See main article: European Short Course Swimming Championships.
The 5th European Short Course Championships was held December 13–16, 2001 at the Wezenberg Swimming Pool in Antwerp, Belgium. The meet featured competition in a short course (25m) pool.
| 50 freestyle | Stefan Nystrand  Sweden | 21.15 | Oleksandr Volynets  Ukraine | 21.60 | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 21.65 |
| 100 freestyle | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 47.15 | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 47.42 | Romain Barnier  FRA Duje Draganja Croatia | 47.53 |
| 200 freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:42.46 ER | Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic | 1:44.78 | Stefan Herbst Germany | 1:45.32 |
| 400 freestyle | Emiliano Brembilla  Italy | 3:41.27 | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 3:42.09 | Jacob Carstensen Denmark | 3:42.28 |
| 1500 freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 14:41.20 | Alexei Filipets  Russia | 14:41.98 | Nicolas Rostoucher France | 14:47.47 |
| 50 backstroke | Stev Theloke Germany | 23.97 | Ante Mašković Croatia | 24.53 | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 24.54 |
| 100 backstroke | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 50.99 | Stev Theloke Germany | 51.92 | Gregor Tait  Great Britain | 52.90 |
| 200 backstroke | Gordan Kožulj Croatia | 1:53.37 | Yoav Gath  Israel | 1:54.15 | Simon Dufour France | 1:54.21 |
| 50 breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 26.71 | Mark Warnecke Germany | 26.75 | Darren Mew Great Britain | 26.85 |
| 100 breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 59.02 | James Gibson Great Britain | 59.23 | Daniel Málek Czech Republic | 59.51 |
| 200 breaststroke | Maxim Podoprigora  Austria | 2:07.79 | Ian Edmond Great Britain | 2:08.03 | Daniel Málek Czech Republic | 2:09.07 |
| 50 butterfly | Lars Frölander Sweden | 23.07 | Mark Foster Great Britain | 23.11 | Tero Välimaa  Finland | 23.59 |
| 100 butterfly | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 50.26 WR | Lars Frölander Sweden | 50.58 | James Hickman Great Britain | 51.32 |
| 200 butterfly | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:52.93 | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 1:53.34 | Anatoly Polyakov Russia | 1:53.54 |
| 100 I.M. | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 52.94 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 54.10 | Jani Sievinen Finland | 54.17 |
| 200 I.M. | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 1:56.18 | Jani Sievinen Finland | 1:56.60 | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 1:57.52 |
| 400 I.M. | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 4:06.99 | Robin Francis Great Britain | 4:08.49 | Jacob Carstensen Denmark | 4:08.58 |
| 4×50 free relay | Ukraine Denys Sylantyev Oleksandr Volynets Oleg Lisogor Vyacheslav Shyrshov | 1:26.09 ER | Netherlands Johan Kenkhuis Gijs Damen Ewout Holst Pieter van den Hoogenband | 1:26.32 | Sweden Erik Dorch Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Jonas Tilly | 1:26.77 |
| 4×50 medley relay | Germany Stev Theloke Mark Warnecke Thomas Rupprath Carsten Dehmlow | 1:35.14 ER | Great Britain Gregor Tait James Gibson James Hickman Mark Foster | 1:35.19 | Sweden Jens Pettersson Patrik Isaksson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand | 1:37.71 |
| 50 freestyle | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 23.89 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.09 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 24.61 |
| 100 freestyle | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 52.65 | Martina Moravcová  Slovakia | 52.97 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 53.01 |
| 200 freestyle | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:54.74 ER | Solenne Figuès France | 1:55.83 | Alessa Ries Germany | 1:57.34 |
| 400 freestyle | Anja Čarman Slovenia | 4:02.72 | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 4:02.79 | Irina Ufimtseva Russia | 4:05.68 |
| 800 freestyle | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 8:17.20 | Anja Čarman Slovenia | 8:20.31 | Irina Ufimtseva Russia | 8:23.28 |
| 50 backstroke | Ilona Hlaváčková Czech Republic | 27.06 ER | Anu Koivisto Finland | 27.75 | Janine Pietsch Germany | 27.79 |
| 100 backstroke | Ilona Hlaváčková Czech Republic | 57.75 ER | Sarah Price Great Britain | 59.46 | Janine Pietsch Germany | 59.79 |
| 200 backstroke | Sarah Price Great Britain | 2.04.59 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 2.06.65 | Anu Koivisto Finland | 2.07.10 |
| 50 breaststroke | Emma Igelström Sweden | 30.56 =WR | Janne Schaefer Germany | 30.92 | Vera Lischka Austria | 31.37 |
| 100 breaststroke | Anne Poleska Germany | 1:07.25 | Mirna Jukić Austria | 1:07.59 | Heidi Earp Great Britain | 1:08.25 |
| 200 breaststroke | Anne Poleska Germany | 2:21.93 ER | Mirna Jukić Austria | 2:22.26 | Emma Igelström Sweden | 2:23.36 |
| 50 butterfly | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 25.73 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 25.88 | Natalia Soutiaguina Russia | 27.25 |
| 100 butterfly | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 57.20 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 57.79 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 57.98 |
| 200 butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland | 2:07.95 | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 2:08.13 | Georgina Lee Great Britain | 2:08.14 |
| 100 I.M. | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:00.16 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 1:00.90 | Oxana Verevka Russia | 1:01.92 |
| 200 I.M. | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 2:09.52 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 2:09.70 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 2:10.82 |
| 400 I.M. | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 4:29.46 ER | Yana Klochkova Ukraine | 4:31.31 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 4:33.46 |
| 4×50 free relay | Sweden Cathrin Carlzon Johanna Sjöberg Therese Alshammar Anna-Karin Kammerling | 1:38.29 | Netherlands Suze Valen Hinkelien Schreuder Annabel Kosten Inge de Bruijn | 1:39.02 | Germany Petra Dallman Ann-Christiane Langmaack Katrin Meissner Janine Pietsch | 1:39.60 |
| 4×50 medley relay | Sweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg | 1:48.32 | Germany Janine Pietsch Janne Schaefer Catherine Friedrich Katrin Meissner | 1:49.92 | Netherlands Suze Valen Madelon Baans Inge de Bruijn Annabel Kosten | 1:50.00 |