2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

The 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships will take place from 30 August to 4 September 2022 at the Videna Aquatic Center in Lima, Peru.[1] It is open to competition for girls ages 14 to 17 years old and boys ages 15 to 18 years old at the end of the 2022 calendar year.[2] All events are to be conducted in a 50-metre (long course) pool.

2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
Host cityLima, Peru
Date(s)30 August – 4 September 2022
Venue(s)Videna Aquatic Center
2023 →

Originally the competition was planned for 24–29 August 2021, however the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its postponement to 24–29 August 2022.[3] In April 2022, FINA announced a change of dates as well as a change host from Kazan, Russia to Lima, Peru due to the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine.[4]

Qualification

Various qualification systems are planned internationally, one of which to be implemented by Swimming New Zealand and Swimming South Africa is the selection of swimmers to compete at the 8th World Junior Swimming Championships from pre-defined national-level competitions based on the swimmers's times and overall national rank of their performances across the defined competitions, only the top two are eligible per individual event.[5][6] Another selection procedure, put forward by Swim Ireland before the location and dates of the Championships were changed and retained after the change, is based on swimmers achieving pre-defined consideration times at a national championships or the 2022 European Junior Championships and overall national rank.[7][8] Prior to the change of dates and location in 2022, British Swimming also announced a selection procedure, basing selection on swimmer performances at a single selection meet, the 2022 British Swimming Championships.[9]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Totals (0 nations)0000

Results

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m
individual medley
200 m
individual medley
400 m
individual medley
4×100 m
freestyle relay
4×200 m
freestyle relay
4×100 m
medley relay

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m
individual medley
200 m
individual medley
400 m
individual medley
4×100 m
freestyle relay
4×200 m
freestyle relay
4×100 m
medley relay

Mixed events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4×100 m
freestyle relay
4×100 m
medley relay

Change of dates and location

Postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2021, British Swimming announced that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with other factors, including no publicly revealed dates nor venue for the 8th World Junior Swimming Championships, had changed how they were conducting their selection trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10] By the end of the month, Swimming Australia had withdrawn its swimmers for the championships due to concerns about transmission of COVID-19 to its athletes.[11] The following month Swimming Canada pulled out of the competition as well, in part due to concerns about the health and safety of its swimmers and in part due to difficulties fairly running qualification events.[12] Two months later, in June, FINA postponed the championships to August 2022 in the pursuit of safer travel conditions and less COVID-19 related risks for participating athletes.[3] Frustration was vocalized by USA Swimming following the postponement of the championships, and youth who would have competed at the championships had they been held in 2021 instead competed at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup.[13]

Path to cancelation

The 8th World Junior Swimming Championships was originally scheduled to take place at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in 2021, it was postponed to 24–29 August 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][14]

On 25 February 2022, elevated political tensions between Russia and Ukraine resulted in FINA cancelling water polo, artistic swimming and diving events that had been scheduled to take place in Russia for March and April 2022, in regards to other competitions scheduled to take place in Russia for the 2022 year, FINA stated, "Other FINA events that are scheduled in Russia for later in the year are under close review, with FINA monitoring events in Ukraine very carefully."[15]

On 26 February 2022, nine members of various Nordic Swimming Federations published a joint statement announcing their withdrawal from the Championships if it is hosted in Russia as a form of protest in opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[16] The following national swimming federation presidents signed the statement: Danish Swimming Union (Denmark), Estonian Swimming Federation (Estonia), Faroe Islands Swimming Association (Faroe Islands), Finnish Swimming Federation (Finland), Icelandic Swimming Association (Iceland), Latvian Swimming Federation (Latvia), Lithuanian Swimming Federation (Lithuania), Norwegian Swimming Federation (Norway), and Swedish Swimming Federation (Sweden).[17]

On 27 February 2022, FINA published an official statement canceling the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.[14][18] FINA was one of a number of sporting organizations, which also included Formula One and the International Ski Federation, to boycott holding competitions in Russia by canceling an event originally scheduled to be held in the county.[19]

Path to reinstatement

On 23 March 2022, FINA announced its intent to reinstate the 8th World Junior Swimming Championships with a change host venue and possibly dates.[20] The same day, FINA announced the Russian Swimming Federation had earlier withdrawn its athletes from FINA events for the remainder of the 2022 calendar year, meaning they would not send athletes to the Championships.[21]

On 14 April 2022, FINA announced the reinstatement of the Championships with Lima, Peru serving as the new host of the event, Videna Aquatic Center serving as the new venue, and a change of dates to 30 August through 4 September 2022.[4]

See also

References
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  12. D'Addona, Dan (9 April 2021). "Swimming Canada Will Not Send Swimmers to World Juniors or Junior Open Water". Swimming World. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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  16. "NSF statement on the acts of war towards Ukraine". Lithuanian Swimming Federation. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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  18. Ransom, Ian; Carroll, Rory (27 February 2022). "FINA cancels World Junior Championships in Russia". Reuters. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  19. Garfinkel, Noah (28 February 2022). "Sports world leads Russia boycotts after Ukraine invasion". Axios. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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