6th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
- Wednesday, August 23 – Monday, August 28, 2017
- 50-Meter Course
- Indianapolis (USA)
- Heats 9:30 am EDT / Semifinals and Finals 6 pm EDT (GMT-5)
- Meet Central
- Meet info
- Schedule
- Entries book
- Omega results
The United States won the FINA Team Trophy for the team with the most points at the conclusion of 6th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. Points were awarded to the top 16 finishers in each individual event and to the top 8 relay team as follows:
- 1st – 18 Indiv / 36 Relay
- 2ne – 16 Indiv / 32 Relay
- 3rd – 15 Indiv / 30 Relay
- 4th – 14 Indiv / 28 Relay
- 5th – 13 Indiv / 26 Relay
- 6th – 12 Indiv / 24 Relay
- 7th – 11 Indiv / 22 Relay
- 8thth – 10 Indiv / 20 Relay
- 9th – 8 Indiv
- 10th – 7 Indiv
- 11th – 6 Indiv
- 12th – 5 Indiv
- 13th – 4 Indiv
- 14th – 3 Indiv
- 15th – 2 Indiv
- 16th – 1 Indiv
In 42 events, the United States had 58 finals appearances. Furthermore, there were another 8 events in which American swimmers placed between 9th and 16th. That kind of performance depth earned Team USA 1031 total points, about 60% more than the next-highest finisher, the Russian Federation (with 627 points). Japan edged Canada for third place, and Hungary came in just ahead of Great Britain at fifth.
The Swimmer of the Meet awards went to Michael Andrew of USA and Rikako Ikee of Japan. You can read more about that here. A total of 66 records were broken during the six-day meet. Find the full list here.
Rank | Nation | Nation | Men | Women | Mixed | Total |
1 | United States | USA | 539 | 428 | 64 | 1031 |
2 | Russian Federation | RUS | 288 | 281 | 58 | 627 |
3 | Japan | JPN | 124 | 366 | 0 | 490 |
4 | Canada | CAN | 33 | 371 | 72 | 476 |
5 | Hungary | HUN | 283 | 114 | 0 | 397 |
6 | Great Britain | GBR | 106 | 239 | 28 | 373 |
7 | Australia | AUS | 230 | 109 | 30 | 369 |
8 | Germany | GER | 125 | 130 | 44 | 299 |
9 | Italy | ITA | 180 | 71 | 26 | 277 |
10 | Spain | ESP | 155 | 87 | 0 | 242 |
11 | Poland | POL | 177 | 19 | 24 | 220 |
12 | Brazil | BRA | 126 | 39 | 46 | 211 |
13 | Ireland | IRL | 41 | 57 | 24 | 122 |
14 | France | FRA | 59 | 29 | 0 | 88 |
15 | South Africa | RSA | 34 | 46 | 0 | 80 |
16 | Czech Republic | CZE | 23 | 50 | 0 | 73 |
17 | Sweden | SWE | 0 | 70 | 0 | 70 |
18 | Argentina | ARG | 12 | 57 | 0 | 69 |
19 | Turkey | TUR | 23 | 44 | 0 | 67 |
20 | Romania | ROU | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
21 | People’s Republic Of China | CHN | 22 | 19 | 0 | 41 |
22 | Denmark | DEN | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
23 | Slovenia | SLO | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
24 | Estonia | EST | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 22 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
26 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
27 | Ukraine | UKR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
28 | Venezuela | VEN | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
29 | Austria | AUT | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
29 | Belarus | BLR | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
31 | Lithuania | LTU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 |
32 | Serbia | SRB | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
33 | Algeria | ALG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
33 | Moldova | MDA | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
35 | Egypt | EGY | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
36 | Korea | KOR | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
37 | Greece | GRE | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
38 | Croatia | CRO | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
38 | Ecuador | ECU | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
40 | Tunisia | TUN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
41 | Slovakia | SVK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
41 | Uruguay | URU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
43 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
44 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | BIH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Biggest puzzler of the team results: Why were the Canadian women so dominant (with 366 points second only to USA women) while the Canadian men were a huge non-factor (33 points even behind Ireland’s men who had 41). The tin foil hat conspiracy types think it’s the same scheming East German scientists who produced prolific women swimmers through the “wonders of chemistry” have now set up shop in Canada. A more sensible explanation is that all the athletically talented Canadian boys are involved in ice hockey but swimming is one non Winter Olympics sport that talented Canadian girls can train year-round and excel in. Same explanation on why the USA Women’s gymnastics team is dominant but the Men’s gymnastics team… Read more »
I heard some discussion of the weakness of young American free stylers as a factor. Thoughts?
I think the Canadian women have two superstars right now Penny Oleksiak and Taylor Ruck who, not only scored significant points at this meet (although Oleksiak only in relays), but have raised the bar and challenged their countrywomen to step up. The men will get there.