2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships 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
| 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
Men's events
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Women's events
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Mixed events
| 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
* 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 nations) | 40 | 41 | 41 | 122 | |
Participating nations
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
- "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
- 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
External links
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