At their bureau meeting in Cancun, Mexico this week, FINA voted to establish FINA Swimming World Junior Records for boys aged 15-18 and girls aged 14-17.
But you won’t see many of the heroes of the past on this list; that’s because, like all of the recently added FINA World Records, they won’t look backwards for records, they will only proceed forward.
To be established as a World Record, a swim will have to clear the World Junior Championship Record after last year’s FINA Junior World Championships (which are listed below). They gave no indication that those would be considered Junior World Records at any time, rather that the records would remain blank until those times were cleared.
Most of these records were set at the 2013 edition of the event in Dubai, UAE.
The current Junior World Championship Records are as follows:
Men
| Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | 22.11 | sf | Luke Percy |  Australia |
28 August 2013 | 2013 Championships |  Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[2] |
| 100m freestyle | 48.97 | Caeleb Dressel |  United States |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[3] | |
| 200m freestyle | 1:47.55 | Mackenzie Horton | Australia |
27 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[4] | |
| 400m freestyle | 3:47.12 | Mackenzie Horton | Australia |
26 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[5] | |
| 800m freestyle | 7:45.67 | Mackenzie Horton | Australia |
28 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[6] | |
| 1500m freestyle | 14:56.60 | Mackenzie Horton | Australia |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[7] | |
| 50m backstroke | 25.44 | Grigory Tarasevich |  Russia |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[8] | |
| 100m backstroke | 54.87 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
27 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[9] | |
| 200m backstroke | 1:57.92 | Luca Mencarini |  Italy |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[10] | |
| 50m breaststroke | 27.74 | h | Peter John Stevens |  Slovenia |
30 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[11] |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:00.88 | Ilya Khomenko | Russia |
27 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[12] | |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:10.75 | Aleksandr Palatov | Russia |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[13] | |
| 50m butterfly | 23.61 | Daniel Bell |  New Zealand |
11 July 2008 | 2008 Championships |  Monterrey, Mexico |
[14] | |
| 100m butterfly | 52.52 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand |
9 July 2008 | 2008 Championships | Monterrey, Mexico |
[15] | |
| 200m butterfly | 1:56.42 | Andrew Seliskar | United States |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[16] | |
| 200m individual medley | 1:59.44 | Joseph “Gunnar” Bentz | United States |
27 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[17] | |
| 400m individual medley | 4:14.97 | Joseph “Gunnar” Bentz | United States |
30 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[18] | |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:16.96 |
(49.14)
Luke Percy (49.11)
Regan Leong (49.38)
Blake Jones (49.33)
Mackenzie Horton |
Australia |
26 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[17] | |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 7:15.36 |
(1:50.88)
Matthew Johnson (1:49.11)
Max Litchfield (1:48.98)
Caleb Hughes (1:46.39)
James Guy |
 Great Britain |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[19] | |
| 4×100m medley relay | 3:38.13 |
(55.47)
Keita Sunama (1:00.56)
Kohei Goto (52.20)
Takaya Yasue (49.90)
Toru Maruyama |
 Japan |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[20] |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Women
| Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | 25.02 | sf | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia |
30 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[21] |
| 100m freestyle | 54.47 | Siobhan Bernadette Haughey |  Hong Kong |
28 August 2013 | 2013 Championship | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[22] | |
| 200m freestyle | 1:58.93 | Brittany MacLean |  Canada |
21 August 2011 | 2011 Championships |  Lima, Peru |
[23] | |
| 400m freestyle | 4:06.30 | Elena Sokolova | Russia |
11 July 2008 | 2008 Championships | Monterrey, Mexico |
[24] | |
| 800m freestyle | 8:32.30 | Bonnie Macdonald | Australia |
17 August 2011 | 2011 Championships | Lima, Peru |
[25] | |
| 1500m freestyle | 16:18.63 | Tjaša Oder | Slovenia |
20 August 2011 | 2011 Championships | Lima, Peru |
[26] | |
| 50m backstroke | 28.14 | h | Gabrielle Fa’amausili | New Zealand |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[27] |
| 100m backstroke | 1:00.59 | Daryna Zevina |  Ukraine |
17 August 2011 | 2011 Championships | Lima, Peru |
[28] | |
| 200m backstroke | 2:09.74 | Kylie Stewart | United States |
28 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[29] | |
| 50m breaststroke | 29.86 | Rūta Meilutytė |  Lithuania |
27 August 2013 | 2013 Championship | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[30] | |
| 100m breaststroke | 1:06.61 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[31] | |
| 200m breaststroke | 2:23.12 | Viktoriya Solnceva | Ukraine |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[32] | |
| 50m butterfly | 26.32 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[33] | |
| 100m butterfly | 58.34 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[34] | |
| 200m butterfly | 2:08.10 | Natsuki Akiyama | Japan |
9 July 2008 | 2008 Championships | Monterrey, Mexico |
[35] | |
| 200m individual medley | 2:12.32 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania |
29 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[36] | |
| 400m individual medley | 4:40.02 | Ella Eastin | United States |
26 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
[37] | |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | 3:41.40 |
(55.05)
Mariia Baklakova (55.35)
Rozaliya Nasretdinova (55.45)
Valeriia Kolotushkina (55.55)
Daria S. Ustinova |
Russia |
30 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[38] | |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | 7:59.42 |
(2:00.35)
Quinn Carrozza (1:59.34)
Kathryn McLaughlin (2:00.08)
Katherine Drabot (1:59.65)
Cierra Runge |
United States |
26 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[39] | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | 4:04.48 |
(1:01.29)
Daria K. Ustinova (1:08.74)
Anna Belousova (58.65)
Svetlana Chimrova (55.80)
Rozaliya Nasretdinova |
Russia |
31 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[40] |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
Mixed
| Event | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x100m freestyle relay | 3:28.74 |
(49.57)
Luke Percy (49.59)
Regan Leong (54.37)
Shayna Jack (55.21)
Georgia Miller |
Australia |
28 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[41] | |
| 4x100m medley relay | 3:48.89 |
(1:01.42)
Daria K. Ustinova (59.96)
Vsevolod Zanko (58.30)
Svetlana Chimrova (49.21)
Evgeny Sedov |
Russia |
27 August 2013 | 2013 Championships | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
[42] |
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
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These records don’t mean much if they aren’t including swimmers from the past at these same events. The relays are probably not accurate either.
Why the lower limit on the age ranges? What does that serve?
Also, I saw a couple commenters saying that FINA couldn’t backdate records because it would be a long time before anyone touched phelps/ledecky/Thorpe etc. personally I think it’s a good thing when some records aren’t broken every 2-3 years.
Do they only count certain meets? (Like only Junior Worlds or Junior Pan Pacs) or does any ordinary meet count? It’ll l be hard for them to keep track of if any ordinary meet counts, won’t it? For example, Ledecky is still in that 14-17 range so wouldn’t her times count? Would her normal world records also be junior world records? Also, Michael Andrew must be so excited about these new “world NAGs” to chase. Good addition by FINA. Could take things to the next level in jr swimming.
It is tough to say World Nag when the real world NAG are not there.. ( and are times everybody who likes swimming knows)
Even Horton having a lot of “World Nag Record” everytime he looks at Australian all time age he will see Thorpe…
If you look at past history, when an event was added to the world record level, FINA has never back tracked. For instance, when the 50 meter freestyle as added to World Record status circa 1980, previous times were not considered. The record had a start date and proceeded from that point.
IIRC, you used to have to go faster than what was the known fastest time (ie. world best) at the official establishment of an event as a world record event in order to become the first world record holder in the event. Look at some of the stroke 50s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_record_progression_50_metres_backstroke
Jeff Rouse is the first WR holder in the 50 back (LC in 1993; SC in 1995)
Women’s side there is no world record until Sandra Volker several years later (LC 1997; SC 1998)
In 50 fly, the years of first world record are Denis Pankratov (LC 1996) Mark Foster (SC 1995) Inge de Bruijn (LC 1999) and Amy Van Dyken (SC… Read more »
But why did Fina did not consider ALL championships?
They have Daniel Bell dating back from 2008.. but they ignored Mcevoy Ledecky Missy and Ye… Even Ruta 100 breast is not her WR
That is what puzzles me as well.
It’s as if those swimmers swam those times in some small club or regional meets, McEvoy, Missy, Ledecky, Ye, Ruta swam those times in Olympic, Worlds, or National/Trials championships. They are all FINA-sanctioned FFS!
I can understand doping control being a concern and you aren’t going to necessarily have that done for a junior who finished second or third in a race in a brilliant time at the Queensland State Championships or North Baltimore Christmas Meet. But they definitely should put it on the list if it’s an Olympics/WCs and the swimmer did have a negative drug test afterwards, which would be most of the people we’re talking about.
It seems FINA is looking back, but only to previous Junior World Championships – some of the girls’ records are from 2008 and 2011. Maybe this is fair, because not all times are submitted to FINA by home nations, although I suspect that submission criteria will now change.
Currently, I think a swim must be sent to FINA if it attracts 750 FINA points or more, although nations may submit swims with slower points.
Whilst it is inconceivable that any swim qualifying even for a junior record would not attract the minimum submission points, unless there is a cut off point/criteria (as applied by FINA) there could be considerable difficulties in compiling progressive records which would be the only… Read more »
I think they should be talking about points.. but at the age they defined.. what is the fastest time for a swimmer? Then we would probably have Thorpe Phelps Mcevoy Ye Missy Ledecky
Patsy – just to clarify, these Championship Records are not ever going to be recognized as World Records until beaten. They’re just the “baseline” that has to be topped before a WR will be recognized.
Ah, thanks, that clarifies things and it seems even fairer this way…
it’s not fairer, because it does not recognize faster registered swims in FINA sanctioned meets.
From USAS’s top 100 girls rankings for 13-14:
100M free- 54.03 Missy Franklin 2009 (I’m sure the Aussies have a number under the official time here as well)
200M free- 1:58.53 Sippy Woodhead 1979; Missy Franklin 1:58.67 2009
800M free- 8:28.54 Becca Mann 2012; 8:28.35 Sippy Woodhead 1979; Katie Ledecky 8:30.12 2012
1500M free- 16:11.98 Becca Mann 2012; 16:12.57 Michelle Richardson 1984
100 back- 1:00.50 Missy Franklin 2009
200 back- 2:09.16 Missy Franklin 2009
200 fly- 2:07.01 Madame Butterfly 1979 (world record at the time)
400 IM- 4:39.76 Becca Mann 2012; 4:39.82 Katie Hoff 2004
Cate Campbell’s junior times would destroy any of 50/100 free listed and would stay in the records list for decades to come.
She swam 24.9 as 14 yo (in textile)
She swam 24.17 (just turning 16 yo) and 53.30 (as 15 yo, beating Coughlin at Santa Clara)
Or how about Tracy Wickham’s 4:06.28 she swam when she was 15 yo from 1978?
Mitch Pratt is faster over 200 fly
Why the age difference between sexes?
sandy – this is pretty standard in international swimming ages, and are the same age ranges used for Junior Worlds. The different age ranges recognize that girls mature earlier and are more likely to be competing at the senior level at a younger age.
The rest of the world isn’t as PC about that fact as we’re forced to be here in the states.