European Junior Swimming Championships

The European Junior Swimming Championships (50 m) is an annual swimming competition for European swimmers organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation and held over five days.^[1] The competitor age for females was 15 to 16 years; for males it is 17 to 18 years until 2015.^[1] From 2016 the competitor age is for females 14 to 17 years and for males 15 to 18 years.^[2]

European Junior Swimming Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Sporting event
Date(s)	Mid-year
Begins	1967
Frequency	Annual
Most recent	2024
Previous event	2023
Next event	2025
Participants	52 Federations
Organised by	LEN
Website	len.eu

History

Until 1989 the European Junior Diving Championships was held together with European Junior Swimming Championships, and even since then has sometimes been co-hosted with the European Junior Swimming Championships, for example in Palma de Mallorca in 2006.

A stand-alone European Junior Swimming Championships was not held in 2015; instead the junior swimming events formed the bulk aquatics program at the 2015 European Games. European Games champions and medalists for that year were simultaneously treated as champions and medalists of the European Junior Swimming Championships for the purposes of 2015.

Editions

Source:^[3]

#	Year	Host city	Country	Date	Results
1	1967	Linköping	Sweden	13–15 August	[4]
2	1969	Vienna	Austria	15–17 August	[5]
3	1971	Rotterdam	Netherlands	12–15 August	[6]
4	1973	Leeds	Great Britain	8–11 August	[7]
5	1975	Geneva	Switzerland	7–10 August	[8]
6	1976	Oslo	Norway	5–8 August	[9]
7	1978	Florence	Italy	27–30 July	[10]
8	1980	Skövde	Sweden	7–10 August	[11]
9	1982	Innsbruck	Austria	26–29 August	[12]
10	1983	Mulhouse	France	5–8 August	[13]
11	1984	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	26–29 July	[14]
12	1985	Geneva	Switzerland	25–28 July	[15]
13	1986	West Berlin	—	25–27 July	[16]
14	1987	Rome	Italy	23–26 July	[17]
15	1988	Amersfoort	Netherlands	28–31 July	[18]
16	1989	Leeds	Great Britain	28–30 July	[19]
17	1990	Dunkirk	France	26–29 July	[20]
18	1991	Antwerp	Belgium	1–4 August	[21]
19	1992	Leeds	Great Britain	13–16 August	[22]
20	1993	Istanbul	Turkey	8–11 July	[23]
21	1994	Pardubice	Czech Republic	4–7 August	[24]
22	1995	Geneva	Switzerland	19–22 July	[25]
23	1996	Copenhagen	Denmark	7–10 August	[26]
24	1997	Glasgow	Great Britain	31 July – 3 August	[27]
25	1998	Antwerp	Belgium	30 July – 2 August	[28]
26	1999	Moscow	Russia	14–17 July	[29]
27	2000	Dunkirk	France	27–30 July	[30]
28	2001	Malta	Malta	5–8 July	[31]
29	2002	Linz	Austria	11–14 July	[32]
30	2003	Glasgow	Great Britain	31 July – 3 August	[33]
31	2004	Lisbon	Portugal	15–18 July	[34]
32	2005	Budapest	Hungary	14–17 July	[35]
33	2006	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	6–9 July	[36]
34	2007	Antwerp	Belgium	18–22 July	[37]
35	2008	Belgrade	Serbia	30 July – 3 August	[38]
36	2009	Prague	Czech Republic	8–12 July	[39]
37	2010	Helsinki	Finland	14–18 July	[40]
38	2011	Belgrade	Serbia	6–10 July	[41]
39	2012	Antwerp	Belgium	4–8 July	[42]
40	2013	Poznań	Poland	10–14 July	[43]
41	2014	Dordrecht	Netherlands	9–13 July	[44]
42	2015*	Baku	Azerbaijan	23–27 June	-
43	2016	Hódmezővásárhely	Hungary	6–10 July	[45]
44	2017	Netanya	Israel	28 June – 2 July	[46]
45	2018	Helsinki	Finland	4–8 July	[47]
46	2019	Kazan	Russia	3–7 July	[48]
-	2020	Aberdeen	Great Britain	8–12 July Cancelled
47	2021	Rome	Italy	6–11 July	[49]
48	2022	Otopeni	Romania	5–10 July	[50]
49	2023	Belgrade	Serbia	4–9 July	[51]
50	2024	Vilnius	Lithuania	2–7 July

• As the aquatics program of the 2015 European Games.

Medalist

Artistic swimming (to 2024)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	86	1	0	87
2	Spain	18	33	39	90
3	Soviet Union	7	2	4	13
4	Ukraine	5	44	20	69
5	France	5	15	9	29
6	Germany	5	1	1	7
7	Italy	4	25	28	57
8	Netherlands	3	1	5	9
9	Greece	2	6	20	28
10	Belarus	2	1	3	6
11	Austria	2	1	1	4
12	CIS	2	1	0	3
13	Great Britain	1	7	9	17
14	Israel	1	0	2	3
15	Switzerland	0	4	0	4
16	Croatia	0	1	0	1
17	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		143	143	142	428

Diving (1967–2023)

Source:^[53]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	154	116	82	352
2	Ukraine	79	69	61	209
3	Germany	69	81	85	235
4	Italy	48	55	55	158
5	Great Britain	38	53	67	158
6	Soviet Union	38	27	28	93
7	East Germany	22	34	24	80
8	Sweden	13	6	14	33
9	Spain	9	8	14	31
10	Romania	6	12	17	35
11	Belarus	6	6	8	20
12	Poland	5	8	4	17
13	Austria	5	4	3	12
14	Hungary	4	3	7	14
15	Switzerland	3	10	3	16
16	Greece	2	2	10	14
17	France	2	2	6	10
18	Netherlands	2	1	2	5
19	Croatia	1	1	4	6
20	Czechoslovakia	1	0	2	3
21	Canada	1	0	0	1
22	Finland	0	5	4	9
23	Norway	0	3	4	7
24	Lithuania	0	1	1	2
25	Portugal	0	1	0	1
26	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 entries)		508	508	508	1,524

Open water swimming (to 2024)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	23	5	12	40
2	Hungary	19	15	10	44
3	Germany	17	20	17	54
4	Italy	14	25	31	70
5	Russia	9	14	15	38
6	Great Britain	7	6	2	15
7	Spain	6	11	8	25
8	Turkey	2	2	2	6
9	Poland	2	1	1	4
10	Greece	1	1	2	4
11	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
12	Croatia	1	1	0	2
13	Portugal	1	0	1	2
14	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
Totals (14 entries)		103	104	103	310

Swimming (1967–2024)

Source:^[55]

Exclude Swimming at the 2015 European Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	235	175	127	537
2	Germany	200	206	216	622
3	East Germany	176	115	107	398
4	Hungary	175	146	118	439
5	Italy	152	169	173	494
6	Great Britain	100	153	158	411
7	Soviet Union	97	82	55	234
8	Poland	56	52	81	189
9	France	49	83	93	225
10	Ukraine	49	43	42	134
11	Spain	44	47	37	128
12	Romania	42	46	43	131
13	Netherlands	36	53	51	140
14	Sweden	24	49	71	144
15	Turkey	23	16	22	61
16	Denmark	20	22	15	57
17	Greece	15	12	32	59
18	Croatia	13	15	13	41
19	Czech Republic	13	13	17	43
20	Lithuania	12	6	8	26
21	Austria	11	6	12	29
22	Bulgaria	9	11	5	25
23	Slovenia	9	9	15	33
24	Belarus	9	9	12	30
25	Czechoslovakia	8	10	7	25
26	Ireland	8	6	5	19
27	Serbia	8	6	3	17
28	Belgium	7	17	19	43
29	Estonia	7	4	6	17
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	4	1	11
31	Finland	5	11	12	28
32	Israel	4	11	16	31
33	Portugal	4	9	11	24
34	Switzerland	4	3	8	15
35	Yugoslavia	3	7	4	14
36	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3
37	Moldova	2	3	3	8
38	Serbia and Montenegro	2	3	0	5
39	Luxembourg	2	1	1	4
40	Iceland	1	5	1	7
41	North Macedonia	1	4	2	7
42	Slovakia	1	2	5	8
43	Norway	0	5	6	11
44	Latvia	0	1	2	3
45	Cyprus	0	0	2	2
46	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 entries)		1,645	1,650	1,639	4,934

Water polo (to 2023)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	5	5	6	16
2	Serbia	4	1	2	7
3	Soviet Union	3	3	2	8
4	Italy	3	1	2	6
5	Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	0	4
6	Greece	2	1	2	5
7	Spain	1	7	7	15
8	Croatia	1	2	2	5
9	Montenegro	1	2	0	3
10	Germany	1	0	2	3
11	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
12	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		25	25	25	75

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	21.83		Artem Selin	Germany	7 July 2019	2019 Championships	Kazan, Russia	[57]
100m freestyle	47.30		David Popovici	Romania	8 July 2021	2021 Championships	Rome, Italy	[58]
200m freestyle	1:45.26	sf	David Popovici	Romania	9 July 2021	2021 Championships	Rome, Italy	[59]
400m freestyle	3:44.31		Petar Mitsin	Bulgaria	9 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[60]
800m freestyle	7:47.45		Petar Mitsin	Bulgaria	8 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[61]
1500m freestyle	14:41.89		Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey	4 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[62]
50m backstroke	24.52		Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Helsinki, Finland	[63]
100m backstroke	52.91		Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	10 July 2022	2022 Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[64]
200m backstroke	1:55.79		Oleksandr Zheltyakov	Ukraine	7 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[65]
50m breaststroke	27.23	h	Nicolò Martinenghi	Italy	30 June 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[66]
100m breaststroke	59.23		Nicolò Martinenghi	Italy	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[67]
200m breaststroke	2:10.71		Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	18 July 2007	2007 Championships	Antwerp, Belgium
50m butterfly	23.41	h	Teo del Riego	Spain	6 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[68]
100m butterfly	51.35		Egor Kuimov	Russia	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[69]
200m butterfly	1:53.79		Kristóf Milák	Hungary	30 June 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[70]
200m individual medley	1:59.17		Thomas Dean	Great Britain	6 July 2018	2018 Championships	Helsinki, Finland	[71]
400m individual medley	4:14.37		Robert Badea	Romania	5 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[72]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:16.58		Francesco Donin  (48.97) Luca Leonardi  (48.19) Fabio Gimondi  (49.61) Stefano Pizzamiglio  (49.81)	Italy	12 July 2009	2009 Championships	Prague, Czech Republic
4×200m freestyle relay	7:12.15		Alessandro Ragaini  (1:47.26) Filippo Bertoni  (1:49.36) Gabriele Valente  (1:49.05) Carlos D'Ambrosio  (1:46.48)	Italy	6 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[73]
4×100m medley relay	3:35.24		Thomas Ceccon  (54.72) Nicolò Martinenghi  (58.93) Federico Burdisso  (52.69) Davide Nardini  (48.90)	Italy	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[74]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by LEN; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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	24.67	h	Sara Curtis	Italy	3 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[75]
100m freestyle	53.97		Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	24 June 2015	2015 Championships	Baku, Azerbaijan	[76]
200m freestyle	1:57.51		Isabel Gose	Germany	6 July 2019	2019 Championships	Kazan, Russia	[77]
400m freestyle	4:05.89		Ajna Késely	Hungary	5 July 2018	2018 Championships	Helsinki, Finland	[78]
800m freestyle	8:21.91		Merve Tuncel	Turkey	7 July 2021	2021 Championships	Rome, Italy	[79]
1500m freestyle	15:55.23		Merve Tuncel	Turkey	10 July 2021	2021 Championships	Rome, Italy	[80]
50m backstroke	27.74		Mary-Ambre Moluh	France	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Otopeni, Romania	[81]
100m backstroke	59.62		Polina Egorova	Russia	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[82]
200m backstroke	2:08.97		Polina Egorova	Russia	29 June 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[83]
50m breaststroke	29.75	h	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	6 July 2021	2021 Championships	Rome, Italy	[84]
100m breaststroke	1:05.48		Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	14 July 2013	2013 Championships	Poznań, Poland
200m breaststroke	2:21.07	sf	Evgenia Chikunova	Russia	4 July 2019	2019 Championships	Kazan, Russia	[85]
50m butterfly	26.10		Lana Pudar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[86]
100m butterfly	56.95		Lana Pudar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[87]
200m butterfly	2:06.26		Lana Pudar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[88]
200m individual medley	2:12.41		Leah Schlosshan	Great Britain	9 July 2023	2023 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[89]
400m individual medley	4:39.28		Vivien Jackl	Hungary	2 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[90]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:40.10		Daria Tatarinova  (55.29) Daria Trofimova  (54.61) Aleksandra Kurilkina  (55.67) Daria Klepikova  (54.53)	Russia	10 July 2021	2021 Championships	Rome, Italy	[91]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:58.99		Fanni Gyurinovics  (2:01.00) Janka Juhász  (2:00.46) Petra Barocsai  (2:00.25) Ajna Késely  (1:57.28)	Hungary	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Netanya, Israel	[92]
4×100m medley relay	4:01.83		Daria Vaskina  (1:00.50) Anastasia Makarova  (1:07.86) Aleksandra Sabitova  (58.27) Ekaterina Nikonova  (55.20)	Russia	5 July 2019	2019 Championships	Kazan, Russia	[93]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by LEN; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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
4×100m freestyle relay	3:28.34		Carlos D'Ambrosio  (49.12) Lorenzo Ballarati  (48.96) Christina Stevanato  (55.52) Sara Curtis  (54.74)	Italy	3 July 2024	2024 Championships	Vilnius, Lithuania	[94]
4×100m medley relay	3:47.99		Daria Vaskina  (1:00.15) Vladislav Gerasimenko  (1:00.90) Andrei Minakov  (52.00) Elizaveta Klevanocich  (54.94)	Russia	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Helsinki, Finland	[95]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by LEN; WR – World record; ER – European record;
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

• FINA World Junior Swimming Championships