Back Campionat del Món de natació en piscina curta de 1993 Catalan VM i kortbanesvømning 1993 Danish Kurzbahnweltmeisterschaften 1993 German Campeonato Mundial de Natación en Piscina Corta de 1993 Spanish 1993. aasta ujumise lühiraja maailmameistrivõistlused Estonian مسابقات جهانی شنا (۲۵ متر) ۱۹۹۳ Persian Uinnin lyhyen radan maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 1993 Finnish Championnats du monde de natation en petit bassin 1993 French אליפות העולם בשחייה 1993 (בריכת 25 מטר) HE 1993-as rövid pályás úszó-világbajnokság Hungarian
| Host city | Palma de Mallorca |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Opening | 2 December 1993 |
| Closing | 5 December 1993 |
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 (100m freestyle; 400m freestyle relay), Daniel Kowalski of Australia (400m and 1500m 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.[1]
- ^ HistoFINA, Volume 3a[permanent dead link], 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.)