2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships | |
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Host city | Szczecin, Poland |
Date(s) | 8–11 December |
Venue(s) | Floating Arena |
Nations participating | 39 |
Athletes participating | 543 |
Events | 38 |
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The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. [1] [2] The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool.
The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final for the 50 m and 100 m events and heats and a final for all other events with the exception of the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m freestyle which were heat-declared winners. Heats were held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and the fastest heat of the distance freestyle events in the evening. [3]
Each nation was permitted to enter four swimmers into each individual event, however only the fastest two were allowed to progress to the semifinal and/or final.
543 swimmers (302 males, 241 females) from 39 countries swam at the 2011 Short Course European Championships. [4] Teams (and team size) were from:
Legend: WR - World record; WBT - World best time; ER - European record; CR - Championship record; NR - National record
Legend: WR - World record; WBT - World best time; ER - European record; CR - Championship record; NR - National record
* Host nation (Poland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
3 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
4 | Poland (POL)* | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
7 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
12 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
18 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
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