# 1996 European Short Course Swimming Championships

The first edition of the European Short Course Championships was held in Rostock, Germany, from December 13 to December 15, 1996. The event, just a couple of months after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, replaced the European Sprint Swimming Championships, where only the 50 m events and the 100 m individual medley were at stake. From this edition on, also the events longer than that were contested.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER)* | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 38 | 38 | 39 | 115 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Mark Foster Great Britain | 22.25 | René Gusperti Italy | 22.51 | Dimitri Kalinovski Belarus | 22.57 |
| 100 m freestyle | Lars Conrad Germany | 48.90 | Nicolae Butacu Romania | 49.49 | Nicolae Ivan Romania | 49.56 |
| 200 m freestyle | Lars Conrad Germany | 1:45.97 | Andrew Clayton Great Britain | 1:47.35 | Konstantin Dubrovin Germany | 1:48.60 |
| 400 m freestyle | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | 3:45.52 | Stefan Pohl Germany | 3:48.10 | Dimitrios Manganas Greece | 3:48.29 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Igor Snitko Ukraine | 14:46.59 | Ian Wilson Great Britain | 14:54.24 | Thomas Lohfink Germany | 15:04.13 |
| 50 m backstroke | Mariusz Siembida Poland | 25.03 | Tomislav Karlo Croatia | 25.14 | Stev Theloke Germany | 25.15 |
| 100 m backstroke | Mariusz Siembida Poland | 53.56 | Stev Theloke Germany | 53.87 | Emanuele Merisi Italy | 54.39 |
| 200 m backstroke | Emanuele Merisi Italy | 1:54.91 | Nicolae Butacu Romania | 1:56.29 | Stev Theloke Germany | 1:56.51 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Patrik Isaksson Sweden | 27.76 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 27.77 | Daniel Málek Czech Republic | 27.84 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Jens Kruppa Germany | 1:00.15 | Patrik Isaksson Sweden | 1:00.45 | Aleksandr Gukov Belarus | 1:00.94 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Aleksandr Gukov Belarus | 2:09.86 | Artur Paczynski Poland | 2:10.69 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 2:10.70 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mark Foster Great Britain | 23.91 | Fabian Hieronimus Germany | 24.07 | Jonas Åkesson Sweden | 24.25 |
| 100 m butterfly | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 53.22 | Fabian Hieronimus Germany | 53.70 | Denislav Kaltchev Bulgaria | 54.02 |
| 200 m butterfly | Chris-Carol Bremer Germany | 1:57.04 | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 1:57.30 | David Abrard France Adrian Andermatt Switzerland | 1:59.23 |
| 100 m individual medley | Marcel Wouda Netherlands | 54.62 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 54.82 | Christian Keller Germany | 55.45 |
| 200 m individual medley | Marcel Wouda Netherlands | 1:56.83 | Christian Keller Germany | 1:58.52 | Krešimir Čač Croatia | 2:01.45 |
| 400 m individual medley | Marcel Wouda Netherlands | 4:08.90 | Christian Keller Germany | 4:13.03 | Uwe Volk Germany | 4:15.69 |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Germany Lars Conrad Christian Tröger Tim Nolte Steffen Smöllich | 1:29.54 | Croatia Tomislav Karlo Miloš Milošević Miro Žeravica Alen Lončar | 1:29.69 | Norway Anders Dahl Vermund Vetnes Thomas Sopp Thomas Nore | 1:30.40 |
| 4×50 m medley relay | Germany Stev Theloke Jens Kruppa Fabian Hieronimus Lars Conrad | 1:38.28 | Italy Emanuele Merisi Domenico Fioravanti Luca Belfiore René Gusperti | 1:38.50 | Great Britain Neil Willey Richard Maden Mark Foster Simon Handley | 1:38.72 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Sandra Völker Germany | 24.67 ER | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 25.32 | Vibeke Johansen Norway | 25.38 |
| 100 m freestyle | Sandra Völker Germany | 53.04 ER | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 54.46 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 54.95 |
| 200 m freestyle | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:57.22 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 1:58.34 | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 1:59.16 |
| 400 m freestyle | Kristýna Kyněrová Czech Republic | 4:09.94 | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 4:10.36 | Chantal Strasser Switzerland | 4:13.45 |
| 800 m freestyle | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 8:34.66 | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 8:39.20 | Sarah Collings Great Britain | 8:42.42 |
| 50 m backstroke | Sandra Völker Germany | 27.94 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 28.55 | Suze Valen Netherlands | 28.66 |
| 100 m backstroke | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 1:00.21 | Kateřina Pivoňková Czech Republic | 1:01.69 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 1:01.93 |
| 200 m backstroke | Kateřina Pivoňková Czech Republic | 2:08.15 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 2:09.54 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 2:12.20 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Vera Lischka Austria | 31.36 | Terrie Miller Norway | 31.47 | Hanna Jaltner Sweden | 32.04 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Terrie Miller Norway | 1:07.91 | Vera Lischka Austria | 1:08.18 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 1:08.33 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:26.11 | Alenka Kejžar Slovenia | 2:27.33 | Anne Poleska Germany | 2:27.57 |
| 50 m butterfly | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 27.15 ER | Sandra Völker Germany | 27.23 | Marja Pärssinen Finland | 27.69 |
| 100 m butterfly | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 58.80 ER | Sandra Völker Germany | 59.44 | Julia Voitowitsch Germany | 1:00.51 |
| 200 m butterfly | Bárbara Franco Spain | 2:10.20 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 2:10.92 | María Peláez Spain | 2:11.36 |
| 100 m individual medley | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 1:01.91 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:01.98 | Sabine Herbst Germany | 1:02.46 |
| 200 m individual medley | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 2:10.60 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:13.07 | Sabine Herbst Germany | 2:13.29 |
| 400 m individual medley | Sabine Herbst Germany | 4:39.26 | Beatrice Câșlaru Romania | 4:41.76 | Pavla Chrástová Czech Republic | 4:42.07 |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Germany Katrin Meissner Marianne Hinners Silvia Stahl Sandra Völker | 1:41.15 | Sweden Johanna Sjöberg Linda Olofsson Nelly Jörgensen Malin Svahnström | 1:42.18 | Switzerland Dominique Diezi Andrea Quadri Sandrine Paquier Chantal Strasser | 1:44.90 |
| 4×50 m medley relay | Germany Antje Buschschulte Sylvia Gerasch Julia Voitowitsch Sandra Völker | 1:51.79 ER | Netherlands Suze Valen Madelon Baans Wilma van Hofwegen Angela Postma | 1:52.80 | Sweden Nelly Jörgensen Hanna Jaltner Johanna Sjöberg Linda Olofsson | 1:53.06 |