FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

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The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)[1] or "Short Course Worlds" (as they are sometimes known), are a major, growing, international Swimming competition. It is swum in a short course (25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its main World Championships (currently this means in even years).[2]

Unlike the FINA World Championships, this championship is swimming-only (the World Championships feature all 5 Aquatics disciplines), and is contested in a short course, 25-meter pool (rather than a long course, 50-meter pool).

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[edit] Editions

As of 2010, there have been 11 editions of the Short Course Worlds:[3]

Edition Year Location Dates Nations Swimmers Events
(male/female)
1st 1993 Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain December 2–5 46 313 16 / 16
2nd 1995 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 30–December 3 57 350 16 / 16
3rd 1997 Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden April 17–20 71 501 16 / 16
4th 1999 Hong Kong Hong Kong April 1–4 61 516 20 / 20
5th 2000 Greece Athens, Greece March 16–19 78 563 20 / 20
6th 2002 Russia Moscow, Russia April 3–7 92 599 20 / 20
7th 2004 United States Indianapolis, USA October 7–11 94 502 20 / 20
8th 2006 China Shanghai, China April 5–9 117 578 20 / 20
9th 2008 United Kingdom Manchester, Great Britain April 9–13 116 607 20 / 20
10th 2010 United Arab Emirates Dubai, UAE December 15–19 153 20 / 20
11th 2012 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey December 12–16 20 / 20
12th 2014 Italy Catania, Italy# TBC

#Note: In November 2011, the Italian Swimming Federation withdrew its support of Catania as host of the event,[4] meaning they most likely will not host the event. However, FINA has not yet announced a relocation of the event.

[edit] Events

There are men's and women's events in all four strokes, the individual medley, as well as in relays.

[edit] Men's events

Edition 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Freestyle 50 m X X X X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
400 m X X X X X X X X X
1500 m X X X X X X X X X
Backstroke 50 m X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
Breaststroke 50 m X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
Butterfly 50 m X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
Individual
medley
100 m X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
400 m X X X X X X X X X
Relays 4×100 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X
4×200 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X
4×100 m medley X X X X X X X X X
Number of events 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 20

[edit] Women's events

Edition 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Freestyle 50 m X X X X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
400 m X X X X X X X X X
800 m X X X X X X X X X
Backstroke 50 m X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
Breaststroke 50 m X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
Butterfly 50 m X X X X X X
100 m X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
Individual
medley
100 m X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X
400 m X X X X X X X X X
Relays 4×100 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X
4×200 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X
4×100 m medley X X X X X X X X X
Number of events 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 20

[edit] References

  1. ^ FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) page of the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2012-03.07.
  2. ^ HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) and IIIb (2008 ed). ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history. Volume III is about the Short Course Worlds; part "a" contains men's statistics, part "b" women's statistics.
  3. ^ FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success, by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.
  4. ^ (Italian) Nuoto: Mondiali in vasca corta 2014. Mancata formalizzazione degli impegni della Regione Siciliana. Catania rinuncia (trans: Swimming: Short Course Worlds 2014. Siclian Region fails to formalize committments; Catania waived.); published by FIN on 2011-11-14; retrieved 2012-03-07.


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