2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
# 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

The 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships was held from 30 August to 4 September 2022 at the Videna Aquatic Center in Lima, Peru. It was open to competition for girls ages 14 to 17 years old and boys ages 15 to 18 years old at the end of the 2022 calendar year. All events were conducted in a 50-metre (long course) pool.

Originally the competition was planned for 24–29 August 2021, however the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its postponement to 24–29 August 2022. In April 2022, FINA announced a change of dates as well as a change host from Kazan, Russia to Lima, Peru due to the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine. The same month, FINA announced athletes and officials from Belarus and Russia were banned from the Championships.

## Qualification

Various qualification systems were implemented internationally, one of which used by Swimming New Zealand and Swimming South Africa was the selection of swimmers to compete at the 8th World Junior Swimming Championships from pre-defined national-level competitions based on the swimmers's times and overall national rank of their performances across the defined competitions, only the top two were eligible per individual event. Another selection procedure, put forward by Swim Ireland before the location and dates of the Championships were changed and retained after the change, was based on swimmers achieving pre-defined consideration times at a national championships or the 2022 European Junior Championships and overall national rank. Prior to the change of dates and location in 2022, British Swimming also announced a selection procedure, basing selection on swimmer performances at a single selection meet, the 2022 British Swimming Championships.

## Schedule

A total of 42 events were competed over six days, starting on 30 August and concluding on 4 September.

| H | Heats | SF | Semifinals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - |

Men :

| Date → | Tue 30 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Sun 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | H | SF | | | | | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | SF | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | H | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | H | SF | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | H | SF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | SF | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | H | SF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | SF | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | H | SF | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | H | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | H | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | H | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | |

Women :

| Date → | Tue 30 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Sun 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | SF | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | H | SF | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | H | | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | SF | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | H | SF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | H | | | | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | H | SF | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | H | SF | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | H | SF | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | H | SF | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | H | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | H | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | H | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | H | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | |

Mixed :

| Date → | Tue 30 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Sun 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | H | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | H | | | | | | | | | |

## Medal summary

### Medal table

* Host nation (Peru)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Hungary | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Poland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |

## Results

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle | Diogo Ribeiro Portugal | 21.92 | Nikolas Antoniou Cyprus | 22.51 NR | Jere Hribar Croatia | 22.55 |
| 100 m freestyle | David Popovici Romania | 47.13 | Jere Hribar Croatia | 49.37 | Nikolas Antoniou Cyprus | 49.91 |
| 200 m freestyle | David Popovici Romania | 1:46.18 CR | Dániel Mészáros Hungary | 1:48.98 | Filippo Bertoni Italy | 1:49.05 |
| 400 m freestyle | Stephan Steverink Brazil | 3:48.27 | Vlad Stancu Romania | 3:48.38 | Krzysztof Chmielewski Poland | 3:49.34 |
| 800 m freestyle | Carlos Garach Spain | 7:52.73 | Batuhan Filiz Turkey | 7:55.61 | Vlad Stancu Romania | 7:56.14 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Carlos Garach Spain | 15:08.14 | László Gálicz Hungary | 15:12.71 | Vlad Stancu Romania | 15:17.97 |
| 50 m backstroke | Ksawery Masiuk Poland | 24.44 CR, NR | Pieter Coetze South Africa | 24.61 | Miroslav Knedla Czech Republic | 25.18 |
| 100 m backstroke | Ksawery Masiuk Poland | 52.91 CR | Pieter Coetze South Africa | 52.99 | Miroslav Knedla Czech Republic | 55.08 |
| 200 m backstroke | Pieter Coetze South Africa | 1:56.05 CR | Hidekazu Takehara Japan | 1:58.22 | Ksawery Masiuk Poland | 1:58.55 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Uroš Živanović Serbia | 27.70 | Alex Sabattani Italy | 28.21 | Luka Mladenovic Austria | 28.32 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Luka Mladenovic Austria | 1:01.30 | Uroš Živanović Serbia | 1:01.64 | Filip Urbański Poland | 1:02.80 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Asahi Kawashima Japan | 2:12.61 | Luka Mladenovic Austria | 2:12.94 | Adam Mak Hong Kong | 2:13.90 |
| 50 m butterfly | Diogo Ribeiro Portugal | 22.96 WJ, NR | Daniel Gracík Czech Republic | 23.46 NR | Casper Puggaard Denmark | 23.96 |
| 100 m butterfly | Diogo Ribeiro Portugal | 52.03 | Daniel Gracík Czech Republic | 52.51 | Casper Puggaard Denmark | 52.94 |
| 200 m butterfly | Krzysztof Chmielewski Poland | 1:55.78 | Michał Chmielewski Poland | 1:57.69 | Ei Kamikawabata Japan | 1:58.37 |
| 200 m individual medley | Sanberk Yiğit Oktar Turkey | 1:59.89 NR | Tomoyuki Matsushita Japan | 2:00.89 | Yuta Watanabe Japan | 2:01.39 |
| 400 m individual medley | Riku Yamaguchi Japan | 4:14.88 | Stephan Steverink Brazil | 4:17.68 | Vasileios Sofikitis Greece | 4:19.60 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Romania David Popovici (47.07) CR Alexandru Constantinescu (51.17) Ștefan Cozma (51.10) Patrick Dinu (49.50) | 3:18.84 | France Benjamin Chateigner (50.41) Nans Mazellier (49.48) Cédric Gabali (50.26) Mattéo Robba (50.14) | 3:20.29 | Lithuania Daniil Pancerevas (49.99) Kiril Stepanov (50.81) Tomas Lukminas (49.96) Rokas Jazdauskas (49.65) | 3:20.41 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Italy Alessandro Ragaini (1:49.05) Simone Spediacci (1:49.59) Massimo Chiaroni (1:49.90) Filippo Bertoni (1:48.54) Francesco Lazzari | 7:17.08 | Hungary Zsombor Bujdosó (1:51.44) Benedek Bóna (1:48.74) Attila Kovács (1:49.36) Dániel Mészáros (1:48.01) | 7:17.55 | Poland Ksawery Masiuk (1:48.93) Krzysztof Matuszewski (1:50.55) Adam Zdybel (1:50.34) Jakub Walter (1:50.11) Michał Pruszyński | 7:19.93 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Poland Ksawery Masiuk (53.46) Filip Urbański (1:02.40) Michał Chmielewski (53.87) Krzysztof Matuszewski (50.44) Filip Kosiński Krzysztof Chmielewski Szymon Misiak | 3:40.17 | South Africa Pieter Coetze (53.66) Kian Keylock (1:04.00) Jarden Eaton (54.88) Luca Holtzhausen (50.41) | 3:42.95 | France Simon Clusman (55.78) Nans Mazellier (1:04.17) Yohan Airaud (53.31) Mattéo Robba (50.42) | 3:43.68 |

$^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle | Bianca Costea Romania | 25.35 | Sara Curtis Italy | 25.53 | Matilde Biagiotti Italy | 25.60 |
| 100 m freestyle | Nikolett Pádár Hungary | 55.11 | Matilde Biagiotti Italy | 55.56 | Marina Cacciapuoti Italy | 55.92 |
| 200 m freestyle | Nikolett Pádár Hungary | 1:58.19 | Lilla Minna Ábrahám Hungary | 1:58.23 | Giulia Vetrano Italy | 1:59.54 |
| 400 m freestyle | Merve Tuncel Turkey | 4:10.29 | Ruka Takezawa Japan | 4:11.83 | Giulia Vetrano Italy | 4:11.86 |
| 800 m freestyle | Merve Tuncel Turkey | 8:30.00 | Ruka Takezawa Japan | 8:36.80 | Carla Carrón Spain | 8:42.88 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Merve Tuncel Turkey | 16:15.95 | Ruka Takezawa Japan | 16:24.61 | Niko Aoki Japan | 16:30.74 |
| 50 m backstroke | Lora Komoróczy Hungary | 28.51 | Aimi Nagaoka Japan | 28.70 | Sara Curtis Italy | 28.93 |
| 100 m backstroke | Dóra Molnár Hungary | 1:01.44 | Aimi Nagaoka Japan | 1:01.45 | Chiaki Yamamoto Japan | 1:02.10 |
| 200 m backstroke | Yuzuki Mizuno Japan | 2:09.79 | Dóra Molnár Hungary | 2:09.80 | Laura Bernat Poland | 2:11.09 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Karolina Piechowicz Poland | 31.55 | María Ramos Spain | 31.68 | Irene Mati Italy | 31.96 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Karolina Piechowicz Poland | 1:08.73 | Irene Mati Italy | 1:08.94 | Martina Bukvić Serbia | 1:09.27 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Emma Carrasco Spain | 2:26.93 | Yumeno Kusuda Japan | 2:29.62 | Defne Coşkun Turkey | 2:29.85 |
| 50 m butterfly | Jana Pavalić Croatia | 26.38 NR | Beatriz Bezerra Brazil | 26.67 | Lillian Slušná Slovakia | 27.04 |
| 100 m butterfly | Mizuki Hirai Japan | 59.53 | Beatriz Bezerra Brazil | 59.69 | Yang Ha-jung South Korea | 1:00.10 |
| 200 m butterfly | Anna Porcari Italy | 2:12.00 | Mehlika Kuzeh Yalçın Turkey | 2:13.23 | Paola Borrelli Italy | 2:13.36 |
| 200 m individual medley | Mio Narita Japan | 2:11.68 | Lilla Minna Ábrahám Hungary | 2:13.45 | Emma Carrasco Spain | 2:13.74 |
| 400 m individual medley | Mio Narita Japan | 4:37.78 CR | Lilla Minna Ábrahám Hungary | 4:44.19 | Giulia Vetrano Italy | 4:44.29 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Hungary Lilla Minna Ábrahám (55.59) Nikolett Pádár (54.90) Lili Gyurinovics (56.39) Dóra Molnár (55.06) | 3:41.94 | Italy Veronica Quaggio (57.08) Marina Cacciapuoti (55.55) Giulia Vetrano (55.92) Matilde Biagiotti (55.23) Irene Mati | 3:43.78 | Brazil Celine Bispo (57.43) Beatriz Bezerra (56.84) Sophia Coleta (58.35) Rafaela Sumida (57.51) Joice Rocha | 3:50.13 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Hungary Nikolett Pádár (1:58.37) Dóra Molnár (2:02.40) Lili Gyurinovics (2:01.51) Lilla Minna Ábrahám (2:02.42) | 8:04.70 | Italy Matilde Biagiotti (2:00.24) Giulia Vetrano (2:01.59) Veronica Quaggio (2:04.61) Anna Porcari (2:02.15) | 8:08.59 | Turkey Merve Tuncel (2:01.98) Mehlika Kuzeh Yalçın (2:05.52) Defne Tanığ (2:07.19) Belis Şakar (2:06.06) Sevim Eylül Süpürgeci | 8:20.75 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Japan Yuzuki Mizuno (1:01.24) Yumeno Kusuda (1:09.88) Mizuki Hirai (59.15) Mio Narita (56.17) Chiaki Yamamoto | 4:06.44 | Italy Sara Curtis (1:03.14) Irene Mati (1:08.74) Paola Borrelli (59.78) Matilde Biagiotti (55.25) Anna Porcari Marina Cacciapuoti | 4:06.91 | Poland Laura Bernat (1:02.08) Karolina Piechowicz (1:09.19) Paulina Cierpiałowska (1:00.22) Julia Kulik (56.73) | 4:08.22 |

$^b$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Hungary Dániel Mészáros (50.79) Benedek Bóna (49.46) Nikolett Pádár (54.41) Dóra Molnár (55.37) Boldizsár Magda Lili Gyurinovics Lilla Minna Ábrahám | 3:30.03 | Romania David Popovici (47.23) Patrick Dinu (50.17) Bianca Costea (56.87) Rebecca Diaconescu (56.12) | 3:30.39 | Italy Francesco Lazzari (50.53) Elia Codardini (50.80) Marina Cacciapuoti (56.21) Matilde Biagiotti (55.00) Massimo Chiarioni Veronica Quaggio Anna Pocari | 3:32.54 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Poland Ksawery Masiuk (53.52) Karolina Piechowicz (1:08.95) Krzysztof Chmielewski (53.31) Paulina Cierpiałowska (56.22) Laura Bernat Filip Urbański Michał Chmielewski Julia Kulik | 3:52.00 | Italy Sara Curtis (1:03.19) Irene Mati (1:08.79) Elia Codardini (54.07) Francesco Lazzari (49.53) Alex Sabattani Paolo Borrelli Veronica Quaggio | 3:55.58 | South Africa Pieter Coetze (53.31) Kian Keylock (1:04.31) Jessica Thompson (1:02.73) Jessica Carmody (58.23) Hannah Mouton | 3:58.58 |

$^c$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Championships records set

The following Championships records were set during the course of competition.

| Day | Date | Event record | Event | Stage | Time | Name | Country |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 August | 100 m freestyle (men) | 4×100 m freestyle relay (men) | Heats | 47.37 | David Popovici | Romania |
| 1 | 30 August | 100 m backstroke (men) | Same | Semifinals | 52.95 (AF) | Pieter Coetze | South Africa |
| 1 | 30 August | 400 m individual medley (women) | Same | Final | 4:37.78 | Mio Narita | Japan |
| 1 | 30 August | 100 m freestyle (men) | 4×100 m freestyle relay (men) | Final | 47.07 | David Popovici | Romania |
| 2 | 31 August | 100 m backstroke (men) | Same | Final | 52.91 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland |
| 2 | 31 August | 200 m freestyle (men) | Same | Final | 1:46.18 | David Popovici | Romania |
| 3 | 1 September | 50 m backstroke (men) | Same | Semifinals | 24.58 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa |
| 4 | 2 September | 50 m butterfly (men) | Same | Heats | 23.12 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 4 | 2 September | 50 m backstroke (men) | Same | Final | 24.44 (NR) | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland |
| 5 | 3 September | 50 m butterfly (men) | Same | Final | 22.96 (WJ,NR) | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 6 | 4 September | 200 m backstroke (men) | Same | Final | 1:56.05 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa |

## Participating countries

Swimmers from the following countries participated at the Championships.

* Angola (5)
* Antigua and Barbuda (5)
* Argentina (8)
* Aruba (5)
* Austria (2)
* Bahamas (6)
* Barbados (3)
* Bolivia (11)
* Brazil (20)
* Chile (5)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Colombia (6)
* Costa Rica (6)
* Croatia (2)
* Curaçao (3)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Denmark (1)
* Dominican Republic (12)
* Ecuador (7)
* El Salvador (11)
* Federated States of Micronesia (1)
* France (7)
* Ghana (7)
* Greece (2)
* Grenada (3)
* Guatemala (4)
* Guyana (3)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (7)
* Honduras (13)
* Hungary (15)
* India (6)
* Italy (16)
* Jamaica (7)
* Japan (17)
* Jordan (3)
* Kenya (2)
* Latvia (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lithuania (6)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Malaysia (2)
* Maldives (3)
* Mexico (8)
* Mongolia (4)
* Morocco (4)
* Mozambique (2)
* Namibia (3)
* Nepal (3)
* Nigeria (5)
* Northern Mariana Islands (2)
* Pakistan (8)
* Palau (4)
* Paraguay (12)
* Peru (20)
* Philippines (8)
* Poland (15)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Romania (9)
* Saint Lucia (4)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Serbia (5)
* Seychelles (4)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Slovakia (8)
* South Africa (26)
* South Korea (12)
* Spain (9)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (3)
* Suriname (4)
* Suspended Member Federation (2)
* Tanzania (7)
* Togo (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (15)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (3)
* Uganda (4)
* United States Virgin Islands (5)
* Uruguay (10)
* Venezuela (2)
* Zambia (2)
* Zimbabwe (1)

## Change of dates and location

### Postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2021, British Swimming announced that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with other factors, including no publicly revealed dates nor venue for the 8th World Junior Swimming Championships, had changed how they were conducting their selection trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics. By the end of the month, Swimming Australia had withdrawn its swimmers for the championships due to concerns about transmission of COVID-19 to its athletes. The following month Swimming Canada pulled out of the competition as well, in part due to concerns about the health and safety of its swimmers and in part due to difficulties fairly running qualification events. Two months later, in June, FINA postponed the championships to August 2022 in the pursuit of safer travel conditions and less COVID-19 related risks for participating athletes. Frustration was vocalized by USA Swimming following the postponement of the championships, and youth who would have competed at the championships had they been held in 2021 instead competed at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup.

### Path to cancelation

The 8th World Junior Swimming Championships was originally scheduled to take place at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in 2021, and in June 2021 it was postponed to 24–29 August 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This followed the implementation of a ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport spanning 17 December 2020 to 16 December 2022 not allowing Russians to compete at World Championships with their country name, flag, or anthem, meaning Russian youth competing at this Championships would be required to compete without their country name, flag, and anthem in their own country.

On 25 February 2022, elevated political tensions between Russia and Ukraine resulted in FINA cancelling water polo, artistic swimming and diving events that had been scheduled to take place in Russia for March and April 2022, in regards to other competitions scheduled to take place in Russia for the 2022 year, FINA stated, "Other FINA events that are scheduled in Russia for later in the year are under close review, with FINA monitoring events in Ukraine very carefully."

On 26 February 2022, nine members of various Nordic Swimming Federations published a joint statement announcing their withdrawal from the Championships if it is hosted in Russia as a form of protest in opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The following national swimming federation presidents signed the statement: Danish Swimming Union (Denmark), Estonian Swimming Federation (Estonia), Faroe Islands Swimming Association (Faroe Islands), Finnish Swimming Federation (Finland), Icelandic Swimming Association (Iceland), Latvian Swimming Federation (Latvia), Lithuanian Swimming Federation (Lithuania), Norwegian Swimming Federation (Norway), and Swedish Swimming Federation (Sweden).

On 27 February 2022, FINA published an official statement canceling the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. FINA was one of a number of sporting organizations, which also included Formula One and the International Ski Federation, to boycott holding competitions in Russia by canceling an event originally scheduled to be held in the county.

### Path to reinstatement

On 23 March 2022, FINA announced its intent to reinstate the 8th World Junior Swimming Championships with a change host venue and possibly dates. The same day, FINA announced the Russian Swimming Federation had earlier withdrawn its athletes from FINA events for the remainder of the 2022 calendar year, meaning they would not send athletes to the Championships.

On 14 April 2022, FINA announced the reinstatement of the Championships with Lima, Peru serving as the new host of the event, Videna Aquatic Center serving as the new venue, and a change of dates to 30 August through 4 September 2022.

On 21 April 2022, FINA published a statement instituting a ban on all athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus for the Championships, and all remaining FINA events in 2022.

