FINA has announced the official event schedule for this year’s World Junior Swimming Championships at the newly-refurbished IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The meet will take place from August 23rd through August 28th of 2017, which is about a week later than the last championships, held in Singapore back in 2015.
The event order will stay the same; however, start times for prelims have been pushed back half an hour to 9:30 CT.
Assuming FINA sticks to its usual age classifying criteria, 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 any time during 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 are considered “Juniors” for the meet, no matter what their actual age on competition day, while girls born in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 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.
This will be the first time the United States has ever hosted the senior or junior world championships. The host was originally scheduled to be Budapest, Hungary, but they were forced to step in and host the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships when Mexico pulled out of those duties for financial reasons. Instead of having to host both the Junior Worlds and the World Aquatics Championships in a single year, Budapest will host Junior Worlds in 2019.
| Day 1 – W, August 23 | Day 2 – Th, August 24 | Day 3 – F, August 25 |
| Heats – 9:30 |
Heats – 9:30 | Heats – 9:30 |
| 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 – Sat, August 26 | Day 5 – Sun, August 27 | Day 6 – M, August 28 |
| Heats – 9:30 | Heats – 9:30 | Heats – 9:30 |
| 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 | 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 |
Will the FINA NATIONALS be televised? What network or cable and when during the dates in Indy? We want to watch with aspiring swimmers.
Hannah, will you be posting an articles with rosters for other countries?
Where can I find the qualifying times?
I think in 2015 Singapore hosted, not Dubai.. Dubai was in 2013
How does one qualify?
Hannah,
there is no way a boy born in 1997 would be eligible.That would put him between 19-20y at the start of competition.You probably mean 1999-2002 for boys and 2000-2003 for girls.
Thank you for catching this. The post has been updated.