Three days in, or halfway through, to the 2013 FINA Junior World Championships in Dubai, UAE, there are two metrice by which to decide success.
The first is the pretty standard medal table.
That table demonstrates how this meet has gone thus far. The Australians are dominating the men’s side of the competition, thanks in large part to Mack Horton, and have won half (four of eight) of the gold medals thus far (Horton has three individually, and also anchored Australia’s winning 400 free relay, plus the mixed 400 medley in prelims, for a total of 5 gold medals already).
The American women, on the other hand, are taking the women’s side to task, with 4 golds and 4 silvers for 8 overall medals.
Carried largely by that women’s group, the Americans have the most total medals, but the Australians still stand on top of the table with five golds.
Below that, we’ve listed the team scoring for the meet, which awards 18 points for an event victory, down to 10 for an 8th place finish/
| MEN | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| USA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| WOMEN | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| USA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MIXED | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| Australia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| USA | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Place Team Points
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1 United States of America USA 229
2 Australia AUS 158
3 Canada CAN 119.5
4 Japan JPN 107.5
5 Russia RUS 105
6 Great Britain GBR 81.5
7 Italy ITA 53
8 Ukraine UKR 51
9 Hungary HUN 46
9 Slovenia SLO 46
11 Brazil BRA 44.5
12 Mexico MEX 38
13 Lithuania LTU 35
14 South Africa RSA 22
15 Hong Kong HKG 20
15 Germany GER 20
17 Sweden SWE 13
18 Austria AUT 10
19 Turkey TUR 8
19 Poland POL 8
21 France FRA 7
22 China CHN 4
22 New Zealand NZL 4
24 Czech Republic CZE 2
25 Bahamas BAH 1
Men – Team Scores
Place Team Points
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1 United States of America USA 153
2 Australia AUS 137.5
3 Russia RUS 131
4 Japan JPN 103
5 Brazil BRA 96
6 Poland POL 87.5
7 Canada CAN 85
8 Italy ITA 82.5
9 Great Britain GBR 70
10 South Africa RSA 39
11 Czech Republic CZE 31
12 Lithuania LTU 29
12 France FRA 29
14 Trinidad & Tobago TRI 22
14 Greece GRE 22
16 Egypt EGY 21
17 Hungary HUN 16
18 Mexico MEX 15
19 Kazakhstan KAZ 14
19 Venezuela VEN 14
21 Austria AUT 10
22 Germany GER 7.5
23 New Zealand NZL 6
24 Portugal POR 4
25 Croatia CRO 3
25 Sweden SWE 3
27 Uzbekistan UZB 1
Mack Horton is putting the team on his back
Do prelim swimmers get medals as well? If so, I think Mack Horton would have 5 gold medals for his contributions to the mixed 4 x 100 free relay.
NickH – I suppose you’re right! I was focused on finals swimmers, but he was on that prelims. Will fix now.