Swimming at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
Venue	Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex
Dates	19–22 July 2017
Competitors	184 from 45 nations
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The swimming competitions at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, The Bahamas took place from 19 to 22 July at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.^[1][2] A total of 184 athletes from 45 nations contested 35 different events. Each Commonwealth Games Association was allowed to enter up to two swimmers (individual events) and one relay per event. In the Games, age limits set by the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) for world Junior competitions were followed, according to which the age limit for boys is set to 15–18 years (means swimmers born in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002) and for girls its 14–17 years of age (means swimmers born in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003).^[3]

Format

The competition will feature 35 long course (50m) events, divided between males, females and mixed events into the following events:

• freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (females only) and 1500 (males only);
• backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
• individual medley (I.M.): 200 and 400;
• mixed relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free and 4x100 medley

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	8	9	4	21
2	South Africa	8	3	4	15
3	New Zealand	7	8	5	20
4	Singapore	7	4	6	17
5	Scotland	3	2	3	8
6	Australia	1	2	5	8
7	Wales	1	1	2	4
8	Northern Ireland	0	2	2	4
9	Bahamas*	0	2	1	3
10	Sri Lanka	0	2	0	2
11	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		35	35	35	105

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Scott McLay  Scotland	23.10	Kyle Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka	23.38	Jeron Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago	23.43
100 m freestyle	Scott McLay  Scotland	50.46	Kyle Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka*	50.93	Jonathan Tan  Singapore	51.10
200 m freestyle	Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand	1:49.89	Jarryd Baxter  South Africa	1:50.50	Jack McMillan  Northern Ireland	1:50.72
400 m freestyle	Jarryd Baxter  South Africa	3:53.76	Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand	3:54.15	Jakob Goodman  England	3:55.67
1500 m freestyle	Zac Reid  New Zealand	15:40.11	Max Osborn  Australia	15:50.64	James Freeman  Botswana	15:53.73
50 m backstroke	Finn Kennard Campbell  New Zealand	26.18	Jahrel Murphy  England	26.44	Francis Fong  Singapore	26.50
100 m backstroke	Francis Fong  Singapore	56.42	Scott McClay  Scotland	56.53	Finn Kennard Campbell  New Zealand	56.85
200 m backstroke	Jarryd Baxter  South Africa	2:00.90	James McFadzen  England	2:03.21	Francis Fong  Singapore	2:05.00
50 m breaststroke	Michael Houlie  South Africa	27.68	Izaak Bastian  Bahamas	28.77	Zongxian Khoo  Singapore	29.19
100 m breaststroke	Michael Houlie  South Africa	1:01.86	Zongxian Khoo  Singapore	1:03.41	Izaak Bastian  Bahamas	1:03.71
200 m breaststroke	Luan Grobbelaar  South Africa	2:16.44	Michael Houlie  South Africa	2:16.97	Taichi Vakasama  Fiji	2:17.17
50 m butterfly	Scott McLay  Scotland	24.53	Dylan Koo  Singapore	24.55	Lewis Fraser  Wales	24.66
100 m butterfly	Lewis Fraser  Wales	53.87	Dylan Koo  Singapore	54.32	Ong Jung Yi  Singapore	54.35
200 m butterfly	Mason Wilby  England	1:59.89	Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand	2:00.24	Charles Cox  Australia	2:01.02
200 m individual medley	Thomas Dean  England	2:02.13	Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand	2:03.06	James McFadzen  England	2:04.39
400 m individual medley	Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand	4:18.78	Thomas Dean  England	4:24.47	Ethan McAleese  Australia	4:25.42

• During the competition Abeysinghe won the silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle event, marking Sri Lanka's first ever swimming medal at either the Youth or Senior Commonwealth Games.^[4]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Meg Harris  Australia	25.89	Elzbeita Noble  Australia	25.97	Laticia-Leigh Transom  New Zealand	26.02
100 m freestyle	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	56.31	Laticia-Leigh Transom  New Zealand	56.59	Sophie Smith  Scotland	56.95
200 m freestyle	Laticia-Leigh Transom  New Zealand	2:01.56	Sophie Smith  Scotland	2:02.32	Rebecca Meder  South Africa	2:02.56
400 m freestyle	Leah Crisp  England	4:16.36	Rachel Bethel  Northern Ireland	4:16.43	Sophie Caldwell  Australia	4:17.76
800 m freestyle	Leah Crisp  England	8:49.94	Rachel Bethel  Northern Ireland	8:54.06	Rebecca Meder  South Africa	8:54.21
50 m backstroke	Lily Boseley  England	29.04	Medi Harris  Wales	29.34	Mariella Venter  South Africa	29.66
100 m backstroke	Mariella Venter  South Africa	1:01.77	Lily Boseley  England	1:02.19	Gina Galloway  New Zealand	1:02.68
200 m backstroke	Mariella Venter  South Africa	2:13.57	Lily Boseley  England	2:14.79	Medi Harris  Wales	2:16.52
50 m breaststroke	Christie Chue  Singapore	32.38	Lilly Higgs  Bahamas	32.52	Ciara Smith  New Zealand	32.56
100 m breaststroke	Hanim Abrahams  South Africa	1:10.14	Christie Chue  Singapore	1:10.72	Ciara Smith  New Zealand	1:11.07
200 m breaststroke	Layla Black  England	2:31.00	Mya Rasmussen  New Zealand	2:31.49	Hanim Abrahams  South Africa	2:32.32
50 m butterfly	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	27.23	Alicia Wilson  England	27.28	Emma Harvey  Scotland	27.56f
100 m butterfly	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	59.92	Ciara Schlosshan  England	1:00.14	Hannah Bates  New Zealand	1:01.27
200 m butterfly	Ciara Schlosshan  England	2:10.95	Quah Jing Wen  Singapore	2:13.29	Brittany Castelluzzo  Australia	2:13.80
200 m individual medley	Alicia Wilson  England	2:15.49	Mya Rasmussen  New Zealand	2:16.55	Shannon Russell  Northern Ireland	2:17.97
400 m individual medley	Mya Rasmussen  New Zealand	4:42.19	Rebecca Meder  South Africa	4:46.69	Ciara Schlosshan  England	4:49.22

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay	Singapore (SGP) Chua Yi Shou Natasha Ong Quah Jing Wen Jonathan Tan	3:36.01	England (ENG) Harry Constantine Elizabeth Harris Mason Wilby Alicia Wilson	3:36.17	Scotland (SCO) Anna Fleming Emma Harvey Scott McLay Luke Robins	3:37.05
4×200 m freestyle relay	New Zealand (NZL) Lewis Clareburt Chelsey Edwards Zac Reid Laticia-Leigh Transom	7:50.85	England (ENG) Harry Constantine Leah Crisp Jakob Goodman Elizabeth Harris	7:55.79	Australia (AUS) Daniel Jacobson Charlotte Mitchell Max Osborn Katie Strachan	7:57.74
4×100 m medley relay	Singapore (SGP) Francis Fong Zongxian Khoo Quah Jing Wen Toh Fann Rui	3:56.74	New Zealand (NZL) Lewis Clareburt Finn Kennard Campbell Ciara Smith Laticia-Leigh Transom	3:57.21	England (ENG) Elizabeth Harris James McFadzen Jahrel Murphy Alicia Wilson	3:59.33

Participating nations

There were 45 participating nations at the swimming competitions with a total of 184 swimmers. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.^[5]