2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships
- August 21-24, 2024
- Canberra, Australia
- LCM (50 meters)
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- All Days Prelim Heat Sheet
- Prelims Recaps: Day 1
- Finals Recaps: Day 1
The U.S. jumped to an early lead on the medal table during the first day of competition at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Canberra.
Americans won seven out of the nine events in the finals lineup, establishing a clear dominance over the podium as they racked up the gold medals.
Winning the first gold of the night for the U.S. was Luka Mijatovic, who prevailed in the 200 free in a time of 1:48.05 to bring home his first international gold medal.
The only other countries that saw swimmers walk away with a gold medal after day one were Canada and Australia, who each brought home one apiece.
Trailing not far behind Canada and Australia is Japan, who despite not securing any victories, has the second-highest medal count after the United States. Having had swimmers post 2-3 finishes in multiple events, Japan managed to clinch three silvers and four bronze medals, bringing their total tally to seven.
Swimmers from these four countries dominated the competition from start to finish, as no other country has managed to break onto the podium yet, but with three more days of competition ahead there is still time for plenty of changes to the medal table.
JUNIOR PAN PACIFICS MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 1
| RANK | COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Would be cool to see some medal table shakeup if countries like Brazil and China ever decide to send a full scale junior teams
Please someone tell me luka mijatovic compete for usa or Serbia in la28
As opposed to competing for Narnia?