2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships
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The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships will be held in Szczecin
, Poland
, from December 8 to 11, 2011.
The event is held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final for the 50 m and 100 m events and heats and a final for all other events with the exception of the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m freestyle which are heat declared winners. Heats are held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and the fastest heat of the distance freestyle events in the evening.
Each nation is permitted to enter three swimmers into each individual event, however only the fastest two are able to progress to the semifinal and/or final.
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, from December 8 to 11, 2011.
The event is held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final for the 50 m and 100 m events and heats and a final for all other events with the exception of the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m freestyle which are heat declared winners. Heats are held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and the fastest heat of the distance freestyle events in the evening.
Each nation is permitted to enter three swimmers into each individual event, however only the fastest two are able to progress to the semifinal and/or final.