The Baltic States Swimming Championships 2021 is an annual swimming competition between best swimmers from Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In 2021 the Baltic Championships is an official qualifying event for the XXXII Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2021.

Baltic States Swimming Championships 2021

Date:   March 6-7, 2021

Place:   Klaipeda, Lithuania

Event:   FINA approved qualifying event for the XXXII Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2021.

Photo: © Andrzej Waszkewicz / SWIM Inc.

The Baltic States Swimming Championships 2021 will also include competitions for age groups:

  •   Baltic States Junior Championships 2021 ⇒ Girls – 15-16 years-old & Boys – 17-18 years-old.

  •   Baltic States Youth Championships 2021 ⇒ Girls – 2006 y.o.b. and younger & Boys – 2005 y.o.b. and younger.

Photo: © Andrzej Waszkewicz / SWIM Inc.

Swim Events:

  •   Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m

  •   Backstroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m

  •   Breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m

  •   Butterfly: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m

  •   Individual Medley: 200 m, 400 m

  •   Team Relays: 4×100 m Freestyle, 4×100 m Medley

Photo: © Andrzej Waszkewicz / SWIM Inc.

Competition Venue:

  •   50-meters swimming pool / 10 lanes / Electronic timekeeping system ⇒ Klaipeda city, Lithuania

Team Scoring and Awards:

Youth and Junior age group:

Two fastest swimmers from each country in each gender and age group bring points for their team in individual events as follows: 1st place – 7 points, 2nd – 5 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, 6th – 1 point. The fastest relay team from each country in each gender and age group bring points for their team in relay events in each session as follows: 1st place – 14 points, 2nd – 10 points, 3rd – 8 points.

Open age group:

8 fastest swimmers from final A in each gender bring points for their team in individual events as follows: 1st place – 9 points, 2nd – 7 points, 3rd – 6 points, 4th – 5 points, 5th – 4 points, 6th – 3 points, 7th – 2 points, 8th – 1 point.

The fastest relay team from each country in each gender bring points for their team in relay events in each session as follows: 1st place – 18 points, 2nd – 14 points, 3rd – 12 points.

AWARDS:

  •   Three fastest swimmers and relay teams in each event in youth, junior and open age group will be awarded with medals.

  •   Best swimmer (M/W) according to the actual FINA Points Table in youth, junior and senior age groups will be awarded with special prizes.

  •   Each country will be awarded with cup according to the overall ranking.

Photo: © Baltic States Swimming Championships

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, and also known as Tokyo 2020 is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Originally due to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes. This is the first time in history that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than cancelled.

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