Swimming at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Swimming at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
Venue	Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex
Dates	19–22 July 2017
Competitors	184 from 45 nations
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The swimming competitions at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, The Bahamas took place from 19 to 22 July at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex. ^{[1] [2]} 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 (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). ^[3]

Format

The competition will feature 35 long course (50m) events, divided between males, females and mixed events into the following events:

• freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (females only) and 1500 (males only);
• backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
• individual medley (I.M.): 200 and 400;
• mixed relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free and 4x100 medley

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	8	9	4	21
2	South Africa	8	3	4	15
3	New Zealand	7	8	5	20
4	Singapore	7	4	6	17
5	Scotland	3	2	3	8
6	Australia	1	2	5	8
7	Wales	1	1	2	4
8	Northern Ireland	0	2	2	4
9	Bahamas*	0	2	1	3
10	Sri Lanka	0	2	0	2
11	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		35	35	35	105

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Scott McLay   Scotland	23.10	Kyle Abeysinghe   Sri Lanka	23.38	Jeron Thompson   Trinidad and Tobago	23.43
100 m freestyle	Scott McLay   Scotland	50.46	Kyle Abeysinghe   Sri Lanka*	50.93	Jonathan Tan   Singapore	51.10
200 m freestyle	Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand	1:49.89	Jarryd Baxter   South Africa	1:50.50	Jack McMillan   Northern Ireland	1:50.72
400 m freestyle	Jarryd Baxter   South Africa	3:53.76	Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand	3:54.15	Jakob Goodman   England	3:55.67
1500 m freestyle	Zac Reid   New Zealand	15:40.11	Max Osborn   Australia	15:50.64	James Freeman   Botswana	15:53.73
50 m backstroke	Finn Kennard Campbell   New Zealand	26.18	Jahrel Murphy   England	26.44	Francis Fong   Singapore	26.50
100 m backstroke	Francis Fong   Singapore	56.42	Scott McClay   Scotland	56.53	Finn Kennard Campbell   New Zealand	56.85
200 m backstroke	Jarryd Baxter   South Africa	2:00.90	James McFadzen   England	2:03.21	Francis Fong   Singapore	2:05.00
50 m breaststroke	Michael Houlie   South Africa	27.68	Izaak Bastian   Bahamas	28.77	Zongxian Khoo   Singapore	29.19
100 m breaststroke	Michael Houlie   South Africa	1:01.86	Zongxian Khoo   Singapore	1:03.41	Izaak Bastian   Bahamas	1:03.71
200 m breaststroke	Luan Grobbelaar   South Africa	2:16.44	Michael Houlie   South Africa	2:16.97	Taichi Vakasama   Fiji	2:17.17
50 m butterfly	Scott McLay   Scotland	24.53	Dylan Koo   Singapore	24.55	Lewis Fraser   Wales	24.66
100 m butterfly	Lewis Fraser   Wales	53.87	Dylan Koo   Singapore	54.32	Ong Jung Yi   Singapore	54.35
200 m butterfly	Mason Wilby   England	1:59.89	Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand	2:00.24	Charles Cox   Australia	2:01.02
200 m individual medley	Thomas Dean   England	2:02.13	Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand	2:03.06	James McFadzen   England	2:04.39
400 m individual medley	Lewis Clareburt   New Zealand	4:18.78	Thomas Dean   England	4:24.47	Ethan McAleese   Australia	4:25.42

• 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. ^[4]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Meg Harris   Australia	25.89	Elzbeita Noble   Australia	25.97	Laticia-Leigh Transom   New Zealand	26.02
100 m freestyle	Quah Jing Wen   Singapore	56.31	Laticia-Leigh Transom   New Zealand	56.59	Sophie Smith   Scotland	56.95
200 m freestyle	Laticia-Leigh Transom   New Zealand	2:01.56	Sophie Smith   Scotland	2:02.32	Rebecca Meder   South Africa	2:02.56
400 m freestyle	Leah Crisp   England	4:16.36	Rachel Bethel   Northern Ireland	4:16.43	Sophie Caldwell   Australia	4:17.76
800 m freestyle	Leah Crisp   England	8:49.94	Rachel Bethel   Northern Ireland	8:54.06	Rebecca Meder   South Africa	8:54.21
50 m backstroke	Lily Boseley   England	29.04	Medi Harris   Wales	29.34	Mariella Venter   South Africa	29.66
100 m backstroke	Mariella Venter   South Africa	1:01.77	Lily Boseley   England	1:02.19	Gina Galloway   New Zealand	1:02.68
200 m backstroke	Mariella Venter   South Africa	2:13.57	Lily Boseley   England	2:14.79	Medi Harris   Wales	2:16.52
50 m breaststroke	Christie Chue   Singapore	32.38	Lilly Higgs   Bahamas	32.52	Ciara Smith   New Zealand	32.56
100 m breaststroke	Hanim Abrahams   South Africa	1:10.14	Christie Chue   Singapore	1:10.72	Ciara Smith   New Zealand	1:11.07
200 m breaststroke	Layla Black   England	2:31.00	Mya Rasmussen   New Zealand	2:31.49	Hanim Abrahams   South Africa	2:32.32
50 m butterfly	Quah Jing Wen   Singapore	27.23	Alicia Wilson   England	27.28	Emma Harvey   Scotland	27.56f
100 m butterfly	Quah Jing Wen   Singapore	59.92	Ciara Schlosshan   England	1:00.14	Hannah Bates   New Zealand	1:01.27
200 m butterfly	Ciara Schlosshan   England	2:10.95	Quah Jing Wen   Singapore	2:13.29	Brittany Castelluzzo   Australia	2:13.80
200 m individual medley	Alicia Wilson   England	2:15.49	Mya Rasmussen   New Zealand	2:16.55	Shannon Russell   Northern Ireland	2:17.97
400 m individual medley	Mya Rasmussen   New Zealand	4:42.19	Rebecca Meder   South Africa	4:46.69	Ciara Schlosshan   England	4:49.22

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay	Singapore  (SGP) Chua Yi Shou Natasha Ong Quah Jing Wen Jonathan Tan	3:36.01	England  (ENG) Harry Constantine Elizabeth Harris Mason Wilby Alicia Wilson	3:36.17	Scotland  (SCO) Anna Fleming Emma Harvey Scott McLay Luke Robins	3:37.05
4×200 m freestyle relay	New Zealand  (NZL) Lewis Clareburt Chelsey Edwards Zac Reid Laticia-Leigh Transom	7:50.85	England  (ENG) Harry Constantine Leah Crisp Jakob Goodman Elizabeth Harris	7:55.79	Australia  (AUS) Daniel Jacobson Charlotte Mitchell Max Osborn Katie Strachan	7:57.74
4×100 m medley relay	Singapore  (SGP) Francis Fong Zongxian Khoo Quah Jing Wen Toh Fann Rui	3:56.74	New Zealand  (NZL) Lewis Clareburt Finn Kennard Campbell Ciara Smith Laticia-Leigh Transom	3:57.21	England  (ENG) Elizabeth Harris James McFadzen Jahrel Murphy Alicia Wilson	3:59.33

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. ^[5]

•   Antigua and Barbuda  (2)
•   Australia  (14)
•   Bahamas  (20)(host nation)
•   Bangladesh  (2)
•   Barbados  (2)
•   Bermuda  (2)
•   Botswana  (1)
•   Cayman Islands  (3)
•   Cook Islands  (1)
•   Cyprus  (2)
•   England  (12)
•   Fiji  (3)
•   Ghana  (2)
•   Gibraltar  (5)
•   Grenada  (1)
•   Guernsey  (3)
•   Guyana  (2)
•   India  (4)
•   Isle of Man  (4)
•   Jersey  (2)
•   Malta  (3)
•   Malawi  (1)
•   Malaysia  (5)
•   Mauritius  (1)
•   Mozambique  (2)
•   New Zealand  (11)
•   Nigeria  (4)
•   Northern Ireland  (4)
•   Pakistan  (2)
•   Papua New Guinea  (2)
•   Saint Helena  (2)
•   Saint Lucia  (2)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  (3)
•   Samoa  (2)
•   Scotland  (8)
•   Sierra Leone  (2)
•   Singapore  (13)
•   South Africa  (8)
•   Sri Lanka  (4) ^{[6] [7] [8]}
•   Tanzania  (2)
•   Tonga  (3)
•   Trinidad and Tobago  (1)
•   Uganda  (1)
•   Wales  (10)
•   Zambia  (1)

References

1. Race, Loretta (18 July 2017). "2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Aquatic Competition Kicks-off July 19th". www.swimswam.com/. SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
2. "Competition Schedule Aquatics" (PDF). www.results.bahamas2017cyg.com/. 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
3. "Aquatics". www.results.bahamas2017cyg.com/. 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
4. Morgan, Liam (20 July 2017). "Clareburt wins two gold medals as New Zealand dominate swimming at Bahamas 2017". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
5. "Swimming Sport Entries". www.results.bahamas2017cyg.com/. 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
6. Ranasinghe, Lakshman (18 June 2017). "Eight Swimmers off to Bahamas and Hungary". The Sunday Times . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
7. Uvais, Farhan (21 June 2017). "Sri Lanka nominate two swimming teams for Commonwealth Youth Games and World Aquatics Championships". www.dailysports.lk/. Daily Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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External links

• Results