The first edition of the European Short Course Championships was held in Rostock, Germany, from December 13 to December 15, 1996. The event, just a couple of months after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, replaced the European Sprint Swimming Championships, where only the 50 m events and the 100 m individual medley were at stake. From this edition on, also the events longer than that were contested.
Medal table
Medal summary Men's events 50 m freestyleMark Foster 22.25René Gusperti 22.51Dimitri Kalinovski 22.57100 m freestyleLars Conrad 48.90Nicolae Butacu 49.49Nicolae Ivan 49.56200 m freestyleLars Conrad 1:45.97Andrew Clayton 1:47.35Konstantin Dubrovin 1:48.60400 m freestyleEmiliano Brembilla 3:45.52Stefan Pohl 3:48.10Dimitrios Manganas 3:48.291500 m freestyleIgor Snitko 14:46.59Ian Wilson 14:54.24Thomas Lohfink 15:04.1350 m backstrokeMariusz Siembida 25.03Tomislav Karlo 25.14Stev Theloke 25.15100 m backstrokeMariusz Siembida 53.56Stev Theloke 53.87Emanuele Merisi 54.39200 m backstrokeEmanuele Merisi 1:54.91Nicolae Butacu 1:56.29Stev Theloke 1:56.5150 m breaststrokePatrik Isaksson 27.76Jens Kruppa 27.77Daniel Málek 27.84100 m breaststrokeJens Kruppa 1:00.15Patrik Isaksson 1:00.45Aleksandr Gukov 1:00.94200 m breaststrokeAleksandr Gukov 2:09.86Artur Paczynski 2:10.69Jens Kruppa 2:10.7050 m butterflyMark Foster 23.91Fabian Hieronimus 24.07Jonas Åkesson 24.25100 m butterflyThomas Rupprath 53.22Fabian Hieronimus 53.70Denislav Kaltchev 54.02200 m butterflyChris-Carol Bremer 1:57.04Thomas Rupprath 1:57.30David AbrardAdrian Andermatt 1:59.23100 m individual medleyMarcel Wouda 54.62Jens Kruppa 54.82Christian Keller 55.45200 m individual medleyMarcel Wouda 1:56.83Christian Keller 1:58.52Krešimir Čač 2:01.45400 m individual medleyMarcel Wouda 4:08.90Christian Keller 4:13.03Uwe Volk 4:15.694 × 50 m freestyle relayLars ConradChristian TrögerTim NolteSteffen Smöllich 1:29.54Tomislav KarloMiloš MiloševićMiro ŽeravicaAlen Lončar 1:29.69Anders DahlVermund VetnesThomas SoppThomas Nore 1:30.404 × 50 m medley relayStev ThelokeJens KruppaFabian HieronimusLars Conrad 1:38.28Emanuele MerisiDomenico FioravantiLuca BelfioreRené Gusperti 1:38.50Neil WilleyRichard MadenMark FosterSimon Handley 1:38.72
Women's events 50 m freestyleSandra Völker 24.67ERSue Rolph 25.32Vibeke Johansen 25.38100 m freestyleSandra Völker 53.04ERSue Rolph 54.46Martina Moravcová 54.95200 m freestyleMartina Moravcová 1:57.22Antje Buschschulte 1:58.34Carla Geurts 1:59.16400 m freestyleKristýna Kyněrová 4:09.94Carla Geurts 4:10.36Chantal Strasser 4:13.45800 m freestyleCarla Geurts 8:34.66Flavia Rigamonti 8:39.20Sarah Collings 8:42.4250 m backstrokeSandra Völker 27.94Antje Buschschulte 28.55Suze Valen 28.66100 m backstrokeAntje Buschschulte 1:00.21Kateřina Pivoňková 1:01.69Alenka Kejžar 1:01.93200 m backstrokeKateřina Pivoňková 2:08.15Antje Buschschulte 2:09.54Alenka Kejžar 2:12.2050 m breaststrokeVera Lischka 31.36Terrie Miller 31.47Hanna Jaltner 32.04100 m breaststrokeTerrie Miller 1:07.91Vera Lischka 1:08.18Alicja Pęczak 1:08.33200 m breaststrokeAlicja Pęczak 2:26.11Alenka Kejžar 2:27.33Anne Poleska 2:27.5750 m butterflyJohanna Sjöberg 27.15ERSandra Völker 27.23Marja Pärssinen 27.69100 m butterflyJohanna Sjöberg 58.80ERSandra Völker 59.44Julia Voitowitsch 1:00.51200 m butterflyBárbara Franco 2:10.20Johanna Sjöberg 2:10.92María Peláez 2:11.36100 m individual medleySue Rolph 1:01.91Martina Moravcová 1:01.98Sabine Herbst 1:02.46200 m individual medleySue Rolph 2:10.60Alicja Pęczak 2:13.07Sabine Herbst 2:13.29400 m individual medleySabine Herbst 4:39.26Beatrice Câșlaru 4:41.76Pavla Chrástová 4:42.074 × 50 m freestyle relayKatrin MeissnerMarianne HinnersSilvia StahlSandra Völker 1:41.15Johanna SjöbergLinda OlofssonNelly JörgensenMalin Svahnström 1:42.18Dominique DieziAndrea QuadriSandrine PaquierChantal Strasser 1:44.904 × 50 m medley relay Antje BuschschulteSylvia GeraschJulia VoitowitschSandra Völker 1:51.79ER Suze ValenMadelon BaansWilma van HofwegenAngela Postma 1:52.80Nelly JörgensenHanna JaltnerJohanna SjöbergLinda Olofsson 1:53.06
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