2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships
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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 | |
|---|---|
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| 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.
| 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 |
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record
* Host nation (Israel)
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)
- ^ "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