The 1st Short Course Swimming World Championships were organized by FINA and held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December 2–5, 1993. The meet featured competition in a short course (25 meter) pool. During the championships, a total of 12 world records were broken: 10 in the women's events and 2 in men's events, both in relays.
China won the most events, ten, all in women's events. Le Jingyi won two individual and three relay events to travel home with five golds; Dai Guohong went home with four golds and one silver. In the men's events, the USA and Australia won three events each. Tripp Schwenk of the USA garnered three golds, winning the two backstroke events and also swimming on the USA's winning medley relay team. Also winning 2 events each on the men's side were Fernando Scherer of Brazil (100 m freestyle; 400 m freestyle relay), Daniel Kowalski of Australia (400 m and 1500 m freestyles). Belgium and Moldova won their only medals at a Short Course Worlds (through 2006), while Franck Esposito won France's only gold to date when he won the 200 butterfly.HistoFINA, Volume 3a, p. 23, PDF published by FINA in 2006; retrieved 2011-06-25. (HistoFINA is FINA's self-history; Volume 3 deals with the Short Course Worlds, part "a" with the Men's events, part "b" with the women's events.)
Participating nations The 1993 SC Worlds featured 313 swimmers from 46FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success , by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07. nations:Participating nations list for the 1993 Short Course Worlds, published by SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-09. (NOTE: FINA states that 46 nations were present, however, SwimRanking's list has 45.)
Results Men's 50 m Freestyle details Mark Foster Great Britain 21.84 Hu Bin China 21.93 Robert Abernethy Australia 21.97 100 m Freestyle details Fernando Scherer Brazil 48.38 Gustavo Borges Brazil 48.42 Jon Olsen USA 48.49 200 m Freestyle details Antti Kasvio Finland 1:45.21 Trent Bray New Zealand Artur Wojdat Poland 1:45.53 not awarded 400 m Freestyle details Daniel Kowalski Australia 3:42.95 Antti Kasvio Finland 3:42.98 Paul Palmer Great Britain 3:45.07 1500 m Freestyle details Daniel Kowalski Australia 14:42.04 Jörg Hoffmann Germany 14:53.09 Piotr Albinski Poland 14:53.97 100 m Backstroke details Tripp Schwenk USA 52.98 Martin Harris Great Britain 53.93 Rodolfo Falcón Cuba 54.00 200 m Backstroke details Tripp Schwenk USA 1:54.19 Luca Bianchi Italy 1:55.09 Stefaan Maene Belgium 1:55.68 100 m Breaststroke details Phil Rogers Australia 59.56 Ron Dekker Netherlands 59.95 Seth Van Neerden USA 1:00.08 200 m Breaststroke details Nick Gillingham Great Britain 2:07.91 ER Phil Rogers Australia 2:08.32 Eric Wunderlich USA 2:08.49 100 m Butterfly details Miloš Milošević Croatia 52.79 Mark Henderson USA 52.92 Rafał Szukała Poland 52.94 200 m Butterfly details Franck Esposito France 1:55.42 Christian Keller Germany 1:55.75 Chris-Carol Bremer Germany 1:56.86 200 m I.M. details Christian Keller Germany 1:56.80 Fraser Walker Great Britain 1:58.35 NR Curtis Myden Canada 1:59.27 400 I.M. details Curtis Myden Canada 4:10.41 Serghei Mariniuc Moldova 4:11.96 Petteri Lehtinen Finland 4:12.33 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details Brazil Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira Gustavo Borges José Carlos Souza 3:12.11 WR USA David Fox Seth Pepper Jon Olsen Mark Henderson 3:12.68 Russia Roman Shegolev Vladislav Kulikov Vladimir Predkin Yury Mukhin 3:15.56 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details Sweden Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz 7:05.92 Germany Christian Tröger Christian Keller Chris-Carol Bremer Jörg Hoffmann 7:08.63 Brazil Gustavo Borges Teófilo Ferreira José Carlos Souza Cassiano Leal 7:09.38 SA 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details USA Tripp Schwenk Seth Van Neerden Mark Henderson Jon Olsen 3:32.57 WR Spain Carlos Ventosa Sergio López Joaquín Fernández José Maria Rojano 3:36.92 Great Britain Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Mike Fibbens Mark Foster 3:37.27
Women's 50 m Freestyle details Le Jingyi China 24.23 WR Angel Martino USA 24.93 Linda Olofsson Sweden 25.21 100 m Freestyle details Le Jingyi China 53.01 WR Angel Martino USA 53.39 Karen Pickering Great Britain 54.39 200 m Freestyle details Karen Pickering Great Britain 1:56.25 Susie O'Neill Australia 1:57.16 Lü Bin China 1:57.71 400 m Freestyle details Janet Evans USA 4:05.64 Trina Jackson USA 4:07.49 Julie Majer Australia 4:07.91 800 m Freestyle details Janet Evans USA 8:22.43 Julie Majer Australia 8:26.46 Trina Jackson USA 8:27.50 100 m Backstroke details Angel Martino USA 58.50 WR He Cihong China 1:00.13 Elli Overton Australia 1:00.18 200 m Backstroke details He Cihong China 2:06.09 WR Jia Yuanyuan China 2:07.95 Cathleen Rund Germany 2:09.59 100 m Breaststroke details Dai Guohong China 1:06.58 WR Linley Frame Australia 1:07.65 Samantha Riley Australia 1:07.77 200 m Breaststroke details Dai Guohong China 2:21.99 WR Hitomi Maehara Japan 2:24.45 Samantha Riley Australia 2:24.75 100 m Butterfly details Susie O'Neill Australia 59.19 Liu Limin China 59.24 Kristie Krueger USA 59.53 200 m Butterfly details Liu Limin China 2:08.51 Susie O'Neill Australia 2:09.08 Petria Thomas Australia 2:09.40 200 m I.M. details Allison Wagner USA 2:07.79 WR Dai Guohong China 2:09.21 Elli Overton Australia 2:10.51 400 I.M. details Dai Guohong China 4:29.00 WR Allison Wagner USA 4:31.76 Julie Majer Australia 4:37.50 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay details China Lu Bin Shan Ying Jia Yuanyuan Le Jingyi 3:35.97 WR Sweden Ellenor Svensson Linda Olofsson Suzanne Lööv Louise Jöhncke 3:39.41 USA Angel Martino Sarah Perroni Kristie Krueger Paige Wilson 3:40.40 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay details China Shan Ying Zhou Guanbin Le Jingyi Lü Bin 7:52.45 WR Australia Tammy Bruce Elli Overton Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill 7:56.52 USA Paige Wilson Sarah Perroni Trina Jackson Janet Evans 8:02.99 4 × 100 m Medley Relay details China Le Jingyi He Cihong Liu Limin Dai Guohong 3:57.73 WR Australia Elli Overton Linley Frame Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill 4:00.17 USA Angel Martino Kelli King Kristie Krueger Sarah Perroni 4:01.30
Medal standings
References
scmsom results HistoFINA Men HistoFINA Women (ed) Arvid Carlsen Sportsboken 94-95, pp. 299–300, Schibsted October 1994. .