# 2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships

The 2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held at the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown, Fingal between 11 and 14 December.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Ireland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Slovenia (SLO) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Ireland (IRL)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 40 | 36 | 39 | 115 |

## Men's events
### Final 50 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mark Foster | GBR | 21.42 |
| | Milorad Čavić | SCG | 21.49 NR |
| | Bartosz Kizierowski | POL | 21.54 |
| 4 | Stefan Nystrand | SWE | 21.57 |
| 5 | Julien Sicot | FRA | 21.82 |
| 6 | Carsten Dehmlow | GER | 21.88 |
| 7 | Johan Kenkhuis | NED | 21.89 |
| 8 | Mark Veens | NED | 21.98 |

### Final 100 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 46.81 |
| | Filippo Magnini | ITA | 47.32 |
| | Christian Galenda | ITA | 47.77 |
| 4 | Andrey Kapralov | RUS | 47.85 |
| 5 | Yuri Yegoshin | UKR | 47.95 |
| 6 | Denis Pimankov | RUS | 48.07 |
| 7 | Bartosz Kizierowski | POL | 48.25 |
| 8 | Attila Zubor | HUN | 48.46 |

### Final 200 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 1:41.89 |
| | Květoslav Svoboda | CZE | 1:44.56 |
| | Saulius Binevičius | LTU | 1:45.09 |
| 4 | Stefan Herbst | GER | 1:45.16 |
| 5 | Yuri Prilukov | RUS | 1:45.18 |
| 6 | Simon Burnett | GBR | 1:45.24 |
| 7 | Romāns Miloslavskis | LAT | 1:45.38 |
| 8 | Filippo Magnini | ITA | 1:45.58 |

### Final 400 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yuri Prilukov | RUS | 3:40.19 |
| | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 3:40.19 |
| | Květoslav Svoboda | CZE | 3:42.34 |
| 4 | Sergey Fesenko | UKR | 3:43.98 |
| 5 | Adam Faulkner | GBR | 3:44.76 |
| 6 | Dimitrios Manganas | GRE | 3:44.79 |
| 7 | Nikolaos Xylouris | GRE | 3:46.06 |
| 8 | Guy Noël Schmitt | FRA | 3:46.80 |

### Final 1500 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yuri Prilukov | RUS | 14:31.82 |
| | Graeme Smith | GBR | 14:42.64 |
| | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 14:47.34 |
| 4 | Thomas Lurz | GER | 14:47,54 |
| 5 | Guy Noël Schmitt | FRA | 14:50.70 |
| 6 | Bojan Zdešar | SLO | 14:51.86 |
| 7 | Christian Hein | GER | 14:53.63 |
| 8 | Christian Minotti | ITA | 14:55.98 |

### Final 50 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Thomas Rupprath | GER | 23.71 |
| | Vyacheslav Shyrshov | UKR | 24.16 |
| | Toni Helbig | GER | 24.19 |
| 4 | Ante Mašković | CRO | 24.25 |
| 5 | Darius Grigalionis | LIT | 24.31 |
| 6 | Arkady Vyatchanin | RUS | 24.41 |
| 7 | Örn Arnarson | ISL | 24.47 |
| 8 | Gregor Tait | GBR | 24.52 |

### Final 100 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Thomas Rupprath | GER | 50.72 |
| | Örn Arnarson | ISL | 51.74 NR |
| | Steffen Driesen | GER | 51.92 |
| 4 | Arkady Vyatchanin | RUS | 52.00 |
| 5 | Markus Rogan | AUT | 52.39 |
| 5 | László Cseh | HUN | 52.39 |
| 7 | Gregor Tait | GBR | 52.47 |
| 8 | Darius Grigalionis | LTU | 52.58 |

### Final 200 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Blaž Medvešek | SLO | 1:52.60 |
| | Steffen Driesen | GER | 1:53.07 |
| | Markus Rogan | AUT | 1:53.08 |
| 4 | Arkady Vyatchanin | RUS | 1:53.17 |
| 5 | Örn Arnarson | ISL | 1:53.40 |
| 6 | László Cseh | HUN | 1:53.42 |
| 7 | Yevgeni Alechin | RUS | 1:53.87 |
| 8 | Răzvan Florea | ROM | 1:54.06 |

### Final 50 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Oleg Lisogor | UKR | 26.89 |
| | Remo Lütolf | SUI | 27.02 |
| | Mark Warnecke | GER | 27.03 |
| 4 | Darren Mew | GBR | 27.04 |
| 5 | Chris Cook | GBR | 27.07 |
| 6 | Stefan Nystrand | SWE | 27.14 |
| 7 | Matjaž Markič | SLO | 27.36 |
| 8 | Alessandro Terrin | ITA | 27.47 |

### Final 100 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | James Gibson | GBR | 58.03 |
| | Oleg Lisogor | UKR | 58.42 |
| | Darren Mew | GBR | 58.78 |
| 4 | Martin Gustavsson | SWE | 59.08 |
| 5 | Jens Kruppa | GER | 59.71 |
| 6 | Emil Tahirovič | SLO | 59.75 |
| 7 | Dimitri Komornikov | RUS | 59.78 |
| 8 | Hugues Duboscq | FRA | 59.83 |

### Final 200 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ian Edmond | GBR | 2:05.63 |
| | Andrew Bree | IRL | 2:08.02 |
| | Thijs van Valkengoed | NED | 2:08.30 |
| 4 | James Gibson | GBR | 2:08.38 |
| 5 | Andrei Ivanov | RUS | 2:08.50 |
| 6 | Dmitry Komornikov | RUS | 2:08.61 |
| 7 | Mihail Alexandrov | BUL | 2:09.37 |
| 8 | Hugues Duboscq | FRA | 2:09.83 |

### Final 50 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mark Foster | GBR | 23.22 |
| | Alexei Puninski | CRO | 23.40 |
| | Andriy Serdinov | UKR | 23.44 |
| 4 | Todd Cooper | GBR | 23.49 |
| 5 | Fabian Friedrich | GER | 23.50 |
| 6 | Nikolay Skvortsov | RUS | 23.62 |
| 7 | Joris Keizer | NED | 23.66 |
| 8 | Jere Hård | FIN | 23.67 |

### Final 100 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Milorad Čavić | SCG | 50.02 WR |
| | Thomas Rupprath | GER | 50.43 |
| | Andriy Serdinov | UKR | 50.88 |
| 4 | Nikolay Skvortsov | RUS | 51.22 |
| 5 | Joris Keizer | NED | 52.03 |
| 6 | Yevgeni Korotychkine | RUS | 52.05 |
| 7 | Mattia Nalesso | ITA | 52.22 |
| 8 | Todd Cooper | GBR | 52.44 |

### Final 200 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Franck Esposito | FRA | 1:51.98 |
| | Stephen Parry | GBR | 1:53.01 |
| | Paweł Korzeniowski | POL | 1:53.68 |
| 4 | Nikolay Skvortsov | RUS | 1:53.72 |
| 5 | Ioan Gherghel | ROM | 1:54.08 |
| 6 | Anatoly Polyakov | RUS | 1:54.19 |
| 7 | Tero Välimaa | FIN | 1:55.17 |
| 8 | Sergiy Advena | UKR | 1:56.55 |

### Final 100 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Peter Mankoč | SLO | 53.35 |
| | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 53.35 |
| | Marco di Carli | GER | 54.06 |
| 4 | Dzianis Silkou | BLR | 54.39 |
| 5 | Alexey Zatsepin | RUS | 54.99 |
| 5 | Brenton Cabello | ESP | 54.99 |
| 7 | Jakob Andersen | DEN | 55.11 |
| 8 | Alexander Hetland | NOR | 55.17 |

### Final 200 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 1:55.40 |
| | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 1:56.70 |
| | Peter Mankoč | SLO | 1:57.03 |
| 4 | Christian Keller | GER | 1:57.65 |
| 5 | Tamás Kerékjártó | HUN | 1:57.68 |
| 6 | Krešimir Čač | CRO | 1:57.74 |
| 7 | Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 1:58.13 |
| 8 | Andrew Bree | IRL | 2:03.06 |

### Final 400 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | László Cseh | HUN | 4:04.10 |
| | Robin Francis | GBR | 4:05.20 |
| | Massimiliano Rosolino | ITA | 4:06.59 |
| 4 | Alessio Boggiatto | ITA | 4:07.50 |
| 5 | Igor Beretsutskiy | RUS | 4:08.20 |
| 6 | Alexei Kovrichin | RUS | 4:09.20 |
| 7 | Tamás Kerékjártó | HUN | 4:09.63 |
| 8 | Lukasz Wojt | POL | 4:11.15 |

### Final 4 × 50 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Gijs Damen Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 1:25.55 |
| | Carsten Dehmlow Benjamin Friedrich Fabian Friedrich Jens Schreiber | GER | 1:26.26 |
| | Vyacheslav Shyrshov Yuri Yegoshin Oleg Lisogor Oleksandr Volynets | UKR | 1.26,30 |
| 4 | David Nordenlilja Stefan Nystrand Marcus Piehl Erik Dorch | SWE | 1:26.40 |
| 5 | Chris Cozens Matthew Kidd Alexander Scotcher Mark Foster | GBR | 1:26.42 |
| 6 | Denis Pimankov Andrey Kapralov Dmitry Talepov Ivan Usov | RUS | 1:26.45 |
| 7 | Jani Sievinen Jere Hård Matti Rajakylä Manu Mantymaki | FIN | 1:26.68 |
| 8 | Julien Sicot Romain Barnier Alain Bernard David Maitre | FRA | 1:27.09 |

### Final 4 × 50 m medley relay

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Thomas Rupprath Mark Warnecke Fabian Friedrich Carsten Dehmlow | GER | 1:34.46 |
| | Jens Petersson Martin Gustavsson Björn Lundin Stefan Nystrand | SWE | 1:36.28 |
| | Flori Lang Remo Lütolf Lorenz Liechti Karel Novy | SUI | 1:36.65 |
| 4 | Mitja Zastrow Thijs van Valkengoed Joris Keizer Pieter van den Hoogenband | NED | 1:37.06 |
| 5 | Tero Raty Jani Sievinen Jere Hård Manu Mantymaki | FIN | 1:37.10 |
| 6 | Ante Mašković Vanja Rogulj Alexei Puninski Aleš Volčanšek | CRO | 1:37.14 |
| 7 | Matthew Clay Darren Mew Mark Foster Chris Cozens | GBR | 1:37.27 |
| 8 | Petter Sjödal Morten Nystram Alexander Hetland Alexander Dale Oen | NOR | 1:37.92 |

## Women's events
### Final 50 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 24.39 |
| | Alison Sheppard | GBR | 24.48 |
| | Malia Metella | FRA | 24.54 |
| 4 | Sandra Völker | SWE | 24.60 |
| 5 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | FIN | 24.79 |
| 6 | Judith Draxler | AUT | 24.81 |
| 7 | Hinkelien Schreuder | NED | 24.92 |
| 8 | Nery-Mantey Niangkoura | GRE | 24.97 |

### Final 100 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Malia Metella | FRA | 53.15 |
| | Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 53.42 |
| | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | FIN | 53.46 |
| 4 | Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 53.62 |
| 5 | Alena Popchanka | BLR | 53.67 |
| 6 | Johanna Sjöberg | SWE | 53.79 |
| 7 | Sandra Völker | GER | 53.80 |
| 8 | Jana Mysková | CZE | 54.16 |

### Final 200 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Melanie Marshall | GBR | 1:55.10 |
| | Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 1:55.57 |
| | Alena Popchanka | BLR | 1:55.66 |
| 4 | Britta Steffen | GER | 1:56.59 |
| 5 | Alessa Ries | GER | 1:57.05 |
| 6 | Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 1:57.11 |
| 7 | Jana Mysková | CZE | 1:57.84 |
| 8 | Paulina Barzycka | POL | 1:57.99 |

### Final 400 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Joanne Jackson | GBR | 4:04.00 |
| | Rebecca Cooke | GBR | 4:04.80 |
| | Melissa Caballero | ESP | 4:05.00 |
| | Regina Sytch | RUS | 4:05.00 |
| 5 | Éva Risztov | HUN | 4:05.13 |
| 6 | Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 4:07.68 |
| 7 | Daria Parchina | RUS | 4:08.09 |
| 8 | Alessa Ries | GER | 4:08.92 |

### Final 800 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Erika Villaecija | ESP | 8:18.65 |
| | Rebecca Cooke | GBR | 8:22.05 |
| | Éva Risztov | HUN | 8:23.94 |
| 4 | Melissa Caballero | ESP | 8:25.04 |
| 5 | Regina Sytch | RUS | 8:26.36 |
| 6 | Hannah Stockbauer | GER | 8:28.93 |
| 7 | Polina Schornikova | RUS | 8:37.73 |
| 8 | Angelika Oleksy | POL | 8:38.02 |

### Final 50 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ilona Hlaváčková | CZE | 27.48 |
| | Antje Buschschulte | GER | 27.54 |
| | Louise Ørnstedt | DEN | 27.56 |
| 4 | Janine Pietsch | GER | 27.76 |
| 5 | Sanja Jovanović | CRO | 27.99 |
| 6 | Sarah Price | GBR | 28.38 |
| 7 | Alessandra Cappa | ITA | 28.55 |
| 8 | Carla Stampfli | SUI | 28.68 |

### Final 100 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Antje Buschschulte | GER | 58.40 |
| | Ilona Hlaváčková | CZE | 58.72 |
| | Laure Manaudou | FRA | 58.99 |
| 4 | Sarah Price | GBR | 59.19 |
| 5 | Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 59.23 |
| 6 | Louise Ørnstedt | DEN | 59.24 |
| 7 | Iryna Amshennikova | UKR | 59.28 |
| 8 | Janine Pietsch | GER | 59.45 |

### Final 200 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Antje Buschschulte | GER | 2:04.23 |
| | Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 2:05.42 |
| | Iryna Amshennikova | UKR | 2:06.51 |
| 4 | Sarah Price | GBR | 2:06.95 |
| 5 | Alenka Kejžar | SLO | 2:08.01 |
| 6 | Annika Liebs | GER | 2:09.16 |
| 7 | Nikolett Szepesi | HUN | 2:09.62 |
| 8 | Esther Baron | FRA | 2:10.51 |

### Final 50 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sarah Poewe | GER | 30.40 |
| | Emma Igelström | SWE | 30.59 |
| | Yelena Bogonazova | RUS | 30.99 |
| 4 | Kerstin Vogel | GER | 31.07 |
| 5 | Moniek Nijhuis | NED | 31.28 |
| 6 | Rachel Genner | GBR | 31.29 |
| 7 | Majken Thorup | DEN | 31.44 |
| 8 | Jane Trepp | EST | 31.45 |

### Final 100 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sarah Poewe | GER | 1:06.31 |
| | Elena Bogonazova | RUS | 1:06.63 |
| | Mirna Jukić | AUT | 1:06.68 |
| 4 | Emma Igelström | SWE | 1:06.72 |
| 5 | Rachel Genner | GBR | 1:07.14 |
| 6 | Simone Weiler | GER | 1:07.33 |
| 7 | Majken Thorup | DEN | 1:07.56 |
| 8 | Kirsty Balfour | GBR | 1:07.61 |

### Final 200 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mirna Jukić | AUT | 2:21.09 |
| | Anne Poleska | GER | 2:21.93 |
| | Simone Weiler | GER | 2:22.64 |
| 4 | Kirsty Balfour | GBR | 2:24.03 |
| 5 | Natalia Hissamutdinova | EST | 2:25.54 |
| 6 | Smiljana Marinović | CRO | 2:26.66 |
| 7 | Chiara Boggiatto | ITA | 2:27.29 |
| 8 | Diana Remenyi | HUN | 2:27.31 |

### Final 50 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Anna-Karin Kammerling | SWE | 25.91 |
| | Martina Moravcová | SVK | 26.25 |
| | Fabienne Nadarajah | AUT | 26.44 |
| 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | DEN | 26.57 |
| 5 | Hinkelien Schreuder | NED | 26.62 |
| 6 | Chantal Groot | NED | 26.69 |
| 7 | Johanna Sjöberg | SWE | 26.73 |
| 8 | Tine Bossuyt | BEL | 26.93 |

### Final 100 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Martina Moravcová | SVK | 57.25 |
| | Johanna Sjöberg | SWE | 58.23 |
| | Alena Popchanka | BLR | 58.26 |
| 4 | Malia Metella | FRA | 58.42 |
| 5 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | POL | 58.75 |
| 6 | Chantal Groot | NED | 59.28 |
| 7 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | POL | 59.34 |
| 8 | Inge Dekker | NED | 59.50 |

### Final 200 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Éva Risztov | HUN | 2:06.72 |
| | Francesca Segat | ITA | 2:07.12 |
| | Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 2:07.55 |
| 4 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | POL | 2:07.81 |
| 5 | Paola Cavallino | ITA | 2:08.63 |
| 6 | María Peláez | ESP | 2:09.41 |
| 7 | Beatrix Boulsevicz | HUN | 2:10.31 |
| 8 | Roser Vives | ESP | 2:10.42 |

### Final 100 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alison Sheppard | GBR | 1:01.19 |
| | Alenka Kejžar | SLO | 1:01.29 |
| | Hanna Shcherba | BLR | 1:01.40 |
| 4 | Sara Parise | ITA | 1:01.61 |
| 5 | Hanna Eriksson | SWE | 1:02.03 |
| 6 | Tatiana Rouba | ESP | 1:02.57 |
| 7 | Jane Trepp | EST | 1:02.90 |
| 8 | Julie Hjørt-Hansen | DEN | 1:03.00 |

### Final 200 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alenka Kejžar | SLO | 2:09.32 |
| | Hanna Shcherba | BLR | 2:11.00 |
| | Teresa Rohmann | GER | 2:11.44 |
| 4 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | POL | 2:11.56 |
| 5 | Julie Hjørt-Hansen | DEN | 2:11.76 |
| 6 | Anja Klinar | SLO | 2:12.76 |
| 7 | Yana Tolkacheva | RUS | 2:13.46 |
| 8 | Tatiana Rouba | ESP | 2:14.41 |

### Final 400 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Éva Risztov | HUN | 4:33.57 |
| | Yana Tolkatcheva | RUS | 4:35.28 |
| | Teresa Rohmann | GER | 4:35.47 |
| 4 | Anja Klinar | SLO | 4:35.81 |
| 5 | Vasiliki Angelopoulou | GRE | 4:41.30 |
| 6 | Rebecca Cooke | GBR | 4:42.45 |
| 7 | Mirjana Boševska | MKD | 4:42.67 |
| 8 | Roser Vives | ESP | 4:42.92 |

### Final 4 × 50 m freestyle relay

| Name | Nationality | Time |
| Hinkelien Schreuder Annabel Kosten Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 1:37.52 |
| Claire Hedenskog Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 1:37.68 |
| Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker Petra Dallmann Britta Steffen | GER | 1:38.68 |

### Final 4 × 50 m medley relay

| Name | Nationality | Time |
| Emelie Kierkegaard Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 1:48.79 |
| Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Janine Pietsch Sandra Völker | GER | 1:48.85 |
| Hinkelien Schreuder Moniek Nijhuis Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis | NED | 1:49.10 |