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2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
August 19-24, 2025 Otopeni, Romania LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Meet Packet Team Leaders’ Guide SwimSwam Event Page SwimSwam Preview Psych Sheets Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Day 5 Finals Heat Sheet
Hello, swim fans! It’s time for the penultimate finals session of the 2025 World Junior Championships. We’ve already had a world junior record broken this morning, so this stands to be another speedy session.
Day 5 Finals Schedule:
Girls’ 1500 freestyle — fastest heat Boys’ 100 freestyle — semifinals Girls’ 100 butterfly — semifinals Boys’ 50 butterfly — final Girls’ 50 freestyle — semifinals Boys’ 50 breaststroke — semifinals Girls’ 50 backstroke — final Boys’ 400 IM — final Girls’ 4×100 freestyle relay — finalThere are only two events over 100 meters tonight, and the session kicks off with one: the fastest heat of the girls’ 1500 freestyle. Romania’s Gabriel Diana Stiger is in the hot seat after prelims with a time of 16:39.88. All eight girls in the final have a faster seed, led by China’s Yang Peiqi, who is looking to complete her sweep of the 400/800/1500 freestyle this week.
The next final is the boys’ 50 butterfly. There, Great Britain’s Dean Fearn aims to hold the top spot and win his first individual gold medal of the meet after picking up bronze in the 100 butterfly. He swam a lifetime best 23.36 in the semifinals, which gives him a .12 second lead on Nigeria’s Abdul Jabar Adama. Adama set a Nigerian record in prelims and semifinals (23.48) and will push Fearn all the way to the wall.
This final comes in the middle of sprint semifinals spree, including the boys’ 100 freestyle, girls’ 100 butterfly,
The stage then shifts to a flurry of sprint semifinals including the boys’ 100 freestyle, girls’ 100 butterfly, girls’ 50 freestyle, and boys’ 50 breaststroke. The 50 breaststroke was the event of the morning, as Jan Malte Grafe swam 26.95, breaking Nicolo Martinenghi‘s world junior record. He’ll swim out of the second semifinal, while the first heat will feature another race between Filip Nowacki and Shin Ohashi.
Other names to watch out for in these semifinals include Carlos D’Ambrosio and Jacob Mills (boys’ 100 freestyle), Mizuki Hirai and Charlotte Crush (girls’ 100 butterfly), and Rylee Erisman and Theodora Taylor (girls’ 50 freestyle).
The session closes out with three finals: the girls’ 50 backstroke, boys’ 400 IM, and girls’ 4×100 freestyle relay. After breaking the championship record in semifinals, Kim Seungwon comes into the girls’ 50 backstroke final as the favorite (27.77). She led a group of four girls sub-28 seconds in the second round. The four (Kin, Blythe Kinsman, Ainsley Trotter, and Jessica Thompson) are separated by just .21 seconds, promising a tight fight for the podium. Crush will be on the back half of a double but could surprise out of lane 8 as well.
Yumeki Kojima is the world junior record holder in the boys’ 400 IM, but after posting a 4:21.10 in the event prelims, will swim out of lane 2 in the final. Instead, it’s his teammate Raito Numata, the 200 freestyle bronze medalist, who has lane four. Numata posted a 4:16.96 to lead the prelims, a few-tenths ahead of Yi Zheng‘s 4:17.20. Watch for Kojima to move way up and get involved in the action at the front of the race tonight.
GIRLS’ 1500 FREESTYLE – Fastest Heat (TIMED FINAL)
World Record: 15:20.48 – Katie Ledecky, United States (2018) World Junior Record: 15:28.36 – Katie Ledecky, United States (2014) Championship Record: 15:58.86 – Lani Pallister, Australia (2019)Final:
BOYS’ 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinals
World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle, China (2024) World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovici, Romania (2022) Championship Record: 47.07 – David Popovici, Romania (2022)Final Qualifiers:
GIRLS’ 100 BUTTERFLY – Semifinals
World Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, United States (2025) World Junior Record: 56.33 – Mizuki Hirai, Japan (2024) Championship Record: 57.25 – Rikako Ikee, Japan (2017)Final Qualifiers:
BOYS’ 50 BUTTERFLY – Final
World Record: 22.27 – Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018) World Junior Record: 22.96 – Diogo Ribeiro, Portugal (2022) Championship Record: 22.96 – Diogo Ribeiro, Portugal (2022)Final:
GIRLS’ 50 FREESTYLE – Semifinals
World Record: 23.61 – Sarah Sjoestrom, Sweden (2023) World Junior Record: 24.17 – Claire Curzan, United States (2021) Championship Record: 24.59 – Rikako Ikee, Japan (2017) / Olivia Wunsch, Australia (2023)Final Qualifiers:
BOYS’ 50 BREASTSTROKE – Semifinals
World Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017) World Junior Record: 26.95 – Jan Malte Grafe, Germany (2025) Championship Record: 26.95 – Jan Malte Grafe, Germany (2025)Final Qualifiers:
GIRLS’ 50 BACKSTROKE – Final
World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2023) World Junior Record: 27.49 – Minna Atherton, Australia (2016) Championship Record: 27.77 – Kim Seungwon, South Korea (2025)Final:
BOYS’ 400 IM – Final
World Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, France (2023) World Junior Record: 4:09.38 – Yumeki Kojima, Japan (2025) Championship Record: 4:10.97 – Tomayuki Matsushita, Japan (2023)Final:
GIRLS’ 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – Final
World Record: 3:27.96 – Australia (2023) World Junior Record: 3:36.19 – Canada (2017) Championship Record: 3:36.19 – Canada (2017)Final:
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