World Junior Swimming Championships

Sport Swimming
Competition Category World Championships
Years 2006—2025
Editions 10
Competitors 1767
Countries 82

The 2021 edition originally scheduled for Kazan (RUS) from 24 to 29 August 2021 was first postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later also moved to Lima (PER) due to the invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
2006 World Junior Swimming Championships Rio de Janeiro BRA 22 – 27 August 2006 40 223 34
2008 World Junior Swimming Championships Monterrey MEX 8 – 13 July 2008 40 120 18
2011 World Junior Swimming Championships Lima PER 16 – 21 August 2011 40 116 19
2013 World Junior Swimming Championships Dubai UAE 26 – 31 August 2013 42 413 49
2015 World Junior Swimming Championships Singapore SGP 25 – 30 August 2015 42 415 47
2017 World Junior Swimming Championships Indianapolis USA 23 – 28 August 2017 42 109 18
2019 World Junior Swimming Championships Budapest HUN 20 – 25 August 2019 42 116 20
2022 World Junior Swimming Championships Lima PER 30 August – 4 September 2022 42 110 22
2023 World Junior Swimming Championships Netanya ISR 4 – 9 September 2023 42 116 21
2025 World Junior Swimming Championships Oradea ROU 18 – 24 August 2025 42 114 25

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 94 74 65 233
2 Australia AUS 41 31 26 98
3 Russia RUS 36 39 43 118
4 Japan JPN 33 42 38 113
5 Italy ITA 27 38 48 113
6 Canada CAN 18 26 33 77
7 Hungary HUN 13 21 3 37
8 Great Britain GBR 13 19 24 56
9 Turkey TUR 13 2 3 18
10 Spain ESP 12 7 12 31
11 Poland POL 12 6 13 31
12 China CHN 11 14 13 38
13 Ukraine UKR 11 4 5 20
14 New Zealand NZL 10 2 1 13
15 Lithuania LTU 7 4 4 15
16 Romania ROU 6 5 4 15
17 Germany GER 5 12 5 22
18 France FRA 5 6 9 20
19 Neutral Participant NEU 5 5 5 15
20 Brazil BRA 3 11 6 20
21 South Africa RSA 3 6 9 18
22 Greece GRE 3 3 6 12
23 Croatia CRO 3 2 3 8
24 Argentina ARG 3 2 2 7
25 Ireland IRL 3 1 2 6
26 Portugal POR 3 0 0 3
27 Czech Republic CZE 2 5 5 12
28 Austria AUT 2 3 4 9
29 Denmark DEN 2 1 3 6
30 Belgium BEL 2 1 0 3
= Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2 1 0 3
32 Hong Kong HKG 2 0 2 4
33 Slovenia SLO 2 0 0 2
34 Serbia SRB 1 4 3 8
35 Belarus BLR 1 3 1 5
36 Bulgaria BUL 1 2 2 5
= South Korea KOR 1 2 2 5
38 Estonia EST 1 1 1 3
39 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 1 0 2
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 1 0 2
41 Egypt EGY 1 0 1 2
42 Indonesia INA 1 0 0 1
43 Sweden SWE 0 4 2 6
44 Malaysia MAS 0 2 0 2
45 Cyprus CYP 0 1 1 2
46 Nigeria NGR 0 1 0 1
47 Venezuela VEN 0 0 3 3
48 Ecuador ECU 0 0 1 1
= Panama PAN 0 0 1 1
= Slovakia SVK 0 0 1 1