2023 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships

The 9th World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships were held in Netanya, Israel, at the Wingate Institute from 4 to 9 September 2023.[1][2] These championships were the first to be held under the new World Aquatics name and branding. The age groups for these championships were altered slightly from the previous championships in 2022, with the equalisation of age groups to 14-18 years for both genders (athletes age as of 31 December 2023).[3] In total 648 athletes from 93 member federations competed at the championships.[4] Due to the status of their member federation athletes from the Philippines were required to compete as 'Neutral Independent Athletes'.[5] Three large member federations opted not to compete at these championships, being Great Britain, France, and Hungary.

World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2023
Host cityNetanya, Israel
Date(s)4–9 September
Venue(s)Wingate Institute
Nations participating93
Athletes participating648
Competition Pool, World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2023
Wingate Institute Competition Pool, World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2023

The United States of America topped the medal tally and were awarded the World Aquatics Team of the Championships award.[6] Ukraine's Oleksandr Zheltiakov was awarded the World Aquatics Male Swimmer of the Championships award and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Lana Pudar was awarded the World Aquatics Female Swimmer of the Championships award.[7][8]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Israel)

RankMedalGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1511733
2  Australia97824
3  Canada23813
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina2103
  Denmark2103
  Ukraine2103
7  Turkey2002
8  China1449
9  Japan1337
10  Bulgaria1203
11  Estonia1113
12  Czech Republic1102
13  Hong Kong1001
  Indonesia1001
  Trinidad and Tobago1001
16  Italy04812
17  Austria0112
18  New Zealand0101
  South Korea0101
20  Argentina0022
21  Spain0011
Totals (21 entries)424243127
Source: Medal table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Nikoli Blackman
  Trinidad and Tobago
22.35 Flynn Southam
  Australia
22.43 Lorenzo Ballarati
  Italy
22.47
100 m freestyle Maximus Williamson
  United States
48.45 Lorenzo Ballarati
  Italy
49.05 Edward Sommerville
  Australia
49.16
200 m freestyle Flynn Southam
  Australia
1:46.57 Alessandro Ragaini
  Italy
1:47.28 Anders McAlpine
  Australia
1:47.94
400 m freestyle Petar Mitsin
  Bulgaria
3:46.49 Alessandro Ragaini
  Italy
3:46.66 Filippo Bertoni
  Italy
3:48.73
800 m freestyle Kuzey Tunçelli
  Turkey
7:48.75 Petar Mitsin
  Bulgaria
7:49.36 Zhang Zhanshuo
  China
7:50.03
1500 m freestyle Kuzey Tunçelli
  Turkey
14:59.80 Kim Jun-woo
  South Korea
15:01.94 Zhang Zhanshuo
  China
15:11.94
50 m backstroke Miroslav Knedla
  Czech Republic
24.80 Oleksandr Zheltyakov
  Ukraine
24.91 NR Ulises Saravia
  Argentina
25.02
100 m backstroke Oleksandr Zheltyakov
  Ukraine
53.73 NR Miroslav Knedla
  Czech Republic
54.01 Christian Bacico
  Italy
54.08
200 m backstroke Oleksandr Zheltyakov
  Ukraine
1:56.13 Daniel Diehl
  United States
1:58.93 Christian Bacico
  Italy
1:59.33
50 m breaststroke Felix Viktor Iberle
  Indonesia
27.39 Jonas Gaur
  Denmark
27.55 Watson Nguyen
  United States
27.85
100 m breaststroke Joshua Chen
  United States
1:00.70 Yamato Okadome
  Japan
1:01.20 Watson Nguyen
  United States
1:01.22
200 m breaststroke Adam Mak Sai-ting
  Hong Kong
2:11.84 Jordan Willis
  United States
2:12.07 Riku Yamaguchi
  Japan
2:12.13
50 m butterfly Casper Puggaard
  Denmark
23.50 Lukas Edl
  Austria
23.89 Thomas Pattison
  Australia
23.95
100 m butterfly Casper Puggaard
  Denmark
52.30 Wang Xizhe
  China
52.65 Lukas Edl
  Austria
52.68
200 m butterfly Wang Xizhe
  China
1:56.22 Petar Mitsin
  Bulgaria
1:56.73 Alessandro Ragaini
  Italy
1:57.79
200 m individual medley Maximus Williamson
  United States
1:57.29
CR
Daniel Diehl
  United States
1:58.62 Lorne Wigginton
  Canada
1:59.44
400 m individual medley Tomoyuki Matsushita
  Japan
4:10.97
CR
Zhang Zhanshuo
  China
4:12.44 Lorne Wigginton
  Canada
4:12.81
4×100 m freestyle relay   United States (USA)
Daniel Diehl (49.93)
Maximus Williamson (47.78)
Hudson Williams(49.14)
Jason Zhao (48.64)
Jacob Wimberly[a]
Ethan Harrington[a]
3:15.49
WJ
  Australia (AUS)
Edward Sommerville (49.24)
Marcus da Silva (49.53)
Anders McAlpine (49.45)
Flynn Southam (48.47)
Tane Bidois[a]
Thomas Pattison[a]
3:16.69   Canada (CAN)
Filip Senc-Samardzic (49.80)
Paul Dardis (49.15)
Antoine Sauve (48.73)
Aiden Norman (49.66)
3:17.34
4×200 m freestyle relay   United States (USA)
Maximus Williamson (1:47.11)
Cooper Lucas (1:47.75)
Jason Zhao (1:47.56)
Daniel Diehl (1:46.61)
Norvin Clontz[a]
Ryan Erisman[a]
Nathan Szobota[a]
Jacob Wimberly[a]
7:09.03   China (CHN)
Wang Xizhe (1:48.05)
Ji Yicun (1:48.76)
Liu Wudi (1:48.50)
Zhang Zhanshuo (1:47.06)
7:13.37   Australia (AUS)
Anders McAlpine (1:49.17)
Edward Sommerville (1:47.91)
Marcus da Silva (1:49.68)
Flynn Southam (1:49.26)
Karl Albertyn[a]
Ike Martinez[a]
7:16.02
4×100 m medley relay   United States (USA)
Daniel Diehl (54.37)
Joshua Chen (1:00.25)
Jacob Wimberly (53.79)
Maximus Williamson (47.57)
Caleb Maldari[a]
Watson Nguyen[a]
Jason Zhao[a]
Hudson Williams[a]
3:35.98   Italy (ITA)
Christian Bacico
Christian Mantegazza
Daniele Momoni
Davide Passafaro
Daniele Del Signore[a]
Carlos D'Ambrosio[a]
Mirko Chiaversoli[a]
3:38.00   China (CHN)
Jiang Chenglin
Zhang Zhanshuo
Wang Xizhe
Ji Yicun
Liu Wudi[a]
3:39.81

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Olivia Wunsch
  Australia
24.59 =CR Annam Olasewere
  United States
24.95 Hannah Casey
  Australia
25.07
100 m freestyle Olivia Wunsch
  Australia
53.71 Milla Jansen
  Australia
54.08 Anna Moesch
  United States
54.69
200 m freestyle Addison Sauickie
  United States
1:58.09 Julie Brousseau
  Canada
1:58.10 Leah Hayes
  United States
1:58.19
400 m freestyle Jamie Perkins
  Australia
4:05.72 Madi Mintenko
  United States
4:08.06 Addison Sauickie
  United States
4:08.94
800 m freestyle Kayla Han
  United States
8:29.66 Mao Yihan
  China
8:33.66 Agostina Hein
  Argentina
8:33.90
1500 m freestyle Kate Hurst
  United States
16:09.37 Ruka Takezawa
  Japan
16:18.68 Mao Yihan
  China
16:18.76
50 m backstroke Iona Anderson
  Australia
28.01 Erika Pelaez
  United States
28.07 Jaclyn Barclay
  Australia
28.14
100 m backstroke Jaclyn Barclay
  Australia
59.47 Iona Anderson
  Australia
59.88 Erika Pelaez
  United States
59.94
200 m backstroke Teagan O'Dell
  United States
2:08.09 Jojo Ramey
  United States
2:10.18 Bella Grant
  Australia
2:11.24
50 m breaststroke Eneli Jefimova
  Estonia
30.42 Monique Wieruszowski
  New Zealand
30.68 Piper Enge
  United States
30.74
100 m breaststroke Alexanne Lepage
  Canada
1:06.58 Eneli Jefimova
  Estonia
1:06.84 Jimena Ruiz
  Spain
1:07.25
200 m breaststroke Alexanne Lepage
  Canada
2:24.70 Mina Nakazawa
  Japan
2:25.57 Eneli Jefimova
  Estonia
2:26.29
50 m butterfly Leah Shackley
  United States
26.20 Lana Pudar
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
26.26 Olivia Wunsch
  Australia
Mizuki Hirai
  Japan
26.53
100 m butterfly Lana Pudar
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
57.77 Leah Shackley
  United States
58.29 Mizuki Hirai
  Japan
58.35
200 m butterfly Lana Pudar
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2:07.20
CR
Bella Grant
  Australia
2:08.97 Paola Borrelli
  Italy
2:10.89
200 m individual medley Leah Hayes
  United States
2:10.24
CR
Haley McDonald
  United States
2:13.18 Julie Brousseau
  Canada
2:13.74
400 m individual medley Leah Hayes
  United States
4:36.84
CR
Ella Jansen
  Canada
4:37.35 Julie Brousseau
  Canada
4:38.45
4×100 m freestyle relay   Australia (AUS)
Milla Jansen
Hannah Casey
Jaimie de Lutiis
Olivia Wunsch
Jamie Perkins[a]
Amelia Weber[a]
3:36.52   United States (USA)
Leah Hayes
Anna Moesch
Addison Sauickie
Erika Pelaez
Madi Mintenko[a]
Teagan O'Dell[a]
Bailey Hartman[a]
3:37.71   Canada (CAN)
Julie Brousseau
Ella Jansen
Mia West
Sienna Angove
Delia Lloyd[a]
Ella Cosgrove[a]
3:40.40
4×200 m freestyle relay   United States (USA)
Addison Sauickie
Leah Hayes
Lynsey Bowen
Madi Mintenko
Anna Moesch[a]
Bailey Hartman[a]
7:52.48   Australia (AUS)
Jamie Perkins
Hannah Casey
Jaimie de Lutiis
Amelia Weber
Bella Grant[a]
7:52.68   Canada (CAN)
Julie Brousseau
Sienna Angove
Ella Cosgrove
Ella Jansen
Mia West[a]
Julia Strojnowska[a]
7:53.09
4×100 m medley relay   Australia (AUS)
Jaclyn Barclay
Hayley Mackinder
Isabella Boyd
Olivia Wunsch
Iona Anderson[a]
Isabella Johnson[a]
Bella Grant[a]
Milla Jansen[a]
4:00.86   Canada (CAN)
Delia Lloyd
Alexanne Lepage
Ella Jansen
Sienna Angove
Jordan Greber[a]
Halle West[a]
Victoria Raymond[a]
Julie Brousseau[a]
4:01.96   Italy (ITA)
Giada Gorlier
Francesca Zucca
Paola Borrelli
Sara Curtis
Irene Mati[a]
Marina Cacciapuoti[a]
4:03.34

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay   Australia (AUS)
Flynn Southam
Edward Sommerville
Olivia Wunsch
Milla Jansen
Marcus da Silva[a]
Anders McAlpine[a]
Jaimie de Lutiis[a]
Hannah Casey[a]
3:24.29
WJ
  United States (USA)
Maximus Williamson
Jason Zhao
Erika Pelaez
Anna Moesch
Jacob Wimberly[a]
Hudson Williams[a]
Caroline Larsen[a]
Madi Mintenko[a]
3:25.59   Canada (CAN)
Paul Dardis
Antoine Sauve
Julie Brousseau
Ella Jansen
Aiden Norman[a]
Sienna Angove[a]
Mia West[a]
3:29.14
4×100 m medley relay   United States (USA)
Teagan O'Dell
Watson Nguyen
Leah Shackley
Maximus Williamson
Caleb Maldari[a]
Joshua Chen[a]
Haley McDonald[a]
3:45.62   Australia (AUS)
Jaclyn Barclay
Gideon Burnes
Isabella Boyd
Edward Sommerville
Iona Anderson[a]
Joshua Kerr[a]
Enoch Robb[a]
Jaimie de Lutiis[a]
3:49.18   Italy (ITA)
Christian Bacico
Christian Mantegazza
Paola Borrelli
Matilde Biagiotti
Daniele del Signore[a]
Francesca Zucca[a]
Lorenzo Ballarati[a]
Cristiana Stevanato[a]
3:50.09

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records

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The following junior world and championship records were set during the competition.

Junior world records

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Date Round Event Time Name Nation
September 4 Final Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:15.49 Daniel Diehl (49.93)
Maximus Williamson (47.78)
Hudson Williams (49.14)
Jason Zhao (48.64)
  United States
September 6 Final Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:24.29 Flynn Southam (48.58)
Edward Sommerville (48.64)
Olivia Wunsch (53.62)
Milla Jansen (53.55)
  Australia

Championship records

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Date Round Event Time Name Nation
September 4 Final Women's 400 metre individual medley 4:36.84 Leah Hayes   United States
September 5 Heat 4 Men's 200 metre individual medley 1:58.42 Tomoyuki Matsushita   Japan
September 5 Final Women's 200 metre butterfly 2:07.20 Lana Pudar   Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 5 Final Men's 200 metre individual medley 1:57.29 Maximus Williamson   United States
September 6 Semifinal 2 Women's 100 metre breaststroke 1:06.23 Eneli Jefimova   Estonia
September 7 Final Women's 200 metre individual medley 2:10.24 Leah Hayes   United States
September 8 Heat 7 Men's 50 metre breaststroke 26.98 Felix Viktor Iberle   Indonesia
September 8 Final Men's 400 metre individual medley 4:10.97 Tomoyuki Matsushita   Japan
September 9 Final Women's 50 metre freestyle =24.59 Olivia Wunsch   Australia

Note: The first version of the results erroneously recognized 3 performances as records. The Women's 50m Breaststroke results recorded championship record performances from Alexanne Lepage and Eneli Jefimova in the heats. Likewise, the performance from Kuzey Tuncelli in the final of the Men's 800m Freestyle was recognized as a championship record. Each performance was slower than the existing championship record. All results were later amended.

References

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  1. ^ "World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2023 -Overview". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Competition Schedule | AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. ^ "Competition Athletes | AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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  8. ^ "They Said | Swimmers of the Championships, Oleksandr Zheltiakov & Lana Pudar". World Aquatics. 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
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