2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships

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World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2025
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Host city Otopeni, Romania
Date(s)19–24 August

The 10th World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships were held in Otopeni, Romania, from 19 to 24 August 2025. [1]

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Romania)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 106622
2  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 55515
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53311
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 48618
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 37515
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 32712
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3014
8Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2114
9Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2013
10Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1113
11Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1102
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1001
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1001
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1001
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1001
16Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0303
17Flag of Romania.svg  Romania*0112
18Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0101
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0101
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0101
21Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0011
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0011
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0011
Totals (25 entries)434142126
Source: Medal table

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m freestyle [2] Nikita Sheremet
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
21.99 Jacob Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
22.02 Carlos D’Ambrosio
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
22.14
100 m freestyle [3] Carlos D’Ambrosio
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
47.88 Jacob Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
48.22 Tajus Juska
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
48.72
200 m freestyle [4] Carlos D’Ambrosio
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:45.15
CR , NR
Xu Haibo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:46.67 Raito Numata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1:46.70
400 m freestyle [5] Grigorii Vekovishchev
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
3:46.64 Egor Babinich
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
3:47.57 Xu Haibo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3:47.73
800 m freestyle [6] Kuzey Tunçelli
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
7:46.52 Kazushi Imafuku
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7:48.34 NR Grigorii Vekovishchev
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
7:50.04
1500 m freestyle [7] Kuzey Tunçelli
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
14:48.81 Kazushi Imafuku
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
14:56.97 Vasileios Kakoulakis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
15:00.29
50 m backstroke [8] Georgii Iakovlev
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
24.91Not awarded John Shortt
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
25.06
Daniele Del Signore
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
24.91
100 m backstroke [9] John Shortt
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
53.86 Georgii Iakovlev
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
53.94 Gavin Keogh
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
54.06
200 m backstroke [10] John Shortt
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
1:56.19
NR
Daniele Del Signore
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:57.99 David Melnychuk
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:58.13
50 m breaststroke [11] Nusrat Allahverdi
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
26.98 Jan Malte Grafe
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
26.99 Shin Osashi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
27.12
100 m breaststroke [12] Filip Nowacki
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
59.20 Shin Ohashi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
59.50 Max Morgan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
59.93
200 m breaststroke [13] Filip Nowacki
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:07.32
CR
Shin Ohashi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2:07.56 Gabe Nunziata
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:09.70
50 m butterfly [14] Dean Fearn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
23.54 Abdul Jabar Adama
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
23.64 Jan Foltýn
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
23.65
100 m butterfly [15] Tajus Juska
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
51.83 NR Lucio Flavio de Paula Filho
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
52.01 Dean Fearn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
52.33
200 m butterfly [16] Kris Mihaylov
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1:56.16 David Antal
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
1:56.87 Tuncer Berk Ertürk
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
1:58.21
200 m individual medley [17] Mikhail Shcherbakov
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
1:57.25
CR
Yumeki Kojima
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1:57.32 Raito Numata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1:57.98
400 m individual medley [18] Raito Numata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4:11.37 Yumeki Kojima
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4:12.99 Robert-Andrei Badea
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
4:13.79 NR
4×100 m freestyle relay [19]   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
Mikhail Shcherbakov (49.13)
Roman Zhidkov (48.37)
Egor Proshin (48.98)
Georgii Zlotnikov (48.90)
Matvei Nesterov [a]
3:15.38
WJ
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Francesco Ceolin (50.15)
Daniel D'Agostino (49.40)
Daniele Del Signore (49.28)
Carlos D’Ambrosio (47.20)
Gabriele Valente [a]
3:16.03Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Austin Carpenter (49.71)
Rowan Cox (48.93)
Kenneth Barnicle (49.57)
Michael Rice (48.85)
Luke Danail Vatev [a]
3:17.06
4×200 m freestyle relay [20]   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
Mikhail Shcherbakov (1:47.28)
Grigorii Vekovishchev (1:48.12)
Egor Babinich (1:47.51)
Andrei Cherepkov (1:47.48)
Matvei Nesterov [a]
7:10.39Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Kazusa Kuroda (1:47.80)
Yumeki Kojima (1:48.55)
Kazushi Imafuku (1:50.19)
Raito Numata (1:45.93)
7:12.47Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Gabriele Valente (1:49.27)
Alberto Ferrazza (1:48.74)
Andrea Zanin (1:49.29)
Carlos D’Ambrosio (1:45.60)
Francesco Pernice [a]
7:12.90
4×100 m medley relay [21] Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Yumeki Kojima (54.92)
Shin Ohashi (58.55)
Raito Numata (52.94)
Kazusa Kuroda (48.59)
Toya Hirata [a]
3:35.00Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Daniel Ransom (55.70)
Filip Nowacki (59.23)
Dean Fearn (52.44)
Jacob Mills (47.65)
Max Morgan [a]
Gabriel Shepherd [a]
3:35.02Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Daniele Del Signore (54.65)
Gabriele Garzia (1:01.25)
Francesco Ceolin (52.69)
Carlos D’Ambrosio (47.27)
Matteo Venini [a]
Daniel D'Agostino [a]
3:35.86

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m freestyle [22] Rylee Erisman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24.70 Theodora Taylor
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
24.72 Jana Pavalić
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
24.85
100 m freestyle [23] Rylee Erisman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
52.79
CR
Lily King
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
54.19 Theodora Taylor
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
54.20
200 m freestyle [24] Yang Peiqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:56.25
CR
Rylee Erisman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:56.76 Alessandra Mao
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:57.00
400 m freestyle [25] Yang Peiqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4:05.38
CR
Yan Tiaoshan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4:05.80 Kennedi Dobson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4:06.66
800 m freestyle [26] Yang Peiqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
8:22.93 Agostina Hein
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
8:26.19 Kseniia Misharina
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
8:29.50
1500 m freestyle [27] Yang Peiqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
16:08.37 Kseniia Misharina
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
16:12.63 Emma Vittoria Giannelli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
16:15.40
50 m backstroke [28] Ainsley Trotter
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
27.88 Kim Seung-won
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
28.00 Blythe Kinsman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
28.04
100 m backstroke [29] Charlotte Crush
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
59.52 Daria-Mariuca Silisteanu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
1:00.02
NR
Madison Kryger
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1:00.27
200 m backstroke [30] Audrey Derivaux
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:06.99
CR
Charlotte Crush
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:07.83 Milana Stepanova
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
2:09.99
50 m breaststroke [31] Rachel McAlpin
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
30.78 Smiltė Plytnykaitė
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
31.12 Ralina Giliazova
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
31.19
100 m breaststroke [32] Smiltė Plytnykaitė
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
1:06.86 Lena Ludwig
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:07.60 Moon Su-a
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1:07.86
200 m breaststroke [33] Moon Su-a
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2:24.77 Lena Ludwig
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2:26.56 Kaidy Stout
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:26.84
50 m butterfly [34] Zoe Pedersen
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
25.63 Mizuki Hirai
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
25.66 Martine Damborg
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
25.80
100 m butterfly [35] Mizuki Hirai
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
56.87
CR
Audrey Derivaux
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
57.74 Gong Zhenqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
58.10
200 m butterfly [36] Audrey Derivaux
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:07.57 Serafima Fokina
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
2:07.67 Umi Ishizuka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2:08.16
200 m individual medley [37] Audrey Derivaux
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:10.58 Amalie Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:11.07 Shuna Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2:11.84
400 m individual medley [38] Agostina Hein
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
4:34.34
CR , NR
Amalie Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
4:35.49 Shuna Sasaki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4:38.94
4×100 m freestyle relay [39] Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Rylee Erisman (53.41)
Liberty Clark (53.85)
Julie Mishler (54.65)
Lily King (53.62)
Annam Olasewere [a]
3:35.53
WJ
  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
Kira Manokhina (54.51)
Mariia Poleshchuk (54.49)
Alisa Zakharova (54.45)
Milana Stepanova (54.42)
Vasilisa Malaeva [a]
3:37.87Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Luo Mingyu (55.65)
Yan Tiaoshan (55.47)
Chen Yizhou (54.75)
Yang Peiqi (54.51)
Sun Yidan [a]
Zhou Yanjun [a]
3:40.38
4×200 m freestyle relay [40] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Yan Tiaoshan (1:57.69)
Gong Zhenqi (1:57.91)
Luo Mingyu (2:00.45)
Yang Peiqi (1:55.54)
7:51.59Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Kennedi Dobson (1:57.53)
Lily King (1:58.39)
Kayla Han (2:00.21)
Rylee Erisman (1:56.69)
Liberty Clark [a]
Brinkleigh Hansen [a]
7:52.82Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Bianca Nannucci (1:59.67)
Lucrezia Domina (1:58.75)
Chiara Sama (1:58.72)
Alessandra Mao (1:59.72)
7:56.86
4×100 m medley relay [41] Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Charlotte Crush (1:00.00)
Rachel McAlpin (1:09.16)
Audrey Derivaux (57.94)
Rylee Erisman (52.75)
Julie Mishler [a]
Mena Boardman [a]
Lily King [a]
3:59.85Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Li Jiawei (1:00.55)
Wang Yijing (1:09.09)
Gong Zhenqi (57.59)
Yang Peiqi (54.14)
Sun Yidan [a]
Zhou Xinyang [a]
Chn Yizhou [a]
4:01.37  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
Milana Stepanova (1:00.27)
Viktoriia Tarannikova (1:08.90)
Serafima Fokina (59.00)
Kira Manokhina (53.44)
Daria Zarubenkova [a]
Ralina Giliazova [a]
Mariia Poleshchuk [a]
4:01.61

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
4×100 m freestyle relay [42] Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Michael Rice (49.80)
Rowan Cox (49.21)
Rylee Erisman (53.11)
Lily King (53.91)
Luke Danail Vatev [a]
Austin Carpenter [a]
Liberty Clark [a]
Julie Mishler [a]
3:26.03Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Gabriel Shepherd (49.72)
Jacob Mills (47.76)
Skye Carter (54.63)
Theodora Taylor (54.06)
3:26.17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Gabriele Valente (49.69)
Carlos D’Ambrosio (47.40)
Ludovica di Maria (55.01)
Alessandra Mao (54.69)
Francesco Ceolin [a]
Chiara Sama [a]
3:26.79
4×100 m medley relay [43] Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Yumeki Kojima (54.90)
Shin Ohashi (58.52)
Mizuki Hirai (56.68)
Yui Fukuoka (55.47)
Toya Hirata [a]
3:45.57Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Gavin Keogh (54.07)
Gabe Nunziata (1:00.80)
Charlotte Crush (58.20)
Rylee Erisman (53.05)
Collin Holgerson [a]
Andrew Eubanks [a]
Mena Boardman [a]
Liberty Clark [a]
3:46.12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Blythe Kinsman (1:01.15)
Filip Nowacki (58.83)
Dean Fearn (52.43)
Theodora Taylor (54.02)
Max Morgan [a]
Jacob Mills [a]
3:46.43

Records

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

Junior world records

DateRoundEventTimeNameNation
19 AugustFinalMen's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay3:15.38 Mikhail Shcherbakov (49.13)
Roman Zhidkov (48.37)
Egor Proshin (48.98)
Georgii Zlotnikov (48.90)
World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
21 AugustSemifinal 2Men's 50 metre freestyle=21.75 Nikita Sheremet Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
23 AugustHeat 9Men's 50 metre breaststroke26.95 Jan Malte Gräfe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
23 AugustFinalWomen's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay3:15.38 Rylee Erisman (53.41)
Liberty Clark (53.85)
Julie Mishler (54.65)
Lily King (53.62)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

Championship records

DateRoundEventTimeNameNation
19 AugustFinalWomen's 400 metre individual medley4:34.34 Agostina Hein Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
20 AugustHeat 11Women's 100 metre freestyle53.17 Rylee Erisman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
20 AugustFinalMen's 200 metre freestyle1:45.15 Carlos D’Ambrosio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
20 AugustSemifinal 2Women's 100 metre freestyle53.09 Rylee Erisman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
20 AugustFinalMen's 200 metre individual medley1:57.25 Mikhail Shcherbakov World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B
21 AugustFinalWomen's 200 metre backstroke2:06.99 Audrey Derivaux Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
21 AugustFinalWomen's 100 metre freestyle52.79 Rylee Erisman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
22 AugustSemifinal 1Women's 50 metre backstroke27.77 Kim Seung-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
22 AugustFinalMen's 200 metre breaststroke2:07.32 Filip Nowacki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
22 AugustFinalWomen's 400 metre freestyle4:05.38 Yang Peiqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
23 AugustSemifinal 2Women's 100 metre butterfly57.02 Mizuki Hirai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
24 AugustFinalWomen's 100 metre butterfly56.87 Mizuki Hirai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
24 AugustFinalWomen's 200 metre freestyle1:56.25 Yang Peiqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

References

  1. "World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2025". worldaquatics.com. 19 August 2025.
  2. Men's 50m Freestyle Final
  3. Men's 100m Freestyle Final
  4. Men's 200m Freestyle Final
  5. Men's 400m Freestyle Final
  6. Men's 800m Freestyle Final
  7. Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
  8. Men's 50m Backstroke Final
  9. Men's 100m Backstroke Final
  10. Men's 200m Backstroke Final
  11. Men's 50m Breaststroke Final
  12. Men's 100m Breaststroke Final
  13. Men's 200m Breaststroke Final
  14. Men's 50m Butterfly Final
  15. Men's 100m Butterfly Final
  16. Men's 200m Butterfly Final
  17. Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
  18. Men's 400m Individual Medley Final
  19. Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final
  20. Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final
  21. Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final
  22. Women's 50m Freestyle Final
  23. Women's 100m Freestyle Final
  24. Women's 200m Freestyle Final
  25. Women's 400m Freestyle Final
  26. Women's 800m Freestyle Final
  27. Women's 1500m Freestyle Final
  28. Women's 50m Backstroke Final
  29. Women's 100m Backstroke Final
  30. Women's 200m Backstroke Final
  31. Women's 50m Breaststroke Final
  32. Women's 100m Breaststroke Final
  33. Women's 200m Breaststroke Final
  34. Women's 50m Butterfly Final
  35. Women's 100m Butterfly Final
  36. Women's 200m Butterfly Final
  37. Women's 200m Individual Medley Final
  38. Women's 400m Individual Medley Final
  39. Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final
  40. Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final
  41. Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final
  42. Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final
  43. Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final