Swimming at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games explained

Event:	Swimming
Competition:	2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
Venue:	Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex
Dates:	19–22 July 2017
Competitors:	184
Nations:	45
Events:	35
Prev:	2011
Next:	2023

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

Men

50 m freestyle	23.10	23.38	23.43
100 m freestyle	50.46	50.93	51.10
200 m freestyle	1:49.89	1:50.50	1:50.72
400 m freestyle	3:53.76	3:54.15	3:55.67
1500 m freestyle	15:40.11	15:50.64	15:53.73

50 m backstroke	26.18	26.44	26.50
100 m backstroke	56.42	56.53	56.85
200 m backstroke	2:00.90	2:03.21	2:05.00

50 m breaststroke	27.68	28.77	29.19
	1:01.86	1:03.41	1:03.71
	2:16.44	2:16.97	2:17.17

50 m butterfly	24.53	24.55	24.66
100 m butterfly	53.87	54.32	54.35
200 m butterfly	1:59.89	2:00.24	2:01.02

	2:02.13	2:03.06	2:04.39
	4:18.78	4:24.47	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

50 m freestyle	25.89	25.97	26.02
100 m freestyle	56.31	56.59	56.95
200 m freestyle	2:01.56	2:02.32	2:02.56
400 m freestyle	4:16.36	4:16.43	4:17.76
800 m freestyle	8:49.94	8:54.06	8:54.21

50 m backstroke	29.04	29.34	29.66
100 m backstroke	1:01.77	1:02.19	1:02.68
200 m backstroke	2:13.57	2:14.79	2:16.52

50 m breaststroke	32.38	32.52	32.56
	1:10.14	1:10.72	1:11.07
	2:31.00	2:31.49	2:32.32

50 m butterfly	27.23	27.28	27.56f
100 m butterfly	59.92	1:00.14	1:01.27
200 m butterfly	2:10.95	2:13.29	2:13.80

	2:15.49	2:16.55	2:17.97
	4:42.19	4:46.69	4:49.22

Mixed

Chua Yi Shou Natasha Ong Quah Jing Wen Jonathan Tan	3:36.01	Harry Constantine Elizabeth Harris Mason Wilby Alicia Wilson	3:36.17	Anna Fleming Emma Harvey Scott McLay Luke Robins	3:37.05
Lewis Clareburt Chelsey Edwards Zac Reid Laticia-Leigh Transom	7:50.85	Harry Constantine Leah Crisp Jakob Goodman Elizabeth Harris	7:55.79	Daniel Jacobson Charlotte Mitchell Max Osborn Katie Strachan	7:57.74
	3:56.74		3:57.21		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]

- - (host nation)
    - - ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

External links

Results

Notes and References

Web site: 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Aquatic Competition Kicks-off July 19th . Race . Loretta . 18 July 2017. www.swimswam.com/ . SwimSwam. 21 July 2017.
Web site: Competition Schedule Aquatics. www.results.bahamas2017cyg.com/ . 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee . 22 July 2017.
Web site: Aquatics. www.results.bahamas2017cyg.com/ . 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee . 22 July 2017.
Web site: Clareburt wins two gold medals as New Zealand dominate swimming at Bahamas 2017. Morgan . Liam. 20 July 2017 . Insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media . 20 July 2017.
Web site: Swimming Sport Entries . www.results.bahamas2017cyg.com/ . 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games Organizing Committee . 20 July 2017.
News: Ranasinghe. Lakshman. 18 June 2017. Eight Swimmers off to Bahamas and Hungary. . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2017.
Web site: Sri Lanka nominate two swimming teams for Commonwealth Youth Games and World Aquatics Championships. Uvais. Farhan. 21 June 2017. www.dailysports.lk/ . Daily Sports . 13 July 2017.
Web site: 06/21/17 In Briefs: News From Ireland, New Zealand & Sri Lanka. Race. Loretta. 21 June 2017. www.swimswam.com/ . Swim Swam Partners, LLC . 13 July 2017.