European Short Course Swimming Championships Explained

European Short Course Swimming Championships
Status:	active
Genre:	sports event
Date:	varying
Frequency:	annual
Location:	various
Organised:	LEN

The European Short Course Swimming Championships (variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25m 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 50s of the strokes, the 100 Individual Medley, and 4x50 relays (free and medley).

In 1996, the meet expanded to 38 events, adding the 100s and 200s of stroke, the 400 and 800/1500 frees, and the 200 and 400 IMs; and the name was changed to "Short Course". LEN also started numbering the championships again, such that 2011's meet was the 15th edition.^[1] In 2012, the meet expanded to 40 events: 19 for men, 19 for women, and two mixed. Of each 19, 17 are individual and 2 are relays.

Editions

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Sprint Championships
1				6–8 December	14
2				21–22 December	14
3				11–13 November	20
4				3–4 December	14
Short Course Championships
1				13–15 December	38
2				11–13 December	38
3				9–12 December	38
4				14–17 December	38
5				13–16 December	38
6				12–15 December	38
7				11–14 December	38
8				9–12 December	38
9				8–11 December	38
10				7–10 December	38
11				13–16 December	38
12				11–14 December	38
13				10–13 December	38
14				25–28 November	38
15				8–11 December	38
16				22–25 November	40
17				12–15 December	40
18				2–6 December	40
19				13–17 December	40
20				4–8 December	40
21				2–7 November	42
22				5–10 December	42

Medals (1991–2023)

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)

Notes and References

1. The most successful European short course swimmers . Press release published by LEN on 2012-12-07, retrieved 2012-03-20. (Note: The release was before the start of the 2011 meet, and references tallies for the 14 previous editions.)