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The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), formerly known as the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), also referred to as 'short course worlds', are an international
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...
competition staged by the internationally recognized governing body of the sport,
World Aquatics World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna ...
(formerly
FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna ...
). The championships are staged in a 25m pool, referred to as short course format, and traditionally have been held biennially in alternate years to the
World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are st ...
. Unlike the
World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are st ...
, only swimming events are staged at these championships (being one of the six disciplines that form part of the World Aquatics Championships).


Editions

Member federations referred to as winners, second, and third, in the table below, are the top three nation's listed on the medal tally based on the standard method of ranking (being total gold medals, followed by total silver medals, and then total bronze medals). * Record by number of gold medals – (21 gold medals, 2004) * Record by number of total medals – (41 medals in total, 2004)


Events

The 2022 championships were the first edition of the championships in which the male and female event programs were identical. Mixed relays were added from the 2014 edition of the championships.


Men's events


Women's events


Mixed events


All-time medal table

Updated after the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m).


Medal winners

Updated after the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m): * Male events, all editions - List of World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men) * Female events, all editions - List of World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (women)


Championship records


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

{{Main world championships World Short Course Swimming Championships S World Aquatics Swimming Championships