The
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
competitions at the
2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the VI Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Bahamas 2017, or Nassau 2017, was the sixth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000. The games were held from 19 to ...
in
Nassau, The
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...
took place from 19 to 22 July at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex. A total of 184 athletes from 45 nations contested 35 different events. Each Commonwealth Games Association was allowed to enter up to two swimmers (individual events) and one relay per event. In the Games, age limits set by the
Fédération Internationale de Natation
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(FINA) for world Junior competitions were followed, according to which the age limit for boys is set to 15–18 years (means swimmers born in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002) and for girls its 14–17 years of age (means swimmers born in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003).
Format
The competition will feature 35
long course
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(50m) events, divided between males, females and mixed events into the following events:
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freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (females only) and 1500 (males only);
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backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...
: 50, 100 and 200;
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breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
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butterfly
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: 50, 100 and 200;
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individual medley
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay.
Individual m ...
(I.M.): 200 and 400;
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mixed relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free and 4x100 medley
Medal summary
Medal table
Men
*During the competition Abeysinghe won the silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle event, marking Sri Lanka's first ever swimming medal at either the Youth or Senior Commonwealth Games.
Women
Mixed
Participating nations
There were 45 participating nations at the swimming competitions with a total of 184 swimmers. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
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References
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Results
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2017 Commonwealth Youth Games events