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2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Host city Szczecin, Poland
Date(s) 8–11 December
Venue(s) Floating Arena
Nations participating 44
Athletes participating 543
Events 38

The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. 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.

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.

543 swimmers (302 males, 241 females) from 44 countries swam at the 2011 Short Course European Championships. Teams (and team size) were from:

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

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

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