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The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or "Short Course Worlds" as they are sometimes known, is an international
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
competition. It is swum in a
short course In swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a pool that is in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration current ...
(25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its long course
World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ...
(currently this means in even years). Unlike the
FINA World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: Swimming (sport), swimming, Diving (sport), diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run b ...
, this championship is swimming-only (the World Championships feature all 5 Aquatics disciplines), and is contested in a
short course In swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a pool that is in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration current ...
, 25-meter pool (rather than a
long course An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ...
, 50-meter pool).


Editions

* Record by number of gold medals – (21 gold medals, 2004) * Record by number of total medals – (41 medals in total, 2004),


Events

There are men's and women's events in all four strokes, the individual medley, as well as in relays. There are also two mixed relays.


Men's events


Women's events


Mixed events


Medal table

Updated after the
2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) took place from 13 to 18 December 2022 in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
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See also

* List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men) * List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (women) * List of World Championships records in swimming#Short course (25 m) * Major achievements in swimming by nation


References

{{FINA champs World Short Course Swimming Championships S FINA World Swimming Championships