# 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 8th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) swam April 5–9, 2006 at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China.

## Participating nations

    A total of 116 nations had entered swimmers at the 2006 Short Course Worlds.
| Algeria  Angola  Argentina  Armenia  Australia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brazil  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cambodia  Canada  Chile  China  Colombia  Comoros  Congo  Costa Rica  Côte d'Ivoire  Croatia  Cuba  Cyprus | Czech Republic  Denmark  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  Egypt  El Salvador  Estonia  Fiji  Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Great Britain  Greece  Guatemala  Honduras  Hong Kong  Iceland  India  Indonesia  Iran  Israel  Italy  Japan  Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kenya  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan | Laos  Latvia  Lebanon  Lithuania  Macau  Macedonia  Malaysia  Maldives  Mali  Malta  Mauritius  Mexico  Moldova  Mongolia  Morocco  Namibia  Nepal  Netherlands  New Zealand  Nicaragua  Nigeria  Northern Mariana Islands  Norway  Pakistan  Palau  Palestine  Papua New Guinea  Peru  Philippines | Portugal  Romania  Russia  Rwanda  Samoa  Senegal  Serbia and Montenegro  Seychelles  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Africa  South Korea  Spain  Sri Lanka  Sweden  Chinese Taipei  Thailand  Tunisia  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Uganda  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates  Uruguay  United States  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  Vietnam  Zimbabwe |

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m free details | Duje Draganja  Croatia | 21.38 | Cullen Jones  USA | 21.52 | Oleksandr Volynets  Ukraine Nick Brunelli  USA | 21.62 |
| 100m free details | Ryk Neethling  South Africa | 47.24 | Filippo Magnini  Italy | 47.31 | José Meolans  Argentina | 47.87 |
| 200m free details | Ryk Neethling  South Africa | 1:43.51 | Filippo Magnini  Italy | 1:43.78 | Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy | 1:44.67 |
| 400m free details | Yuri Prilukov  Russia | 3:38:08 | Taehwan Park  South Korea | 3:40.43 | Massimiliano Rosolino  Italy | 3:41.04 |
| 1500m free details | Yuri Prilukov  Russia | 14:23.92 CR | Taehwan Park  South Korea | 14:33.28 | Lin Zhang  China | 14:42.82 |
| 50m back details | Matt Welsh  Australia | 23.53 | Thomas Rupprath  Germany | 23.70 | Helge Meeuw  Germany | 24.01 |
| 100m back details | Matt Welsh  Australia | 51.09 | Markus Rogan  Austria | 51.48 | Randall Bal  USA Helge Meeuw  Germany | 51.63 |
| 200m back details | Ryan Lochte  USA | 1:49.05 WR | Markus Rogan  Austria | 1:50.97 | Matt Welsh  Australia | 1:53.10 |
| 50m breast details | Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine | 26.39 CR | Alessandro Terrin  Italy | 26.60 | Chris Cook  Great Britain | 27.17 |
| 100m breast details | Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine | 58.14 CR | Brenton Rickard  Australia | 58.70 | Alexander Dale Oen  Norway | 59.16 |
| 200m breast details | Vlad Polyakov  Kazakhstan | 2:06.95 | Brenton Rickard  Australia | 2:07.52 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov  Kazakhstan | 2:07.94 |
| 50m fly details | Matt Welsh  Australia | 23.05 | Sergiy Breus  Ukraine | 23.06 | Kaio Almeida  Brazil | 23.07 |
| 100m fly details | Kaio Almeida  Brazil | 51.07 | Albert Subirats  Venezuela | 51.23 | Jayme Cramer  USA | 51.53 |
| 200m fly details | Wu Peng  China | 1:52.36 CR | Moss Burmester  New Zealand | 1:53.94 | Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia | 1:54.09 |
| 100m IM details | Ryk Neethling  South Africa | 52.42 CR | Peter Mankoč  Slovenia | 53.00 | Stefan Nystrand  Sweden | 53.97 |
| 200m IM details | Ryan Lochte  USA | 1:53.31 WR | Markus Rogan  Austria | 1:55.68 | Igor Berezutskiy  Russia | 1:56.64 |
| 400m IM details | Ryan Lochte  USA | 4:02.49 CR | Luca Marin  Italy | 4:05.12 | Igor Berezutskiy  Russia | 4:06.81 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay details | Italy Alessandro Calvi Klaus Lanzarini Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini | 3:10.74 | Sweden Marcus Piehl Lars Frölander Jonas Tilly Stefan Nystrand | 3:11.63 | USA Nick Brunelli Ryan Lochte Matt Grevers Jason Lezak | 3:11.92 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay details | Italy Massimiliano Rosolino Matteo Pelliciari Nicola Cassio Filippo Magnini | 6:59.08 CR | Australia Andrew Mewing Louis Paul Grant Brits Nic Ffrost | 7:04.16 | USA Ryan Lochte Nick Brunelli Jayme Cramer Larsen Jensen | 7:04.34 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | Australia Matt Welsh Brenton Rickard Adam Pine Ashley Callus | 3:27.71 | USA Ryan Lochte Scott Usher Jayme Cramer Nick Brunelli | 3:28.00 | Ukraine Andriy Oleynyk Oleg Lisogor Sergiy Advena Andriy Serdinov | 3:28.62 NR |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m free details | Libby Lenton  Australia | 23.97 | Therese Alshammar  Sweden | 23.98 | Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands | 24.25 |
| 100m free details | Libby Lenton  Australia | 52.33 | Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands | 53.33 | Maritza Correia  USA | 53.54 |
| 200m free details | Yang Yu  China | 1:54.94 | Federica Pellegrini  Italy | 1:55.15 | Annika Liebs  Germany | 1:55.56 |
| 400m free details | Kate Ziegler  USA | 4:01.79 | Bronte Barratt  Australia | 4:03.29 | Federica Pellegrini  Italy | 4:03.63 |
| 800m free details | Anastasia Ivanenko  Russia | 8:11.99 CR | Kate Ziegler  USA | 8:14.12 | Rebecca Cooke  Great Britain | 8:20.02 |
| 50m back details | Janine Pietsch  Germany | 27.00 CR | Tayliah Zimmer  Australia | 27.25 | Gao Chang  China | 27.28 |
| 100m back details | Janine Pietsch  Germany | 58.02 CR | Tayliah Zimmer  Australia | 58.27 | Gao Chang  China | 58.74 |
| 200m back details | Margaret Hoelzer  USA | 2:05.29 | Tayliah Zimmer  Australia | 2:05.99 | Hannah McLean  New Zealand | 2:06.96 |
| 50m breast details | Jade Edmistone  Australia | 30.22 | Brooke Hanson  Australia | 30.40 | Jessica Hardy  USA | 30.48 |
| 100m breast details | Tara Kirk  USA | 1:05.25 CR | Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa | 1:05.62 | Jade Edmistone  Australia | 1:06.08 |
| 200m breast details | Hui Qi  China | 2:20.72 | Tara Kirk  USA | 2:21.77 | Nan Luo  China | 2:23.49 |
| 50m fly details | Therese Alshammar  Sweden | 25.76 | Fabienne Nadarajah  Austria | 25.95 | Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden | 26.07 |
| 100m fly details | Libby Lenton  Australia | 56.61 | Rachel Komisarz  USA | 57.43 | Jessicah Schipper  Australia | 57.49 |
| 200m fly details | Jessicah Schipper  Australia | 2:05.11 CR | Francesca Segat  Italy | 2:05.91 | Yu Yang  China | 2:07.05 |
| 100m IM details | Brooke Hanson  Australia | 1:00.16 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland | 1:00.74 | Martina Moravcová  Slovakia | 1:01.41 |
| 200m IM details | Hui Qi  China | 2:09.33 | Kaitlin Sandeno  USA | 2:10.79 | Lara Carroll  Australia | 2:11.77 |
| 400m IM details | Hui Qi  China | 4:34.28 | Alessia Filippi  Italy | 4:35.38 | Anastasia Ivanenko  Russia | 4:35.54 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay details | Netherlands Inge Dekker Hinkelien Schreuder Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis | 3:33.32 WR | Australia Shayne Reese Sophie Edington Danni Miatke Libby Lenton | 3:34.95 | Sweden Josefin Lillhage Therese Alshammar Anna-Karin Kammerling Ida Mattsson | 3:36.13 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay details | Australia Bronte Barratt Jessicah Schipper Shayne Reese Libby Lenton | 7:46.96 | China Jiaying Pang Jingzhi Tang Xu Yanwei Yu Yang | 7:47.07 | USA Kate Ziegler Rachel Komisarz Amanda Weir Kaitlin Sandeno | 7:49.16 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | Australia Tayliah Zimmer Jade Edmistone Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton | 3:51.84 WR | USA Margaret Hoelzer Tara Kirk Rachel Komisarz Maritza Correia | 3:55.65 | China Gao Chang Nan Luo Zhou Yafei Xu Yanwei | 3:55.76 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 40 | 40 | 42 | 122 |