Swedish Swimming Championships
| Sport | Swimming |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1899 |
| No. of teams | 82 (2007) |
| Country |
 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.
History
The first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899[1] 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
For more details on this topic, see List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions.
| Name | Clubs | Titles | Years | Best event (titles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmertz, AndersAnders Holmertz | Motala SS, Spårvägens SF | 39 | 1984–1996 | 400 m freestyle (13) |
| Alshammar, ThereseTherese Alshammar | Järfälla SS, SK Neptun | 34 | 1993–2007 | 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke (both 9) |
| Borg, ArneArne Borg | Stockholms KK | 30 | 1919–1929 | 500 m freestyle (9) |
| Frölander, LarsLars Frölander | Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS | 27 | 1993–2007 | 100 m butterfly (10) |
| Andersson, RobertRobert Andersson | Stockholms KK | 24 | 1906–1919 | 200 m freestyle, 500 m freestyle (both 5) |
| Borg, BjörnBjörn Borg | Norrköpings KK | 23 | 1936–1944 | 400 m freestyle (6) |
| Larsson, GunnarGunnar Larsson | Malmö SS | 21 | 1967–1973 | 400 m freestyle, 200 m IM (both 5) |
| Jacobsson, MichaelMichael Jacobsson | Täby Sim | 21 | 1997–2003 | 400 m IM (7) |
| Östrand, Per-OlofPer-Olof Östrand | Hofors AIF, IF Elfsborg | 21 | 1947–1955 | 400 m freestyle (9) |
| Henning, ThorThor Henning | SK Neptun | 21 | 1911–1921 | 200 m breaststroke, 400 m breaststroke (both 6) |
| Olsson, Per-OlofPer-Olof Olsson | SoIK Hellas | 20 | 1937–1949 | 100 m freestyle (11) |
| Gustavsson, MartinMartin Gustavsson | Malmö KK | 19 | 2002–2006 | 100 m breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke (both 7) |
| Rothman, JohnJohn Rothman | Stockholms KK | 19 | 1937–1949 | 200 m breaststroke (11) |
| Lejdström, ThomasThomas Lejdström | Västerås SS | 18 | 1979–1987 | 400 m freestyle, 400 m IM (both 4) |
| Bidrman, JanJan Bidrman | Malmö KK | 17 | 1986–1992 | 400 m IM (6) |
| Zarnowiecki, AnitaAnita Zarnowiecki | Simavdelningen 1902 | 17 | 1969–1975 | 400 m IM (6) |
| Lillhage, JosefinJosefin Lillhage | Väsby SS | 16 | 2001–2007 | 200 m freestyle (7) |
| Eriksson, AgnetaAgneta Eriksson | Västerås SS | 16 | 1979–1987 | 100 m butterfly (6) |
| Nordenstam, SaraSara Nordenstam | Väsby SS | 15 | 1998–2003 | 400 m IM (6) |
| Andersson, WilhelmWilhelm Andersson | SK Neptun | 15 | 1909–1918 | 500 m freestyle (5) |
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See also
- List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions
- Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series
- Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
- List of sporting events in Sweden
References
- ↑ (Swedish) SM genom tiderna (trans: Swedish Championships through the ages), section of the 2013 Swedish Championships page; retrieved 2013-07-03.
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