# Swimming at the 2024 Bolivarian Youth Games

Swimming competitions at the 2024 Bolivarian Youth Games in Sucre, Bolivia were held from 5 to 8 April 2024 at Piscina Bolivariana El Rollo.
Thirty-eight medal events were scheduled to be contested: 34 events equally divided among boys and girls, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle for girls and boys respectively and two mixed relay events. A total of 83 athletes (43 boys and 40 girls) competed in the events. Athletes had to be born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 to be eligible (ages 14 to 18), according to World Aquatics.
Venezuela won the swimming competitions with a total of 46 medals, 18 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze.

## Participating nations

All 7 ODEBO National Olympic Committees (NOCs) registered athletes for the swimming competitions. Each NOC was able to enter a maximum of 24 athletes (12 per gender), with up to two swimmers for each boys and girls individual events and one team for each relay event.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of swimmers entered the competition by each NOC.
* Bolivia (24)
* Chile (10)
* Colombia (14)
* Ecuador (6)
* Panama (6)
* Peru (6)
* Venezuela (17)

## Events

The following events were scheduled to be contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
* Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (only for girls), and 1,500 (only for boys);
* Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
* Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
* Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
* Individual medley: 200 and 400;
* Relays: 4×100 free (including mixed), 4×100 medley (including mixed)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Bolivia)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Venezuela (VEN) | 18 | 13 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 | Colombia (COL) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Bolivia (BOL)* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 38 | 38 | 39 | 115 |

### Medalists
#### Boys' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Dennis Pérez Venezuela | 23.67 | Tomás Osorio Colombia | 23.69 | Francisco Montaño Venezuela | 24.23 |
| 100 m freestyle | Dennis Pérez Venezuela | 51.34 | Francisco Montaño Venezuela | 51.76 | Juan David Blandón Colombia | 52.08 |
| 200 m freestyle | Dennis Pérez Venezuela | 1:55.18 | Santiago Arteaga Colombia | 1:56.28 | Francisco Montaño Venezuela | 1:56.29 |
| 400 m freestyle | Sergio Ybarra Venezuela | 4:11.03 | Joseph Paz Colombia | 4:14.36 | Vasco Asparria Peru | 4:15.71 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Sergio Ybarra Venezuela | 16:53.32 | Juan Enrique Alcívar Ecuador | 17:04.45 | Joseph Paz Colombia | 17:12.57 |
| 50 m backstroke | Edhy Vargas Chile | 27.16 | Tomás Osorio Colombia | 27.54 | Manuel Díaz Venezuela | 27.58 |
| 100 m backstroke | Simón Bermúdez Colombia | 57.45 | Edhy Vargas Chile | 58.37 | Agustín Góngora Bolivia | 59.49 |
| 200 m backstroke | Edhy Vargas Chile | 2:06.17 | Simón Bermúdez Colombia | 2:11.81 | Víctor Castillo Venezuela | 2:13.96 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Vicente Villanueva Chile | 29.03 | Javier Colmenares Venezuela | 29.71 | Juan José Giraldo Colombia | 29.74 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Vicente Villanueva Chile | 1:04.38 | Juan José Giraldo Colombia | 1:04.50 | Javier Colmenares Venezuela | 1:04.90 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Juan José Giraldo Colombia | 2:21.18 | Vicente Villanueva Chile | 2:23.50 | Javier Colmenares Venezuela | 2:26.72 |
| 50 m butterfly | Tomás Osorio Colombia | 24.90 | Thiago Solares Bolivia | 25.79 | Pedro Aguilera Chile | 25.81 |
| 100 m butterfly | Manuel Díaz Venezuela | 55.42 | Juan David Blandón Colombia | 56.21 | Agustín Góngora Bolivia | 57.16 |
| 200 m butterfly | Diego Caruci Venezuela | 2:06.58 | Manuel Díaz Venezuela | 2:08.51 | Vicente Flores Peru | 2:14.97 |
| 200 m individual medley | Manuel Díaz Venezuela | 2:09.29 | Simón Bermúdez Colombia | 2:10.04 | Javier Colmenares Venezuela | 2:10.92 |
| 400 m individual medley | Manuel Díaz Venezuela | 4:46.90 | Sergio Ybarra Venezuela | 4:47.38 | Vicente Villanueva Chile | 4:52.41 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Venezuela Dennis Pérez Javier Colmenares Manuel Díaz Francisco Montaño | 3:27.15 | Colombia Tomás Osorio Juan David Blandón Santiago Arteaga Simón Bermúdez | 3:28.29 | Chile Pedro Aguilera Nicolás Álvarez Edhy Vargas Vicente Villanueva | 3:37.19 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Colombia Juan José Giraldo Juan David Blandón Santiago Arteaga Simón Bermúdez | 3:50.37 | Chile Pedro Aguilera Nicolás Álvarez Edhy Vargas Vicente Villanueva | 3:52.28 | Venezuela Dennis Pérez Víctor Castillo Javier Colmenares Manuel Díaz | 3:53.82 |

#### Girls' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | María Santana Colombia | 26.68 | Nicole Gutiérrez Venezuela | 27.50 | Camila Araujo Venezuela | 27.51 |
| 100 m freestyle | Fiorella Grossale Venezuela | 59.32 | Tiffany Murillo Colombia | 59.40 | Nicole Gutiérrez Venezuela | 1:00.58 |
| 200 m freestyle | Tiffany Murillo Colombia | 2:07.51 | Danna Martínez Ecuador | 2:09.31 | Nathalie Medina Venezuela | 2:10.17 |
| 400 m freestyle | Tiffany Murillo Colombia | 4:30.65 | Danna Martínez Ecuador | 4:37.01 | Nathalie Medina Venezuela | 4:44.14 |
| 800 m freestyle | Tiffany Murillo Colombia | 9:22.62 | Danna Martínez Ecuador | 9:34.79 | Nathalie Medina Venezuela | 9:46.59 |
| 50 m backstroke | Martina Röper Chile | 30.70 | Camila Araujo Venezuela | 31.23 | Juliana Romero Colombia | 31.39 |
| 100 m backstroke | Martina Röper Chile | 1:05.30 | Juliana Romero Colombia | 1:06.93 | Mónica Leydar Venezuela | 1:07.43 |
| 200 m backstroke | Mónica Leydar Venezuela | 2:25.78 | Martina Röper Chile | 2:25.80 | Juliana Romero Colombia | 2:28.74 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Isabella Berzal Venezuela | 33.13 | Valeska Betancourt Venezuela | 34.62 | Cristal Gómez Colombia | 35.03 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Isabella Berzal Venezuela | 33.13 | Valeska Betancourt Venezuela | 34.62 | Naiara Roca Bolivia | 35.03 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Naiara Roca Bolivia | 1:16.14 | Isabella Berzal Venezuela | 1:16.37 | Fernanda Pérez Chile | 1:17.23 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Naiara Roca Bolivia | 2:47.02 | Valeska Betancourt Venezuela | 2:49.75 | Isabella Moreno Colombia | 2:50.01 |
| 50 m butterfly | Yasmín Silva Peru | 28.63 | Nicole Gutiérrez Venezuela | 28.73 | María Santana Colombia | 28.87 |
| 100 m butterfly | Yasmín Silva Peru | 1:03.37 | Elvira Espinosa Ecuador | 1:03.93 | María José Orozco Colombia | 1:04.49 |
| 200 m butterfly | Mónica Leydar Venezuela | 2:19.30 | Yasmín Silva Peru | 2:22.60 | Elvira Espinosa Ecuador | 2:24.55 |
| 200 m individual medley | Mónica Leydar Venezuela | 2:26.67 | Nicole Christensen Venezuela | 2:28.24 | María Santana Colombia | 2:29.39 |
| 400 m individual medley | Tiffany Murillo Colombia | 5:08.11 | Mónica Leydar Venezuela | 5:15.13 | Nicole Christensen Venezuela | 5:28.28 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Venezuela Fiorella Grossale Nicole Christensen Nicole Gutiérrez Nathalie Medina | 4:00.36 | Colombia María Santana Cristal Gómez Tiffany Murillo María José Orozco | 4:02.37 | Bolivia Lucía Ordóñez Bruna Antelo Ana Fabia Ovando Lorie Rojas | 4:19.09 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Venezuela Fiorella Grossale Mónica Leydar Nicole Gutiérrez Isabella Berzal | 4:30.86 | Bolivia Lucía Ordóñez Naiara Roca Lorie Rojas Caroline Nagashiro | 4:42.92 | Chile Laura Fingerhuth Elisa Shnapp Fernanda Pérez Martina Röper | 4:51.09 |

#### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Colombia María Santana Tiffany Murillo Juan David Blandón Santiago Arteaga | 3:41.30 | Venezuela Fiorella Grossale Nicole Gutiérrez Dennis Pérez Francisco Montaño | 3:45.23 | Peru Lia Espinosa Ariana Moya Vasco Asparria Cristobal Amiel Buchholtz | 3:52.36 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Venezuela Mónica Leydar Nicole Gutiérrez Javier Colmnares Manuel Díaz | 4:06.94 | Chile Pedro Aguilera Vicente Villanueva Fernanda Pérez Martina Röper | 4:11.56 | Bolivia Naiara Roca Lorie Rojas Agustín Góngora Thiago Solares | 4:18.28 |