Swimming at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

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Swimming has featured as a sport at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival since its first edition in 1991. It has appeared on the programme at every subsequent edition of the biennial multi-sport event for European athletes under the age of 18.

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Editions

EditionYearHost cityHost countryBest nation
I 1991 Brussels BelgiumFlag of France.svg France
II 1993 Valkenswaard NetherlandsFlag of Russia.svg Russia
III 1995 Bath United KingdomFlag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
IV 1997 Lisbon Portugal
V 1999 Esbjerg Denmark
VI 2001 Murcia Spain
VII 2003 Paris France
VIII 2005 Lignano Sabbiadoro Italy
IX 2007 Belgrade Serbia
X 2009 Tampere Finland
XI 2011 Trabzon TurkeyFlag of Russia.svg Russia
XII 2013 Utrecht NetherlandsFlag of Russia.svg Russia
XIII 2015 Tbilisi GeorgiaFlag of Hungary.svg Hungary
XIV 2017 Győr HungaryFlag of Russia.svg Russia
XV 2019 Baku AzerbaijanFlag of Russia.svg Russia
XVI 2022 Banská Bystrica SlovakiaFlag of Italy.svg Italy
XVII 2023 Maribor SloveniaFlag of Italy.svg Italy

Festival records

Boys

EventTimeNameNationalityDateMeetLocationRef
50m freestyle 22.69 Justin Cvetkov Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 27 July 2023 2023 Festival Maribor, Slovenia [1]
100m freestyle 49.82 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [2]
200m freestyle 1:49.20 Alexei Sancov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 27 July 2015 2015 Festival Tbilisi, Georgia (country)
400m freestyle 3:51.29 Emir Batur Albayrak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24 July 2023 2023 Festival Maribor, Slovenia [3]
1500m freestyle 14:54.16 Kuzey Tunçelli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25 July 2023 2023 Festival Maribor, Slovenia [4]
100m backstroke 55.22 Aleksei Tkachev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [5]
200m backstroke 2:01.24 Aleksei Tkachev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [6]
100m breaststroke 1:01.75 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27 July 2015 2015 Festival Tbilisi, Georgia (country)
200m breaststroke 2:15.14 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27 July 2015 2015 Festival Tbilisi, Georgia (country)
100m butterfly 52.06 Andrey Minakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 July 2017 2017 Festival Győr, Hungary
200m butterfly 1:58.06 Vadim Klimenishchev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [7]
200m individual medley 2:01.55 Ilya Borodin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [8]
400m individual medley 4:18.80 Robert Badea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 28 July 2023 2023 Festival Maribor, Slovenia [9]
4×100m freestyle relay 3:24.14
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27 July 2022 2022 Festival Banská Bystrica, Slovakia [10]
4×100m medley relay 3:42.41
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 28 July 2023 2023 Festival Maribor, Slovenia [11]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by European Olympic Committees;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;† – en route to final mark

Girls

EventTimeNameNationalityDateMeetLocationRef
50m freestyle 25.34 Bianca Costea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [12]
100m freestyle 55.58 Aleksandra Sabitova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [13]
200m freestyle 2:00.27 Mariya Baklakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 28 July 2011 2011 Festival Trabzon, Turkey
400m freestyle 4:09.71 Beril Böcekler Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [14]
800m freestyle 8:32.65 Beril Böcekler Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [15]
100m backstroke 1:00.87 Daria Vaskina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 July 2017 2017 Festival Győr, Hungary
200m backstroke 2:11.20 Katie Shanahan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [16]
100m breaststroke 1:07.96 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 29 July 2011 2011 Festival Trabzon, Turkey
200m breaststroke 2:24.15 Evgenia Chikunova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [17]
100m butterfly 59.07 Aleksandra Sabitova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [18]
200m butterfly 2:11.26 Blanka Berecz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 24 July 2017 2017 Festival Győr, Hungary
200m individual medley 2:14.10 Katie Shanahan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [19]
400m individual medley 4:43.92 Katie Shanahan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [20]
4×100m freestyle relay 3:45.10
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [21]
4×100m medley relay 4:07.55
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [22]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by European Olympic Committees;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;† – en route to final mark

Mixed

EventTimeNameNationalityDateMeetLocationRef
4×100m freestyle relay 3:32.48
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23 July 2019 2019 Festival Baku, Azerbaijan [23]
4×100m medley relay 3:51.98
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 July 2017 2017 Festival Győr, Hungary
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by European Olympic Committees;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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References

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  2. ↑ "Boys' 100m Freestyle Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Event 2, 400m Freestyle Boys – Final Results" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival - Swimming Day 2 Results" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 25 July 2023. p. 28. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Boys' 100m Backstroke Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Boys' 200m Backstroke Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "Boys' 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ↑ "Boys' 200m Individual Medley Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival - Swimming Day 5 Results" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 28 July 2023. p. 5. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Boys' 4x100m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival - Swimming Day 5 Results" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 28 July 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Girls' 50m Freestyle Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ↑ "Girls' 100m Freestyle Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ↑ "Girls' 400m Freestyle Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ↑ "Girls' 800m Freestyle Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ↑ "Girls' 200m Backstroke Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ↑ "Girls' 200m Breaststroke Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ↑ "Girls' 100m Butterfly Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ↑ "Girls' 200m Individual Medley Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ↑ "Girls' 400m Individual Medley Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ↑ "Girls' 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  23. ↑ "Mixed 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). eyofbaku2019.com. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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