# 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships

The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. 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.
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.

## Participating nations

543 swimmers (302 males, 241 females) from 39 countries swam at the 2011 Short Course European Championships. Teams (and team size) were from:
* Austria (20)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (13)
* Belgium (8)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Croatia (12)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (19)
* Denmark (15)
* Estonia (10)
* Faroe Islands (2)
* Finland (10)
* France (15)
* Germany (23)
* Great Britain (26)
* Greece (5)
* Hungary (22)
* Iceland (4)
* Ireland (11)
* Israel (13)
* Italy (38)
* Latvia (4)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (10)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Netherlands (24)
* Norway (13)
* Poland (45)
* Portugal (5)
* Russia (39)
* Serbia (6)
* Slovakia (11)
* Slovenia (14)
* Spain (14)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (24)
* Turkey (16)
* Ukraine (19)

## Results
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Konrad Czerniak Poland | 20.88 NR | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 20.95 | Marco Orsi Italy | 21.01 |
| 100 m freestyle | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 46.56 | Luca Dotto Italy | 46.89 | Krisztián Takács Hungary | 47.46 |
| 200 m freestyle | Paul Biedermann Germany | 1:42.92 | Filippo Magnini Italy | 1:43.20 | László Cseh Hungary | 1:43.71 |
| 400 m freestyle | Paul Biedermann Germany | 3:38.65 | Mads Glæsner Denmark | 3:39.30 | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 3:40.54 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland | 14:29.81 | Mads Glæsner Denmark | 14:29.88 | Sergiy Frolov Ukraine | 14:35.22 NR |
| 50 m backstroke | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 23.43 | Flori Lang Switzerland | 23.57 NR | Pavel Sankovich Belarus | 23.64 NR |
| 100 m backstroke | Radosław Kawęcki Poland | 50.43 NR | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 50.61 | Pavel Sankovich Belarus | 51.14 NR |
| 200 m backstroke | Radosław Kawęcki Poland | 1:49.15 | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 1:50.63 | Péter Bernek Hungary | 1:51.21 NR |
| 50 m breaststroke | Fabio Scozzoli Italy | 26.25 | Damir Dugonjič Slovenia | 26.34 NR | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 26.49 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Alexander Dale Oen Norway | 57.05 | Damir Dugonjič Slovenia | 57.29 NR | Fabio Scozzoli Italy | 57.30 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | 2:02.37 | Vyacheslav Sinkevich Russia | 2:03.61 | Michael Jamieson Great Britain | 2:03.77 NR |
| 50 m butterfly | Andriy Govorov Ukraine | 22.70 | Amaury Leveaux France | 22.74 | Konrad Czerniak Poland | 22.77 NR |
| 100 m butterfly | Konrad Czerniak Poland | 49.62 NR | Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia | 49.88 | Francois Heersbrandt Belgium | 50.44 NR |
| 200 m butterfly | László Cseh Hungary | 1:50.87 NR | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:51.21 | Joseph Roebuck Great Britain | 1:51.62 |
| 100 m individual medley | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 52.70 | Markus Deibler Germany | 53.04 | Martti Aljand Estonia | 53.37 NR |
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 1:53.43 | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:53.63 | Gal Nevo Israel | 1:54.87 |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 4:01.68 | Dávid Verrasztó Hungary | 4:03.03 | Gal Nevo Israel | 4:04.49 NR |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Italy Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Federico Bocchia Andrea Rolla | 1:24.82 | Russia Sergey Fesikov Yevgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Nikita Konovalov | 1:25.11 | Belgium François Heersbrandt Emmanuel Vanluchene Louis Croenen Jasper Aerents | 1:25.83 NR |
| 4×50 m medley relay | Italy Mirco Di Tora Fabio Scozzoli Paolo Facchinelli Marco Orsi | 1:33.18 | Russia Vitaly Borisov Sergey Geybel Yevgeny Korotyshkin Sergey Fesikov | 1:33.86 | Germany Christian Diener Erik Steinhagen Steffen Deibler Stefan Herbst | 1:34.41 |
Legend: WR - World record; WBT - World best time; ER - European record; CR - Championship record; NR - National record

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 24.01 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 24.11 NR | Triin Aljand Estonia | 24.23 |
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 51.94 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 52.05 | Amy Smith Great Britain | 52.77 |
| 200 m freestyle | Silke Lippok Germany | 1:54.08 | Melanie Costa Schmid Spain | 1:54.31 NR | Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary | 1:54.55 |
| 400 m freestyle | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 3:56.39 NR | Lotte Friis Denmark | 3:58.02 NR | Melanie Costa Schmid Spain | 4:00.30 |
| 800 m freestyle | Lotte Friis Denmark | 8:07.53 | Erika Villaécija García Spain | 8:12.23 | Melanie Costa Schmid Spain | 8:16.28 |
| 50 m backstroke | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 26.23 NR | Georgia Davies Great Britain | 26.93 | Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic | 26.94 NR |
| 100 m backstroke | Daryna Zevina Ukraine | 56.96 NR | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 57.12 | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 57.57 NR |
| 200 m backstroke | Daryna Zevina Ukraine | 2:02.25 CR, NR | Duane Da Rocha Spain | 2:03.32 NR | Melanie Nocher Ireland | 2:04.29 NR |
| 50 m breaststroke | Valentina Artemyeva Russia | 30.06 | Dorothea Brandt Germany | 30.17 | Daria Deeva Russia | 30.63 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Valentina Artemyeva Russia | 1:05.19 | Rikke Møller-Pedersen Denmark | 1:05.23 | Daria Deeva Russia | 1:05.83 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Rikke Møller-Pedersen Denmark | 2:19.55 | Anastasia Chaun Russia | 2:20.84 | Fanny Lecluyse Belgium | 2:21.14 NR |
| 50 m butterfly | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 24.92 CR, NR | Triin Aljand Estonia | 25.51 | Sviatlana Khakhlova Belarus | 25.96 NR |
| 100 m butterfly | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 56.22 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 56.67 | Ilaria Bianchi Italy | 57.42 NR |
| 200 m butterfly | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:03.37 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 2:04.04 | Jessica Dickons Great Britain | 2:04.80 |
| 100 m individual medley | Theresa Michalak Germany | 59.05 NR | Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary | 59.72 | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 1:00.10 |
| 200 m individual medley | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:07.06 | Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary | 2:08.28 | Hannah Miley Great Britain | 2:08.34 |
| 400 m individual medley | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 4:24.55 CR | Hannah Miley Great Britain | 4:26.06 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary | 4:27.86 NR |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Germany Britta Steffen Dorothea Brandt Paulina Schmiedel Daniela Schreiber | 1:37.29 | Denmark Mie Nielsen Pernille Blume Katrine Holm Soerensen Jeanette Ottesen | 1:37.63 NR | Italy Erika Ferraioli Erica Buratto Federica Pellegrini Laura Letrari | 1:38.12 NR |
| 4×50 m medley relay | Denmark Mie Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Pernille Blume | 1:46.48 | Russia Anastasia Zuyeva Valentina Artemyeva Irina Bespalova Margarita Nesterova | 1:47.08 | Poland Aleksandra Urbanczyk Ewa Scieszko Anna Dowgiert Katarzyna Wilk | 1:48.70 NR |
Legend: WR - World record; WBT - World best time; ER - European record; CR - Championship record; NR - National record

### Medal table

* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |