German short course championships 2018

The International German Short Course Championships in 2018 in swimming were from 13 to 16 December 2018 for the third consecutive time in the swimming and diving center in Europasportpark Berlin instead. The organizer and host was the German Swimming Association . In addition to six relay competitions, 18 individual titles were awarded for men and women. With three titles each, Nadine Laemmler , Alexander Kunert and David Thomasberger were the most successful athletes of this championship. Coinciding with the German Short Course Championships were held in Chinese Hangzhou the Short Course World Championships with 15 DSV athletes - eight women and seven men instead.

Attendees

The 100 fastest swimmers on the "Open Class Best List" of the DSV and the 30 fastest athletes on the DSV's "Junior Best List" (Jg99 / 00w and Jg98 / 99m) who reached the qualification times in advance were eligible to start on the individual courses. The qualification period ran from December 18, 2017 to November 25, 2018. For German athletes with the right to start for foreign clubs or foreign swimmers, the period was from December 18, 2017 to November 4, 2018.

In the relays, the 100 fastest teams were allowed to start per competition route, with the field of participants being limited to 50 relays.

471 swimmers from 153 clubs were registered for 1396 individual starts and 190 relays. With 23 active members, SG Essen had the largest national team. Four participants from abroad competed, two each from Slovakia and the United States .

Records

New German records were not set at the championships.

For this, 28 German age class records for young people were improved:

• Born in 1999 - age group 19:
  Johannes Hintze over 400 meter medley
• Born in 2000 - age group 18:
  Angelina Köhler over 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters butterfly (in the preliminary and final) and 100 meters butterfly, Julia Mrozinski over 200 meters freestyle
• Born 2001 - age group 17:
  Luca Nik Armbruster over 50 meters butterfly, Anna Elendt over 50 meters breast
• Born in 2002 - age group 16:
  Artem Selin over 50 meters freestyle (in the preliminary and final) and 100 meters freestyle, Sven Schwarz over 400 meters, 800 meters and 1,500 meters freestyle, Louis Dramm over 100 meters medley (preliminary), Isabel Marie Gose over 400 meters freestyle, Malin Grosse over 200 meters chest
• Born in 2003 - age group 15:
  Silas Beth over 400 meters, 800 meters and 1,500 meters freestyle, Ole Mats Eidam over 200 meters back (lead), Marc Nüter over 200 meters back, Kirill Lammert over 50 meters and 100 meters butterfly, Rosalie Kleyboldt over 50 meters freestyle, Kim Kristin Krüger over 50 meters back
• Born in 2004 - age group 14:
  Mathis Schönung over 200 meters breast (preliminary), Amelie Zachenhuber over 50 meters freestyle

German champion

German short course champions 2018

discipline	Men			Women
	Surname	society	time	Surname	society	time
050 m freestyle	Artem Selin	Nübad pinball machine	00: 21.53	Jessica Felsner	SC Aqua Cologne	00: 24.28
100 m freestyle	Christoph Fildebrandt	SSG Saar Max Ritter	00: 47.47	Nina Kost	DSW 1912 Darmstadt	00: 52.87
200 m freestyle	Alexander Kunert	SV Gelnhausen	01: 43.93	Isabel Marie Gose	SV Nikar Heidelberg	01: 55.37
400 m freestyle	Poul Zellmann	SG Essen	03: 40.15	Leonie Antonia Beck	SV Würzburg 05	04: 02.15
800 m freestyle	Ruwen Straub	SV Würzburg 05	07: 37.52	Isabel Marie Gose	SV Nikar Heidelberg	08: 27.63
1500 m freestyle0	Florian Wellbrock	SC Magdeburg	14: 34.15	Leonie Antonia Beck	SV Würzburg 05	15: 47.43
050 m chest	Erik Steinhagen	SG Neukölln Berlin	00: 26.64	Anna Elendt	DSW 1912 Darmstadt	00: 30.82
100 m chest	Julius Flohr	DSW 1912 Darmstadt	00: 58.95	Franziska Weidner	SG Middle Franconia	01: 06.86
200 m chest	Ruben Reck	W98 Hanover	02: 07.60	Michelle Lambert	Potsdam SV	02: 23.87
050 m back	Michael Schäffner	SC DHfK Leipzig	00: 23.84	Nadine Laemmler	Neckarsulm Sport Union	00: 26.91
100 m back	Andreas Wiesner	SG Neukölln Berlin	00: 51.61	Nadine Laemmler	Neckarsulm Sport Union	00: 57.74
200 m back	Andreas Wiesner	SG Neukölln Berlin	01: 52.70	Anna Friedrich	W98 Hanover	02: 09.56
050 m butterfly	Luca Nik Armbruster	SG Dortmund	00: 23.44	Angelina Koehler	Hannover 96	00: 26.11
100 m butterfly	Alexander Kunert	SV Gelnhausen	00: 51.95	Angelina Koehler	Hannover 96	00: 57.42
200 m butterfly	Alexander Kunert	SV Gelnhausen	01: 52.95	Franziska Hentke	SC Magdeburg	02: 04.14
100 m layers	David Thomasberger	SSG Leipzig	00: 52.95	Julia Mrozinski	SGS Hamburg	01: 00.91
200 m layers	David Thomasberger	SSG Leipzig	01: 54.99	Franziska Weidner	SG Middle Franconia	02: 09.30
400 m layers	David Thomasberger	SSG Leipzig	04: 07.12	Franziska Hentke	SC Magdeburg	04: 33.83
4 × 50 m freestyle	Potsdamer SV Müller , Suck , Friese , Wolf		01: 28.26	SG Essen Ruhnau , Beckers , van Loock , Höpink		01: 42.16
4 × 50 m layers	Potsdamer SV Schwarz , Imoudu , Friese, Suck		01: 35.17	DSW 1912 Darmstadt Hirschberg , Elendt, Celar , Kost		01: 50.93
4 × 50 m freestyle mixed	SC Aqua Cologne Mirko Ewald , Sebastian Nuyen , Eileen Vieth , Jessica Felsner					01: 34.68
4 × 50 m layers mixed	Neckarsulmer Sport-Union Nadine Laemmler, Max Ziemann , Aleksi Schmid , Marlene Hüther					01: 43.30

1. ↑ new German age class record for 16-year-olds, which Artem Selin improved to 21.95 s in advance.
2. ↑ ^{a b} German age class record for 17 year olds
3. ↑ new German age class record for 18-year-olds, which Angelina Köhler improved to 26.43 s in advance.
4. ↑ German age group record for 18 year olds

Margin notes

This time the German junior short course champions 2018 were determined in the competitions.

Web links

• Protocol from the archive of the DSV (PDF file; 41 kB)