The 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 14 to 18 July 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.[1] The Championships were organized by LEN, the European Swimming League, and were held in a 50 m pool. Ages for competitors, per LEN rules are: girls-15 or 16 years old; boys-17 or 18 years old.[2]
The 2010 Championships were held in the same country, and the week after, the 2010 European Junior Championships for diving (9-13 July in Helsinki, Finland) and synchronized swimming (7-11 July in Tampere, Finland).[1] A 2010 European Junior Open Water Championships is also to be held; however, not in Finland, but rather in Hoorn, Netherlands on 31 July.
Participating countries edit
521 swimmers (279 boys, 242 girls) from 44 countries were entered in the event.[3] Teams were from (with total team size following name):
Armenia (1)
Austria (8)
Belarus (6)
Belgium (12)
Bulgaria (5)
Croatia (14)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (5)
Denmark (17)
Estonia (15)
Faroe Islands (1)
Finland (29)
France (29)
Germany (30)
Great Britain (40)
Greece (12)
Hungary (9)
Iceland (5)
Ireland (2)
Israel (11)
Italy (27)
Latvia (7)
Lithuania (8)
Luxembourg (2)
Macedonia (6)
Netherlands (13)
Norway (10)
Poland (24)
Portugal (10)
Romania (5)
Russia (36)
Serbia (14)
Slovakia (7)
Slovenia (16)
Spain (24)
Sweden (20)
Switzerland (5)
Turkey (15)
Ukraine (20)
Five (5) countries were listed as attending, but without any swimmers: 
Albania, 
Azerbaijan, 
Liechtenstein, 
Moldova, and 
Montenegro.
Schedule edit
Preliminary heats began at 9:00; Finals at 17:00. Prelims/semifinals/finals format used for events 200 m and under; prelim/finals used for events over 200 m. In 50 m events, prelims/semifinals/finals held on the same day; in 100 m and 200 m events, prelims/semis held on first day with finals the next event; and for 400 m+ events prelims/finals held the same day. Finals session order shown below.[4]
| Date | Wednesday 14 July 2010 |
Thursday 15 July 2010 |
Friday 16 July 2010 |
Saturday 17 July 2010 |
Sunday 18 July 2010 |
| E v e n t s |
50 breast (g) (semis) 50 fly (b) (semis) 400 IM (g) 200 breast (b) (semis) 200 fly (g) (semis) 400 free (b) 100 free (g) (semis) 100 back (b) (semis) 200 back (g) (semis) 50 fly (b) 50 breast (g) 1500 free (g) 4 × 100 free relay (b) |
100 back (b) 400 free (g) 200 fly (b) (semis) 200 fly (g) 200 IM (b) (semis) 100 free (g) 200 breast (b) 200 back (g) 100 free (b) (semis) 200 breast (g) (semis) 1500 free (b) 4 × 100 free relay (g) |
50 breast (b) (semis) 50 back (g) (semis) 200 fly (b) 200 free (g) (semis) 200 back (b) (semis) 200 breast (g) 100 free (b) 100 fly (g) (semis) 200 IM (b) 50 back (g) 50 breast (b) 800 free (g) 4 × 200 free relay (b) |
50 free (disability) 50 free (g) (semis) 50 back (b) (semis) 100 back (g) (semis) 100 fly (b) (semis) 200 free (g) 200 free (b) (semis) 100 breast (g) (semis) 200 back (b) 200 IM (g) (semis) 100 breast (b) (semis) 100 fly (g) 800 free (b) 50 free (g) 50 back (b) 4 × 200 freestyle (g) |
50 free (b) (semis) 50 fly (g) (semis) 400 IM (b) 100 back (g) 100 breast (b) 100 breast (g) 200 free (b) 200 IM (g) 100 fly (b) 50 fly (g) 50 free (b) 4 × 100 medley relay (g) 4 × 100 medley relay (b) |
Results edit
Boys edit
Girls edit
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 |  Spain (ESP) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 |  Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
References edit
- ^ a b Finland 2010 (www.helsinki2010.fi)--official website of the 2010 European Junior Swimming, Diving & Synchronized Swimming Championships. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ LEN Swimming Rules 13: European Junior Championships Archived 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, posted 2008-09-28 by LEN. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ Entries by nation Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine list for the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships. Published by the official website for the Championships (www.helsinki2010.fi); retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ Swimming Schedule Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine from www.helsinki2010.fi (official website for event); retrieved 2010-07-14.
- Medal Table from the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships.
- Full Results (with points and splits)[permanent dead link] from the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships.