| Host city | Moscow |
|---|---|
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Opening | 3 April 2002 (2002-04-03) |
| Closing | 7 April 2002 (2002-04-07) |
| Main venue | Olympiiski |
The6thFINA Short Course World Championships were held inMoscow,Russia on April 3–7, 2002. The event took place in the 25m-pool of theOlympiiski-complex, which also hosted the swimming event at the1980 Summer Olympics. A record 599 swimmers from 92 countries competed at these championships, which resulted in seven world records.
| 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 |
 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 |
 Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 |  Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 41 | 41 | 42 | 124 | |
| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 50 m | Matt Welsh | 23.66 |  Peter Marshall | 24.04 | Toni Helbig | 24.17 |
| 100 m | Matt Welsh | 51.26 | Aaron Peirsol | 51.71 | Peter Marshall | 51.84 | |
| 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 |
| 100 m | Haley Cope | 59.07 | Ilona Hlaváčková | 59.13 | Diana MacManus | 59.45 | |
| 200 m | Lindsay Benko | 2:04.97 CR | Reiko Nakamura | 2:07.30 | Irina Amshennikova | 2:07.71 |
| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 50 m | Oleg Lisogor | 26.42 | José Couto | 27.22 | Eduardo Fischer | 27.26 |
| 100 m | Oleg Lisogor | 58.33 CR | Kosuke Kitajima | 59.10 | Jarno Pihlava | 59.22 | |
| 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 |
| 100 m | Emma Igelström | 1:05.38 WR | Sarah Poewe | 1:06.16 | Luo Xuejuan | 1:06.36 | |
| 200 m | Qi Hui | 2:20.91 | Emma Igelström | 2:21.60 | Mirna Jukić | 2:21.63 |
| 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 |
| 100 m | Geoff Huegill | 50.95 | Adam Pine | 51.27 | Igor Marchenko | 51.41 | |
| 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 |
| 100 m | Martina Moravcová | 57.04 | Petria Thomas | 57.91 | Anna-Karin Kammerling | 58.12 | |
| 200 m | Petria Thomas | 2:05.76 CR | Yang Yu | 2:06.10 | Mary Descenza | 2:06.17 |
| M/V | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 100 m | Peter Mankoč | 52.90 | Jani Sievinen | 53.78 | Jakob Andersen | 54.31 |
| 200 m | Jani Sievinen | 1:55.45 CR | Peter Mankoč | 1:56.13 | Tom Wilkens | 1:57.34 | |
| 400 m | Tom Wilkens | 4:04.82 CR | Brian Johns | 4:06.85 | Jacob Carstensen | 4:08.92 | |
| 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 |
| 200 m | Yana Klochkova | 2:08.82 | Gabrielle Rose | 2:09.77 | Oxana Verevka | 2:11.25 | |
| 400 m | Yana Klochkova | 4:30.63 | Alenka Kejžar | 4:35.44 | Georgina Bardach | 4:36.36 | |
| 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 |