Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships


The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships 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 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, Anders Holmertz, Agneta Eriksson and Thomas Lejdström and Johanna Sjöberg. Of them, Therese Alshammar is the only swimmer still active.

Champions

NameClubsTitlesYearsBest event
Järfälla SS, SK Neptun, Helsingborgs SS411991–200612 50 m backstroke
Motala SS, Spårvägens SF331984–199714 400 m freestyle
Västerås SS241980–198707 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly
Västerås SS201979–198506400 m IM
Helsingborgs SS, Södertälje SS, Spårvägens SF201995–200509 100 m butterfly
Malmö KK, Simavdelningen 1902171990–199506 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle
Skärets SS151980–198908 100 m breaststroke
Skärets SS, Helsingborgs SS151990–199704 50 m breaststroke
Stockholmspolisens IF141980–198608100 m breaststroke
Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS141992–200607 100 m butterfly
Simavdelningen 1902, Göteborg Sim, Väsby SS141996–200606 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle
Simavdelningen 1902131969–197504 400 m IM
Finspångs SK131977–198305 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly
Finspångs SK131979–198406 100 m backstroke
Väsby SS131996–200505 200 m IM

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