Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships

Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
Sport Swimming
Founded 1953
No. of teams 65 (2006)
Country  Sweden
Most recent champion(s) Last winners lists

The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships (Swedish: Svenska mästerskapen i kortbanesimning) are annually in late November in an indoor 25m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the World Championships and European Short Course Swimming Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate. Non-Swedish swimmers who have participated include Anthony Ervin and Attila Czene.

History

The first Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships was swum in 1953[1] in Stockholm, but the first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899.

On the first championship, the events were 50 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, 100 m butterfly and 4×50 m freestyle relay for men and women. Swimmers from SK Neptun won three of the events, while SK Poseidon's swimmers won two.

Two times the Short Course Championships has been swum in long course in pools, in 1988, when it worked as 1988 Summer Olympics trials and in 1990, when it worked as 1991 World Aquatics Championships trials.

The swimmer with the most individual gold medals is Therese Alshammar (41 titles), Anders Holmertz (33), Agneta Eriksson (24) and Thomas Lejdström and Johanna Sjöberg (both 20). Of them, Therese Alshammar is the only swimmer still active.

Champions

Name Clubs Titles Years Best event (titles)
Alshammar, ThereseTherese Alshammar Järfälla SS, SK Neptun, Helsingborgs SS 41 1991-2006 50 m backstroke (12)
Holmertz, AndersAnders Holmertz Motala SS, Spårvägens SF 33 1984-1997 400 m freestyle (14)
Eriksson, AgnetaAgneta Eriksson Västerås SS 24 1980-1987 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly (all 7)
Lejdström, ThomasThomas Lejdström Västerås SS 20 1979-1985 400 m IM (6)
Sjöberg, JohannaJohanna Sjöberg Helsingborgs SS, Södertälje SS, Spårvägens SF 20 1995-2005 100 m butterfly (9)
Nilsson, MalinMalin Nilsson Malmö KK, Simavdelningen 1902 17 1990-1995 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle (both 6)
Berggren, PeterPeter Berggren Skärets SS 15 1980-1989 100 m breaststroke (8)
Karlsson, LouiseLouise Karlsson Skärets SS, Helsingborgs SS 15 1990-1997 50 m breaststroke (4)
Holmström, AnnelieAnnelie Holmström Stockholmspolisens IF 14 1980-1986 100 m breaststroke (8)
Frölander, LarsLars Frölander Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS 14 1992-2006 100 m butterfly (7)
Lillhage, JosefinJosefin Lillhage Simavdelningen 1902, Göteborg Sim, Väsby SS 14 1996-2006 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle (both 6)
Zarnowiecki, AnitaAnita Zarnowiecki Simavdelningen 1902 13 1969-1975 400 m IM (4)
Arvidsson, PärPär Arvidsson Finspångs SK 13 1977-1983 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly (both 5)
Baron, BengtBengt Baron Finspångs SK 13 1979-1984 100 m backstroke (6)
Svahnström, MalinMalin Svahnström Väsby SS 13 1996-2005 200 m IM (5)

Venues

See also

References

  1. "Kortbane-SM i simning (25 metersbana)" (in Swedish). Simma. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

External links

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