FINA World Championships - Short Course

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FINA World Swimming Championships are held every two years in a 25m swimming pool. They are run by FINA.

[edit] World Swimming Championships

Date	Championship	Location
1993: December 2 – December 5	I FINA World Championships	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1995: November 30 – December 3	II FINA World Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1997: April 17 – April 20	III FINA World Championships	Götenburg, Sweden
1999: April 1 – April 4	IV FINA World Championships	Hong Kong, China
2000: March 16 – March 19	V FINA World Championships	Athens, Greece
2002: April 3 – April 7	VI FINA World Championships	Moscow, Russia
2004: October 7 – October 11	VII FINA World Championships	Indianapolis, USA
2006: April 5 – April 9	VIII FINA World Championships	Shanghai, China
2008:	IX FINA World Championships	Manchester, Great Britain

[edit] Sports

There are men's and women's categories for sports. Unlike the World Aquatics Championships, this championship only contains swimming events, and the short course indicated is a 25 m long pool (instead of the 50 m used in the World Aquatics Championships). There are five different styles of individual competition: back stroke, breast stroke, butterfly, free style and medley (where the athletes swim each of the other four styles an equal distance).

Individual events:
- 50 m (all styles except medley)
- 100 m (all styles)
- 200 m (all styles)
- 400 m (freestyle and medley)
- 800 m (freestyle, women only)
- 1500 m (freestyle, men only)
Relays:
- 4 × 100 m (freestyle, medley)
- 4 × 200 m (freestyle)