FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)^[1] or "Short Course Worlds" as they are sometimes known,^[2]^[3]^[4] is an 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).^[5]^[6]

Unlike the FINA World Aquatics 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).

Championships[]

Year	Dates	Edition	Location	Nations	Events (M/W/X)	Winner of the medal table	Second in the medal table	Third in the medal table
1993	December 2 – 5	1	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	46	16 / 16 / 0 (32)	China	United States	Australia
1995	November 30 – December 3	2	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	57	16 / 16 / 0 (32)	Australia	China	Brazil
1997	April 17 – 20	3	Gothenburg, Sweden	71	16 / 16 / 0 (32)	Australia	China	Sweden
1999	April 1 – 4	4	Hong Kong, China	61	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	Australia	Japan	Great Britain
2000	March 16 – 19	5	Athens, Greece	78	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	United States	Sweden	Germany
2002	April 3 – 7	6	Moscow, Russia	92	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	Australia	United States	Sweden
2004	October 7 – 11	7	Indianapolis, United States	94	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	United States	Australia	Great Britain
2006	April 5 – 9	8	Shanghai, China	117	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	Australia	United States	China
2008	April 9 – 13	9	Manchester, Great Britain	116	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	United States	Australia	Netherlands
2010	December 15 – 19	10	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	153	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	United States	Russia	Spain
2012	December 12 – 16	11	Istanbul, Turkey	162	20 / 20 / 0 (40)	United States	China	Hungary
2014	December 3 – 7	12	Doha, Qatar	174	22 / 22 / 2 (46)	Brazil	Hungary	Netherlands
2016	December 6 – 11	13	Windsor, Canada	172	22 / 22 / 2 (46)	United States	Hungary	Russia
2018	December 11 – 16	14	Hangzhou, China	175	22 / 22 / 2 (46)	United States	Russia	Hungary
2021	December 16 – 21	15	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	183	22 / 22 / 2 (46)	United States	Canada	Italy
2022	December 17 – 22	16	Kazan, Russia
2024	TBD		Budapest, Hungary

Events[]

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

Men's events[]

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

Women's events[]

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

Mixed events[]

Edition		2014	2016	2018
Relays	4×50 m freestyle	X	X	X
Relays	4×50 m medley	X	X	X
Number of events		2	2	2

Medal table[]

Updated after the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m):


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	118	103	85	306
2	Australia (AUS)	79	89	73	241
3	China (CHN)	42	41	38	121
4	Russia (RUS)	30	28	44	102
5	Sweden (SWE)	28	20	18	66
6	Brazil (BRA)	22	9	21	52
7	Great Britain (GBR)	21	42	40	103
8	Netherlands (NED)	21	24	19	64
9	Hungary (HUN)	21	11	10	42
10	South Africa (RSA)	20	16	6	42
11	Germany (GER)	19	26	24	69
12	Japan (JPN)	17	11	22	50
13	Ukraine (UKR)	15	12	13	40
14	Denmark (DEN)	10	5	16	31
15	Spain (ESP)	9	4	8	21
16	France (FRA)	7	8	8	23
17	Slovakia (SVK)	7	5	5	17
18	Italy (ITA)	6	26	19	51
19	Canada (CAN)	6	17	16	39
20	Cuba (CUB)	6	1	2	9
21	Finland (FIN)	5	5	4	14
22	Lithuania (LTU)	5	4	1	10
23	Croatia (CRO)	5	1	3	9
24	Jamaica (JAM)	4	4	2	10
25	Venezuela (VEN)	4	2	1	7
26	South Korea (KOR)	4	2	0	6
27	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	4	0	1	5
28	Costa Rica (CRC)	4	0	0	4
29	Poland (POL)	3	7	14	24
30	Slovenia (SLO)	3	7	3	13
31	New Zealand (NZL)	3	5	4	12
32	Belarus (BLR)	2	2	3	7
32	Tunisia (TUN)	2	2	3	7
34	Israel (ISR)	2	0	2	4
35	Austria (AUT)	1	6	2	9
36	Argentina (ARG)	1	2	2	5
37	Norway (NOR)	1	1	3	5
38	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	3	4
39	Romania (ROU)	0	3	3	6
40	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
41	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	1	2
42	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
42	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
44	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	4	4
45	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
45	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	2	2
47	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Faroe Islands (FRO)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland (IRE)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (53 nations)		558	556	558	1672

References[]

^ "FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)". FINA. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
^ "5 more world records set at short-course worlds". Yahoo. December 5, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
^ "Ryan Lochte takes two medals at short course worlds". USA Today. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
^ "Records fall at short-course worlds". ESPN. December 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
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[fina-2012-1] "FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)". FINA. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

[yahoo-2014-2] "5 more world records set at short-course worlds". Yahoo. December 5, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

[usat-2014-3] "Ryan Lochte takes two medals at short course worlds". USA Today. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

[espn-2014-4] "Records fall at short-course worlds". ESPN. December 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

[fina-men-2008-5] "Men's Events". Medallists & Statistics Special FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) (PDF). HistoFINA (Technical report). Vol. III. FINA. 2006. pp. 15–52. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on April 27, 2015. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

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