| 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Szczecin, Poland |
| Date | 8–11 December |
| Venue | Floating Arena |
| Nations | 39 |
| Athletes | 543 |
| Events | 38 |
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The2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held inSzczecin,Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011.[1][2] The event featured competition in ashort course (25 m) pool.
The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final for the 50 m and 100 m events and heats and a final for all other events with the exception of the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m freestyle which were heat-declared winners. Heats were held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and the fastest heat of the distance freestyle events in the evening.[3]
Each nation was permitted to enter four swimmers into each individual event, however only the fastest two were allowed to progress to the semifinal and/or final.
543 swimmers (302 males, 241 females) from 39 countries swam at the 2011 Short Course European Championships.[4] Teams (and team size) were from:
Austria(20)
Azerbaijan(1)
Belarus(13)
Belgium(8)
Bosnia and Herzegovina(4)
Bulgaria(12)
Croatia(12)
Cyprus(2)
Czech Republic(19)
Denmark(15)
Estonia(10)
Faroe Islands(2)
Finland(10)
France(15)
Germany(23)
Great Britain(26)
Greece(5)
Hungary(22)
Iceland(4)
Ireland(11)
Israel(13)
Italy(38)
Latvia(4)
Liechtenstein(1)
Lithuania(10)
Luxembourg(4)
Netherlands(24)
Norway(13)
Poland(45)
Portugal(5)
Russia(39)
Serbia(6)
Slovakia(11)
Slovenia(14)
Spain(14)
Sweden(10)
Switzerland(24)
Turkey(16)
Ukraine(19)Legend:WR -World record;WBT - World best time;ER -European record;CR -Championship record;NR - National record
Legend:WR -World record;WBT - World best time;ER -European record;CR -Championship record;NR - National record
* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Poland (POL)* | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 18 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | |