# 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships

The 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, which was the 15th edition of the continental swimming event, were held between 13 and 16 December 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. The championships were swum in the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, in a short course (25-metre) pool.

## Participating nations

A total of 39 nations registered for the championship:
* Armenia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* United Kingdom
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Events

The events were held over four days, divided into a morning session, when the preliminary heats were staged, and an evening session, when the semifinals and finals took place.
| Date | Morning session Preliminary heats | Evening session Semifinals and Finals |
| Thursday 13 December | Men's 50m Freestyle Women's 50m Breaststroke Men's 200m Individual Medley Women's 100m Backstroke Men's 200m Backstroke Men's 100m Butterfly Women's 200m Butterfly Men's 100m Breaststroke Women's 200m Individual Medley Men's 400m Freestyle Women's 100m Freestyle Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay | Men's 50m Freestyle (semifinals) Women's 50m Breaststroke (semifinals) Men's 400m Freestyle (final) Men's 200m Backstroke (final) Women's 100m Backstroke (semifinals) Men's 100m Butterfly (semifinals) Women's 200m Individual Medley (final) Men's 100m Breaststroke (semifinals) Women's 200m Butterfly (final) Men's 200m Individual Medley (final) Women's 100m Freestyle (semifinals) Men's 50m Freestyle (final) Women's 50m Breaststroke (final) Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay (final) |
| Friday 14 December | Men's 50m Backstroke Women's 50m Butterfly Men's 400m Individual Medley Women's 100m Individual Medley Women's 200m Breaststroke Men's 100m Freestyle Women's 4 x 50m Freestyle Women's 800m Freestyle | Women's 800m Freestyle (final) Men's 50m Backstroke (semifinals) Women's 50m Butterfly (semifinals) Men's 400m Individual Medley (final) Women's 200m Breaststroke (final) Men's 100m Breaststroke (final) Women's 100m Freestyle (final) Men's 100m Freestyle (semifinals) Women's 100m Backstroke (final) Men's 100m Butterfly (final) Women's 100m Individual Medley (semifinals) Women's 50m Butterfly (final) Men's 50m Backstroke (final) Women's 4 x 50m Freestyle (final) |
| Saturday 15 December | Women's 50m Backstroke Men's 50m Breaststroke Women's 400m Freestyle Men's 100m Backstroke Women's 100m Breaststroke Men's 100m Individual Medley Women's 100m Butterfly Men's 200m Butterfly Women's 4 x 50m Medley Relay Men's 1500m Freestyle | Men's 1500m Freestyle (final) Women's 50m Backstroke (semifinals) Men's 50m Breaststroke (semifinals) Women's 400m Freestyle (final) Men's 100m Individual Medley (semifinals) Women's 100m Breaststroke (semifinals) Men's 100m Backstroke (semifinals) Women's 100m Individual Medley (final) Men's 200m Butterfly (final) Women's 100m Butterfly (semifinals) Men's 100m Freestyle (final) Women's 50m Backstroke (final) Men's 50m Breaststroke (final) Women's 4 x 50m Medley Relay (final) |
| Sunday 16 December | Women's 50m Freestyle Men's 50m Butterfly Women's 400m Individual Medley Men's 200m Breaststroke Women's 200m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Women's 200m Backstroke Men's 4 x 50m Freestyle | Women's 50m Freestyle (semifinals) Men's 50m Butterfly (semifinals) Women's 400m Individual Medley (final) Men's 200m Breaststroke (final) Women's 200m Freestyle (final) Men's 100m Individual Medley (final) Women's 100m Breaststroke (final) Men's 200m Freestyle (final) Women's 100m Butterfly (final) Men's 100m Backstroke (final) Women's 200m Backstroke (final) Men's 50m Butterfly (final) Women's 50m Freestyle (final) Men's 4 x 50m Freestyle (final) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN)* | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 40 | 36 | 38 | 114 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 21.11 CR | Duje Draganja Croatia | 21.23 | Alain Bernard France | 21.57 |
| 100 m freestyle | Alain Bernard France | 46.39 CR | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 46.73 | Filippo Magnini Italy | 46.90 |
| 200 m freestyle | Filippo Magnini Italy | 1:43.50 | Paul Biedermann Germany | 1:43.60 | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:44.05 |
| 400 m freestyle | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 3:38.72 | Paul Biedermann Germany | 3:38.76 | Gergő Kis Hungary | 3:39.52 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland | 14:24.54 | Gergő Kis Hungary | 14:29.58 | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 14:31.31 |
| 50 m backstroke | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 23.43 | Helge Meeuw Germany | 23.59 | Aschwin Wildeboer Faber Spain | 23.75 |
| 100 m backstroke | Stanislav Donets Russia | 50.61 CR | Markus Rogan Austria | 51.12 | Helge Meeuw Germany | 51.56 |
| 200 m backstroke | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:49.86 ER | Stanislav Donets Russia | 1:51.94 | Aschwin Wildeboer Faber Spain | 1:52.12 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 26.75 | Aleksander Hetland Norway | 26.95 | Alessandro Terrin Italy | 27.09 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Grigory Falko Russia Igor Borysik Ukraine | 58.57 | none | | Mihail Aleksandrov Bulgaria | 58.75 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | 2:05.49 ER | Paolo Bossini Italy | 2:05.82 | Mihail Aleksandrov Bulgaria | 2:06.91 |
| 50 m butterfly | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 22.89 CR | Evgeny Korotyshkin Russia | 22.90 | Johannes Dietrich Germany | 22.94 |
| 100 m butterfly | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 50.53 | Evgeny Korotyshkin Russia | 50.59 | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 50.62 |
| 200 m butterfly | László Cseh Hungary | 1:51.55 | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:51.61 | Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 1:54.28 |
| 100 m individual medley | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 52.88 | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 53.46 | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 54.12 |
| 200 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 1:52.99 WR | Saša Imprić Croatia | 1:57.48 | Alexander Tikhonov Russia | 1:57.59 |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh Hungary | 3:59.33 WR | Luca Marin Italy | 4:04.10 | Ioannis Drymonakos Greece | 4:05.08 |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Sweden Petter Stymne Marcus Piehl Per Nylin Stefan Nystrand | 1:24.19 WR | France Antoine Galavtine Alain Bernard David Maître Amaury Leveaux | 1:24.98 | Germany Steffen Deibler Stefan Herbst Johannes Dietrich Thomas Rupprath | 1:26.46 |
| 4×50 m medley relay | Germany Thomas Rupprath Markus Deibler Johannes Dietrich Steffen Deibler | 1:34.39 | Russia Stanislav Donets Dmitry Komornikov Evgeny Korotyshkin Sergey Fesikov | 1:34.99 | Netherlands Nick Driebergen Robin van Aggele Bastiaan Tamminga Mitja Zastrow | 1:35.35 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 23.77 | Britta Steffen Germany | 23.80 | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 24.29 |
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 52.20 CR | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 52.30 | Josefin Lillhage Sweden | 52.84 |
| 200 m freestyle | Josefin Lillhage Sweden | 1:53.55 CR | Laure Manaudou France | 1:54.15 | Coralie Balmy France | 1:54.43 |
| 400 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou France | 3:57.43 | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 4:00.78 | Ágnes Mutina Hungary | 4:02.35 |
| 800 m freestyle | Lotte Friis Denmark | 8:12.27 | Erika Villaécija García Spain | 8:12.40 | Alessia Filippi Italy | 8:12.84 |
| 50 m backstroke | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 26.50 WR | Janine Pietsch Germany | 27.11 | Fabienne Nadarajah Austria | 27.50 |
| 100 m backstroke | Laure Manaudou France | 57.34 ER | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 57.94 | Janine Pietsch Germany | 58.15 |
| 200 m backstroke | Anja Čarman Slovenia | 2:05.20 | Esther Baron France | 2:05.57 | Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine | 2:05.98 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Yuliya Yefimova Russia Janne Schäfer Germany | 30.33 CR | none | | Sarah Poewe Germany | 30.80 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 1:04.95 ER | Mirna Jukić Austria | 1:06.57 | Elena Bogomazova Russia | 1:06.72 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 2:19.08 ER | Mirna Jukić Austria | 2:20.92 | Anne Poleska Germany | 2:22.66 |
| 50 m butterfly | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 25.70 | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 25.74 | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 25.90 |
| 100 m butterfly | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 56.82 =CR | Alena Popchanka France | 57.55 | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 58.40 |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 2:03.53 WR | Emese Kovács Hungary | 2:05.41 | Annika Mehlhorn Germany | 2:06.53 |
| 100 m individual medley | Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland | 1:00.23 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk Poland | 1:00.53 | Sophie de Ronchi France | 1:00.66 |
| 200 m individual medley | Camille Muffat France | 2:09.05 | Katarzyna Baranowska Poland | 2:09.25 | Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary | 2:09.83 |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessia Filippi Italy | 4:30.46 | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 4:31.06 | Camille Muffat France | 4:31.38 |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Netherlands Inge Dekker Hinkelien Schreuder Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marleen Veldhuis | 1:34.82 WR | Germany Britta Steffen Dorothea Brandt Petra Dallmann Meike Freitag | 1:36.74 | Sweden Claire Hedenskog Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Magdalena Kuras | 1:36.81 |
| 4×50 m medley relay | Germany Janine Pietsch Janne Schäfer Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen | 1:46.67 WR | Sweden Magdalena Kuras Hanna Westrin Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage | 1:48.07 | France Laure Manaudou Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Alena Popchanka Malia Metella | 1:48.39 |