# 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 6th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Moscow, Russia on April 3–7, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of the Olympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. A record 599 swimmers from 92 countries competed at these championships, which resulted in seven world records.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SVN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 41 | 41 | 42 | 124 |

## Results
### Freestyle

| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men | 50 m | José Meolans | 21.36 CR | Mark Foster | 21.44 | Oleksandr Volynets Alexander Popov | 21.55 |
| Men | 100 m | Ashley Callus | 46.99 | José Meolans | 47.09 | Salim Iles | 47.66 |
| Men | 200 m | Klete Keller | 1:44.36 | Gustavo Borges | 1:45.67 | Mark Johnston | 1:45.88 |
| Men | 400 m | Grant Hackett | 3:38.29 | Květoslav Svoboda | 3:41.97 | Chad Carvin | 3:43.55 |
| Men | 1500 m | Grant Hackett | 14:33.94 | Chris Thompson | 14:39.43 | Christian Minotti | 14:45.41 |
| Men | 4 × 100 m | United States Scott Tucker Peter Marshall Jason Lezak Klete Keller | 3:10.64 | Sweden Eric Lafleur Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Mathias Ohlin | 3:11.14 | Russia Leonid Khokhlov Alexander Popov Denis Pimankov Andrey Kapralov Dmitriy Chernichev* Dmitriy Talepov* | 3:11.24 |
| Men | 4 × 200 m | Australia Todd Pearson Ray Hass Leon Dunne Grant Hackett | 7:00.36 CR | Russia Denis Rodkin Yuri Prilukov Ilya Nikitin Andrey Kapralov | 7:05.36 | United States Chad Carvin Erik Vendt Scott Tucker Klete Keller | 7:08.73 |
| Women | 50 m | Therese Alshammar | 24.16 | Alison Sheppard | 24.28 | Tammie Stone | 24.65 |
| Women | 100 m | Therese Alshammar | 52.89 | Martina Moravcová | 52.96 | Xu Yanwei | 53.35 |
| Women | 200 m | Lindsay Benko | 1:54.04 WR | Yang Yu | 1:55.34 | Xu Yanwei | 1:55.63 |
| Women | 400 m | Yana Klochkova | 4:01.26 | Chen Hua | 4:03.81 | Rachel Komisarz | 4:06.30 |
| Women | 800 m | Chen Hua | 8:16.34 CR | Irina Ufimtseva | 8:21.91 | Flavia Rigamonti | 8:23.38 |
| Women | 4 × 100 m | Sweden Josefin Lillhage Therese Alshammar Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling | 3:35.09 | Australia Sarah Ryan Petria Thomas Giaan Rooney Elka Graham | 3:35.97 | China Yang Yu Tang Jingzhi Zhu Yingwen Xu Yanwei | 3:36.18 |
| Women | 4 × 200 m | China Xu Yanwei Zhu Yingwen Tang Jingzhi Yang Yu | 7:46.30 WR | United States Lindsay Benko Gabrielle Rose Colleen Lanne Rachel Komisarz | 7:47.55 | Australia Elka Graham Petria Thomas Lori Munz Giaan Rooney | 7:49.50 |

### Backstroke

| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men | 50 m | Matt Welsh | 23.66 | Peter Marshall | 24.04 | Toni Helbig | 24.17 |
| Men | 100 m | Matt Welsh | 51.26 | Aaron Peirsol | 51.71 | Peter Marshall | 51.84 |
| Men | 200 m | Aaron Peirsol | 1:51.17 WR | Marko Strahija | 1:53.08 | Blaž Medvešek | 1:53.66 |
| Women | 50 m | Jennifer Carroll | 27.38 CR | Haley Cope | 27.44 | Diana MacManus | 27.60 |
| Women | 100 m | Haley Cope | 59.07 | Ilona Hlaváčková | 59.13 | Diana MacManus | 59.45 |
| Women | 200 m | Lindsay Benko | 2:04.97 CR | Reiko Nakamura | 2:07.30 | Irina Amshennikova | 2:07.71 |

### Breaststroke

| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men | 50 m | Oleg Lisogor | 26.42 | José Couto | 27.22 | Eduardo Fischer | 27.26 |
| Men | 100 m | Oleg Lisogor | 58.33 CR | Kosuke Kitajima | 59.10 | Jarno Pihlava | 59.22 |
| Men | 200 m | Jim Piper | 2:07.16 CR | David Denniston | 2:07.42 | Jarno Pihlava | 2:07.61 |
| Women | 50 m | Emma Igelström | 29.96 WR | Luo Xuejuan | 30.17 | Zoë Baker | 30.56 |
| Women | 100 m | Emma Igelström | 1:05.38 WR | Sarah Poewe | 1:06.16 | Luo Xuejuan | 1:06.36 |
| Women | 200 m | Qi Hui | 2:20.91 | Emma Igelström | 2:21.60 | Mirna Jukić | 2:21.63 |

### Butterfly

| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men | 50 m | Geoff Huegill | 22.89 CR | Adam Pine | 23.29 | Mark Foster | 23.36 |
| Men | 100 m | Geoff Huegill | 50.95 | Adam Pine | 51.27 | Igor Marchenko | 51.41 |
| Men | 200 m | James Hickman | 1:53.14 | Justin Norris | 1:54.07 | Ioan Gherghel | 1:54.16 |
| Women | 50 m | Anna-Karin Kammerling | 25.55 CR | Petria Thomas | 26.36 | Vered Borochovski | 26.38 |
| Women | 100 m | Martina Moravcová | 57.04 | Petria Thomas | 57.91 | Anna-Karin Kammerling | 58.12 |
| Women | 200 m | Petria Thomas | 2:05.76 CR | Yang Yu | 2:06.10 | Mary Descenza | 2:06.17 |

### Medley

| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men | 100 m | Peter Mankoč | 52.90 | Jani Sievinen | 53.78 | Jakob Andersen | 54.31 |
| Men | 200 m | Jani Sievinen | 1:55.45 CR | Peter Mankoč | 1:56.13 | Tom Wilkens | 1:57.34 |
| Men | 400 m | Tom Wilkens | 4:04.82 CR | Brian Johns | 4:06.85 | Jacob Carstensen | 4:08.92 |
| Men | 4 × 100 m | United States Aaron Peirsol David Denniston Peter Marshall Jason Lezak | 3:29.00 WR | Australia Geoff Huegill Jim Piper Adam Pine Ashley Callus | 3:29.35 | Russia Evgueni Alechine Dmitri Komornikov Igor Marchenko Denis Pimankov | 3:30.21 |
| Women | 100 m | Martina Moravcová | 59.91 | Gabrielle Rose | 1:00.68 | Alison Sheppard | 1:00.88 |
| Women | 200 m | Yana Klochkova | 2:08.82 | Gabrielle Rose | 2:09.77 | Oxana Verevka | 2:11.25 |
| Women | 400 m | Yana Klochkova | 4:30.63 | Alenka Kejžar | 4:35.44 | Georgina Bardach | 4:36.36 |
| Women | 4 × 100 m | Sweden Therese Alshammar Emma Igelström Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg | 3:55.78 WR | United States Haley Cope Amanda Beard Rachel Komisarz Lindsay Benko | 3:57.17 | People's Republic of China Zhan Shu Luo Xuejuan Zheng Xi Xu Yanwei | 3:57.29 |