The 2012 European Aquatics Championships were held from 14–27 May 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary and Eindhoven, Netherlands. The 2012 European Swimming Championships were to take place in Antwerp, Belgium, but were reallocated to the City of Debrecen and were held on the same dates as previously planned, from 21 to 27 May. The Diving Championships were held in Eindhoven from 15 to 20 May. The Synchronised Swimming discipline, originally intended to take place in Antwerp, have also been reallocated, with its continental titles having been contested in Eindhoven. Originally, the Championships had been awarded to Vienna, but later they backed out due to the Great Recession.
Swimming at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe was held from 31 May – 3 June 2011.
Swimming at the 2011 Military World Games was held from 17 – 20 July 2011 at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro.
Swimming will be competed as a medal sport in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man from September 9 to 11, 2011 in the National Sports Centre. Each Commonwealth Games Association can send up to two athletes per event, including one relay team. In the Games, age limits set by the Fédération Internationale de Natation for world Junior competitions will be followed, according to which the age limit for boys is set to 15–18 years and for girls its 14–17 years of age.
All swimming events are done in short course meters.
The 13th FINA World Swimming Championships were held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada from 6 to 11 December 2016. These championships featured swimming events in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.
Swimming at the 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe was held from 28–31 May 2013 at d'Coque, Luxembourg.
The swimming events of the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 28 – August 4, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. The competition was held in a long course pool inside the Palau Sant Jordi. It featured 40 LCM events, split evenly between males and females. Swimming was one of the five aquatic disciplines at the championships.
Swimming, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the National Sports Center in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda. Competition took place from 15 to 18 July 2013. The events are held in a short course pool.
The 2016 European Aquatics Championships took place from 9 to 22 May 2016 in London, United Kingdom, in the London Aquatics Centre. It was the thirty second edition of the event, and the second held in the same year as a Summer Olympics. Hosts Great Britain headed the medal table for the second successive event; although their swimming return was slightly down, partly down to a small number of star names resting prior to Rio, the gap was made up by an outstanding performance in the diving pool.
The 2018 European Aquatics Championships took place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Luss in the central belt of Scotland, from 3 to 12 August 2018.
The swimming competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Veracruz, Mexico.
Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held between 2 and 9 August 2015 in Kazan, Russia. The United States won the overall medal count, led by Katie Ledecky who claimed five gold medals.
Swimming, for the 2015 Island Games, took place at the Les Quennevais Sports Centre and Playing Fields in Saint Brélade, Jersey. Competition took place from 29 to 2 July 2015. The events were held in a short course pool.
Swimming is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 13 to 17 December 2017. The meet was held in the Royal Arena, which was finished in early 2017. It was the first major sports event in this arena, which has a capacity of circa 12,500.
Swimming at the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe was held at the Multieventi Swimming Pool, San Marino from 30 May to 2 June 2017.
Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships was held from 23 to 30 July 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.
