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Your 1-Page Guide to 2021 Short Course Worlds

2021 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Records Set

World Records — 4

  • Siobhan Haughey (HKG), women’s 200m freestyle: 1:50.31
  • Florian Wellbrock (GER), men’s 1500m freestyle: 14:06.88
  • Margaret MacNeil (CAN), women’s 50m backstroke: 25.27
  • Sweden, women’s 4x50m medley relay: 1:42.38

World Junior Records — 4

  • Claire Curzan (USA), women’s 50m and 100m butterfly: 24.55, 55.39
  • Yu Yiting (CHN), women’s 200m IM: 2:04.48
  • Ilia Borodin (RSF), men’s 400m IM: 3:56.47

African Records — 4

  • Ahmed Hafnaoui (TUN), men’s 800m and 1500m freestyle: 7:33.69, 14:10.94
  • Egypt, men’s 4×50 medley relay and men’s 4×100 medley relay: 1:32.56, 3:30.83

Americas Records — 5

  • Margaret MacNeil (CAN), women’s 50m backstroke: 25.27
  • Nic Fink (USA), men’s 50m breaststroke: 25.53
  • Claire Curzan (USA), women’s 50m butterfly: 24.55
  • Canada, women’s 4×200 freestyle relay: 7:32.96
  • United States, men’s 4×50 medley relay: =1:30.51

Asian Records — 4

  • Siobhan Haughey (HKG), women’s 200m freestyle: 1:50.31
  • Tang Qianting (CHN), women’s 100m breaststroke: 1:03.47
  • China, women’s 4x50m freestyle relay and women’s 4×100 medley relay: 1:35.00, 3:47.41

European Records — 4

  • Florian Wellbrock (GER), men’s 1500m freestyle: 14:06.88
  • Ilia Borodin (RSF), men’s 400m IM: 3:56.47
  • Sweden, women’s 4×50 and 4×100 medley relay: 1:42.38, 3:46.20

Meet Records

  • Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), women’s 50m freestyle: 23.08
  • Siobhan Haughey (HKG), women’s 100m and 200m freestyle: 50.98, 1:50.31
  • Li Bingjie (CHN), women’s 800m freestyle: 8:02.90
  • Florian Wellbrock (GER), men’s 1500m freestyle: 14:06.88
  • Margaret MacNeil (CAN), women’s 50m backstroke: 25.27
  • Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), men’s 100m breaststroke: 55.70
  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), women’s 50m butterfly: 24.44
  • Sweden, women’s 4x50m medley relay: =1:42.38
  • TIE: Russian Swimming Federation and United States, men’s 4×50 medley relay: 1:30.51
  • Italy, men’s 4×100 medley relay: 3:19.76
  • Netherlands, mixed 4×50 medley relay: 1:36.20

Medal Standings Top 10

  1. United States: 30 total; 9 gold, 9 silver, 12 bronze
  2. Canada: 15 total; 7 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze
  3. Italy: 16 total; 5 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze
  4. Russian Swimming Federation: 15 total; 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze
  5. Sweden: 12 total; 4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze
  6. China: 7 total; 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
  7. Netherlands: 8 total; 2 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze
  8. Hong Kong: 3 total; 2 gold, 1 bronze

=9 Israel: 2 total; 2 gold

=9 Japan: 2 total; 2 gold

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Freestyle

Women’s 50m Freestyle:

  1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE): 23.08
  2. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED): 23.31
  3. Katarzyna Wasick (POL): 23.40

Men’s 50m Freestyle:

  1. Benjamin Proud (GBR): 20.45
  2. Ryan Held (USA): 20.70
  3. Josh Liendo (CAN): 20.76

Women’s 100m Freestyle:

  1. Siobhan Haughey (HKG): 50.98
  2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE): 51.31
  3. Abbey Weitzeil (USA): 51.64

Men’s 100m freestyle:

  1. Alessandro Miressi (ITA): 45.57
  2. Ryan Held (USA): 45.63
  3. Joshua Liendo (CAN): 45.82

Women’s 200m Freestyle:

  1. Siobhan Haughey (HKG): 1:50.31 WR
  2. Rebecca Smith (CAN): 1:52.24
  3. Paige Madden (USA): 1:53.01

Men’s 200m Freestyle:

  1. Hwang Sunwoo (KOR): 1:41.60
  2. Aleksandr Shchegolev (RSF): 1:41.63
  3. Danas Rapsys (LTU): 1:41.73

Women’s 400m Freestyle:

  1. Li Bingjie (CHN): 3:55.83
  2. Summer McIntosh (CAN): 3:57.87
  3. Siobhan Haughey (HKG): 3:58.12

Men’s 400m Freestyle:

  1. Felix Auboeck (AUT): 3:35.90
  2. Danas Rapsys (LTU): 3:36.23
  3. Antonio Djakovic (SUI): 3:36.83

Women’s 800m Freestyle:

  1. Li Bingjie (CHN): 8:02.90
  2. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (RSF): 8:06.44
  3. Simona Quadarella (ITA): 8:07.99

Men’s 1500m Freestyle:

  1. Florian Wellbrock (GER): 14:06.88 WR
  2. Ahmed Hafnaoui (TUN): 14:10.94
  3. Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR): 14:11.47

Backstroke

Women’s 50m Backstroke:

  1. Margaret MacNeil (CAN): 25.27 WR
  2. Kylie Masse (CAN): 25.62
  3. Louise Hansson (SWE): 25.86

Men’s 50m Backstroke:

  1. Kliment Kolesnikov (RSF): 22.66

=2 Christian Diener (GER): 22.90

=2 Lorenzo Mora (ITA): 22.90

Women’s 100m Backstroke:

  1. Louise Hansson (SWE): 55.20
  2. Kylie Masse (CAN): 55.22
  3. Katharine Berkoff (USA): 55.40

Men’s 100m Backstroke:

  1. Shaine Casas (USA): 49.23
  2. Kliment Kolesnikov (RSF): 49.46
  3. Robert Glinta (ROU): 49.60

Women’s 200m Backstroke:

  1. Rhyan White (USA): 2:01.58
  2. Kylie Masse (CAN): 2:02.07
  3. Isabelle Stadden (USA): 2:02.20

Men’s 200m Backstroke:

  1. Radoslaw Kawecki (POL): 1:48.68
  2. Shaine Casas (USA): 1:48.81
  3. Christian Diener (GER): 1:48.97

Breaststroke

Women’s 50m Breaststroke:

  1. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR): 29.34
  2. Benedetta Pilato (ITA): 29.50
  3. Sophie Hansson (SWE): 29.55

Men’s 50m Breaststroke:

  1. Nic Fink (USA): 25.53
  2. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA): 25.55
  3. Joao Gomes Junior (BRA): 25.80

Women’s 100m Breaststroke:

  1. Tang Qianting (CHN): 1:03.47
  2. Sophie Hansson (SWE): 1:03.50
  3. Mona McSharry (IRL): 1:03.92

Men’s 100m Breaststroke:

  1. Ilya Shymanovich (BLR): 55.70
  2. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA): 55.80
  3. Nic Fink (USA): 55.87

Women’s 200m Breaststroke:

  1. Emily Escobedo (USA): 2:17.85
  2. Evgeniia Chikunova (RSF): 2:17.88
  3. Molly Renshaw (GBR): 2:17.96

Men’s 200m Breaststroke:

  1. Nic Fink (USA): 2:02.28
  2. Arno Kamminga (NED): 2:02.42
  3. Will Licon (USA): 2:02.84

Butterfly

Women’s 50m Butterfly:

  1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED): 24.44
  2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE): 24.51
  3. Claire Curzan (USA): 24.55

Men’s 50m Butterfly:

  1. Nicholas Santos (BRA): 21.93
  2. Dylan Carter (TTO): 21.98
  3. Matteo Rivolta (ITA): 22.02

Women’s 100m Butterfly:

  1. Margaret MacNeil (CAN): 55.04
  2. Louise Hansson (SWE): 55.10
  3. Claire Curzan (USA): 55.39

Men’s 100m Butterfly:

  1. Matteo Rivolta (ITA): 48.87
  2. Chad le Clos (RSA): 49.04
  3. Andrei Minakov (RSF): 49.21

Women’s 200m Butterfly:

  1. Zhang Yufei (CHN): 2:03.01
  2. Charlotte Hook (USA): 2:04.35
  3. Lana Pudar (BIH): 2:04.88

Men’s 200m Butterfly:

  1. Alberto Razzetti (ITA): 1:49.06
  2. Noe Ronti (SUI): 1:49.81
  3. Chad le Clos (RSA): 1:49.84

Individual Medley

Women’s 100m IM:

  1. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR): 57.80
  2. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA): 57.96
  3. Mariia Kameneva (RSF): 58.15

Men’s 100m IM:

  1. Kliment Kolesnikov (RSF): 51.09
  2. Tomoe Hvas (NOR): 51.35
  3. Thomas Ceccon (ITA): 51.40

Women’s 200 IM:

  1. Sydney Pickrem (CAN): 2:04.29
  2. Yu Yiting (CHN): 2:04.48 WJ
  3. Kate Douglass (USA): 2:04.68

Men’s 200m IM:

  1. Daiya Seto (JPN): 1:51.15
  2. Carson Foster (USA): 1:51.35
  3. Alberto Razzetti (ITA): 1:51.54

Women’s 400m IM:

  1. Tessa Cieplucha (CAN): 4:25.55
  2. Ellen Walshe (IRL): 4:26.52
  3. Melanie Margalis (USA): 4:26.63

Men’s 400 IM:

  1. Daiya Seto (JPN): 3:56.26
  2. Ilia Borodin (RSF): 3:56.47 WJ
  3. Carson Foster (USA): 3:57.99

Relays

Women’s 4x50m Freestyle Relay:

  1. United States (Abbey Weitzeil, Claire Curzan, Katharine Berkoff, Kate Douglass): 1:34.22
  2. Sweden (Sarah Sjostrom, Michelle Coleman, Sara Junevik, Louise Hansson): 1:34.54
  3. Netherlands (Kim Busch, Maaike de Waard, Kira Toussaint, Ranomi Kromowidjojo): 1:34.89

Men’s 4x50m Freestyle Relay:

  1. Italy (Leonardo Deplano, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Manuel Frigo, Alessandro Miressi): 1:23.61
  2. Russian Swimming Federation (Andrei Minakov, Vladimir Morozov, Vladislav Grinev, Aleksandr Shchegolev): 1:23.75
  3. Netherlands (Jesse Puts, Stan Pijnenburg, Kenzo Simmons, Thom de Boer): 1:23.78

Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay:

=1 United States (Kate Douglass, Claire Curzan, Katharine Berkoff, Abbey Weitzeil): 3:28.52

=1 Canada (Kayla Sanchez, Margaret MacNeil, Rebecca Smith, Katerine Savard): 3:28.52

3. Sweden (Sarah Sjostrom, Michelle Coleman, Sophie Hansson, Louise Hansson): 3:28.80

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay:

  1. Russian Swimming Federation (Kliment Kolesnikov, Andrei Minakov, Vladislav Grinev, Aleksandr Shchegolev): 3:03.45
  2. Italy (Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Leonardo Deplano, Lorenzo Zazzeri): 3:03.61
  3. United States (Ryan Held, Hunter Tapp, Shaine Casas, Zach Apple): 3:05.42

Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay:

  1. Canada (Summer McIntosh, Kayla Sanchez, Katerine Savard, Rebecca Smith): 7:32.96
  2. United States (Torri Huske, Abbey Weitzeil, Melanie Margalis, Paige Madden): 7:36.53
  3. China (Li Bingjie, Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui, Liu Yaxin): 7:39.92

Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay:

  1. United States (Kieran Smith, Trenton Julian, Carson Foster, Ryan Held): 6:47.00
  2. Russian Swimming Federation (Vladislav Grinev, Aleksandr Shchegolev, Mikhail Vekovishchev, Ivan Girev): 6:49.12
  3. Brazil (Fernando Scheffer, Murilo Setin Sartori, Kaique Alves, Breno Correia): 6:49.60

Women’s 4x50m Medley Relay:

  1. Sweden (Louise Hansson, Sophie Hansson, Sarah Sjostrom, Michelle Coleman): 1:42.38 WR
  2. United States (Rhyan White, Lydia Jacoby, Claire Curzan, Abbey Weitzeil): 1:43.61
  3. Netherlands (Kira Toussaint, Kim Busch, Maaike de Waard, Ranomi Kromowidjojo): 1:44.03

Men’s 4x50m Medley Relay:

=1 Russian Swimming Federation (Kliment Kolesnikov, Kirill Strelnikov, Andrei Minakov, Vladimir Morozov): 1:30.51

=1 United States (Shaine Casas, Nic Fink, Tom Shields, Ryan Held): 1:30.51

3. Italy (Lorenzo Mora, Nicolo Martinenghi, Matteo Rivolta, Lorenzo Zazzeri): 1:30.78

Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay:

  1. Sweden (Louise Hansson, Sophie Hansson, Sarah Sjostrom, Michelle Coleman): 3:46.20
  2. Canada (Kylie Masse, Sydney Pickrem, Margaret MacNeil, Kayla Sanchez): 3:47.46
  3. China (Peng Xuwei, Tang Qianting, Zhang Yufei, Cheng Yujie): 3:47.41

Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay:

  1. Italy (Lorenzo Mora, Nicolo Martinenghi, Matteo Rivolta, Alessandro Miressi): 3:19.76
  2. United States (Shaine Casas, Nic Fink, Trenton Julian, Ryan Held): 3:20.50
  3. Russian Swimming Federation (Kliment Kolesnikov, Danil Semianinov, Andrei Minakov, Aleksandr Shchegolev): 3:20.65

Mixed Relays

Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay:

  1. Canada (Josh Liendo, Yuri Kisil, Kayla Sanchez, Margaret MacNeil): 1:28.55
  2. Netherlands (Jesse Puts, Thom de Boer, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Kira Toussaint): 1:28.61
  3. Russian Swimming Federation (Vladimir Morozov, Andrei Minakov, Mariia Kameneva, Arina Surkova): 1:28.97

Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay:

  1. Netherlands (Kira Toussaint, Arno Kamminga, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Thom de Boer): 1:36.20
  2. United States (Shaine Casas, Nic Fink, Claire Curzan, Abbey Weitzeil): 1:37.04
  3. Italy (Lorenzo Mora, Nicolo Martinenghi, Elena di Liddo, Silvia di Pietro): 1:37.29

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