Short course world championships 2021

The 15th Short Course World Championships in swimming were from 16 to 21 December 2021 Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates held. On the 25 m long short course, 46 decisions were made over distances between 50 m and 1500 m. After the 14th Short Course World Championships in December 2018 in Hangzhou , December 2020 was initially planned as the period. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it was postponed to December 2021.

Medal table

place	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	9	9	12th	30th
2	Canada	7th	6th	2	15th
3	Italy	5	5	6th	16
4th	Russia	4th	7th	4th	15th
5	Sweden	4th	5	3	12th
6th	People's Republic of China	4th	1	2	7th
7th	Netherlands	2	3	3	8th
8th	Hong Kong	2	0	1	3
9	Israel	2	0	0	2
9	Japan	2	0	0	2
11th	Germany	1	1	1	3
12th	Brazil	1	0	2	3
13th	Poland	1	0	1	2
13th	United Kingdom	1	0	1	2
15th	Austria	1	0	0	1
15th	Belarus	1	0	0	1
15th	South Korea	1	0	0	1
18th	Ireland	0	1	1	2
18th	Lithuania	0	1	1	2
18th	South Africa	0	1	1	2
18th	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
22nd	France	0	1	0	1
22nd	Norway	0	1	0	1
22nd	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
22nd	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
26th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
26th	Romania	0	0	1	1
26th	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Results men

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	United Kingdom	Benjamin Proud	20.45
2	United States	Ryan hero	20.70
3	Canada	Joshua Liendo	20.76

100 m freestyle

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Italy	Alessandro Miressi	45.57
2	United States	Ryan hero	45.63
3	Canada	Joshua Liendo	45.82

200 m freestyle

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	South Korea	Hwang Sun-woo	1: 41.60
2	Russia	Alexander Shchogolev	1: 41.63
3	Lithuania	Danas Rapšys	1: 41.73

400 m freestyle

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Austria	Felix Auböck	3: 35.90
2	Lithuania	Danas Rapšys	3: 36.23
3	Switzerland	Antonio Djakovic	3: 36.83

1500 m freestyle

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Germany	Florian Wellbrock	14: 06.88 WR
2	Tunisia	Ahmed Hafnaoui	14: 10.94
3	Ukraine	Mychajlo Romantschuk	14: 11.47

butterfly

50 m butterfly

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Brazil	Nicholas Santos	21.93
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Dylan Carter	21.98
3	Italy	Matteo Rivolta	22.02

100 m butterfly

Final on December 18, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Italy	Matteo Rivolta	48.87
2	South Africa	Chad le Clos	49.04
3	Russia	Andrei Minakov	49.21

200 m butterfly

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Italy	Alberto Razzetti	1: 49.06
2	Switzerland	Noè Ponti	1: 49.81
3	South Africa	Chad le Clos	1: 49.84

move

50 m back

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikow	22.66
2	Germany	Christian servant	22.90
2	Italy	Lorenzo Mora	22.90

100 m back

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Shaine Casas	49.23
2	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikow	49.46
3	Romania	Robert Glință	49.60

200 m back

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Poland	Radosław Kawęcki	1: 48.68
2	United States	Shaine Casas	1: 48.81
3	Germany	Christian servant	1: 48.97

breast

50 m chest

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Nic Fink	25.53
2	Italy	Nicolò Martinenghi	25.55
3	Brazil	João Gomes Júnior	25.80

100 m chest

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Belarus	Ilya Shymanovich	55.70 CR
2	Italy	Nicolò Martinenghi	55.80
3	United States	Nic Fink	55.87

200 m chest

Final on December 18, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Nic Fink	2: 02.28
2	Netherlands	Arno Kamminga	2: 02.42
3	United States	Will Licon	2: 02.84

Locations

100 m layers

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikow	51.09
2	Norway	Tomoe Hvas	51.35
3	Italy	Thomas Ceccon	51.40

200 m layers

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Japan	Daiya Seto	1: 51.15
2	United States	Carson Foster	1: 51.35
3	Italy	Alberto Razzetti	1: 51.54

400 m layers

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	athlete	time
1	Japan	Daiya Seto	3: 56.26
2	Russia	Ilya Borodin	3: 56.47 ER
3	United States	Carson Foster	3: 57.99

Seasons

4 × 50 m freestyle

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Italy	Leonardo Deplano Lorenzo Zazzeri Manuel Frigo Alessandro Miressi	1: 23.61
2	Russia	Andrei Minakov Vladimir Morozov Vladislav Grinov Alexander Shchogolev	1: 23.75
3	Netherlands	Jesse puts Stan Pijnenburg Kenzo Simons Thom de Boer	1: 23.78

4 × 100 m freestyle

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikow Andrei Minakov Vladislav Grinov Alexander Shchogolev	3: 03.45
2	Italy	Alessandro Miressi Thomas Ceccon Leonardo Deplano Lorenzo Zazzeri	3: 03.61
3	United States	Ryan hero Hunter Tapp Shaine Casas Zach Apple	3: 05.42

4 × 200 m freestyle

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Kieran Smith Trenton Julian Carson Foster Ryan hero	6: 47.00
2	Russia	Vladislav Grinov Alexander Shchogolev Mikhail Wekovishchev Ivan Girev	6: 49.12
3	Brazil	Fernando Scheffer Murilo Sartori Kaique Alves Breno Correia	6; 49.60

4 × 50 m layers

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikow Lorenzo Zazzeri Kirill Strelnikov Vladimir Morozov	1: 30.51 = CR
1	United States	Shaine Casas Nic Fink Tom Shields Ryan hero	1: 30.51 = CR
3	Italy	Lorenzo Mora Nicolò Martinenghi Matteo Rivolta Lorenzo Zazzeri	1: 30.78

Results women

Freestyle

100 m freestyle

Final on December 18, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Hong Kong	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey	50.98 CR
2	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström	51.31
3	United States	Abbey Weitzeil	51.64

200 m freestyle

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Hong Kong	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey	1: 50.31 WR
2	Canada	Rebecca Smith	1: 52.24
3	United States	Paige Madden	1: 53.01

400 m freestyle

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Li Bingjie	3: 55.83
2	Canada	Summer McIntosh	3: 57.87
3	Hong Kong	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey	3: 58.12

800 m freestyle

Final on December 18, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Li Bingjie	8: 02.90 CR
2	Russia	Anastassija Kirpichnikova	8: 06.44
3	Italy	Simona Quadarella	8: 07.99

butterfly

50 m butterfly

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Netherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24; 44 CR
2	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström	24.51
3	United States	Claire Curzan	24.55

100 m butterfly

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Canada	Margaret MacNeil	55.04
2	Sweden	Louise Hansson	55.10
3	United States	Claire Curzan	55.39

200 m butterfly

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Zhang Yufei	2: 03.01
2	United States	Charlotte Hook	2: 04.35
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lana Pudar	2: 04.88

move

50 m back

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Canada	Margaret MacNeil	25.27 WR
2	Canada	Kylie mass	25.62
3	Sweden	Louise Hansson	25.86

100 m back

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Sweden	Louise Hansson	55.20
2	Canada	Kylie mass	55.22
3	United States	Katharine Berkoff	55.40

200 m back

Final on December 18, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Rhyan White	2: 01.58
2	Canada	Kylie mass	2: 02.07
3	United States	Isabelle Stadden	2: 02.20

breast

50 m chest

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Israel	Anastasia Gorbenko	29.34
2	Italy	Benedetta Pilato	29.50
3	Sweden	Sophie Hansson	29.55

100 m chest

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Tang Qianting	1: 03.47
2	Sweden	Sophie Hansson	1: 03.50
3	Ireland	Mona McSharry	1: 03.92

200 m chest

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Emily Escobedo	2: 17.85
2	Russia	Yevgenia Chikunova	2: 17.88
3	United Kingdom	Molly Renshaw	2: 17.96

Locations

100 m layers

Final on December 19, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Israel	Anastasia Gorbenko	57.80
2	France	Béryl Gastaldello	57.96
3	Russia	Maria Kameneva	58.15

200 m layers

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Canada	Sydney Pickrem	2: 04.29
2	People's Republic of China	Yu Yiting	2: 04.48
3	United States	Kate Douglass	2: 04.68

400 m layers

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	Athlete	time
1	Canada	Tessa Cieplucha	4: 25.55
2	Ireland	Ellen Walshe	4: 26.52
3	United States	Melanie Margalis	4: 26.63

Seasons

4 × 50 m freestyle

Final on December 21, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Abbey Weitzeil Claire Curzan Katharine Berkoff Kate Douglass	1: 34.22
2	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström Michelle Coleman Sara Junevik Louise Hansson	1: 34.54
3	Netherlands	Kim Busch Maaike de Waard Kira Toussaint Ranomi Kromowidjojo	1: 34.89

4 × 100 m freestyle

Final on December 16, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Kate Douglass Claire Curzan Katharine Berkoff Abbey Weitzeil	3: 28.52
1	Canada	Kayla Sanchez Margaret MacNeil Rebecca Smith Katerine Savard	3: 28.52
3	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström Michelle Coleman Sophie Hansson Louise Hansson	3: 28.80

4 × 200 m freestyle

Final on December 20, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Canada	Summer McIntosh Kayla Sanchez Katerine Savard Rebecca Smith	7: 32.96
2	United States	Torri Huske Abbey Weitzeil Melanie Margalis Paige Madden	7: 36.53
3	People's Republic of China	Li Bingjie Cheng Yujie Zhu Menghui Liu Yaxin	7: 39.92

4 × 50 m layers

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Sweden	Louise Hansson Sophie Hansson Sarah Sjöström Michelle Coleman	1: 42.38 = WR
2	United States	Rhyan White Lydia Jacoby Claire Curzan Abbey Weitzeil	1: 43.61
3	Netherlands	Kira Toussaint Kim Busch Maaike de Waard Ranomi Kromowidjojo	1: 44.03

Results mixed relays

4 × 50 m freestyle

Final on December 17, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Canada	Joshua Liendo Yuri Kisil Kayla Sanchez Margaret MacNeil	1: 28.55
2	Netherlands	Jesse puts Thom de Boer Ranomi Kromowidjojo Kira Toussaint	1: 28.61
3	Russia	Vladimir Morozov Andrei Minakov Maria Kameneva Arina Surkova	1: 28.97

4 × 50 m layers

Final on December 18, 2021

place	country	Athletes	time
1	Netherlands	Kira Toussaint Arno Kamminga Ranomi Kromowidjojo Thom de Boer	1: 36.20 CR
2	United States	Shaine Casas Nic Fink Claire Curzan Abbey Weitzeil	1: 37.04
3	Italy	Lorenzo Mora Nicolò Martinenghi Elena Di Liddo Silvia Di Pietro	1: 37.29

See also

• Short course world championships

Web links

• Official website
• Short Course World Championships in 2021 on the website of FINA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New dates for the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Abu Dhabi. Retrieved December 13, 2021 .