2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships

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2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Host city	Blanchardstown, Fingal
Date(s)	11–14 December 2003
Venue(s)	National Aquatic Centre
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The 2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held at the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown, Fingal between 11 and 14 December.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Ireland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	7	6	8	21
2	Great Britain (GBR)	7	6	1	14
3	Netherlands (NED)	5	1	2	8
4	Slovenia (SLO)	3	1	1	5
5	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	1	4
6	Sweden (SWE)	2	5	0	7
7	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
8	France (FRA)	2	0	2	4
9	Finland (FIN)	2	0	1	3
10	Italy (ITA)	1	3	3	7
11	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	4	7
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	4
13	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	1	0	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	0	2
15	Austria (AUT)	1	0	3	4
16	Spain (ESP)	1	0	1	2
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	3	4
18	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
19	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)*	0	1	0	1
22	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
24	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		40	36	39	115

Men's events

Final 50 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Mark Foster	GBR	21.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Milorad Čavić	SCG	21.49 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	21.54
4	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	21.57
5	Julien Sicot	FRA	21.82
6	Carsten Dehmlow	GER	21.88
7	Johan Kenkhuis	NED	21.89
8	Mark Veens	NED	21.98

Final 100 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	46.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Filippo Magnini	ITA	47.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Christian Galenda	ITA	47.77
4	Andrey Kapralov	RUS	47.85
5	Yuri Yegoshin	UKR	47.95
6	Denis Pimankov	RUS	48.07
7	Bartosz Kizierowski	POL	48.25
8	Attila Zubor	HUN	48.46

Final 200 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	1:41.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Květoslav Svoboda	CZE	1:44.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Saulius Binevičius	LTU	1:45.09
4	Stefan Herbst	GER	1:45.16
5	Yuri Prilukov	RUS	1:45.18
6	Simon Burnett	GBR	1:45.24
7	Romāns Miloslavskis	LAT	1:45.38
8	Filippo Magnini	ITA	1:45.58

Final 400 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Yuri Prilukov	RUS	3:40.19
	Massimiliano Rosolino	ITA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Květoslav Svoboda	CZE	3:42.34
4	Sergey Fesenko	UKR	3:43.98
5	Adam Faulkner	GBR	3:44.76
6	Dimitrios Manganas	GRE	3:44.79
7	Nikolaos Xylouris	GRE	3:46.06
8	Guy Noël Schmitt	FRA	3:46.80

Final 1500 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Yuri Prilukov	RUS	14:31.82
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Graeme Smith	GBR	14:42.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Massimiliano Rosolino	ITA	14:47.34
4	Thomas Lurz	GER	14:47,54
5	Guy Noël Schmitt	FRA	14:50.70
6	Bojan Zdešar	SLO	14:51.86
7	Christian Hein	GER	14:53.63
8	Christian Minotti	ITA	14:55.98

Final 50 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Thomas Rupprath	GER	23.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Vyacheslav Shyrshov	UKR	24.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Toni Helbig	GER	24.19
4	Ante Mašković	CRO	24.25
5	Darius Grigalionis	LIT	24.31
6	Arkady Vyatchanin	RUS	24.41
7	Örn Arnarson	ISL	24.47
8	Gregor Tait	GBR	24.52

Final 100 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Thomas Rupprath	GER	50.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Örn Arnarson	ISL	51.74  NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Steffen Driesen	GER	51.92
4	Arkady Vyatchanin	RUS	52.00
5	Markus Rogan	AUT	52.39
5	László Cseh	HUN	52.39
7	Gregor Tait	GBR	52.47
8	Darius Grigalionis	LTU	52.58

Final 200 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Blaž Medvešek	SLO	1:52.60
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Steffen Driesen	GER	1:53.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Markus Rogan	AUT	1:53.08
4	Arkady Vyatchanin	RUS	1:53.17
5	Örn Arnarson	ISL	1:53.40
6	László Cseh	HUN	1:53.42
7	Yevgeni Alechin	RUS	1:53.87
8	Răzvan Florea	ROM	1:54.06

Final 50 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Oleg Lisogor	UKR	26.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Remo Lütolf	SUI	27.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Mark Warnecke	GER	27.03
4	Darren Mew	GBR	27.04
5	Chris Cook	GBR	27.07
6	Stefan Nystrand	SWE	27.14
7	Matjaž Markič	SLO	27.36
8	Alessandro Terrin	ITA	27.47

Final 100 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	James Gibson	GBR	58.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Oleg Lisogor	UKR	58.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Darren Mew	GBR	58.78
4	Martin Gustavsson	SWE	59.08
5	Jens Kruppa	GER	59.71
6	Emil Tahirovič	SLO	59.75
7	Dimitri Komornikov	RUS	59.78
8	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	59.83

Final 200 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Ian Edmond	GBR	2:05.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:08.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Thijs van Valkengoed	NED	2:08.30
4	James Gibson	GBR	2:08.38
5	Andrei Ivanov	RUS	2:08.50
6	Dmitry Komornikov	RUS	2:08.61
7	Mihail Alexandrov	BUL	2:09.37
8	Hugues Duboscq	FRA	2:09.83

Final 50 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Mark Foster	GBR	23.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Alexei Puninski	CRO	23.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	23.44
4	Todd Cooper	GBR	23.49
5	Fabian Friedrich	GER	23.50
6	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	23.62
7	Joris Keizer	NED	23.66
8	Jere Hård	FIN	23.67

Final 100 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Milorad Čavić	SCG	50.02 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Thomas Rupprath	GER	50.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Andriy Serdinov	UKR	50.88
4	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	51.22
5	Joris Keizer	NED	52.03
6	Yevgeni Korotychkine	RUS	52.05
7	Mattia Nalesso	ITA	52.22
8	Todd Cooper	GBR	52.44

Final 200 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Franck Esposito	FRA	1:51.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Stephen Parry	GBR	1:53.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Paweł Korzeniowski	POL	1:53.68
4	Nikolay Skvortsov	RUS	1:53.72
5	Ioan Gherghel	ROM	1:54.08
6	Anatoly Polyakov	RUS	1:54.19
7	Tero Välimaa	FIN	1:55.17
8	Sergiy Advena	UKR	1:56.55

Final 100 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Peter Mankoč	SLO	53.35
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Jani Sievinen	FIN	53.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Marco di Carli	GER	54.06
4	Dzianis Silkou	BLR	54.39
5	Alexey Zatsepin	RUS	54.99
5	Brenton Cabello	ESP	54.99
7	Jakob Andersen	DEN	55.11
8	Alexander Hetland	NOR	55.17

Final 200 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Jani Sievinen	FIN	1:55.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Massimiliano Rosolino	ITA	1:56.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Peter Mankoč	SLO	1:57.03
4	Christian Keller	GER	1:57.65
5	Tamás Kerékjártó	HUN	1:57.68
6	Krešimir Čač	CRO	1:57.74
7	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	1:58.13
8	Andrew Bree	IRL	2:03.06

Final 400 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	László Cseh	HUN	4:04.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Robin Francis	GBR	4:05.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Massimiliano Rosolino	ITA	4:06.59
4	Alessio Boggiatto	ITA	4:07.50
5	Igor Beretsutskiy	RUS	4:08.20
6	Alexei Kovrichin	RUS	4:09.20
7	Tamás Kerékjártó	HUN	4:09.63
8	Lukasz Wojt	POL	4:11.15

Final 4 × 50 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Gijs Damen Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	1:25.55
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Carsten Dehmlow Benjamin Friedrich Fabian Friedrich Jens Schreiber	GER	1:26.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Vyacheslav Shyrshov Yuri Yegoshin Oleg Lisogor Oleksandr Volynets	UKR	1.26,30
4	David Nordenlilja Stefan Nystrand Marcus Piehl Erik Dorch	SWE	1:26.40
5	Chris Cozens Matthew Kidd Alexander Scotcher Mark Foster	GBR	1:26.42
6	Denis Pimankov Andrey Kapralov Dmitry Talepov Ivan Usov	RUS	1:26.45
7	Jani Sievinen Jere Hård Matti Rajakylä Manu Mantymaki	FIN	1:26.68
8	Julien Sicot Romain Barnier Alain Bernard David Maitre	FRA	1:27.09

Final 4 × 50 m medley relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Thomas Rupprath Mark Warnecke Fabian Friedrich Carsten Dehmlow	GER	1:34.46
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Jens Petersson Martin Gustavsson Björn Lundin Stefan Nystrand	SWE	1:36.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Flori Lang Remo Lütolf Lorenz Liechti Karel Novy	SUI	1:36.65
4	Mitja Zastrow Thijs van Valkengoed Joris Keizer Pieter van den Hoogenband	NED	1:37.06
5	Tero Raty Jani Sievinen Jere Hård Manu Mantymaki	FIN	1:37.10
6	Ante Mašković Vanja Rogulj Alexei Puninski Aleš Volčanšek	CRO	1:37.14
7	Matthew Clay Darren Mew Mark Foster Chris Cozens	GBR	1:37.27
8	Petter Sjödal Morten Nystram Alexander Hetland Alexander Dale Oen	NOR	1:37.92

Women's events

Final 50 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Marleen Veldhuis	NED	24.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Alison Sheppard	GBR	24.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Malia Metella	FRA	24.54
4	Sandra Völker	SWE	24.60
5	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	24.79
6	Judith Draxler	AUT	24.81
7	Hinkelien Schreuder	NED	24.92
8	Nery-Mantey Niangkoura	GRE	24.97

Final 100 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Malia Metella	FRA	53.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Marleen Veldhuis	NED	53.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	53.46
4	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	53.62
5	Alena Popchanka	BLR	53.67
6	Johanna Sjöberg	SWE	53.79
7	Sandra Völker	GER	53.80
8	Jana Mysková	CZE	54.16

Final 200 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Melanie Marshall	GBR	1:55.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	1:55.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Alena Popchanka	BLR	1:55.66
4	Britta Steffen	GER	1:56.59
5	Alessa Ries	GER	1:57.05
6	Marleen Veldhuis	NED	1:57.11
7	Jana Mysková	CZE	1:57.84
8	Paulina Barzycka	POL	1:57.99

Final 400 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Joanne Jackson	GBR	4:04.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	4:04.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Melissa Caballero	ESP	4:05.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Regina Sytch	RUS	4:05.00
5	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:05.13
6	Josefin Lillhage	SWE	4:07.68
7	Daria Parchina	RUS	4:08.09
8	Alessa Ries	GER	4:08.92

Final 800 m freestyle

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Erika Villaecija	ESP	8:18.65
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	8:22.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Éva Risztov	HUN	8:23.94
4	Melissa Caballero	ESP	8:25.04
5	Regina Sytch	RUS	8:26.36
6	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	8:28.93
7	Polina Schornikova	RUS	8:37.73
8	Angelika Oleksy	POL	8:38.02

Final 50 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Ilona Hlaváčková	CZE	27.48
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Antje Buschschulte	GER	27.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	27.56
4	Janine Pietsch	GER	27.76
5	Sanja Jovanović	CRO	27.99
6	Sarah Price	GBR	28.38
7	Alessandra Cappa	ITA	28.55
8	Carla Stampfli	SUI	28.68

Final 100 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Antje Buschschulte	GER	58.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Ilona Hlaváčková	CZE	58.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Laure Manaudou	FRA	58.99
4	Sarah Price	GBR	59.19
5	Stanislava Komarova	RUS	59.23
6	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	59.24
7	Iryna Amshennikova	UKR	59.28
8	Janine Pietsch	GER	59.45

Final 200 m backstroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:04.23
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Stanislava Komarova	RUS	2:05.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Iryna Amshennikova	UKR	2:06.51
4	Sarah Price	GBR	2:06.95
5	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	2:08.01
6	Annika Liebs	GER	2:09.16
7	Nikolett Szepesi	HUN	2:09.62
8	Esther Baron	FRA	2:10.51

Final 50 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Sarah Poewe	GER	30.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Emma Igelström	SWE	30.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Yelena Bogonazova	RUS	30.99
4	Kerstin Vogel	GER	31.07
5	Moniek Nijhuis	NED	31.28
6	Rachel Genner	GBR	31.29
7	Majken Thorup	DEN	31.44
8	Jane Trepp	EST	31.45

Final 100 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Sarah Poewe	GER	1:06.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Elena Bogonazova	RUS	1:06.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Mirna Jukić	AUT	1:06.68
4	Emma Igelström	SWE	1:06.72
5	Rachel Genner	GBR	1:07.14
6	Simone Weiler	GER	1:07.33
7	Majken Thorup	DEN	1:07.56
8	Kirsty Balfour	GBR	1:07.61

Final 200 m breaststroke

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Mirna Jukić	AUT	2:21.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Anne Poleska	GER	2:21.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Simone Weiler	GER	2:22.64
4	Kirsty Balfour	GBR	2:24.03
5	Natalia Hissamutdinova	EST	2:25.54
6	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	2:26.66
7	Chiara Boggiatto	ITA	2:27.29
8	Diana Remenyi	HUN	2:27.31

Final 50 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Anna-Karin Kammerling	SWE	25.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Martina Moravcová	SVK	26.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Fabienne Nadarajah	AUT	26.44
4	Jeanette Ottesen	DEN	26.57
5	Hinkelien Schreuder	NED	26.62
6	Chantal Groot	NED	26.69
7	Johanna Sjöberg	SWE	26.73
8	Tine Bossuyt	BEL	26.93

Final 100 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Martina Moravcová	SVK	57.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Johanna Sjöberg	SWE	58.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Alena Popchanka	BLR	58.26
4	Malia Metella	FRA	58.42
5	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	58.75
6	Chantal Groot	NED	59.28
7	Aleksandra Urbanczyk	POL	59.34
8	Inge Dekker	NED	59.50

Final 200 m butterfly

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Éva Risztov	HUN	2:06.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Francesca Segat	ITA	2:07.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	2:07.55
4	Otylia Jędrzejczak	POL	2:07.81
5	Paola Cavallino	ITA	2:08.63
6	María Peláez	ESP	2:09.41
7	Beatrix Boulsevicz	HUN	2:10.31
8	Roser Vives	ESP	2:10.42

Final 100 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Alison Sheppard	GBR	1:01.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	1:01.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Hanna Shcherba	BLR	1:01.40
4	Sara Parise	ITA	1:01.61
5	Hanna Eriksson	SWE	1:02.03
6	Tatiana Rouba	ESP	1:02.57
7	Jane Trepp	EST	1:02.90
8	Julie Hjørt-Hansen	DEN	1:03.00

Final 200 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Alenka Kejžar	SLO	2:09.32
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Hanna Shcherba	BLR	2:11.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Teresa Rohmann	GER	2:11.44
4	Aleksandra Urbanczyk	POL	2:11.56
5	Julie Hjørt-Hansen	DEN	2:11.76
6	Anja Klinar	SLO	2:12.76
7	Yana Tolkacheva	RUS	2:13.46
8	Tatiana Rouba	ESP	2:14.41

Final 400 m individual medley

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Éva Risztov	HUN	4:33.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Yana Tolkatcheva	RUS	4:35.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Teresa Rohmann	GER	4:35.47
4	Anja Klinar	SLO	4:35.81
5	Vasiliki Angelopoulou	GRE	4:41.30
6	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	4:42.45
7	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	4:42.67
8	Roser Vives	ESP	4:42.92

Final 4 × 50 m freestyle relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Hinkelien Schreuder Annabel Kosten Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis	NED	1:37.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Claire Hedenskog Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage	SWE	1:37.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker Petra Dallmann Britta Steffen	GER	1:38.68

Final 4 × 50 m medley relay

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Emelie Kierkegaard Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage	SWE	1:48.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Janine Pietsch Sandra Völker	GER	1:48.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Hinkelien Schreuder Moniek Nijhuis Chantal Groot Marleen Veldhuis	NED	1:49.10

External links

• Results book
• Swim Rankings Results
• Race-analysis by professor Rein Haljand