The 8th

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was held from 30 August to 4 September 2022 at the Videna Aquatic Center in

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."8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022"
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''. Retrieved 14 April 2022. It was 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."FINA confirms junior swimming age eligibility for 2022"
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''. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022. All events were conducted in a 50-metre (

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) pool. Originally the competition was planned for 24–29 August 2021, however the

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resulted in its postponement to 24–29 August 2022.Keith, Braden (2 June 2021)
"FINA Postpones World Junior Swimming Championships Until 2022 Amid Pandemic"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 24 November 2021. In April 2022, FINA announced a change of dates as well as a change host from

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to Lima, Peru due to the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine. The same month, FINA announced athletes and officials from

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and Russia were banned from the Championships.

Qualification

Various qualification systems were implemented internationally, one of which used by Swimming New Zealand and

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was 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 were eligible per individual event."Competition 2021 World Junior Championships Selection Criteria"
. '' Swimming New Zealand''. 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022."Selection Criteria, 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships"
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''. March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022. Another selection procedure, put forward by Swim Ireland before the location and dates of the Championships were changed and retained after the change, was based on swimmers achieving pre-defined consideration times at a national championships or the 2022 European Junior Championships and overall national rank."2022 FINA World Junior Championships Selection Policy"
. '' Swim Ireland''. January 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022."NCSA All-Star Team Set to Race in Dublin"
. '' Swim Ireland''. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022. 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."World and European Junior Selection Policy Revealed For 2022"
'' British Swimming''. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

Schedule

A total of 42 events were competed over six days, starting on 30 August and concluding on 4 September."8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships: Schedule"
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''. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

Medal summary

Medal table

Results

Men's events

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed events

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Championships records set

The following Championships records were set during the course of competition.

Participating countries

Swimmers from the following countries participated at the Championships."8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022: Athletes"
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''. August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

Change of dates and location

Postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2021, British Swimming announced that the impacts of the

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

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."2021 British Swimming Selection Trials"
'' British Swimming''. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021. By the end of the month, Swimming Australia had withdrawn its swimmers for the championships due to concerns about transmission of

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to its athletes.Hanson, Ian (17 July 2021)
"Australian Swimming Withdraws From FINA World Junior Championships and World Universiade Games"
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''. Retrieved 24 November 2021. 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.D'Addona, Dan (9 April 2021)
"Swimming Canada Will Not Send Swimmers to World Juniors or Junior Open Water"
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''. Retrieved 24 November 2021. Two months later, in June,

postponed the championships to August 2022 in the pursuit of safer travel conditions and less COVID-19 related risks for participating athletes. Frustration was vocalized by

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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.Ross, Andy (13 July 2021)
"USA Swimming Names 43 Junior Athletes to Represent Country at FINA World Cup Series"
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''. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

Path to cancelation

The 8th World Junior Swimming Championships was originally scheduled to take place at the

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in 2021, and in June 2021 it was postponed to 24–29 August 2022 due to the

. This followed the implementation of a ban by the

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spanning 17 December 2020 to 16 December 2022 not allowing Russians to compete at World Championships with their country name, flag, or anthem, meaning Russian youth competing at this Championships would be required to compete without their country name, flag, and anthem in their own country.Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020)
"Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics"
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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. On 25 February 2022, elevated political tensions between Russia and

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resulted in

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.""Press Release , Decisions on the FINA international events calendar"
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''. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022. 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

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. The following national swimming federation presidents signed the statement: Danish Swimming Union (

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), Estonian Swimming Federation (

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), Faroe Islands Swimming Association (

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), Finnish Swimming Federation (

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), Latvian Swimming Federation ( Latvia),

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( Lithuania), Norwegian Swimming Federation (

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), and Swedish Swimming Federation ( Sweden)."Jungtinis Šiaurės šalių plaukimo federacijų pareiškimas dėl padėties Ukrainoje"
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''. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022. On 27 February 2022, FINA published an official statement canceling the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships."Press Release , FINA cancels 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships"
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''. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.Ransom, Ian; Carroll, Rory (27 February 2022)
"FINA cancels World Junior Championships in Russia"
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''. Retrieved 2 March 2022. FINA was one of a number of sporting organizations, which also included

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and the International Ski Federation, to boycott holding competitions in Russia by canceling an event originally scheduled to be held in the county.Garfinkel, Noah (28 February 2022)
"Sports world leads Russia boycotts after Ukraine invasion"
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''. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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."FINA in final stages of confirming new host for the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022"
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''. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022. 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."PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting"
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''. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022. On 14 April 2022, FINA announced the reinstatement of the Championships with

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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.Koos, Torin (14 April 2022)
"Lima revealed as new 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022 host"
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''. Retrieved 14 April 2022. On 21 April 2022, FINA published a statement instituting a ban on all athletes and officials from

and

for the Championships, and all remaining FINA events in 2022."PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
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''. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

References

External links

Competition website

Results

Results book
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Sports events affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Qualification

Schedule

Medal summary

Medal table

Results

Men's events

Women's events

Mixed events

Championships records set

Participating countries

Change of dates and location

Postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Path to cancelation

Path to reinstatement

See also

References

External links