2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Host citySzczecin, Poland
Date(s)8–11 December
Venue(s)Floating Arena
Nations participating39
Athletes participating543
Events38
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Main article: European Short Course Swimming Championships

The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011.[1][2] The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool.

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 were heat-declared winners. Heats were held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and the fastest heat of the distance freestyle events in the evening.[3]

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

  1. ^ Szczecin 8-11 December 2011 Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Published by the organizers of the 2011 SC Europeans via their website (www.ecszczecin2011.eu) on 2011-05-26; retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ^ Szczen 2011 Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine event page, from the LEN website; retrieved 2012-03-20.
  3. ^ 2011 SC European Results Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine from Omega Timing (official timer); retrieved 2012-03-20.