FINA has announced the official dates and event schedule for the next World Junior Championships, to happen in 2015 in Singapore.
The meet will take place from September 1st to September 6th of 2015, which is about a week later than the last championships, held in Dubai back in 2013.
The event order will stay the same, though, as will the start times: prelims will kick off at 9 AM and finals 6 PM local time.
The meet will feature boys ages 15-18 and girls aged 14-17 based on FINA’s age criteria, which go by year of birth. Athletes are classified based on their age on December 31st of the year of competition, so boys born anytime during 1997, 1998, 1999 or 2000 are considered “Juniors” for the meet, no matter what their actual age on competition day, while girls born in 1998, 1999, 2000 or 2001 are eligible. The upshot of all this is that male athletes who are 18 during the meet dates but turn 19 between September and December will not be eligible to compete. The same goes for girls who turn 18 during that time frame.
You can find more event info on the FINA World Juniors page here.
Here are how the events spread out over the 6-day meet, according to the FINA website:
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Heats – 9:00 |
Heats – 9:00 | Heats – 9:00 |
| 400m Freestyle M 50m Breaststroke W 100m Backstroke M 400m Ind. Medley W 100m Breaststroke M 100m Backstroke W 4x100m Freestyle M 4x200m Freestyle W |
200m Ind. Medley M 100m Freestyle W 100m Butterfly M 200m Butterfly W 200m Freestyle M 4x100m Medley Mixed 800m Freestyle W – slow heats |
50m Butterfly W 50m Backstroke M 100m Breaststroke W 50m Freestyle M 200m Backstroke W 4x100m Freestyle Mixed 800m Freestyle M – slow heats |
| Semifinals & Finals – 18:00 |
Semifinals & Finals – 18:00 | Semifinals & Finals – 18:00 |
| 400m Freestyle M – Final 50m Breaststroke W – Semi 100m Backstroke M – Semi 400m Ind. Medley W – Final 100m Breaststroke M – Semi 100m Backstroke W – Semi 4x100m Freestyle M – Final 4x200m Freestyle W – Final |
100m Backstroke M – Final 200m Butterfly W – Final 200m Freestyle M – Final 50m Breaststroke W – Final 100m Butterfly M – Semi 100m Freestyle W – Semi 100m Breaststroke M – Final 100m Backstroke W – Final 200m Ind. Medley M – Final 800m Freestyle W – fastest heat 4x100m Medley Mixed – Final |
50m Butterfly W – Semi 50m Freestyle M – Semi 200m Backstroke W – Final 100m Butterfly M – Final 100m Breaststroke W – Semi 50m Backstroke M – Semi 100m Freestyle W – Final 800m Freestyle M – fastest heat 4x100m Freestyle Mixed – Final |
| Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 |
| Heats – 9:00 | Heats – 9:00 | Heats – 9:00 |
| 50m Backstroke W 50m Butterfly M 400m Freestyle W 200m Breaststroke M 200m Ind. Medley W 4x200m Freestyle M |
100m Freestyle M 100m Butterfly W 400m Ind. Medley M 50m Freestyle W 50m Breaststroke M 4x100m Freestyle W 1500m Freestyle W – slow heats |
200m Backstroke M 200m Breaststroke W 200m Butterfly M 200m Freestyle W 4x100m Medley M 4x100m Medley W 1500m Freestyle M – slow heats |
| Semifinals & Finals – 18:00 | Semifinals & Finals – 18:00 | Semifinals & Finals – 18:00 |
| 50m Backstroke W – Semi 200m Breaststroke M – Final 50m Butterfly W – Final 50m Backstroke M – Final 100m Breaststroke W – Final 50m Butterfly M – Semi 400m Freestyle W – Final 50m Freestyle M – Final 200m Ind. Medley W – Final 4x200m Freestyle M – Final |
1500m Freestyle W – fastest heat 100m Freestyle M – Semi 100m Butterfly W – Semi 50m Butterfly M – Final 50m Freestyle W – Semi 50m Breaststroke M – Semi 50m Backstroke W – Final 400m Ind. Medley M – Final 4x100m Freestyle W – Final |
100m Freestyle M – Final 200m Breaststroke W – Final 200m Backstroke M – Final 100m Butterfly W – Final 1500m Freestyle M – fastest heat 50m Freestyle W – Final 200m Butterfly M – Final 50m Breaststroke M – Final 200m Freestyle W – Final 4x100m Medley M – Final 4x100m Medley W – Final |
What are the time ranks required for the junior competition at singapore 2015
Hi, I’m working with the federation in Cambodia to develop youth swimming. I’d be really interested to know where I can find details of the qualifying times for the championships.
Thank you!
Hi iM à surinamese competitive swimmer and i like to know the qualifying times
,my time in 50 breaststroke is 31:96
Wow – this is really a late date for this meet. Means that US high school swimmers will need to miss the first two weeks of school!
Based on the people who went to the last Jr Worlds (Dressel, Sedov, Solnceva, Ustinova) every country must send their best, cause some real high quality swims will probably happen.. much better than focusing on some start of HS meet for sure..
What are the qualifying times for each and every events that are going to be held for the junior world championships in Singapore 2015