| 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Host city | Herning, Denmark |
| Date(s) | 12–15 December |
| Venue(s) | Jyske Bank Boxen |
| Nations participating | 42 |
| Athletes participating | 559 |
| Events | 40 |
The 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Herning, Denmark, from 12 to 15 December 2013.
Legend: WR – World record; WBT – World best time; ER – European record; CR – Championship record
Legend: WR – World record; WBT – World best time; ER – European record; CR – Championship record
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 50 m mixed freestyle |  Russia Sergey Fesikov Vladimir Morozov Rozaliya Nasretdinova Veronika Popova Yevgeny Lagunov Nikita Lobintsev Mariya Reznikova | 1:29.53 WR |  Italy Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Silvia Di Pietro Erika Ferraioli Federico Bocchia Giorgia Biondani | 1:30.26 |  Netherlands Inge Dekker Joost Reijns Sebastiaan Verschuren Ranomi Kromowidjojo Tamara van Vliet Maud van der Meer | 1:30.62 |
| 4 × 50 m mixed medley |  Germany Christian Diener Caroline Ruhnau Steffen Deibler Dorothea Brandt Doris Eichhorn Hendrik Feldwehr | 1:39.32 |  Czech Republic Simona Baumrtová Petr Bartůněk Lucie Svěcená Tomáš Plevko | 1:39.54 | Italy Niccolò Bonacchi Francesco Di Lecce Ilaria Bianchi Erika Ferraioli Elena Gemo Silvia Di Pietro Federico Bocchia | 1:39.68 |
* Host nation (Denmark)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 |  Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  Denmark * | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 |  Spain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
 Sweden | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 |  France | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 |  Poland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Serbia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Great Britain | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 |  Faroe Islands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 |  Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 nations) | 40 | 41 | 40 | 121 | |
On 13 May 2014 Russian swimmer Yuliya Yefimova was officially suspended for doping use and lost 4 gold and 1 silver medals. [2] [3] [4] Another Russian swimmer Vitaly Melnikov was banned in May 2015, which resulted in a loss of an individual silver and two relay gold medals for Russia. [5]
559 swimmers from 42 countries swam at the 2013 edition. [6]
Austria (12)
Azerbaijan (0) Belarus (13) Belgium (17)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Bulgaria (2)
Croatia (13)
Cyprus (2) Czech Republic (22) Denmark (29)
Estonia (16) Faroe Islands (7)
Finland (19) France (44)
Georgia (0) Germany (31) Great Britain (12)
Greece (4) Hungary (26)
Iceland (6) Ireland (6) Israel (11) Italy (34)
Latvia (3)
Liechtenstein (2) Lithuania (11)
Luxembourg (8)
Moldova (1)
Montenegro (0) Netherlands (19)
Norway (9) Poland (15) Portugal (8) Russia (37) Serbia (13)
Slovakia (10) Slovenia (11) Spain (12) Sweden (33)
Switzerland (11)
Turkey (12) Ukraine (16)
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