Swedish Swimming Championships
Swimming competition held in Sweden
The Swedish Swimming Championships (Swedish : Svenska Mästerskapen i simning, SM i simning, Sim-SM, Långbane-SM ) are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics , World Championships and European Championships . Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate.
History
The first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899[ 1] and in the beginning the championships were held in lakes or seas. During the 1920s and 1930s next to all championships were held in Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm, but when it was demolished the championships started to move around Sweden.
Since 1988 the Senior's and Junior's Swedish Championships are hosted together with timed finals for the Junior's in the morning together with the prelims for the older swimmer.
The swimmer with the most individual gold medals is Anders Holmertz with 39 titles, before Therese Alshammar with 34, Arne Borg with 30, Lars Frölander with 27 titles and Robert Andersson with 24 titles. Of them, Therese Alshammar and Lars Frölander are the only swimmer still active.
Champions
Name
Clubs
Titles
Years
Best event (titles)
Anders Holmertz
Motala SS , Spårvägens SF
39
1984–1996
13 400 m freestyle (13)
Therese Alshammar
Järfälla SS , SK Neptun
34
1993–2007
09 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke (both 9)
Arne Borg
Stockholms KK
30
1919–1929
09 500 m freestyle (9)
Lars Frölander
Borlänge SS , Sundsvalls SS , Linköpings ASS
27
1993–2007
10 100 m butterfly (10)
Robert Andersson
Stockholms KK
24
1906–1919
05 200 m freestyle, 500 m freestyle (both 5)
Björn Borg
Norrköpings KK
23
1936–1944
06 400 m freestyle (6)
Gunnar Larsson
Malmö SS
21
1967–1973
05 400 m freestyle, 200 m IM (both 5)
Michael Jacobsson
Täby Sim
21
1997–2003
07 400 m IM (7)
Per-Olof Östrand
Hofors AIF , IF Elfsborg
21
1947–1955
09 400 m freestyle (9)
Thor Henning
SK Neptun
21
1911–1921
06 200 m breaststroke, 400 m breaststroke (both 6)
Per-Olof Olsson
SoIK Hellas
20
1937–1949
11 100 m freestyle (11)
Martin Gustavsson
Malmö KK
19
2002–2006
07 100 m breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke (both 7)
John Rothman
Stockholms KK
19
1937–1949
11 200 m breaststroke (11)
Thomas Lejdström
Västerås SS
18
1979–1987
04 400 m freestyle, 400 m IM (both 4)
Jan Bidrman
Malmö KK
17
1986–1992
06 400 m IM (6)
Anita Zarnowiecki
Simavdelningen 1902
17
1969–1975
06 400 m IM (6)
Josefin Lillhage
Väsby SS
16
2001–2007
07 200 m freestyle (7)
Agneta Eriksson
Västerås SS
16
1979–1987
06 100 m butterfly (6)
Sara Nordenstam
Väsby SS
15
1998–2003
06 400 m IM (6)
Wilhelm Andersson
SK Neptun
15
1909–1918
05 500 m freestyle (5)
Venues
1899 – Stockholm
1900 – Stockholm
1901 – Stockholm
1902 – Stockholm
1903 – Stockholm
1904 – Styrsö , Gothenburg
1905 – Malmö
1906 – Styrsö, Gothenburg
1907 – Styrsö, Gothenburg
1908 – Stockholm / Styrsö, Gothenburg
1909 – Stockholm / Örebro / Gothenburg
1910 – Stockholm
1911 – Stockholm / Eskilstuna / Gothenburg
1912 – Stockholm
1913 – Stockholm
1914 – Stockholm (m), Eskilstuna (f)
1915 – Stockholm (m), Gothenburg (f)
1916 – Saltsjöbaden
1917 – Saltsjöbaden
1918 – Stockholm
1919 – Malmö
1920 – Stockholm
1921 – Stockholm
1922 – Stockholm
1923 – Stockholm
1924 – Långedrag
1925 – Stockholm
1926 – Stockholm
1927 – Stockholm
1928 – Stockholm
1929 – Stockholm
1930 – Stockholm
1931 – Stockholm
1932 – Stockholm
1933 – Stockholm
1934 – Stockholm
1935 – Stockholm
1936 – Stockholm
1937 – Stockholm
1938 – Stockholm
1939 – Stockholm
1940 – Linköping
1941 – Lidköping
1942 – Ängelholm
1943 – Linköping
1944 – Malmö
1945 – Varberg
1946 – Kalmar
1947 – Varberg
1948 – Lidköping
1949 – Karlskrona
1950 – Stora Tuna
1951 – Varberg
1952 – Kalmar
1953 – Linköping
1954 – Linköping
1955 – Harnäs
1956 – Halmstad
1957 – Varberg
1958 – Eskilstuna
1959 – Fyrisbadet , Uppsala
1960 – Fyrisbadet, Uppsala
1961 – Varberg
1962 – Ronneby
1963 – Stockholm
1964 – Örebro
1965 – Valbo Sportcentrum , Valbo
1966 – Stockholm
1967 – Landskrona
1968 – Jönköping
1969 – Landskrona
1970 – Varberg
1971 – Jönköping
1972 – Borås
1973 – Norrköping
1974 – Jönköping
1975 – Norrköping
1976 – Skövde
1977 – Örebro
1978 – Landskrona
1979 – Ronneby
1980 – Ronneby
1981 – Gävle
1982 – Stockholm
1983 – Falun
1984 – Västerås
1985 – Rosenlundsbadet , Jönköping
1986 – Åby simhall , Mölndal
1987 – Valhallabadet , Gothenburg
1988 – Rosenlundsbadet, Jönköping
1989 – Citadellbadet , Landskrona
1990 – Himmelstalundsbadet , Norrköping
1991 – Fyrishov, Uppsala
1992 – Alidebergsbadet , Borås
1993 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
1994 – Himmelstalundsbadet , Norrköping
1995 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
1996 – Fyrishov, Uppsala
1997 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
1998 – Sporthallsbadet , Sundsvall
1999 – Halmstads Simstadion , Halmstad
2000 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
2001 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall
2002 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
2003 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
2004 – Eriksdalsbadet , Stockholm
2005 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall
2006 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
2007 – Halmstads Simstadion, Halmstad
2008 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
2009 – Linköping
2010 – Malmö
2011 – Halmstad
2012 – Norrköping
2013 – Simstadion Brottet , Halmstad
See also
References
^ (in Swedish) SM genom tiderna (trans: Swedish Championships through the ages), section of the 2013 Swedish Championships page; retrieved 2013-07-03.