | bronze_RUS = 86
 | gold_NED = 90  | silver_NED = 52  | bronze_NED = 56
 | gold_SWE = 85  | silver_SWE = 67  | bronze_SWE = 46
 | gold_ITA = 82  | silver_ITA = 98  | bronze_ITA = 88
 | gold_HUN = 68  | silver_HUN = 42  | bronze_HUN = 34
 | gold_FRA = 56  | silver_FRA = 55  | bronze_FRA = 53
 | gold_GBR = 53  | silver_GBR = 79  | bronze_GBR = 88
 | gold_UKR = 39  | silver_UKR = 32  | bronze_UKR = 30
 | gold_POL = 35  | silver_POL = 31  | bronze_POL = 29
 | gold_DEN = 21  | silver_DEN = 41  | bronze_DEN = 37
 | gold_ESP = 20  | silver_ESP = 25  | bronze_ESP = 25
 | gold_SVK = 19  | silver_SVK = 7   | bronze_SVK = 7
 | gold_SLO = 18  | silver_SLO = 17  | bronze_SLO = 23
 | gold_FIN = 15  | silver_FIN = 13  | bronze_FIN = 17
 | gold_CRO = 12  | silver_CRO = 15  | bronze_CRO = 12
 | gold_AUT = 12  | silver_AUT = 16  | bronze_AUT = 16
 | gold_CZE = 11  | silver_CZE = 16  | bronze_CZE = 20
 | gold_LTU = 8   | silver_LTU = 8   | bronze_LTU = 10
 | gold_BLR = 7   | silver_BLR = 11  | bronze_BLR = 23
 | gold_SRB = 6   | silver_SRB = 5   | bronze_SRB = 4 | name_SRB = {{SRB}}*
 | gold_ISL = 6   | silver_ISL = 3   | bronze_ISL = 4
 | gold_SUI = 7   | silver_SUI = 9   | bronze_SUI = 9
 | gold_NOR = 3   | silver_NOR = 9   | bronze_NOR = 16
 | gold_BEL = 3   | silver_BEL = 7   | bronze_BEL = 10
 | gold_GRE = 4   | silver_GRE = 5   | bronze_GRE = 14
 | gold_URS = 3   | silver_URS = 2   | bronze_URS = 2 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}''*
 | gold_ISR = 1   | silver_ISR = 5   | bronze_ISR = 11
 | gold_ROU = 1   | silver_ROU = 4   | bronze_ROU = 10
 | gold_TUR = 1   | silver_TUR = 3   | bronze_TUR = 5
 | gold_BUL = 1   | silver_BUL = 0   | bronze_BUL = 3
 | gold_EST = 1   | silver_EST = 8   | bronze_EST = 6
 | gold_IRL = 3   | silver_IRL = 1   | bronze_IRL = 9
 | gold_POR = 0   | silver_POR = 1   | bronze_POR = 3
 | gold_FRO = 0   | silver_FRO = 1   | bronze_FRO = 0
 | gold_LIE = 0   | silver_LIE = 0   | bronze_LIE = 1
 | gold_BIH = 0   | silver_BIH = 0   | bronze_BIH = 1
}}

Note 1: {{SRB}} medals Consist of {{SCG}} medals also.

Note 2: {{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)]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{International swimming}}
{{LEN swimming champs}}
{{LEN Competitions}}
{{European Championships}}

[[Category:European Short Course Swimming Championships| ]]
[[Category:European championships in swimming|Short Course]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1996]]
[[Category:European Aquatics competitions]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Europe]]