Swedish Swimming Championships

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

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)

Venues

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in 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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