World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) explained

The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), formerly known as the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), also referred to as 'short course worlds', are an international swimming competition staged by the internationally recognized governing body of the sport, World Aquatics (formerly FINA). The championships are staged in a 25m pool, referred to as short course format, and traditionally have been held biennially in alternate years to the World Aquatics Championships. Unlike the World Aquatics Championships, only swimming events are staged at these championships (being one of the six disciplines that form part of the World Aquatics Championships).

Editions

Member federations referred to as winners, second, and third, in the table below, are the top three nation's listed on the medal tally based on the standard method of ranking (being total gold medals, followed by total silver medals, and then total bronze medals).

Edition	Year	Dates	Host	Nations
1	1993	December 2 - 5	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	46	32
2	1995	November 30 - December 3	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	57	32
3	1997	April 17 - 20	Gothenburg, Sweden	71	32
4	1999	April 1 - 4	Hong Kong, China	61	40
5	2000	March 16 - 19	Athens, Greece	78	40
6	2002	April 3 - 7	Moscow, Russia	92	40
7	2004	October 7 - 11	Indianapolis, United States	94	40
8	2006	April 5 - 9	Shanghai, China	117	40
9	2008	April 9 - 13		116	40
10	2010	December 15 - 19	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	153	40
11	2012	December 12 - 16	Istanbul, Turkey	162	40
12	2014	December 3 - 7	Doha, Qatar	174	46
13	2016	December 6 - 11	Windsor, Canada	172	46
14	2018	December 11 - 16	Hangzhou, China	175	46
15	2021	December 16 - 21	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	183	46
16	2022	December 13 - 18	Melbourne, Australia	154	48
17	2024	December 10 - 15	Budapest, Hungary

Record by number of gold medals – (21 gold medals, 2004)
Record by number of total medals – (41 medals in total, 2004),

Events

The 2022 championships were the first edition of the championships in which the male and female event programs were identical. Mixed relays were added from the 2014 edition of the championships.

Men's events

Edition		1993	1995	1997	1999	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2021	2022
Freestyle	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
	400 m													X	X	X	X
	800 m																X
	1500 m													X	X	X	X
Backstroke	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
Breaststroke	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
Butterfly	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
Individual medley	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
	400 m													X	X	X	X
Freestyle relays	4×50 m													X	X	X	X
	4×100 m													X	X	X	X
	4×200 m													X	X	X	X
Medley relays	4×50 m													X	X	X	X
Medley relays	4×100 m													X	X	X	X
Number of events		16	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	23

Women's events

Edition		1993	1995	1997	1999	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2021	2022
Freestyle	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
	400 m													X	X	X	X
	800 m													X	X	X	X
	1500 m																X
Backstroke	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
Breaststroke	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
Butterfly	50 m													X	X	X	X
	100 m													X	X	X	X
	200 m													X	X	X	X
Individual medley	100 m														X	X	X
	200 m														X	X	X
	400 m														X	X	X
Freestyle relays	4×50 m														X	X	X
	4×100 m													X	X	X	X
	4×200 m													X	X	X	X
Medley relays	4×50 m														X	X	X
Medley relays	4×100 m														X	X	X
Number of events		16	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	23