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 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).

Editions

As of 2012, there have been 11 editions of the Short Course Worlds:^[7]

Edition	Year	Location	Dates	Nations	Swimmers	Events (male/female/mixed)	Winner of Medal Table	Second of the Medal Table	Third of the Medal Table
1st	1993	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	December 2–5	46	313	16 / 16 / 0	China	United States	Australia
2nd	1995	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	November 30–December 3	57	350	16 / 16 / 0	Australia	China	Brazil
3rd	1997	Gothenburg, Sweden	April 17–20	71	501	16 / 16 / 0	Australia	China	Sweden
4th	1999	Hong Kong, China	April 1–4	61	516	20 / 20 / 0	Australia	Japan	Great Britain
5th	2000	Athens, Greece	March 16–19	78	563	20 / 20 / 0	United States	Sweden	Germany
6th	2002	Moscow, Russia	April 3–7	92	599	20 / 20 / 0	Australia	United States	Sweden
7th	2004	Indianapolis, USA	October 7–11	94	502	20 / 20 / 0	United States	Australia	Great Britain
8th	2006	Shanghai, China	April 5–9	117	578	20 / 20 / 0	Australia	United States	China
9th	2008	Manchester, Great Britain	April 9–13	116	607	20 / 20 / 0	United States	Australia	Netherlands
10th	2010	Dubai, UAE	December 15–19	153	780	20 / 20 / 0	United States	Russia	Spain
11th	2012	Istanbul, Turkey	December 12–16	162	958	20 / 20 / 0	United States	China	Hungary
12th	2014	Doha, Qatar	December 3–7	174	1.300	22 / 22 / 2	Brazil	Hungary	Netherlands
13th	2016	Windsor, Canada	December 7–11
14th	2018	Hangzhou, China	TBD

Events

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

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table (1993-2014)

Updated after the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m):

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	92	75	72	239
2	Australia	75	85	58	218
3	China	38	36	31	105
4	Sweden	28	20	18	66
5	United Kingdom	20	39	37	96
6	Brazil	19	8	14	41
7	Russia	18	18	38	74
8	Germany	17	25	23	65
9	Netherlands	16	15	16	47
10	Ukraine	14	11	13	38
11	South Africa	13	13	4	30
12	Japan	13	10	7	30
13	Hungary	10	8	8	26
14	Denmark	9	5	15	29
15	Spain	9	4	8	21
16	France	7	6	7	20
17	Slovakia	7	5	5	17
18	Cuba	6	1	2	9
19	Italy	5	19	13	37
20	Finland	5	5	4	14
21	Croatia	5	1	3	9
22	Canada	4	14	13	31
23	Venezuela	4	2	1	7
24	Zimbabwe	4	0	1	5
25	Costa Rica	4	0	0	4
26	Slovenia	3	6	3	12
27	New Zealand	3	5	4	12
28	Lithuania	3	2	0	5
29	Poland	2	7	12	21
30	Tunisia	2	2	3	7
31	Belarus	2	0	1	3
32	Austria	1	5	2	8
33	Jamaica	1	3	0	4
34	Argentina	1	2	2	5
35	Kazakhstan	1	0	3	4
36	Norway	1	0	2	3
37	Romania	0	3	3	6
38	Czech Republic	0	2	1	3
39	South Korea	0	2	0	2
40	Algeria	0	1	1	2
41	Moldova	0	1	0	1
41	Portugal	0	1	0	1
43	Switzerland	0	0	4	4
44	Israel	0	0	2	2
45	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
45	Belgium	0	0	1	1
45	Faroe Islands	0	0	1	1
45	Greece	0	0	1	1
45	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
45	Serbia	0	0	1	1
45	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
45	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	Total: 52 countries	462	465	463	1390

References

International swimming Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games World Championships Short Course Worlds Junior Worlds Masters Worlds World Cup Achievements by nation All-Africa Games Asian Games European Games Pan American Games Commonwealth Games Pan Pacific Championships Universiade Geography Asia AASF – Asian Championships Africa CANA – African Championships Americas UANA (AFC CCCAN CONSANAT USAS) – Caribbean Islands Championships Central American & Caribbean Championships South American Championships Europe LEN – European Championships European Short Course Championships European Junior Championships Oceania OSA – Oceania Championships Fédération Internationale de Natation