# 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships

The 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 4–8 July 2012 in Antwerp, Belgium. The Championships were organized by LEN, the European Swimming League, and were held in a 50-meter pool. Per LEN rules, competitors have age 15 or 16 for girls and 17 or 18 for boys.

## Results
### Boys

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Maximilian Oswald Germany | 22.28 | Volodymyr Suschyk Ukraine | 22.60 | Bogdan Plavin Ukraine | 22.63 |
| 100 m freestyle | Maximilian Oswald Germany | 49.68 | Stepan Surkov Russia | 50.27 | Oscar Ekstroem Sweden | 50.35 |
| 200 m freestyle | Riccardo Maestri Italy | 1:48.62 | Maximilian Oswald Germany | 1:49.55 | Christian Scherübl Austria | 1:49.67 |
| 400 m freestyle | Gabriele Detti Italy | 3:49.67 | Matthew Johnson Great Britain | 3:51.04 | James Guy Great Britain | 3:51.84 |
| 800 m freestyle | Rob Muffels Germany | 7:59.43 | Antonio Arroyo Perez Spain | 8:01.65 | Marcin Kaczmarski Poland | 8:02.13 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Gabriele Detti Italy | 15:11.41 | Rob Muffels Germany | 15:18.82 | Antonio Arroyo Perez Spain | 15:21.89 |
| 50 m backstroke | Niccolò Bonacchi Italy | 25.46 | Tomer Zamia Israel | 25.76 | Viktar Staselovich Belarus Nikita Ulyanov Russia | 25.88 |
| 100 m backstroke | Andrei Shabasov Russia | 55.24 | Fabio Laugeni Italy | 55.31 | Niccolò Bonacchi Italy | 55.63 |
| 200 m backstroke | Joseph Patching Great Britain | 1:59.45 | Luca Mencarini Italy | 1:59.66 | Danas Rapšys Lithuania | 2:00.12 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Utekhin Russia | 27.57 | Ross Murdoch Great Britain | 28.09 | Johannes Skagius Sweden | 28.41 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Danila Artiomov Moldova | 1:01.60 | Johannes Skagius Sweden | 1:01.61 | Craig Benson Great Britain | 1:01.64 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Marat Amaltdinov Russia | 2:13.15 | Ross Murdoch Great Britain | 2:14.53 | Irakli Bolkvadze Georgia | 2:15.46 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mihael Vukic Croatia | 23.96 | Benjamin Proud Great Britain | 24.11 | Maximilian Oswald Germany | 24.21 |
| 100 m butterfly | Andreas Vazaios Greece | 53.43 | Michal Poprawa Poland | 53.48 | Albert Puig Garrich Spain | 53.77 |
| 200 m butterfly | Matthew Johnson Great Britain | 1:58.50 | Andrey Tambovskiy Russia | 1:59.25 | Tobias Zajusch Germany | 1:59.78 |
| 200 m individual medley | Albert Puig Garrich Spain | 2:00.95 | Andreas Vazaios Greece | 2:01.73 | Phillipp Forster Germany | 2:01.94 |
| 400 m individual medley | Matthew Johnson Great Britain | 4:17.26 | Kevin Wedel Germany | 4:21.50 | Semen Makovich Russia | 4:21.86 |
| 4x100 m freestyle | Russia Alexey Amosov Stepan Surkov Maksim Startcev Aleksandr Popkov | 3:20.82 | Germany Tim-Thorben Suck Tony Fitterer Noel Gogler Maximilian Oswald | 3:21.18 | Poland Daniel RZAdkowski Filip Bujoczek Sebastian Szczepanski Michal Poprawa | 3:21.96 |
| 4x200 m freestyle | Italy Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo Gabriele Detti Damiano Corapi Riccardo Maestri | 7:19.56 CR | Germany Poul Zellmann Tim-Thorben Suck Maximilian Oswald Jacob Heidtmann | 7:23.19 | Russia Maksim Startcev Alexander Dudik Stepan Surkov Aleksandr Popkov | 7:23.79 |
| 4x100 m medley | Italy Fabio Laugeni Francesco Giordano Andrea Bazzoli Giacomo Ferri | 3:41.36 | Russia Andrei Shabasov Aleksandr Popkov Vsevolod Zanko Stepan Surkov | 3:41.49 | Great Britain Joseph Patching Sam Horrocks Craig Benson Leo Jaggs | 3:42.84 |

### Girls

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Anna-Stephanie Dietterle Germany | 25.40 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova Russia | 25.65 | Nastja Govejšek Slovenia | 25.68 |
| 100 m freestyle | Mariya Baklakova Russia | 55.08 | Anna-Stephanie Dietterle Germany | 55.42 | Amelia Maughan Great Britain | 55.64 |
| 200 m freestyle | Mariya Baklakova Russia | 1:58.59 | Diletta Carli Italy | 1:59.75 | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 1:59.91 |
| 400 m freestyle | Diletta Carli Italy | 4:09.36 CR | Ksenia Yuskova Russia | 4:12.28 | Camille Gheorghiu France | 4:12.64 |
| 800 m freestyle | María Vilas Spain | 8:42.41 | Nikoletta Kiss Hungary | 8:43.03 | Flora Sibalin Hungary | 8:45.00 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Leonie Antonia Beck Germany | 16:29.12 | Lena-Sophie Bermel Germany | 16:32.67 | María Vilas Spain | 16:37.25 |
| 50 m backstroke | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 28.51 CR | Anna-Stephanie Dietterle Germany | 28.73 | Jessica Fullalove Great Britain | 28.99 |
| 100 m backstroke | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 1:00.87 | Jessica Fullalove Great Britain | 1:01.72 | Ambra Esposito Italy | 1:02.57 |
| 200 m backstroke | Iuliia Larina Russia | 2:11.07 | Iryna Glavnyk Ukraine | 2:12.87 | Ambra Esposito Italy | 2:14.45 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Margarethe Hummel Germany | 31.55 | Sophie Taylor Great Britain | 31.76 | Anna Sztankovics Hungary | 31.98 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Anna Sztankovics Hungary | 1:08.43 | Margarethe Hummel Germany | 1:09.33 | Julia Willers Germany | 1:10.02 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Molly Renshaw Great Britain | 2:27.66 | Anna Sztankovics Hungary | 2:28.63 | Sophie Taylor Great Britain | 2:29.55 |
| 50 m butterfly | Louise Hansson Sweden | 26.53 | Svetlana Chimrova Russia | 26.62 | Elena Czeschner Germany | 27.14 |
| 100 m butterfly | Svetlana Chimrova Russia | 59.07 | Liliána Szilágyi Hungary | 59.91 | Christina Munkholm Denmark | 1:00.24 |
| 200 m butterfly | Liliána Szilágyi Hungary | 2:10.53 | Elena Czeschner Germany | 2:12.10 | Rosalie Kaethner Germany | 2:14.45 |
| 200 m individual medley | Dalma Sebestyén Hungary | 2:16.09 | Iryna Glavnyk Ukraine | 2:17.06 | Réka György Hungary | 2:17.20 |
| 400 m individual medley | Iuliia Larina Russia | 4:44.70 | María Vilas Spain | 4:45.48 | Chloe Tutton Great Britain | 4:48.47 |
| 4x100 m freestyle | Russia Mariya Baklakova Rozaliya Nasretdinova Valeriya Kolotushkina Ksenia Yuskova | 3:43.12 CR | Great Britain Grace Vertigans Harriet Cooper Chloe Tutton Amelia Maughan | 3:45.18 | Netherlands Amy de Langen Rosa Veerman Denise van Ark Esmee Vermeulen | 3:45.51 |
| 4x200 m freestyle | Russia Mariya Baklakova Ksenia Yuskova Anastasia Guzhenkova Valeriya Kolotushkina | 8:06.85 | Italy Diletta Carli Miriana Durante Gioelemaria Origlia Francesca Annis | 8:11.56 | Spain Marta Ruiz Dominguez Fatima Gallardo Carapeto María Vilas Irene Andrea Lope | 8:11.94 |
| 4x100 m medley | Russia Iuliia Larina Valeriya Kolotushkina Anna Belousova Mariya Baklakova | 4:07.61 | Great Britain Jessica Fullalove Grace Vertigans Sophie Taylor Harriet Cooper | 4:08.40 | Germany Selina Hocke Elena Czeschner Margarethe Hummel Anna-Stephanie Dietterle | 4:08.80 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 40 | 40 | 41 | 121 |

## Participating countries

43 countries will take part in 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships with total of 486 swimmers.