Baltic States Swimming Championships Explained

The Baltic States Swimming Championships is an annual swimming competition between best swimmers from Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The championships are typically held over two days early in the year and serve as a key stepping stone for many athletes on their journey to international competition.

Team scoring

Youth and Junior age group

In 2023,^[1] two (2) fastest swimmers from each country in each gender and age group bring points for their team in individual events as follows: 1st place – 7 points, 2nd – 5 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, 6th – 1 point. The fastest relay team from each country in each gender and age group bring points for their team in relay events in each session as follows: 1st place – 14 points, 2nd – 10 points, 3rd – 8 points.

Open age group

In 2023, eight (8) fastest swimmers from final A in each gender bring points for their team in individual events asfollows:

style='background:#0E1A27; color:white;'	Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
style='background:#0E1A27; color:white;'	Points	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The fastest relay team from each country in each gender bring points for their team in relay events ineach session as follows:

style='background:#0E1A27; color:white;'	Place	1st	2nd	3rd
style='background:#0E1A27; color:white;'	Points	18	14	12

Championships

The list is incomplete

Year	City	Venue	Date	Overall winner
			February 28 – March 1	^[2]
			March 6–7	^[3]
			March 12–13	^[4]
			March 9–10	^[5]
			March 8–9	^[6]
			March 7–8	^[7]
			April 10–11
			April 22–23	^[8] ^[9]
			March 31 – April 1	^[10]
			March 23–24^[11]	^[12] ^[13]
			March 22–23^[14]	^[15]
			March 7–8^[16]	^[17]
			March 6–7^[18]
			March 26–27^[19]	^[20]
			March 3–4^[21]	^[22]
2024

Events

• Freestyle

50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m

• Backstroke

50 m, 100 m, 200 m

• Breaststroke

50 m, 100 m, 200 m

• Butterfly

50 m, 100 m, 200 m

• Individual medley

200 m, 400 m

• Relay: 4×100 m free, 4×100 m medley

See also

• List of Baltic records in swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baltic States Championships 2023 . swimming.lv . Latvijas Peldēšanas federācija . 7 March 2023.
2. Web site: 2009 Full results.
3. Web site: Baltijos šalių plaukimo čempionatas ir Baltijos šalių jaunučių plaukimo mačas. ltuswimming.com.
4. Web site: 2011 Full results . 2014-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150555/http://www.ltuswimming.com/joomla/images/stories/Rezultataikalendorius/2011_rez/Bch11_results.pdf . 2012-03-13 . dead .
5. Web site: 2012 Full results.
6. Web site: 2013 results.
7. Web site: 2014 Full results.
8. Web site: 2016 results.
9. Web site: 2016 points.
10. Web site: 2017 results.
11. Web site: Baltic States Swimming Championships 2018 results.
12. Web site: Baltijos šalių čempionatą laimėjo lietuviai, pagerinti du šalies mergaičių rekordai. ltuswimming.com.
13. Web site: 2018 results.
14. Web site: 2019 results.
15. Web site: Baltimaade meistrivõistlustel kogusid eestlased kõige enam punkte, Valdmaa püstitas noorte rekordi . Eesti Ujumisliit. 23 March 2019.
16. Web site: 2020 Calendar.
17. Web site: Baltimaade meistrivõistlustel kogusid eestlased kõige enam punkte. Eesti Ujumisliit. 8 March 2020.
18. Web site: 2021 Results.
19. Web site: Baltic States Swimming Championships 2022 .
20. Web site: Baltimaade meistrivõistluste II päev . Eesti Ujumisliit. 27 March 2022.
21. Web site: Baltic States Swimming Championships 2023 .
22. Web site: 4 March 2023 . Eesti on 2023.aastal Baltimaade MEISTER . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325181338/https://www.swimming.ee/eesti-on-2023-aastal-baltimaade-meister/ . 25 March 2023 . Eesti Ujumisliit.