The 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 m) took place in Netanya, Israel, from 2–6 December 2015.[1] They were originally scheduled to be held in January 2015, but the LEN moved the event to December.[2] The venue of the event was the brand new swimming complex of the Wingate Institute. This complex features an Olympic-size pool with 10 lanes and 3 meter depth, backed by the latest built-in filtration systems, an 8-lane 50 m pool and a 6-lane 25 m pool.
| 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city | Netanya,  Israel |
| Date(s) | 2–6 December |
| Venue(s) | Wingate Institute |
| Nations participating | 48 |
| Athletes participating | 500 |
The swimmer of the meet honors went to Katinka Hosszú of Hungary and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy.[3] Hosszú won six gold medals and one silver, breaking two world records and six championship records, while Paltrinieri won one gold medal in a world record time.
Records broken edit
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Day | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m individual medley (record progression) |
2 December | Heats | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary |
4:19.46 | 1 | [4] |
| 100 m individual medley (record progression) |
4 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
56.67 | 3 | [5] |
| 1500 m freestyle (record progression) |
4 December | Final | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
14:08.06 | 3 | [6] |
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Day | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m individual medley | 4 December | Final | László Cseh | Hungary |
1:51.36 | 3 | [7] |
| 200 m butterfly | 6 December | Final | László Cseh | Hungary |
1:49.00 | 5 | [3] |
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Day | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m backstroke | 2 December | Final | Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland |
1:48.33 | 1 | |
| 100 m individual medley | 3 December | Heats | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
57.52 | 2 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 3 December | Final | Marco Koch |  Germany |
2:00.53 | 2 | |
| 100 m backstroke | 3 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
55.42 | 2 | |
| 100 m individual medley | 3 December | Semifinal 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
57.49 | 2 | |
| 50 m butterfly | 3 December | Final | Sarah Sjöström |  Sweden |
24.58 | 2 | |
| 4×50 m mixed medley | 3 December | Final | Simone Sabbioni Fabio Scozzoli Silvia Di Pietro Erika Ferraioli |
Italy |
1:38.33 | 2 | |
| 200 m backstroke | 4 December | Heats | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
1:59.95 | 3 | |
| 200 m backstroke | 4 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
1:59.84 | 3 | |
| 200 m individual medley | 5 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
2:02.53 | 4 | |
| 4×50 m mixed freestyle | 5 December | Final | Federico Bocchia Marco Orsi Silvia Di Pietro Erika Ferraioli |
Italy |
1:29.26 | 4 | |
| 100 m butterfly | 6 December | Final | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
55.03 | 5 | |
| 4×50 m medley | 6 December | Final | Simone Sabbioni Fabio Scozzoli Matteo Rivolta Marco Orsi |
Italy |
1:31.71 | 5 |
Results edit
Men's events edit
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Women's events edit
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Mixed events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×50 m mixed freestyle | Italy Federico Bocchia (21.58) Marco Orsi (20.46) Silvia Di Pietro (23.63) Erika Ferraioli (23.59) |
1:29.26 CR |
 RussiaEvgeny Sedov (21.14) Nikita Konovalov (20.85) Nataliya Lovtsova (23.63) Rozaliya Nasretdinova (23.97) |
1:29.59 |  NetherlandsJesse Puts (21.74) Ben Schwietert (21.78) Inge Dekker (23.78) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (22.73) |
1:30.03 |
| 4×50 m mixed medley | Italy Simone Sabbioni (23.50) Fabio Scozzoli (25.99) Silvia Di Pietro (25.24) Erika Ferraioli (23.60) |
1:38.33 CR |
Russia Andrei Shabasov (23.52) Andrei Nikolaev (25.69) Alina Kashinskaya (25.47) Rozaliya Nasretdinova (23.68) |
1:38.36 |  BelarusPavel Sankovich (23.50) Ilya Shymanovich (26.64) Sviatlana Khakhlova (25.33) Aleksandra Gerasimenya (23.56) |
1:39.03 |
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Israel)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Israel (ISR)* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 40 | 41 | 41 | 122 | |
Participating nations edit
500 swimmers from 48 nations participated at the competition. The only LEN members did not participate are Gibraltar, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino.[8][9]
Albania (2) 
Andorra (2) 
Armenia (2) 
Austria (19) 
Azerbaijan (3) 
Belarus (13) 
Belgium (11) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (3) 
Bulgaria (2) 
Croatia (9) 
Cyprus (2) 
Czech Republic (27) 
Denmark (8) 
Estonia (16) 
Faroe Islands (3) 
Finland (22) 
France (13) 
Georgia (2) 
Germany (27) 
Great Britain (12) 
Greece (3) 
Hungary (27) 
Iceland (3) 
Ireland (2) 
Israel (46) (Host country) 
Italy (36) 
Kosovo (2) 
Latvia (3) 
Liechtenstein (1) 
Lithuania (7) 
Luxembourg (6) 
Macedonia (1) 
Malta (2) 
Moldova (3) 
Netherlands (13) 
Norway (8) 
Poland (8) 
Portugal (14) 
Romania (5) 
Russia (38) 
Serbia (7) 
Slovakia (12) 
Slovenia (10) 
Spain (4) 
Sweden (7) 
Switzerland (11) 
Turkey (18) 
Ukraine (5)
References edit
- ^ "Netanya (ISR) to host LEN's top s\c showcase in January 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ LEN moves 2015 Short Course Europeans to December
- ^ a b Lord, Craig (December 6, 2015). "Laszlo Cseh Goes Longer On Longevity With s/c 1:49 Euro Mark & WR-Rattler 200 'Fly". Swimvortex. Archived from the original on 2017-08-19. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Every Moment An Olympic Height: Katinka Hosszu Cracks 400m IM". Archived from the original on 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ^ Keith, Braden (December 4, 2015). "Katinka Hosszu Breaks World Record in 100 IM". Swimswam. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ Keith, Braden (December 4, 2015). "Gregorio Paltrinieri Breaks Oldest World Record on the Books in 1500". Swimswam. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ Grace, Jeff (December 4, 2015). "Cseh Breaks Rogan's 2009 European Record in the Men's 200 IM". Swimswam. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "Official website". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ Entries Netanya 2015 - Statistics Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine