FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (or "Junior Worlds") is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for girls aged 14–17 and boys aged 15–18 on 31 December of the year of the competition.[1] It is held biennially, and has been held since 2006.

Editions

Number	Year	Location	Dates	Number of Swimmers	Number of Countries	Events	Top Nation
1	2006	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	22–27 August	685	81	40	Italy
2	2008	Monterrey, Mexico	8–12 July	480	61	40	United States
3	2011	Lima, Peru	16–21 August	528	58	40	United States
4	2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	26–31 August			42	Australia
5	2015	Singapore[2]	25–30 August	700	87	42	Australia
6	2017	Indianapolis, USA[2]	23–28 August			42	United States
7	2019	Budapest, Hungary	20–25 August			42	United States
8	2021

Medal table

Last updated after the 2019 Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	70	58	52	180
2	Russia (RUS)	35	40	42	117
3	Australia (AUS)	31	23	18	72
4	Italy (ITA)	22	23	24	69
5	Japan (JPN)	21	23	25	69
6	Canada (CAN)	16	23	24	63
7	Great Britain (GBR)	10	12	19	41
8	Spain (ESP)	9	6	9	24
9	New Zealand (NZL)	9	1	1	11
10	Ukraine (UKR)	8	3	5	16
11	Hungary (HUN)	6	13	3	22
12	Germany (GER)	5	9	5	19
13	China (CHN)	5	7	5	17
14	France (FRA)	5	5	9	19
15	Poland (POL)	5	5	7	17
16	Lithuania (LTU)	5	3	2	10
17	Turkey (TUR)	4	0	0	4
18	Greece (GRE)	3	3	4	10
19	Brazil (BRA)	2	7	5	14
20	Romania (ROM)	2	2	1	5
21	Croatia (CRO)	2	1	1	4
22	Argentina (ARG)	2	1	0	3
	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
24	Slovenia (SLO)	2	0	0	2
25	Serbia (SRB)	1	4	2	7
26	South Africa (RSA)	1	3	8	12
27	Belarus (BLR)	1	3	1	5
28	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	2	5
29	Austria (AUT)	1	1	2	4
30	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	1	3
31	Egypt (EGY)	1	0	1	2
	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	1	2
33	Sweden (SWE)	0	4	2	6
34	Malaysia (MAS)	0	2	0	2
35	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	0	1
36	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	3	3
37	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
38	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 nations)		289	290	288	867

Championships records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.75	h, =	Michael Andrew	United States	25 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[3]
50m freestyle	21.75	=	Michael Andrew	United States	26 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[4]
100m freestyle	48.33		Ivan Girev	Russia	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[5]
200m freestyle	1:46.40		Ivan Girev	Russia	24 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[6]
400m freestyle	3:46.06		Gábor Zombori	Hungary	20 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[7]
800m freestyle	7:45.67		Mack Horton	Australia	28 August 2013	2013 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[8]
1500m freestyle	14:46.09		Franko Grgić	Croatia	25 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[9]
50m backstroke	24.63	h, =	Michael Andrew	United States	25 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[10]
50m backstroke	24.63	=	Michael Andrew	United States	26 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[11]
100m backstroke	53.37	r	Thomas Ceccon	Italy	25 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[12]
200m backstroke	1:56.69		Hugo González	Spain	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[13]
50m breaststroke	27.02	sf	Nicolò Martinenghi	Italy	27 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[14]
100m breaststroke	59.01	sf	Nicolò Martinenghi	Italy	23 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[15]
200m breaststroke	2:09.40		Josh Matheny	United States	23 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[16]
50m butterfly	23.22		Michael Andrew	United States	27 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[17]
100m butterfly	51.08		Kristóf Milák	Hungary	25 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[18]
200m butterfly	1:53.87		Kristóf Milák	Hungary	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[19]
200m individual medley	1:58.46		Carson Foster	United States	21 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[20]
400m individual medley	4:11.93		Apostolos Papastamos	Greece	24 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[21]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:15.80		(49.51) Jake Magahey  (48.73) Luca Urlando  (48.64) Adam Chaney  (48.92) Carson Foster	United States	20 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[22]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:08.37		(1:48.11) Jake Magahey  (1:47.13) Luca Urlando  (1:47.03) Jake Mitchell  (1:46.10) Carson Foster	United States	23 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[23]
4×100m medley relay	3:33.19		(53.84) Nikolay Zuev  (59.53) Vladislav Gerasimenko  (50.93) Andrei Minakov  (48.89) Aleksandr Shchegolev	Russia	25 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[24]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.59		Rikako Ikee	Japan	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[25]
100m freestyle	53.63	r	Taylor Ruck	Canada	27 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[26]
200m freestyle	1:57.08		Taylor Ruck	Canada	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[27]
400m freestyle	4:05.42		Lani Pallister	Australia	23 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[28]
800m freestyle	8:22.49		Lani Pallister	Australia	21 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[29]
1500m freestyle	15:58.86		Lani Pallister	Australia	24 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[30]
50m backstroke	27.81		Gabrielle Fa’Amausili	New Zealand	29 August 2015	2015 Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[31]
100m backstroke	59.11		Regan Smith	United States	24 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[32]
200m backstroke	2:07.45		Regan Smith	United States	25 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[33]
50m breaststroke	29.86		Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	27 August 2013	2013 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[34]
100m breaststroke	1:06.61		Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29 August 2013	2013 Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[35]
200m breaststroke	2:19.64		Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes	Turkey	30 August 2015	2015 Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[36]
50m butterfly	25.46		Rikako Ikee	Japan	26 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[37]
100m butterfly	57.25		Rikako Ikee	Japan	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[38]
200m butterfly	2:07.74		Emily Large	Great Britain	24 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[39]
200m individual medley	2:11.03		Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes	Turkey	28 August 2015	2015 Championships	Singapore, Singapore	[40]
400m individual medley	4:38.53		Alba Vázquez	Spain	20 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[41]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:36.19		(53.63) Taylor Ruck  (53.70) Penny Oleksiak  (54.65) Rebecca Smith  (54.21) Kayla Sanchez	Canada	27 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[42]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:51.47		(1:59.01) Kayla Sanchez  (1:56.86) Penny Oleksiak  (1:58.66) Rebecca Smith  (1:56.94) Taylor Ruck	Canada	23 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[43]
4×100m medley relay	3:58.38		(1:00.68) Jade Hannah  (1:07.86) Faith Knelson  (56.91) Penny Oleksiak  (52.93) Taylor Ruck	Canada	28 August 2017	2017 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[44]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Mixed

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4x100m freestyle relay	3:25.92		(49.66) Luca Urlando  (48.25) Adam Chaney  (54.18) Amy Tang  (53.83) Gretchen Walsh	United States	22 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[45]
4x100m medley relay	3:44.84		(53.89) Will Grant  (59.31) Josh Matheny  (58.04) Torri Huske  (53.60) Gretchen Walsh	United States	21 August 2019	2019 Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[46]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

See also

• Swimming at the Youth Olympic Games

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