The 8th European Short Course Swimming Championships was an international
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...
meet organized by
LEN, and held in
Vienna, Austria, December 9–12, 2004. The meet featured teams from
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
, swimming in 38
short course events. It was held in Vienna's arena (
Wiener Stadthalle), in a temporary pool.
Participating nations
36 nations had swimmers at the 2004 Short Course Europeans:
Participating nations
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Results
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
Performance awards
Best newcomers: Kateryna Zubkova (UKR) and Igor Borysik (UKR). (Both were voted by the media, and received a special prize of Euro 1500 each.)
Top performances: a total of 32,000 Euro was awarded to the overall top-7 male and female performances. The athletes sharing the prize money were:
* Antje Buschschulte (GER)
* László Cseh (HUN)
* Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE)
* Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage (born 15 March 1980) is a former swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle swimming, freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She competed in four Olympiads: in C ...
(SWE)
* Peter Mankoč (SLO)
* Martina Moravcová (SVK)
* Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)
* Éva Risztov (HUN)
* Markus Rogan (AUT)
* Teresa Rohmann (GER)
* Thomas Rupprath (GER)
References
External links
Results book
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