1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The 1st Short Course Swimming World Championships were organized by FINA and held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December 2–5, 1993. The meet featured competition in a short course (25 meter) pool. During the championships, a total of 12 world records were broken: 10 in the women's events and 2 in men's events, both in relays.
China won the most events, ten, all in women's events. Le Jingyi won two individual and three relay events to travel home with five golds; Dai Guohong went home with four golds and one silver. In the men's events, the USA and Australia won three events each. Tripp Schwenk of the USA garnered three golds, winning the two backstroke events and also swimming on the USA's winning medley relay team. Also winning 2 events each on the men's side were Fernando Scherer of Brazil (100m freestyle; 400m freestyle relay), Daniel Kowalski of Australia (400m and 1500m freestyles). Belgium and Moldova won their only medals at a Short Course Worlds (through 2006), while Franck Esposito won France's only gold to date when he won the 200 butterfly.[1]
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Results
Men's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m Freestyle details |
Mark Foster  Great Britain | 21.84 | Hu Bin  China | 21.93 | Robert Abernethy .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 21.97 |
| 100m Freestyle details |
Fernando Scherer  Brazil | 48.38 | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 48.42 | Jon Olsen  USA | 48.49 |
| 200m Freestyle details |
Antti Kasvio  Finland | 1:45.21 | Trent Bray  New Zealand Artur Wojdat  Poland | 1:45.53 | not awarded | |
| 400m Freestyle details |
Daniel Kowalski Australia | 3:42.95 | Antti Kasvio Finland | 3:42.98 | Paul Palmer Great Britain | 3:45.07 |
| 1500m Freestyle details |
Daniel Kowalski Australia | 14:42.04 | Jörg Hoffmann  Germany | 14:53.09 | Piotr Albinski Poland | 14:53.97 |
| 100m Backstroke details |
Tripp Schwenk USA | 52.98 | Martin Harris Great Britain | 53.93 | Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba | 54.00 |
| 200m Backstroke details |
Tripp Schwenk USA | 1:54.19 | Luca Bianchi  Italy | 1:55.09 | Stefaan Maene .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 1:55.68 |
| 100m Breaststroke details |
Phil Rogers Australia | 59.56 | Ron Dekker  Netherlands | 59.95 | Seth Van Neerden USA | 1:00.08 |
| 200m Breaststroke details |
Nick Gillingham Great Britain | 2:07.91 ER |
Phil Rogers Australia | 2:08.32 | Eric Wunderlich USA | 2:08.49 |
| 100m Butterfly details |
Miloš Milošević  Croatia | 52.79 | Mark Henderson USA | 52.92 | Rafał Szukała Poland | 52.94 |
| 200m Butterfly details |
Franck Esposito  France | 1:55.42 | Christian Keller Germany | 1:55.75 | Chris-Carol Bremer Germany | 1:56.86 |
| 200m I.M. details |
Christian Keller Germany | 1:56.80 | Fraser Walker Great Britain | 1:58.35 NR |
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| 400 I.M. details |
Curtis Myden Canada | 4:10.41 | Serghei Mariniuc  Moldova | 4:11.96 | Petteri Lehtinen Finland | 4:12.33 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details |
Brazil Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira Gustavo Borges José Carlos Souza | 3:12.11 WR |
USA David Fox Seth Pepper Jon Olsen Mark Henderson | 3:12.68 |  Russia Roman Shegolev Vladislav Kulikov Vladimir Predkin Yury Mukhin | 3:15.56 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details |
 Sweden Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz | 7:05.92 | Germany Christian Tröger Christian Keller Chris-Carol Bremer Jörg Hoffmann | 7:08.63 | Brazil Gustavo Borges Teófilo Ferreira José Carlos Souza Cassiano Leal | 7:09.38 SA |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details |
USA Tripp Schwenk Seth Van Neerden Mark Henderson Jon Olsen | 3:32.57 WR |
 Spain Carlos Ventosa Sergio López Joaquín Fernández José Maria Rojano | 3:36.92 | Great Britain Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Mike Fibbens Mark Foster | 3:37.27 |
Women's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m Freestyle details |
LE Jingyi China | 24.23 WR |
Angel Martino USA | 24.93 | Linda Olofsson Sweden | 25.21 |
| 100m Freestyle details |
LE Jingyi China | 53.01 WR |
Angel Martino USA | 53.39 | Karen Pickering Great Britain | 54.39 |
| 200m Freestyle details |
Karen Pickering Great Britain | 1:56.25 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 1:57.16 | Lü Bin China | 1:57.71 |
| 400m Freestyle details |
Janet Evans USA | 4:05.64 | Trina Jackson USA | 4:07.49 | Julie Majer Australia | 4:07.91 |
| 800m Freestyle details |
Janet Evans USA | 8:22.43 | Julie Majer Australia | 8:26.46 | Trina Jackson USA | 8:27.50 |
| 100m Backstroke details |
Angel Martino USA | 58.50 WR |
He Cihong China | 1:00.13 | Elli Overton Australia | 1:00.18 |
| 200m Backstroke details |
He Cihong China | 2:06.09 WR |
Jia Yuanyuan China | 2:07.95 | Cathleen Rund Germany | 2:09.59 |
| 100m Breaststroke details |
DAI Guohong China | 1:06.58 WR |
Linley Frame Australia | 1:07.65 | Samantha Riley Australia | 1:07.77 |
| 200m Breaststroke details |
DAI Guohong China | 2:21.99 WR |
Hitomi Maehara  Japan | 2:24.45 | Samantha Riley Australia | 2:24.75 |
| 100m Butterfly details |
Susie O'Neill Australia | 59.19 | LIU Limin China | 59.24 | Kristie Krueger USA | 59.53 |
| 200m Butterfly details |
LIU Limin China | 2:08.51 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 2:09.08 | Petria Thomas Australia | 2:09.40 |
| 200m I.M. details |
Allison Wagner USA | 2:07.79 WR |
DAI Guohong China | 2:09.21 | Elli Overton Australia | 2:10.51 |
| 400 I.M. details |
DAI Guohong China | 4:29.00 WR |
Allison Wagner USA | 4:31.76 | Julie Majer Australia | 4:37.50 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details |
China Lü Bin SHAN Ying Jia Yuanyuan LE Jingyi | 3:35.97 WR |
Sweden Ellenor Svensson Linda Olofsson Suzanne Lööv Louise Jöhncke | 3:39.41 | USA Angel Martino Sarah Perroni Kristie Krueger Paige Wilson | 3:40.40 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details |
China SHAN Ying ZHOU Guanbin LE Jingyi Lü Bin | 7:52.45 WR |
Australia Tammy Bruce Elli Overton Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill | 7:56.52 | USA Paige Wilson Sarah Perroni Trina Jackson Janet Evans | 8:02.99 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details |
China LE Jingyi HE Cihong LIU Limin DAI Guohong | 3:57.73 WR |
Australia Elli Overton Linley Frame Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill | 4:00.17 | USA Angel Martino Kelli King Kristie Krueger Sarah Perroni | 4:01.30 |
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 nations) | 32 | 33 | 31 | 96 | |
References
- HistoFINA, Volume 3a, p. 23, PDF published by FINA in 2006; retrieved 2011-06-25. (HistoFINA is FINA's self-history; Volume 3 deals with the Short Course Worlds, part "a" with the Men's events, part "b" with the women's events.)
- FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.
- Participating nations list Archived 2012-09-12 at Archive.today for the 1993 Short Course Worlds, published by SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-09. (NOTE: FINA states that 46 nations were present, however, SwimRanking's list has 45.)
- scmsom results
- HistoFINA Men
- HistoFINA Women
- (in Norwegian) (ed) Arvid Carlsen Sportsboken 94-95, pp. 299–300, Schibsted October 1994. ISBN 82-516-1543-7.
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