1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 1st FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from December 2 until December 5, 1993. PR China won the most gold medals, although all of their ten came in the women's events, with Le Jingyi winning two individual and three relay events to travel home with five golds; Guohong Dai went home with four golds and one silver despite swimming only one relay. In the men's events, USA and Australia won three gold medals each; Tripp Schwenk enjoyed a bite of all three American golds, winning the two backstroke events and also winning as a part of the medley team. Fernando Scherer of Brazil (100 m freestyle and short freestyle relay) and Australian Daniel Kowalski (400 and 1500 m) both won two gold medals.

Belgium and Moldova won their only medals at the short course world championships for men^[1]as of 2011^[update], while Franck Esposito won France's only gold to date when he won the 200 metre breaststroke.

During the championship, a total of 12 world records were broken, of which ten came in the women's events, and the two men's records to be broken were both relay records.

Contents 1 Men's Events 1.1 50 m Freestyle 1.2 100 m Freestyle 1.3 200 m Freestyle 1.4 400 m Freestyle 1.5 1500 m Freestyle 1.6 100 m Backstroke 1.7 200 m Backstroke 1.8 100 m Breaststroke 1.9 200 m Breaststroke 1.10 100 m Butterfly 1.11 200 m Butterfly 1.12 200 m Individual Medley 1.13 400 m Individual Medley 1.14 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1.15 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1.16 4×100 m Medley Relay 2 Women's Events 2.1 50 m Freestyle 2.2 100 m Freestyle 2.3 200 m Freestyle 2.4 400 m Freestyle 2.5 800 m Freestyle 2.6 100 m Backstroke 2.7 200 m Backstroke 2.8 100 m Breaststroke 2.9 200 m Breaststroke 2.10 100 m Butterfly 2.11 200 m Butterfly 2.12 200 m Individual Medley 2.13 400 m Individual Medley 2.14 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 2.15 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 2.16 4×100 m Medley Relay 3 Medal table 4 References

Men's Events

50 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Mark Foster	GBR	21.84
	Hu Bin	CHN	21.93
	Robert Abernethy	AUS	21.97

100 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Fernando Scherer	BRA	48.38
	Gustavo Borges	BRA	48.42
	Jon Olsen	USA	48.49

200 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Antti Kasvio	FIN	1:45.21
	Trent Bray	NZL	1:45.53
	Artur Wojdat	POL

400 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Daniel Kowalski	AUS	3:42.95
	Antti Kasvio	FIN	3:42.98
	Paul Palmer	GBR	3:45.07

1500 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Daniel Kowalski	AUS	14:42.04
	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	14:53.09
	Piotr Albinski	POL	14:53.97

100 m Backstroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Tripp Schwenk	USA	52.98
	Martin Harris	GBR	53.93
	Rodolfo Falcón	CUB	54.00

200 m Backstroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Tripp Schwenk	USA	1:54.19
	Luca Bianchi	ITA	1:55.09
	Stefaan Maene	BEL	1:55.88

100 m Breaststroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Phil Rogers	AUS	59.56
	Ron Dekker	NED	59.95
	Seth Van Neerden	USA	1:00.08

200 m Breaststroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Nick Gillingham	GBR	2:07.91 ER
	Phil Rogers	AUS	2:08.32
	Eric Wunderlich	USA	2:08.49

100 m Butterfly

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Miloš Milošević	CRO	52.79
	Mark Henderson	USA	52.92
	Rafał Szukała	POL	52.94

200 m Butterfly

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:55.42
	Christian Keller	GER	1:55.75
	Chris-Carol Bremer	GER	1:56.86

200 m Individual Medley

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Christian Keller	GER	1:56.80
	Fraser Walker	GBR	1:58.35
	Curtis Myden	CAN	1:59.27

400 m Individual Medley

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Curtis Myden	CAN	4:10.41
	Serghei Mariniuc	MDA	4:11.96
	Petteri Lehtinen	FIN	4:12.30

4×100 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira Gustavo Borges José Carlos Souza	BRA	3:12.11 WR
	David Fox Seth Pepper Jon Olsen Mark Henderson	USA	3:12.68
	Roman Shegolev Vladislav Kulikov Vladimir Predkin Yury Mukhin	RUS	3:15.56

4×200 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz	SWE	7:05.92
	Christian Tröger Christian Keller Chris-Carol Bremer Jörg Hoffmann	GER	7:08.63
	Gustavo Borges Teófilo Ferreira José Carlos Souza Cassiano Leal	BRA	7:09.97

4×100 m Medley Relay

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Tripp Schwenk Seth Van Neerden Mark Henderson Jon Olsen	USA	3:32.57 WR
	Carlos Ventosa Sergio López Joaquín Fernández José Maria Rojano	ESP	3:36.92
	Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Mike Fibbens Mark Foster	GBR	3:37.27

Women's Events

50 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Le Jingyi	CHN	24.23 WR
	Angel Martino	USA	24.93
	Linda Olofsson	SWE	25.21

100 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Le Jingyi	CHN	53.01 WR
	Angel Martino	USA	53.30
	Karen Pickering	GBR	54.39

200 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Karen Pickering	GBR	1:56.25
	Susie O'Neill	AUS	1:57.16
	Lü Bin	CHN	1:57.71

400 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Janet Evans	USA	4:05.64
	Trina Jackson	USA	4:07.49
	Julie Majer	AUS	4:07.91

800 m Freestyle

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Janet Evans	USA	8:22.43
	Julie Majer	AUS	8:26.46
	Trina Jackson	USA	8:27.50

100 m Backstroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Angel Martino	USA	58.50 WR
	He Cihong	CHN	1:00.13
	Elli Overton	AUS	1:00.18

200 m Backstroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	He Cihong	CHN	2:06.09 WR
	Jia Yuanyuan	CHN	2:07.95
	Cathleen Rund	GER	2:09.59

100 m Breaststroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Dai Guohong	CHN	1:06.58 WR
	Linley Frame	AUS	1:07.65
	Samantha Riley	AUS	1:07.77

200 m Breaststroke

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Dai Guohong	CHN	2:21.99 WR
	Hitomi Maehara	JPN	2:24.45
	Samantha Riley	AUS	2:24.75

100 m Butterfly

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Susie O'Neill	AUS	59.19
	Liu Limin	CHN	59.24
	Kristie Krueger	USA	59.53

200 m Butterfly

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Liu Limin	CHN	2:08.51
	Susie O'Neill	AUS	2:09.08
	Petria Thomas	AUS	2:09.40

200 m Individual Medley

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Allison Wagner	USA	2:07.79 WR
	Dai Guohong	CHN	2:09.21
	Elli Overton	AUS	2:10.51

400 m Individual Medley

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Dai Guohong	CHN	4:29.00 WR
	Allison Wagner	USA	4:31.76
	Julie Majer	AUS	4:37.50

4×100 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Lü Bin Shan Ying Jia Yuanyuan Le Jingyi	CHN	3:35.97 WR
	Ellenor Svensson Linda Olofsson Suzanne Lööv Louise Jöhncke	SWE	3:39.41
	Angel Martino Sarah Perroni Kristie Krueger Paige Wilson	USA	3:40.40

4×200 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Shan Ying Zhou Guanbin Le Jingyi Lü Bin	CHN	7:52.45
	Tammy Bruce Elli Overton Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill	AUS	7:56.52
	Paige Wilson Sarah Perroni Trina Jackson Janet Evans	USA	8:02.99

4×100 m Medley Relay

RANK	FINAL	COUNTRY	TIME
	Le Jingyi He Chihong Liu Limin Dai Guohong	CHN	3:57.73 WR
	Elli Overton Linley Frame Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill	AUS	4:00.17
	Angel Martino Kelli King Kristie Krueger Sarah Perroni	USA	4:01.30

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	China	10	4	1	15
2	United States	7	6	8	21
3	Australia	4	9	8	21
4	Great Britain	3	2	3	8
5	Brazil	2	1	1	4
6	Germany	1	3	2	6
7	Finland	1	1	1	3
8	Canada	1	0	1	2
	Sweden	1	0	1	2
10	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
12	Poland	0	1	2	3
13	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Moldova	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
19	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total		32	32	32	96

References

• scmsom results
• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women
• (Norwegian) (ed) Arvid Carlsen Sportsboken 94-95, pp. 299–300, Schibsted October 1994. ISBN 82-516-1543-7.

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