2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships Explained

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Dates:	11–14 December 2003
Venues:	National Aquatic Centre
Previous:	2002
Next:	2004

The 2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held at the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown, Fingal between 11 and 14 December.

Men's events

Final 50 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mark Foster		21.42
	Milorad Čavić		21.49 NR
	Bartosz Kizierowski		21.54
4	Stefan Nystrand		21.57
5	Julien Sicot		21.82
6	Carsten Dehmlow		21.88
7	Johan Kenkhuis		21.89
8	Mark Veens		21.98

Final 100 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		46.81
	Filippo Magnini		47.32
	Christian Galenda		47.77
4	Andrey Kapralov		47.85
5	Yuri Yegoshin		47.95
6	Denis Pimankov		48.07
7	Bartosz Kizierowski		48.25
8	Attila Zubor		48.46

Final 200 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		1:41.89
	Květoslav Svoboda		1:44.56
	Saulius Binevičius		1:45.09
4	Stefan Herbst		1:45.16
5	Yuri Prilukov		1:45.18
6	Simon Burnett		1:45.24
7	Romāns Miloslavskis		1:45.38
8	Filippo Magnini		1:45.58

Final 400 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Yuri Prilukov		3:40.19
Massimiliano Rosolino
	Květoslav Svoboda		3:42.34
4	Sergey Fesenko		3:43.98
5	Adam Faulkner		3:44.76
6	Dimitrios Manganas		3:44.79
7	Nikolaos Xylouris		3:46.06
8	Guy Noël Schmitt		3:46.80

Final 1500 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Yuri Prilukov		14:31.82
	Graeme Smith		14:42.64
	Massimiliano Rosolino		14:47.34
4	Thomas Lurz		14:47,54
5	Guy Noël Schmitt		14:50.70
6	Bojan Zdešar		14:51.86
7	Christian Hein		14:53.63
8	Christian Minotti		14:55.98

Final 50 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Thomas Rupprath		23.71
	Vyacheslav Shyrshov		24.16
	Toni Helbig		24.19
4	Ante Mašković		24.25
5	Darius Grigalionis	LIT	24.31
6	Arkady Vyatchanin		24.41
7	Örn Arnarson		24.47
8	Gregor Tait		24.52

Final 100 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Thomas Rupprath		50.72
	Örn Arnarson		51.74  NR
	Steffen Driesen		51.92
4	Arkady Vyatchanin		52.00
5	Markus Rogan		52.39
5	László Cseh		52.39
7	Gregor Tait		52.47
8	Darius Grigalionis		52.58

Final 200 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Blaž Medvešek		1:52.60
	Steffen Driesen		1:53.07
	Markus Rogan		1:53.08
4	Arkady Vyatchanin		1:53.17
5	Örn Arnarson		1:53.40
6	László Cseh		1:53.42
7	Yevgeni Alechin		1:53.87
8	Răzvan Florea		1:54.06

Final 50 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Oleg Lisogor		26.89
	Remo Lütolf		27.02
	Mark Warnecke		27.03
4	Darren Mew		27.04
5	Chris Cook		27.07
6	Stefan Nystrand		27.14
7	Matjaž Markič		27.36
8	Alessandro Terrin		27.47

Final 100 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	James Gibson		58.03
	Oleg Lisogor		58.42
	Darren Mew		58.78
4	Martin Gustavsson		59.08
5	Jens Kruppa		59.71
6	Emil Tahirovič		59.75
7	Dimitri Komornikov		59.78
8	Hugues Duboscq		59.83

Final 200 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ian Edmond		2:05.63
	Andrew Bree		2:08.02
	Thijs van Valkengoed		2:08.30
4	James Gibson		2:08.38
5	Andrei Ivanov		2:08.50
6	Dmitry Komornikov		2:08.61
7	Mihail Alexandrov		2:09.37
8	Hugues Duboscq		2:09.83

Final 50 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mark Foster		23.22
	Alexei Puninski		23.40
	Andriy Serdinov		23.44
4	Todd Cooper		23.49
5	Fabian Friedrich		23.50
6	Nikolay Skvortsov		23.62
7	Joris Keizer		23.66
8	Jere Hård		23.67

Final 100 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Milorad Čavić		50.02 WR
	Thomas Rupprath		50.43
	Andriy Serdinov		50.88
4	Nikolay Skvortsov		51.22
5	Joris Keizer		52.03
6	Yevgeni Korotychkine		52.05
7	Mattia Nalesso		52.22
8	Todd Cooper		52.44

Final 200 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Franck Esposito		1:51.98
	Stephen Parry		1:53.01
	Paweł Korzeniowski		1:53.68
4	Nikolay Skvortsov		1:53.72
5	Ioan Gherghel		1:54.08
6	Anatoly Polyakov		1:54.19
7	Tero Välimaa		1:55.17
8	Sergiy Advena		1:56.55

Final 100 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Peter Mankoč		53.35
	Jani Sievinen		53.35
	Marco di Carli		54.06
4	Dzianis Silkou		54.39
5	Alexey Zatsepin		54.99
5	Brenton Cabello		54.99
7	Jakob Andersen		55.11
8	Alexander Hetland		55.17

Final 200 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Jani Sievinen		1:55.40
	Massimiliano Rosolino		1:56.70
	Peter Mankoč		1:57.03
4	Christian Keller		1:57.65
5	Tamás Kerékjártó		1:57.68
6	Krešimir Čač		1:57.74
7	Alessio Boggiatto		1:58.13
8	Andrew Bree		2:03.06

Final 400 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	László Cseh		4:04.10
	Robin Francis		4:05.20
	Massimiliano Rosolino		4:06.59
4	Alessio Boggiatto		4:07.50
5	Igor Beretsutskiy		4:08.20
6	Alexei Kovrichin		4:09.20
7	Tamás Kerékjártó		4:09.63
8	Lukasz Wojt		4:11.15

Final 4 × 50 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Gijs Damen Pieter van den Hoogenband		1:25.55
	Carsten Dehmlow Benjamin Friedrich Fabian Friedrich Jens Schreiber		1:26.26
	Vyacheslav Shyrshov Yuri Yegoshin Oleg Lisogor Oleksandr Volynets		1.26,30
4	David Nordenlilja Stefan Nystrand Marcus Piehl Erik Dorch		1:26.40
5			1:26.42
6	Denis Pimankov Andrey Kapralov Dmitry Talepov Ivan Usov		1:26.45
7	Jani Sievinen Jere Hård Matti Rajakylä Manu Mantymaki		1:26.68
8	Julien Sicot Romain Barnier Alain Bernard David Maitre		1:27.09

Final 4 × 50 m medley relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Thomas Rupprath Mark Warnecke Fabian Friedrich Carsten Dehmlow		1:34.46
			1:36.28
	Flori Lang Remo Lütolf Lorenz Liechti Karel Novy		1:36.65
4	Mitja Zastrow Thijs van Valkengoed Joris Keizer Pieter van den Hoogenband		1:37.06
5	Tero Raty Jani Sievinen Jere Hård Manu Mantymaki		1:37.10
6			1:37.14
7			1:37.27
8	Petter Sjödal Morten Nystram Alexander Hetland Alexander Dale Oen		1:37.92

Women's events

Final 50 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Marleen Veldhuis		24.39
	Alison Sheppard		24.48
	Malia Metella		24.54
4	Sandra Völker	SWE	24.60
5	Hanna-Maria Seppälä		24.79
6	Judith Draxler		24.81
7	Hinkelien Schreuder		24.92
8	Nery-Mantey Niangkoura		24.97

Final 100 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Malia Metella		53.15
	Marleen Veldhuis		53.42
	Hanna-Maria Seppälä		53.46
4	Josefin Lillhage		53.62
5	Alena Popchanka		53.67
6	Johanna Sjöberg		53.79
7	Sandra Völker		53.80
8	Jana Mysková		54.16

Final 200 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Melanie Marshall		1:55.10
	Josefin Lillhage		1:55.57
	Alena Popchanka		1:55.66
4	Britta Steffen		1:56.59
5	Alessa Ries		1:57.05
6	Marleen Veldhuis		1:57.11
7	Jana Mysková		1:57.84
8	Paulina Barzycka		1:57.99

Final 400 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Joanne Jackson		4:04.00
	Rebecca Cooke		4:04.80
	Melissa Caballero		4:05.00
	Regina Sytch		4:05.00
5	Éva Risztov		4:05.13
6	Josefin Lillhage		4:07.68
7	Daria Parchina		4:08.09
8	Alessa Ries		4:08.92

Final 800 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Erika Villaecija		8:18.65
	Rebecca Cooke		8:22.05
	Éva Risztov		8:23.94
4	Melissa Caballero		8:25.04
5	Regina Sytch		8:26.36
6	Hannah Stockbauer		8:28.93
7	Polina Schornikova		8:37.73
8	Angelika Oleksy		8:38.02

Final 50 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ilona Hlaváčková		27.48
	Antje Buschschulte		27.54
	Louise Ørnstedt		27.56
4	Janine Pietsch		27.76
5	Sanja Jovanović		27.99
6	Sarah Price		28.38
7	Alessandra Cappa		28.55
8	Carla Stampfli		28.68

Final 100 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Antje Buschschulte		58.40
	Ilona Hlaváčková		58.72
	Laure Manaudou		58.99
4	Sarah Price		59.19
5	Stanislava Komarova		59.23
6	Louise Ørnstedt		59.24
7	Iryna Amshennikova		59.28
8	Janine Pietsch		59.45

Final 200 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Antje Buschschulte		2:04.23
	Stanislava Komarova		2:05.42
	Iryna Amshennikova		2:06.51
4	Sarah Price		2:06.95
5	Alenka Kejžar		2:08.01
6	Annika Liebs		2:09.16
7	Nikolett Szepesi		2:09.62
8	Esther Baron		2:10.51

Final 50 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Sarah Poewe		30.40
	Emma Igelström		30.59
	Yelena Bogonazova		30.99
4	Kerstin Vogel		31.07
5	Moniek Nijhuis		31.28
6	Rachel Genner		31.29
7	Majken Thorup		31.44
8	Jane Trepp		31.45

Final 100 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Sarah Poewe		1:06.31
	Elena Bogonazova		1:06.63
	Mirna Jukić		1:06.68
4	Emma Igelström		1:06.72
5	Rachel Genner		1:07.14
6	Simone Weiler		1:07.33
7	Majken Thorup		1:07.56
8	Kirsty Balfour		1:07.61

Final 200 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mirna Jukić		2:21.09
	Anne Poleska		2:21.93
	Simone Weiler		2:22.64
4	Kirsty Balfour		2:24.03
5	Natalia Hissamutdinova		2:25.54
6	Smiljana Marinović		2:26.66
7	Chiara Boggiatto		2:27.29
8	Diana Remenyi		2:27.31

Final 50 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Anna-Karin Kammerling		25.91
	Martina Moravcová		26.25
	Fabienne Nadarajah		26.44
4	Jeanette Ottesen		26.57
5	Hinkelien Schreuder		26.62
6	Chantal Groot		26.69
7	Johanna Sjöberg		26.73
8	Tine Bossuyt		26.93

Final 100 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Martina Moravcová		57.25
	Johanna Sjöberg		58.23
	Alena Popchanka		58.26
4	Malia Metella		58.42
5	Otylia Jędrzejczak		58.75
6	Chantal Groot		59.28
7	Aleksandra Urbanczyk		59.34
8	Inge Dekker		59.50

Final 200 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Éva Risztov		2:06.72
	Francesca Segat		2:07.12
	Mette Jacobsen		2:07.55
4	Otylia Jędrzejczak		2:07.81
5	Paola Cavallino		2:08.63
6	María Peláez		2:09.41
7	Beatrix Boulsevicz		2:10.31
8	Roser Vives		2:10.42

Final 100 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Alison Sheppard		1:01.19
	Alenka Kejžar		1:01.29
	Hanna Shcherba		1:01.40
4	Sara Parise		1:01.61
5	Hanna Eriksson		1:02.03
6	Tatiana Rouba		1:02.57
7	Jane Trepp		1:02.90
8	Julie Hjørt-Hansen		1:03.00

Final 200 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Alenka Kejžar		2:09.32
	Hanna Shcherba		2:11.00
	Teresa Rohmann		2:11.44
4	Aleksandra Urbanczyk		2:11.56
5	Julie Hjørt-Hansen		2:11.76
6	Anja Klinar		2:12.76
7	Yana Tolkacheva		2:13.46
8	Tatiana Rouba		2:14.41

Final 400 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Éva Risztov		4:33.57
	Yana Tolkatcheva		4:35.28
	Teresa Rohmann		4:35.47
4	Anja Klinar		4:35.81
5	Vasiliki Angelopoulou		4:41.30
6	Rebecca Cooke		4:42.45
7	Mirjana Boševska		4:42.67
8	Roser Vives		4:42.92

Final 4 × 50 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Hinkelien Schreuder Annabel Kosten Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis		1:37.52
	Claire Hedenskog Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage		1:37.68
	Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker Petra Dallmann Britta Steffen		1:38.68

Final 4 × 50 m medley relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Emelie Kierkegaard Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage		1:48.79
	Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Janine Pietsch Sandra Völker		1:48.85
	Hinkelien Schreuder Moniek Nijhuis Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis		1:49.10

External links

• Results book
• Swim Rankings Results
• Race-analysis by professor Rein Haljand