The 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 December 2009. A temporary swimming pool was built within the Abdi İpekçi Arena.

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.

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

Participating nations

Of the 51 member nations of LEN, 41 participated in the championships. Albania and Liechtenstein made their European Short Course Championships debut.^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	10	3	1	14
2	Russia (RUS)	8	5	8	21
3	France (FRA)	6	2	3	11
4	Germany (GER)	5	3	4	12
5	Hungary (HUN)	3	4	1	8
6	Croatia (CRO)	2	3	0	5
7	Denmark (DEN)	2	1	5	8
8	Italy (ITA)	1	3	1	5
9	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
12	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	2	5
13	Spain (ESP)	0	2	3	5
14	Poland (POL)	0	2	0	2
15	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	2	3
16	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	1	2
18	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
20	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		40	36	38	114

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Frédérick Bousquet  France	20.53	Duje Draganja  Croatia	20.70	Sergey Fesikov  Russia	20.84
100 m freestyle	Amaury Leveaux  France	45.56	Daniil Izotov  Russia	45.70	Yevgeny Lagunov  Russia	46.06
200 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	1:39.81 CR	Danila Izotov  Russia	1:40.08	Nikita Lobintsev  Russia	1:41.52
400 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	3:34.55 CR	Nikita Lobintsev  Russia	3:35.75	Mads Glæsner  Denmark	3:36.82
1500 m freestyle	Jan Wolfgarten  Germany	14:20.44	Federico Colbertaldo  Italy	14:25.68	Mads Glæsner  Denmark	14:26.74
50 m backstroke	Stanislav Donets  Russia	22.76 ER	Thomas Rupprath  Germany	22.85	Aschwin Wildeboer  Spain	23.07
100 m backstroke	Arkady Vyatchanin  Russia Stanislav Donets  Russia	48.97 WR	None		Aschwin Wildeboer  Spain	49.05
200 m backstroke	Stanislav Donets  Russia	1:48.62 CR	Radosław Kawęcki  Poland	1:49.13	Evgeny Aleshin  Russia	1:49.31
50 m breaststroke	Aleksander Hetland  Norway	26.19	Alessandro Terrin  Italy	26.24	Čaba Silađi  Serbia	26.31 NR
100 m breaststroke	Robin van Aggele  Netherlands	56.29 ER	Dániel Gyurta  Hungary	56.72	Igor Borysik  Ukraine	56.97
200 m breaststroke	Dániel Gyurta  Hungary	2:00.67 WR	Grigory Falko  Russia	2:02.50	Maxim Shcherbakov  Russia	2:03.76
50 m butterfly	Johannes Dietrich  Germany	22.07 CR	Frédérick Bousquet  France	22.17	Yevgeny Korotyshkin  Russia	22.34
100 m butterfly	Yevgeny Korotyshkin  Russia	48.93 CR	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	49.65	Ivan Lenđer  Serbia	49.79
200 m butterfly	Nikolay Skvortsov  Russia	1:49.46 ER	Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland	1:50.13 NR	Dinko Jukić  Austria	1:50.32
100 m individual medley	Duje Draganja  Croatia	51.20	Sergey Fesikov  Russia	51.29	Peter Mankoč  Slovenia	51.52
200 m individual medley	Markus Rogan  Austria	1:51.72 ER	Vytautas Janušaitis  Lithuania	1:52.22	Alan Cabello Forns  Spain	1:53.04
400 m individual medley	László Cseh  Hungary	3:57.27 WR	Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary	4:00.10	Gal Nevo  Israel	4:00.55 NR
4×50 m freestyle relay	France Amaury Leveaux Jérémy Stravius David Maitre Frédérick Bousquet	1:22.96	Croatia Duje Draganja Alexei Puninski Mario Todorović Mario Delač	1:23.18	Italy Marco Orsi Federico Bocchia Filippo Magnini Luca Dotto	1:23.64
4×50 m medley relay	Russia Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Yevgeny Korotyshkin Sergey Fesikov	1:31.80 WBT	Germany Thomas Rupprath Hendrik Feldwehr Johannes Dietrich Stefan Herbst	1:32.02	France Benjamin Stasiulis Hugues Duboscq Frédérick Bousquet Amaury Leveaux	1:32.13

Legend: WR – World record; WBT – World best time; ER – European record; CR – Championship record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	23.32 CR	Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands	23.58	Dorothea Brandt  Germany	23.74
100 m freestyle	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	51.35 CR	Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands	51.44	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	52.18
200 m freestyle	Federica Pellegrini  Italy	1:51.17 WR	Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary	1:52.61	Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands	1:54.20
400 m freestyle	Coralie Balmy  France	3:56.55	Lotte Friis  Denmark	3:59.06	Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne  France	3:59.94
800 m freestyle	Lotte Friis  Denmark	8:08.02	Erika Villaécija García  Spain	8:13.93	Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne  France	8:16.20
50 m backstroke	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	25.70 WR	Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus	26.12	Ksenia Moskvina  Russia	26.38
100 m backstroke	Ksenia Moskvina  Russia	56.36 ER	Sanja Jovanović  Croatia	56.93	Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus	57.23
200 m backstroke	Alexianne Castel  France	2:02.67	Jenny Mensing  Germany	2:03.31	Pernille Larsen  Denmark	2:03.50
50 m breaststroke	Moniek Nijhuis  Netherlands	29.68 CR	Jane Trepp  Estonia	29.82	Janne Schaefer  Germany	29.92
100 m breaststroke	Caroline Ruhnau  Germany	1:04.84 CR	Moniek Nijhuis  Netherlands	1:04.96	Jennie Johansson  Sweden	1:05.19
200 m breaststroke	Rikke Møller-Pedersen  Denmark	2:16.66 ER	Nađa Higl  Serbia	2:17.52 NR	Joline Höstman  Sweden	2:19.28
50 m butterfly	Inge Dekker  Netherlands Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	25.00 CR	None		Ingvild Snildal  Norway	25.10
100 m butterfly	Inge Dekker  Netherlands	55.74	Diane Bui Duyet  France	55.93	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	56.02
200 m butterfly	Aurore Mongel  France	2:03.22 CR	Petra Granlund  Sweden	2:03.82	Franziska Hentke  Germany	2:04.68
100 m individual medley	Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands	57.85 CR	Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary	58.21	Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland	58.86
200 m individual medley	Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary	2:04.64 WR	Francesca Segat  Italy	2:06.21	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	2:06.96
400 m individual medley	Hannah Miley  Great Britain	4:25.66	Mireia Belmonte García  Spain	4:27.60	Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary	4:28.46
4×50 m freestyle relay	Netherlands Inge Dekker Hinkelien Schreuder Saskia de Jonge Ranomi Kromowidjojo	1:33.25 WBT	Sweden Emma Svensson Josefin Lillhage Claire Hedenskog Sarah Sjöström	1:35.46	Germany Dorothea Brandt Daniela Samulski Lisa Vitting Daniela Schreiber	1:36.73
4×50 m medley relay	Netherlands Hinkelien Schreuder Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo	1:42.69 WBT	Sweden Emma Svensson Josefin Lillhage Sarah Sjöström Claire Hedenskog	1:45.13	Russia Ksenia Moskvina Daria Deeva Olga Klyuchnikova Svetlana Fedulova	1:46.10

Legend: WR – World record; WBT – World best time; ER – European record; CR – Championship record

Records

The table below lists the world (WR), European (ER) and Championships (CR) records broken at the meet. Times displayed in shaded cells were subsequently broken later in the meet.

Date	Event	Heat/Semifinal/Final	Name(s)	Nation	Time	CR	ER	WR
10 December	Men's 100 m breaststroke	Heat 6	Igor Borysik	Ukraine	57.33	=Y
10 December	Men's 100 m breaststroke	Heat 7	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	56.89	Y	Y
10 December	Women's 100 m freestyle	Heat 5	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	51.85	Y
10 December	Men's 50 m backstroke	Heat 1 (4×50 m medley relay)	Stanislav Donets	Russia	23.04	Y
10 December	Men's 4×50 m medley relay	Heat 1	Stanislav Donets Stanislav Lakhtyukhov Yevgeny Korotyshkin Yevgeny Lagunov	Russia	1:32.08	Y	Y	WBT
10 December	Men's 400 m freestyle	Final	Paul Biedermann	Germany	3:34.55	Y
10 December	Men's 200 m backstroke	Final	Stanislav Donets	Russia	1:48.62	Y
10 December	Women's 100 m backstroke	Semifinal 2	Ksenia Moskvina	Russia	56.74	Y
10 December	Women's 200 m individual medley	Final	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	2:04.64	Y	Y	Y
10 December	Men's 100 m breaststroke	Semifinal 2	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	56.79	Y	Y
10 December	Women's 200 m butterfly	Final	Aurore Mongel	France	2:03.22	Y
10 December	Men's 200 m individual medley	Final	Markus Rogan	Austria	1:51.72	Y	Y
10 December	Women's 100 m freestyle	Semifinal 1	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	51.54	Y
10 December	Women's 50 m breaststroke	Final	Moniek Nijhuis	Netherlands	29.68	Y
10 December	Men's 50 m backstroke	Final (4×50 m medley relay)	Stanislav Donets	Russia	22.86	Y	Y
10 December	Men's 4×50 m medley relay	Final	Stanislav Donets Sergey Geybel Yevgeny Korotyshkin Sergey Fesikov	Russia	1:31.80	Y	Y	WBT
11 December	Men's 50 m backstroke	Heat 5	Stanislav Donets	Russia	22.80	Y	Y
11 December	Women's 50 m butterfly	Heat 3	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	25.13	Y
11 December	Women's 100 m individual medley	Heat 4	Katharina Stiberg	Norway	59.12	Y
11 December	Men's 50 m backstroke	Semifinal 2	Stanislav Donets	Russia	22.79	Y	Y
11 December	Women's 50 m butterfly	Semifinal 1	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	25.09	Y
11 December	Men's 400 m individual medley	Final	László Cseh	Hungary	3:57.27	Y	Y	Y
11 December	Women's 200 m breaststroke	Final	Rikke Møller-Pedersen	Denmark	2:16.66	Y	Y
11 December	Men's 50 m breaststroke	Final (100 m breaststroke)	Robin van Aggele	Netherlands	26.34	Y
11 December	Men's 100 m breaststroke	Final	Robin van Aggele	Netherlands	56.29	Y	Y
11 December	Women's 100 m freestyle	Final	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	51.35	Y
11 December	Women's 100 m backstroke	Final	Ksenia Moskvina	Russia	56.36	Y	Y
11 December	Men's 100 m butterfly	Final	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	Russia	48.93	Y
11 December	Women's 100 m individual medley	Semifinal 1	Evelyn Verrasztó	Hungary	58.61	Y
11 December	Women's 50 m butterfly	Final	Inge Dekker Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands  Netherlands	25.00	Y
11 December	Men's 50 m backstroke	Final	Stanislav Donets	Russia	22.76	Y	Y
11 December	Women's 50 m freestyle	Final (4×50 m freestyle relay)	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	23.53	Y
11 December	Women's 4×50 m freestyle relay	Final	Inge Dekker Hinkelien Schreuder Saskia de Jonge Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	1:33.25	Y	Y	WBT
12 December	Men's 100 m individual medley	Heat 5	Sergey Fesikov	Russia	51.35	Y
12 December	Women's 100 m butterfly	Heat 3	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	56.66	Y
12 December	Men's 50 m breaststroke	Semifinal 1	Fabio Scozzoli	Italy	26.23	Y
12 December	Men's 50 m breaststroke	Semifinal 2	Alessandro Terrin	Italy	26.14	Y	Y
12 December	Men's 100 m individual medley	Semifinal 1	Peter Mankoč	Slovenia	50.76	Y	Y	Y
12 December	Men's 100 m backstroke	Semifinal 1	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	49.17	Y	Y	Y
12 December	Women's 100 m individual medley	Final	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	57.85	Y
12 December	Men's 200 m butterfly	Final	Nikolay Skvortsov	Russia	1:49.46	Y	Y
12 December	Women's 100 m butterfly	Semifinal 1	Diane Bui Duyet	France	55.05	Y	Y	Y
12 December	Women's 50 m backstroke	Final	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	25.70	Y	Y	Y
12 December	Women's 4×50 m medley relay	Final	Hinkelien Schreuder Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	1:42.69	Y	Y	WBT
13 December	Women's 50 m freestyle	Heat 5	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	23.46	Y
13 December	Men's 200 m breaststroke	Heat 3	Grigory Falko	Russia	2:03.88	Y
13 December	Men's 200 m breaststroke	Heat 5	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2:03.25	Y
13 December	Men's 200 m freestyle	Heat 6	Danila Izotov	Russia	1:40.87	Y
13 December	Men's 50 m butterfly	Semifinal 2	Johannes Dietrich	Germany	22.13	Y
13 December	Men's 200 m breaststroke	Final	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2:00.67	Y	Y	Y
13 December	Women's 200 m freestyle	Final	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:51.17	Y	Y	Y
13 December	Men's 200 m freestyle	Final	Paul Biedermann	Germany	1:39.81	Y
13 December	Women's 100 m breaststroke	Final	Caroline Ruhnau	Germany	1:04.84	Y
13 December	Men's 100 m backstroke	Final	Arkady Vyatchanin Stanislav Donets	Russia  Russia	48.97	Y	Y	Y
13 December	Men's 50 m butterfly	Final	Johannes Dietrich	Germany	22.07	Y
13 December	Women's 50 m freestyle	Final	Hinkelien Schreuder	Netherlands	23.32	Y

See also

• 2009 in swimming

References

Notes

Sources

External links

• Official Championships Website
• Swim Rankings Results
• Results book