2022 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 13-18, 2022
- Melbourne, Australia
- SCM (25 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
The 2022 Short Course World Championships are now underway, with five more days of action left on the schedule at the Melbourne Sports Centres in Australia.
To stay on top of the landscape of each event, check out SwimSwam’s discipline-by-discipline previews.
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PREVIEW INDEX
You can also check out all of our podium picks below. Note that relays were not selected.
MEDALIST PREDICTIONS
Men:
| EVENT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 50 free | Ben Proud, GBR | Dylan Carter, TTO | |
| 100 free | Kyle Chalmers, AUS | David Popovici, ROU | |
| 200 free | David Popovici, ROU | Matt Sates, RSA | |
| 400 free | Matt Sates, RSA | Kieran Smith, USA | Danas Rapsys, LTU |
| 800 free | Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA | Henrik Christiansen, NOR | David Johnston, USA |
| 1500 free | Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA | David Johnston, USA | Damien Joly, FRA |
| 50 back | Dylan Carter, TTO | Ryan Murphy, USA | |
| 100 back | Ryan Murphy, USA | Lorenzo Mora, ITA | |
| 200 back | Shaine Casas, USA | Ryan Murphy, USA | |
| 50 breast | Nic Fink, USA | Adam Peaty, GBR | Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA |
| 100 breast | Nic Fink, USA | Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA | Adam Peaty, GBR |
| 200 breast | Seto Daiya, JPN | Watanabe Ippei, JPN | Nic Fink, USA |
| 50 fly | Nicholas Santos, BRA | Dylan Carter, TTO |
Szebasztian Szabo, HUN
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| 100 fly | Chad Le Clos, RSA | Matteo Rivolta, ITA | Noe Ponti, SUI |
| 200 fly | Chad Le Clos, RSA | Noe Ponti, SUI |
Trenton Julian, USA
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| 100 IM | Shaine Casas, USA | Thomas Ceccon, ITA | Michael Andrew, USA |
| 200 IM | Shaine Casas, USA | Daiya Seto, JPN | Carson Foster, USA |
| 400 IM | Carson Foster, USA | Daiya Seto, JPN | Brendon Smith, AUS |
| 200 free relay | Italy | Netherlands | USA |
| 400 free relay | Italy | Australia | USA |
| 800 free relay | USA | Australia | Italy |
| 200 medley relay | Italy | USA | Great Britain |
| 400 medley relay | Italy | USA | Australia |
Women:
| EVENT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 50 free | Kasia Wasick, POL | Emma McKeon, AUS | Claire Curzan, USA |
| 100 free | Emma McKeon, AUS | Siobhan Haughey, HKG | Torri Huske, USA |
| 200 free | Siobhan Haughey, HKG | Yang Junxuan, CHN | Li Bingjie, CHN |
| 400 free | Li Bingjie CHN | Lani Pallister AUS | |
| 800 free | Li Bingjie CHN | Lani Pallister AUS | |
| 1500 free | Lani Pallister AUS | Li Bingjie CHN | |
| 50 back | Maggie MacNeil, CAN | Kylie Masse, CAN |
Analia Pigree, FRA
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| 100 back | Kylie Masse, CAN | Kaylee McKeown, AUS | |
| 200 back | Kaylee McKeown, AUS | Kylie Masse, CAN |
Rhyan White, USA
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| 50 breast | Ruta Meilutyte, LTU | Benedetta Pilato, ITA | Lilly King, USA |
| 100 breast | Ruta Meilutyte, LTU | Lilly King, USA |
Sophie Hansson, SWE
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| 200 breast | Lilly King, USA | Kate Douglass, USA | |
| 50 fly | Maggie MacNeil, CAN | Claire Curzan, USA | |
| 100 fly | Maggie MacNeil, CAN | Louise Hansson, SWE | |
| 200 fly | Lana Pudar, BIH | Hali Flickinger, USA | |
| 100 IM | Beryl Gastadello FRA | Marrit Steenbergen NED | |
| 200 IM | Alex Walsh USA | Kaylee McKeown AUS | |
| 400 IM | Tessa Cieplucha CAN | Hali Flickinger USA | |
| 200 free relay | Australia | USA | Netherlands |
| 400 free relay | Australia | USA | Canada |
| 800 free relay | Australia | USA | Canada |
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200 medley relay
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USA | China | Sweden |
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400 medley relay
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Canada | Sweden | Australia |
Mixed:
| EVENT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 200 free relay | Australia | France | USA |
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200 medley relay
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USA | Italy | Australia |
Confirmation from Jason Knapp that NBC Sports will not be covering Short Course Worlds this year. Such a shame. Does this meet really get lower viewership than TYR Pro Swim Series and the US Open?
https://twitter.com/JasonKnapp44/status/1601206282031366144
anyone know if theres a sportsbook where we can place bets on this meet？
Does this make me a bad swimming fan if I’m less likely to watch this meet live if we don’t get a proper US stream with Rowdy Gaines and Jason Knapp commentating?
Ok, I don’t care about Jason that much, but it’s almost always him doing play by play unless it’s Olympics/Olympic Trials.
I will not accept any Rowdy slander.
Any word yet on how to watch/stream from USA? Will USA Swimming have a live feed, or anyone else not requiring a cable subscription?
Any reason you didn’t do the relays? Short course relays tend to be really unpredictable I guess.
Just using flat start season best, Australian Women should break the 100 free relay WR and Chinese women should break the 200 free relay WR (with Australia possibly beating the old record, but won’t beat China).
Definitely two relays to watch!
There are way too many relays at short course Worlds. Many teams may not treat all relays seriously in order not to overload the swimmers. And it’s not even interesting for fans to watch all of them. FINA should cut the numbers.
There are only 4 more relays than usual. 12 compared to 8. But yeah I’m not a fan of the 50 relays tbh. Could just keep the normal relays.
The mixed relays should be 100s.
Hard agree