2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships

World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2025
World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2025
Host city	Otopeni, Romania
Date	19–24 August
	← 2023 Netanya

The 10th World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships were held in Otopeni, Romania, from 19 to 24 August 2025.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Romania)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	10	6	6	22
2	Neutral Athletes B	5	5	5	15
3	China	5	3	3	11
4	Japan	4	8	6	18
5	Great Britain	3	7	5	15
6	Italy	3	2	7	12
7	Turkey	3	0	1	4
8	Lithuania	2	1	1	4
9	Ireland	2	0	1	3
10	South Korea	1	1	1	3
11	Argentina	1	1	0	2
12	Australia	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	South Africa	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
16	Germany	0	3	0	3
17	Romania*	0	1	1	2
18	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
21	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		43	41	42	126

Source: Medal table

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle^[3]	Nikita Sheremet Ukraine	21.99	Jacob Mills Great Britain	22.02	Carlos D’Ambrosio Italy	22.14
100 m freestyle^[4]	Carlos D’Ambrosio Italy	47.88	Jacob Mills Great Britain	48.22	Tajus Juska Lithuania	48.72
200 m freestyle^[5]	Carlos D’Ambrosio Italy	1:45.15 CR, NR	Xu Haibo China	1:46.67	Raito Numata Japan	1:46.70
400 m freestyle^[6]	Grigorii Vekovishchev Neutral Athletes B	3:46.64	Egor Babinich Neutral Athletes B	3:47.57	Xu Haibo China	3:47.73
800 m freestyle^[7]	Kuzey Tunçelli Turkey	7:46.52	Kazushi Imafuku Japan	7:48.34 NR	Grigorii Vekovishchev Neutral Athletes B	7:50.04
1500 m freestyle^[8]	Kuzey Tunçelli Turkey	14:48.81	Kazushi Imafuku Japan	14:56.97	Vasileios Kakoulakis Greece	15:00.29

50 m backstroke^[9]	Georgii Iakovlev Neutral Athletes B	24.91	Not awarded		John Shortt Ireland	25.06
50 m backstroke^[9]	Daniele Del Signore Italy	24.91	Not awarded		John Shortt Ireland	25.06
100 m backstroke^[10]	John Shortt Ireland	53.86	Georgii Iakovlev Neutral Athletes B	53.94	Gavin Keogh United States	54.06
200 m backstroke^[11]	John Shortt Ireland	1:56.19 NR	Daniele Del Signore Italy	1:57.99	David Melnychuk United States	1:58.13

50 m breaststroke^[12]	Nusrat Allahverdi Turkey	26.98	Jan Malte Grafe Germany	26.99	Shin Osashi Japan	27.12
100 m breaststroke^[13]	Filip Nowacki Great Britain	59.20	Shin Ohashi Japan	59.50	Max Morgan Great Britain	59.93
200 m breaststroke^[14]	Filip Nowacki Great Britain	2:07.32 CR	Shin Ohashi Japan	2:07.56	Gabe Nunziata United States	2:09.70

50 m butterfly^[15]	Dean Fearn Great Britain	23.54	Abdul Jabar Adama Nigeria	23.64	Jan Foltýn Czech Republic	23.65
100 m butterfly^[16]	Tajus Juska Lithuania	51.83 NR	Lucio Flavio de Paula Filho Brazil	52.01	Dean Fearn Great Britain	52.33
200 m butterfly^[17]	Kris Mihaylov South Africa	1:56.16	David Antal Hungary	1:56.87	Tuncer Berk Ertürk Turkey	1:58.21

200 m individual medley^[18]	Mikhail Shcherbakov Neutral Athletes B	1:57.25 CR	Yumeki Kojima Japan	1:57.32	Raito Numata Japan	1:57.98
400 m individual medley^[19]	Raito Numata Japan	4:11.37	Yumeki Kojima Japan	4:12.99	Robert-Andrei Badea Romania	4:13.79 NR

4×100 m freestyle relay^[20]	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	Italy (ITA) Francesco Ceolin (50.15) Daniel D'Agostino (49.40) Daniele Del Signore (49.28) Carlos D’Ambrosio (47.20) Gabriele Valente^[a]	3:16.03	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^[21]	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]	7:10.39	Japan (JPN) Kazusa Kuroda (1:47.80) Yumeki Kojima (1:48.55) Kazushi Imafuku (1:50.19) Raito Numata (1:45.93)	7:12.47	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^[22]	Japan (JPN) Yumeki Kojima (54.92) Shin Ohashi (58.55) Raito Numata (52.94) Kazusa Kuroda (48.59) Toya Hirata^[a]	3:35.00	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]	3:35.02	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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle^[23]	Rylee Erisman United States	24.70	Theodora Taylor Great Britain	24.72	Jana Pavalić Croatia	24.85
100 m freestyle^[24]	Rylee Erisman United States	52.79 CR	Lily King United States	54.19	Theodora Taylor Great Britain	54.20
200 m freestyle^[25]	Yang Peiqi China	1:56.25 CR	Rylee Erisman United States	1:56.76	Alessandra Mao Italy	1:57.00
400 m freestyle^[26]	Yang Peiqi China	4:05.38 CR	Yan Tiaoshan China	4:05.80	Kennedi Dobson United States	4:06.66
800 m freestyle^[27]	Yang Peiqi China	8:22.93	Agostina Hein Argentina	8:26.19	Kseniia Misharina Neutral Athletes B	8:29.50
1500 m freestyle^[28]	Yang Peiqi China	16:08.37	Kseniia Misharina Neutral Athletes B	16:12.63	Emma Vittoria Giannelli Italy	16:15.40

50 m backstroke^[29]	Ainsley Trotter Australia	27.88	Kim Seung-won South Korea	28.00	Blythe Kinsman Great Britain	28.04
100 m backstroke^[30]	Charlotte Crush United States	59.52	Daria-Mariuca Silisteanu Romania	1:00.02 NR	Madison Kryger Canada	1:00.27
200 m backstroke^[31]	Audrey Derivaux United States	2:06.99 CR	Charlotte Crush United States	2:07.83	Milana Stepanova Neutral Athletes B	2:09.99

50 m breaststroke^[32]	Rachel McAlpin United States	30.78	Smiltė Plytnykaitė Lithuania	31.12	Ralina Giliazova Neutral Athletes B	31.19
100 m breaststroke^[33]	Smiltė Plytnykaitė Lithuania	1:06.86	Lena Ludwig Germany	1:07.60	Moon Su-a South Korea	1:07.86
200 m breaststroke^[34]	Moon Su-a South Korea	2:24.77	Lena Ludwig Germany	2:26.56	Kaidy Stout United States	2:26.84

50 m butterfly^[35]	Zoe Pedersen New Zealand	25.63	Mizuki Hirai Japan	25.66	Martine Damborg Denmark	25.80
100 m butterfly^[36]	Mizuki Hirai Japan	56.87 CR	Audrey Derivaux United States	57.74	Gong Zhenqi China	58.10
200 m butterfly^[37]	Audrey Derivaux United States	2:07.57	Serafima Fokina Neutral Athletes B	2:07.67	Umi Ishizuka Japan	2:08.16

200 m individual medley^[38]	Audrey Derivaux United States	2:10.58	Amalie Smith Great Britain	2:11.07	Shuna Sasaki Japan	2:11.84
400 m individual medley^[39]	Agostina Hein Argentina	4:34.34 CR, NR	Amalie Smith Great Britain	4:35.49	Shuna Sasaki Japan	4:38.94

4×100 m freestyle relay^[40]	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	Neutral Athletes B Kira Manokhina (54.51) Mariia Poleshchuk (54.49) Alisa Zakharova (54.45) Milana Stepanova (54.42) Vasilisa Malaeva^[a]	3:37.87	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^[41]	China (CHN) Yan Tiaoshan (1:57.69) Gong Zhenqi (1:57.91) Luo Mingyu (2:00.45) Yang Peiqi (1:55.54)	7:51.59	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]	7:52.82	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^[42]	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]	3:59.85	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	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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay^[43]	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]	3:26.03	Great Britain (GBR) Gabriel Shepherd (49.72) Jacob Mills (47.76) Skye Carter (54.63) Theodora Taylor (54.06)	3:26.17	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^[44]	Japan (JPN) Yumeki Kojima (54.90) Shin Ohashi (58.52) Mizuki Hirai (56.68) Yui Fukuoka (55.47) Toya Hirata^[a]	3:45.57	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]	3:46.12	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

Date	Round	Event	Time	Name	Nation
19 August	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:15.38	Mikhail Shcherbakov (49.13) Roman Zhidkov (48.37) Egor Proshin (48.98) Georgii Zlotnikov (48.90)	Neutral Athletes B
21 August	Semifinal 2	Men's 50 metre freestyle	=21.75	Nikita Sheremet	Ukraine
23 August	Heat 9	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	26.95	Jan Malte Gräfe	Germany
23 August	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:35.53	Rylee Erisman (53.41) Liberty Clark (53.85) Julie Mishler (54.65) Lily King (53.62)	United States

Championship records

Date	Round	Event	Time	Name	Nation
19 August	Final	Women's 400 metre individual medley	4:34.34	Agostina Hein	Argentina
20 August	Heat 11	Women's 100 metre freestyle	53.17	Rylee Erisman	United States
20 August	Final	Men's 200 metre freestyle	1:45.15	Carlos D’Ambrosio	Italy
20 August	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre freestyle	53.09	Rylee Erisman	United States
20 August	Final	Men's 200 metre individual medley	1:57.25	Mikhail Shcherbakov	Neutral Athletes B
21 August	Final	Women's 200 metre backstroke	2:06.99	Audrey Derivaux	United States
21 August	Final	Women's 100 metre freestyle	52.79	Rylee Erisman	United States
22 August	Semifinal 1	Women's 50 metre backstroke	27.77	Kim Seung-won	South Korea
22 August	Final	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	2:07.32	Filip Nowacki	Great Britain
22 August	Final	Women's 400 metre freestyle	4:05.38	Yang Peiqi	China
23 August	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre butterfly	57.02	Mizuki Hirai	Japan
24 August	Final	Women's 100 metre butterfly	56.87	Mizuki Hirai	Japan
24 August	Final	Women's 200 metre freestyle	1:56.25	Yang Peiqi	China

Participating countries

Swimmers from the following 126 countries competed at the Championships.

References

External links

[1] "World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2025". worldaquatics.com. 19 August 2025.

[2] "Windermere's Rylee Erisman dominates World Junior Swimming Championship". Orange Observer News. 28 August 2025.

[3] Men's 50m Freestyle Final

[4] Men's 100m Freestyle Final

[5] Men's 200m Freestyle Final

[6] Men's 400m Freestyle Final

[7] Men's 800m Freestyle Final

[8] Men's 1500m Freestyle Final

[9] Men's 50m Backstroke Final

[10] Men's 100m Backstroke Final

[11] Men's 200m Backstroke Final

[12] Men's 50m Breaststroke Final

[13] Men's 100m Breaststroke Final

[14] Men's 200m Breaststroke Final

[15] Men's 50m Butterfly Final

[16] Men's 100m Butterfly Final

[17] Men's 200m Butterfly Final

[18] Men's 200m Individual Medley Final

[19] Men's 400m Individual Medley Final

[20] Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final

[21] Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final

[22] Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final

[23] Women's 50m Freestyle Final

[24] Women's 100m Freestyle Final

[25] Women's 200m Freestyle Final

[26] Women's 400m Freestyle Final

[27] Women's 800m Freestyle Final

[28] Women's 1500m Freestyle Final

[29] Women's 50m Backstroke Final

[30] Women's 100m Backstroke Final

[31] Women's 200m Backstroke Final

[32] Women's 50m Breaststroke Final

[33] Women's 100m Breaststroke Final

[34] Women's 200m Breaststroke Final

[35] Women's 50m Butterfly Final

[36] Women's 100m Butterfly Final

[37] Women's 200m Butterfly Final

[38] Women's 200m Individual Medley Final

[39] Women's 400m Individual Medley Final

[40] Women's 4x100m Freestyle Final

[41] Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final

[42] Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final

[43] Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Final

[44] Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final

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