2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships

The 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Chartres, France, from November 22 to 25, 2012.^[1]

2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Host city	Chartres, France
Date(s)	22–25 November 2012
Venue(s)	L'Odyssee
Events	40
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The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final for the 50 m and 100 m events and heats and a final for all other events with the exception of the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m freestyle which are heat declared winners. Heats were held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and the fastest heat of the distance freestyle events in the evening.

Each nation was permitted to enter four swimmers into each individual event, however only the fastest two were able to progress to the semifinal and/or final.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle[2]	Florent Manaudou  France	20.70	Vladimir Morozov  Russia	20.89	Frédérick Bousquet  France	20.97
100 m freestyle[3]	Vladimir Morozov  Russia	45.68	Yevgeny Lagunov  Russia	46.52	Yannick Agnel  France	46.80
200 m freestyle[4]	Yannick Agnel  France	1:41.46	Pieter Timmers  Belgium	1:43.08 NR	Grégory Mallet  France	1:43.21
400 m freestyle[5]	Yannick Agnel  France	3:37.54	Gabriele Detti  Italy	3:41.66	Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo  Italy	3:42.32
1500 m freestyle[6]	Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy	14:27.78	Serhiy Frolov  Ukraine	14:30.87 NR	Anthony Pannier  France	14:41.97
50 m backstroke[7]	Jérémy Stravius  France	23.28	Guy Barnea  Israel	23.46 NR	Vladimir Morozov  Russia	23.47
100 m backstroke[8]	Jérémy Stravius  France	49.70	Benjamin Stasiulis  France	50.31	Damiano Lestingi  Italy	51.35
200 m backstroke[9]	Radosław Kawęcki  Poland	1:48.51 CR, NR	Péter Bernek  Hungary	1:49.41 NR	Benjamin Stasiulis  France	1:51.81
50 m breaststroke[10]	Fabio Scozzoli  Italy	26.18	Aleksander Hetland  Norway	26.20	Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia	26.24, NR
100 m breaststroke[11]	Fabio Scozzoli  Italy	57.25	Martti Aljand  Estonia	57.75	Giacomo Perez d'Ortona  France	57.76
200 m breaststroke[12]	Viatcheslav Sinkevich  Russia	2:04.55	Ihor Borysyk  Ukraine	2:05.12	Andriy Kovalenko  Ukraine	2:05.21
50 m butterfly[13]	Rafael Muñoz  Spain	22.53	Frédérick Bousquet  France	22.54	Andriy Govorov  Ukraine	22.72
100 m butterfly[14]	Yevgeny Korotyshkin  Russia	49.98	Rafael Muñoz  Spain	50.39	Mehdy Metella  France	50.66
200 m butterfly[15]	László Cseh  Hungary	1:52.11	Viktor Bromer  Denmark	1:53.38	Joeri Verlinden  Netherlands	1:53.47
100 m individual medley[16]	Vladimir Morozov  Russia	51.89	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	52.64	Martti Aljand  Estonia	52.92 NR
200 m individual medley[17]	László Cseh  Hungary	1:52.74 NR	Jérémy Stravius  France	1:54.00 NR	Gal Nevo  Israel	1:55.14
400 m individual medley[18]	László Cseh  Hungary	4:00.99	Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary	4:02.54	Gal Nevo  Israel	4:04.80
4×50 m freestyle relay[19]	France Florent Manaudou (20.83) Frédérick Bousquet (20.65) Jérémy Stravius (21.00) Amaury Leveaux (20.83) Joris Hustache[a] Grégory Mallet[a] Mehdy Metella[a]	1:23.31	Russia Vladimir Morozov (20.78) Andrey Grechin (21.21) Yevgeny Lagunov (20.84) Vitaly Syrnikov (21.16) Evgeny Korotyshkin[a]	1:23.99 NR	Belgium Emmanuel Vanluchene (21.75) Pieter Timmers (21.27) Yoris Grandjean (21.58) Jasper Aerents (21.00) Stijn Depypere[a]	1:25.60 NR
4×50 m medley relay[20]	France Jérémy Stravius (23.47) Giacomo Perez d'Ortona (26.12) Frédérick Bousquet (22.58) Florent Manaudou (20.18) Dorian Gandin[a] Romain Sassot[a] Grégory Mallet[a]	1:32.35	Russia Vladimir Morozov (23.59) Oleg Utekhin (26.50) Yevgeny Korotyshkin (22.52) Yevgeny Lagunov (21.26) Vitaly Syrnikov[a]	1:33.87	Czech Republic Martin Baďura (24.51) Petr Bartůněk (26.70) Michal Ledl (22.97) Tomáš Plevko (21.00)	1:35.18

Legend: WR - World record; WBT - World best time; ER - European record; NR - National record; CR - Championship record

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle[21]	Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus	23.85 NR	Triin Aljand  Estonia	24.24	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	24.24
100 m freestyle[22]	Veronika Popova  Russia	52.86 NR	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	53.13	Charlotte Bonnet  France	53.23
200 m freestyle[23]	Camille Muffat  France	1:52.20	Charlotte Bonnet  France	1:54.00	Veronika Popova  Russia	1:54.20
400 m freestyle[24]	Camille Muffat  France	3:54.85 WR	Lotte Friis  Denmark	3:58.85	Coralie Balmy  France	3:59.80
800 m freestyle[25]	Lotte Friis  Denmark	8:10.24	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	8:15.66	Aimee Willmott  Great Britain	8:18.90
50 m backstroke[26]	Laure Manaudou  France	26.78 NR	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	26.84	Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic	26.97
100 m backstroke[27]	Daryna Zevina  Ukraine	57.07	Laure Manaudou  France	57.70	Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic	58.08
200 m backstroke[28]	Daryna Zevina  Ukraine	2:01.97 NR, CR	Alexianne Castel  France	2:03.23	Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic	2:03.43 NR
50 m breaststroke[29]	Petra Chocová  Czech Republic	30.02 =NR	Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark	30.25	Sycerika McMahon  Ireland	30.34 NR
100 m breaststroke[30]	Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark	1:04.12 NR, CR	Petra Chocová  Czech Republic	1:05.50 NR	Marina García Urzainqui  Spain	1:05.82 NR
200 m breaststroke[31]	Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark	2:17.26	Marina García Urzainqui  Spain	2:20.57 NR	Hanna Dzerkal  Ukraine	2:21.94 NR
50 m butterfly[32]	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	25.21	Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus	25.53 NR	Mélanie Henique  France	25.76
100 m butterfly[33]	Ilaria Bianchi  Italy	56.40 NR	Kimberly Buys  Belgium	57.00 NR	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	57.13
200 m butterfly[34]	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	2:05.78	Stefania Pirozzi  Italy	2:06.09	Alessia Polieri  Italy	2:06.63
100 m individual medley[35]	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	58.83	Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary	59.15	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor  Great Britain	59.72
200 m individual medley[36]	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	2:05.78	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	2:06.21 NR	Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary	2:06.66
400 m individual medley[37]	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	4:23.47 ER	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	4:23.91 NR	Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary	4:25.61
4×50 m freestyle relay[38]	Denmark Jeanette Ottesen (24.34) Kelly Riber Rasmussen (24.59) Julie Levisen (24.73) Pernille Blume (24.44)	1:38.10	Finland Emilia Pikkarainen (25.09) Lotta Nevalainen (24.29) Laura Kurki (24.21) Hanna-Maria Seppälä (24.54)	1:38.13 NR	Belarus Yuliya Khitraya (25.12) Aleksandra Gerasimenya (23.68) Oksana Demidova (25.10) Sviatlana Khakhlova (24.49)	1:38.39 NR
4×50 m medley relay[39]	Denmark Kristina Thomsen (28.16) Rikke Møller Pedersen (29.83) Jeanette Ottesen (25.10) Pernille Blume (24.32)	1:47.41	Czech Republic Simona Baumrtová (26.98) Petra Chocová (29.34) Lucie Svěcená (26.59) Aneta Pechancová (24.76) Barbora Závadová[b]	1:47.67	France Laure Manaudou (27.04) Fanny Babou (31.01) Mélanie Henique (25.33) Anna Santamans (24.32) Béryl Gastaldello[b]	1:47.70

Legend: WR - World record; WBT - World best time; ER - European record; NR - National record; CR - Championship record

^b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×50 m freestyle relay[40]	France Frédérick Bousquet (20.97) Florent Manaudou (20.35) Camille Muffat (24.39) Anna Santamans (23.93) Amaury Leveaux[c] Mehdy Metella[c] Charlotte Bonnet[c] Béryl Gastaldello[c]	1:29.64	Russia Andrey Grechin (21.53) Vladimir Morozov (20.45) Veronika Popova (24.07) Rozaliya Nasretdinova (24.36) Vitaly Syrnikov[c]	1:30.41	Finland Hanna-Maria Seppälä (24.74) Laura Kurki (24.11) Andrei Tuomola (21.72) Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (21.17) Lotta Nevalainen[c]	1:31.74
4×50 m medley relay[41]	France Jérémy Stravius (23.13) Florent Manaudou (25.90) Mélanie Henique (25.61) Anna Santamans (24.10) Cloé Credeville[c] Justine Bruno[c] Frédérick Bousquet[c]	1:38.74	Slovenia Anja Čarman (27.19) Damir Dugonjič (25.57) Peter Mankoč (22.20) Nastja Govejšek (24.83)	1:39.79	Norway Lavrans Solli (24.08) Aleksander Hetland (25.78) Monica Johannessen (26.06) Cecilie Johannessen (24.18)	1:40.10

^c Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)*	12	6	11	29
2	Denmark (DEN)	6	4	2	12
	Hungary (HUN)	6	4	2	12
4	Russia (RUS)	5	5	2	12
5	Italy (ITA)	4	2	3	9
6	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	3	7
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	4	7
8	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	2	5
9	Spain (ESP)	1	2	1	4
10	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	1	3
11	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
12	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	1	3
	Estonia (EST)	0	2	1	3
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	1	3
15	Israel (ISR)	0	1	2	3
16	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
18	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
19	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	40	40	120