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 Aquatics 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).

Championships

Year	Date	Edition	Location	Nations	Athletes	Events	Winner of the medal table	Second of the medal table	Third of the medal table
1993	December 2 – 5	I	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	46	313	16 (m), 16 (f)	China	United States	Australia
1995	November 30 – December 3	II	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	57	350	16 (m), 16 (f)	Australia	China	Brazil
1997	April 17 – 20	III	Gothenburg, Sweden	71	501	16 (m), 16 (f)	Australia	China	Sweden
1999	April 1 – 4	IV	Hong Kong, China	61	516	20 (m), 20 (f)	Australia	Japan	Great Britain
2000	March 16 – 19	V	Athens, Greece	78	563	20 (m), 20 (f)	United States	Sweden	Germany
2002	April 3 – 7	VI	Moscow, Russia	92	599	20 (m), 20 (f)	Australia	United States	Sweden
2004	October 7 – 11	VII	Indianapolis, USA	94	502	20 (m), 20 (f)	United States	Australia	Great Britain
2006	April 5 – 9	VIII	Shanghai, China	117	578	20 (m), 20 (f)	Australia	United States	China
2008	April 9 – 13	IX	Manchester, Great Britain	116	607	20 (m), 20 (f)	United States	Australia	Netherlands
2010	December 15 – 19	X	Dubai, UAE	153	780	20 (m), 20 (f)	United States	Russia	Spain
2012	December 12 – 16	XI	Istanbul, Turkey	162	958	20 (m), 20 (f)	United States	China	Hungary
2014	December 3 – 7	XII	Doha, Qatar	174	968	22 (m), 22 (f), 2 (mixed)	Brazil	Hungary	Netherlands
2016	December 6 – 11	XIII	Windsor, Canada	172		22 (m), 22 (f), 2 (mixed)	United States	Hungary	Russia

Future championships

Year	Date	Edition	Location
2018	TBD	XIV	Hangzhou, China
2020	TBD	XV	Abu Dhabi, UAE
2022	TBD	XVI	Kazan, Russia
2024	TBD	XVII	Budapest, Hungary

Events

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

Men's events

Women's events

Mixed events

Medal table

Updated after the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m):

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	100	90	79	269
2	Australia	77	87	65	229
3	China	39	36	33	108
4	Sweden	28	20	18	66
5	Russia	24	23	41	88
6	United Kingdom	21	42	39	101
7	Brazil	20	9	15	44
8	Germany	19	26	23	68
9	Netherlands	18	18	17	53
10	South Africa	17	14	4	35
11	Hungary	17	10	10	37
12	Japan	15	13	18	46
13	Ukraine	14	12	13	39
14	Denmark	10	5	16	31
15	Spain	9	4	8	21
16	France	7	8	7	22
17	Slovakia	7	5	5	17
18	Italy	6	23	15	44
19	Canada	6	17	16	39
20	Cuba	6	1	2	9
21	Finland	5	5	4	14
22	Croatia	5	1	3	9
23	Lithuania	4	2	1	7
	Venezuela	4	2	1	7
25	Zimbabwe	4	0	1	5
26	Costa Rica	4	0	0	4
27	Poland	3	7	13	23
28	Slovenia	3	7	3	13
29	New Zealand	3	5	4	12
30	South Korea	3	2	0	5
31	Jamaica	2	4	1	7
32	Tunisia	2	2	3	7
33	Belarus	2	0	3	5
34	Austria	1	5	2	8
35	Argentina	1	2	2	5
36	Kazakhstan	1	0	3	4
37	Norway	1	0	2	3
38	Romania	0	3	3	6
39	Czech Republic	0	2	1	3
40	Algeria	0	1	1	2
41	Moldova	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
43	Switzerland	0	0	4	4
44	Israel	0	0	2	2
45	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Faroe Islands	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Total		508	511	510	1529

See also

• List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men)
• List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (women)
• List of World Championships records in swimming#Short course (25 m)
• Major achievements in swimming by nation

References