Host city | Palma de Mallorca |
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Country | Spain |
Opening | 2 December 1993 |
Closing | 5 December 1993 |
The 1st Short Course Swimming World Championships were organized by FINA and held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December 2–5, 1993. The meet featured competition in a short course (25 meter) pool. During the championships, a total of 12 world records were broken: 10 in the women's events and 2 in men's events, both in relays.
China won the most events, ten, all in women's events. Le Jingyi won two individual and three relay events to travel home with five golds; Dai Guohong went home with four golds and one silver. In the men's events, the USA and Australia won three events each. Tripp Schwenk of the USA garnered three golds, winning the two backstroke events and also swimming on the USA's winning medley relay team. Also winning 2 events each on the men's side were Fernando Scherer of Brazil (100m freestyle; 400m freestyle relay), Daniel Kowalski of Australia (400m and 1500m freestyles). Belgium and Moldova won their only medals at a Short Course Worlds (through 2006), while Franck Esposito won France's only gold to date when he won the 200 butterfly. [1]
The 1993 SC Worlds featured 313 swimmers from 46 [2] nations: [3]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50m Freestyle details | Le Jingyi China | 24.23 WR | Angel Martino USA | 24.93 | Linda Olofsson Sweden | 25.21 |
100m Freestyle details | Le Jingyi China | 53.01 WR | Angel Martino USA | 53.39 | Karen Pickering Great Britain | 54.39 |
200m Freestyle details | Karen Pickering Great Britain | 1:56.25 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 1:57.16 | Lü Bin China | 1:57.71 |
400m Freestyle details | Janet Evans USA | 4:05.64 | Trina Jackson USA | 4:07.49 | Julie Majer Australia | 4:07.91 |
800m Freestyle details | Janet Evans USA | 8:22.43 | Julie Majer Australia | 8:26.46 | Trina Jackson USA | 8:27.50 |
100m Backstroke details | Angel Martino USA | 58.50 WR | He Cihong China | 1:00.13 | Elli Overton Australia | 1:00.18 |
200m Backstroke details | He Cihong China | 2:06.09 WR | Jia Yuanyuan China | 2:07.95 | Cathleen Rund Germany | 2:09.59 |
100m Breaststroke details | Dai Guohong China | 1:06.58 WR | Linley Frame Australia | 1:07.65 | Samantha Riley Australia | 1:07.77 |
200m Breaststroke details | Dai Guohong China | 2:21.99 WR | Hitomi Maehara Japan | 2:24.45 | Samantha Riley Australia | 2:24.75 |
100m Butterfly details | Susie O'Neill Australia | 59.19 | Liu Limin China | 59.24 | Kristie Krueger USA | 59.53 |
200m Butterfly details | Liu Limin China | 2:08.51 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 2:09.08 | Petria Thomas Australia | 2:09.40 |
200m I.M. details | Allison Wagner USA | 2:07.79 WR | Dai Guohong China | 2:09.21 | Elli Overton Australia | 2:10.51 |
400 I.M. details | Dai Guohong China | 4:29.00 WR | Allison Wagner USA | 4:31.76 | Julie Majer Australia | 4:37.50 |
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details | China Lu Bin Shan Ying Jia Yuanyuan Le Jingyi | 3:35.97 WR | Sweden Ellenor Svensson Linda Olofsson Suzanne Lööv Louise Jöhncke | 3:39.41 | USA Angel Martino Sarah Perroni Kristie Krueger Paige Wilson | 3:40.40 |
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details | China Shan Ying Zhou Guanbin Le Jingyi Lü Bin | 7:52.45 WR | Australia Tammy Bruce Elli Overton Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill | 7:56.52 | USA Paige Wilson Sarah Perroni Trina Jackson Janet Evans | 8:02.99 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | China Le Jingyi He Cihong Liu Limin Dai Guohong | 3:57.73 WR | Australia Elli Overton Linley Frame Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill | 4:00.17 | USA Angel Martino Kelli King Kristie Krueger Sarah Perroni | 4:01.30 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
9 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 entries) | 32 | 33 | 31 | 96 |
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