Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships

The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships (Swedish: Svenska mästerskapen i kortbanesimning) 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.

Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
SportSwimming
Founded1953
No. of teams65 (2006)
Country Sweden
Most recent
champion(s)		Last winners lists

History
Lars Frölander at the 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships in Uppsala.

The first Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships was swum in 1953[1] 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 (41 titles), Anders Holmertz (33), Agneta Eriksson (24) and Thomas Lejdström and Johanna Sjöberg (both 20). Of them, Therese Alshammar is the only swimmer still active.

Champions
Further information: List of Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships champions
Name Clubs Titles Years Best event (titles)
Therese AlshammarJärfälla SS, SK Neptun, Helsingborgs SS411991–200612 50 m backstroke (12)
Anders HolmertzMotala SS, Spårvägens SF331984–199714 400 m freestyle (14)
Agneta ErikssonVästerås SS241980–198707 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly (all 7)
Thomas LejdströmVästerås SS201979–198506400 m IM (6)
Johanna SjöbergHelsingborgs SS, Södertälje SS, Spårvägens SF201995–200509 100 m butterfly (9)
Malin NilssonMalmö KK, Simavdelningen 1902171990–199506 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle (both 6)
Peter BerggrenSkärets SS151980–198908 100 m breaststroke (8)
Louise KarlssonSkärets SS, Helsingborgs SS151990–199704 50 m breaststroke (4)
Annelie HolmströmStockholmspolisens IF141980–198608100 m breaststroke (8)
Lars FrölanderBorlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS141992–200607 100 m butterfly (7)
Josefin LillhageSimavdelningen 1902, Göteborg Sim, Väsby SS141996–200606 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle (both 6)
Anita ZarnowieckiSimavdelningen 1902131969–197504 400 m IM (4)
Pär ArvidssonFinspångs SK131977–198305 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly (both 5)
Bengt BaronFinspångs SK131979–198406 100 m backstroke (6)
Malin SvahnströmVäsby SS131996–200505 200 m IM (5)

Venues

See also

References
  1. "Kortbane-SM i simning (25 metersbana)" (in Swedish). Simma. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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