Swedish Swimming Championships

Swedish Swimming Championships
Sport Swimming
Founded 1899
No. of teams 82 (2007)
Country(ies)  Sweden
Most recent champion(s) Last winners lists

The Swedish Swimming Championships (Swedish: Svenska Mästerskapen i simning, SM i simning, Sim-SM, Långbane-SM) are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate.

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History

The first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899 and in the beginning the championships were held in lakes or seas. During the 1920s and 1930s next to all championships were held in Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm, but when it was demolished the championships started to move around Sweden.

Since 1988 the Senior's and Junior's Swedish Championships are hosted together with timed finals for the Junior's in the morning together with the prelims for the older swimmer.

The swimmer with the most individual gold medals is Anders Holmertz with 39 titles, before Therese Alshammar with 34, Arne Borg with 30, Lars Frölander with 27 titles and Robert Andersson with 24 titles. Of them, Therese Alshammar and Lars Frölander are the only swimmer still active.

Champions

Name Clubs Titles Years Best event (titles)
Holmertz, AndersAnders Holmertz Motala SS, Spårvägens SF 39 1984–1996 13 400 m freestyle (13)
Alshammar, ThereseTherese Alshammar Järfälla SS, SK Neptun 34 1993–2007 09 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke (both 9)
Borg, ArneArne Borg Stockholms KK 30 1919–1929 09 500 m freestyle (9)
Frölander, LarsLars Frölander Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS 27 1993–2007 10 100 m butterfly (10)
Andersson, RobertRobert Andersson Stockholms KK 24 1906–1919 05 200 m freestyle, 500 m freestyle (both 5)
Borg, BjörnBjörn Borg Norrköpings KK 23 1936–1944 06 400 m freestyle (6)
Larsson, GunnarGunnar Larsson Malmö SS 21 1967–1973 05 400 m freestyle, 200 m IM (both 5)
Jacobsson, MichaelMichael Jacobsson Täby Sim 21 1997–2003 07 400 m IM (7)
Östrand, Per-OlofPer-Olof Östrand Hofors AIF, IF Elfsborg 21 1947–1955 09 400 m freestyle (9)
Henning, ThorThor Henning SK Neptun 21 1911–1921 06 200 m breaststroke, 400 m breaststroke (both 6)
Olsson, Per-OlofPer-Olof Olsson SoIK Hellas 20 1937–1949 11 100 m freestyle (11)
Gustavsson, MartinMartin Gustavsson Malmö KK 19 2002–2006 07 100 m breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke (both 7)
Rothman, JohnJohn Rothman Stockholms KK 19 1937–1949 11 200 m breaststroke (11)
Lejdström, ThomasThomas Lejdström Västerås SS 18 1979–1987 04 400 m freestyle, 400 m IM (both 4)
Bidrman, JanJan Bidrman Malmö KK 17 1986–1992 06 400 m IM (6)
Zarnowiecki, AnitaAnita Zarnowiecki Simavdelningen 1902 17 1969–1975 06 400 m IM (6)
Lillhage, JosefinJosefin Lillhage Väsby SS 16 2001–2007 07 200 m freestyle (7)
Eriksson, AgnetaAgneta Eriksson Västerås SS 16 1979–1987 06 100 m butterfly (6)
Nordenstam, SaraSara Nordenstam Väsby SS 15 1998–2003 06 400 m IM (6)
Andersson, WilhelmWilhelm Andersson SK Neptun 15 1909–1918 05 500 m freestyle (5)

Venues

See also