# 2006 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships

The I FINA World Youth Swimming Championships, more commonly referred to within the swimming community as the 2006 Youth Worlds, were held August 22–27, 2006, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This was the first time the event was held.
The meet took place at the Parque Aquático Júlio de Lamare, a traditional Brazilian pool, which the next year would host the water polo competitions of the 2007 Pan American Games. The meet was contested in a 50 m pool (i.e. "long course meters").
The participants had to be 17 years or younger on the 31 December 2006 (i.e. born 1989 or later).

## Medals table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | France | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | China | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Romania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | South Africa | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 18 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Medal summary
### Boy's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Boy's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Yoris Grandjean Belgium | 22.74 CR | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 22.92 | Wesley Gilchrist South Africa | 23.19 |
| 100 m | Yoris Grandjean Belgium | 50.32 CR | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 50.84 | Michele Santucci Italy | 51.24 |
| 200 m | Cesare Sciocchetti Italy | 1:51.97 =CR | Yoris Grandjean Belgium | 1:52.20 | Scott Flowers United States | 1:52.23 |
| 400 m | Mateusz Matczak Poland | 3:54.99 | Cesare Sciocchetti Italy | 3:56.49 | Juan Luis Rodriguez Spain | 3:56.68 |
| 800 m | Maciej Hreniak Poland | 8:04.84 CR | Juan Luis Rodriguez Spain | 8:06.92 | Davide Sitti Italy | 8:09.67 |
| 1500 m | Maciej Hreniak Poland | 15:28.42 | Juan Luis Rodriguez Spain | 15:32.83 | Ian Rowe United States | 15:33.97 |
| Boy's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Leonardo Guedes Brazil | 26.26 CR | Damiano Lestingi Italy | 26.52 | Garth Tune South Africa | 26.57 |
| 100 m | Damiano Lestingi Italy | 55.74 CR | Leonardo Guedes Brazil | 56.43 | Matthew Thompson United States | 57.42 |
| 200 m | Cory Chitwood United States | 2:00.68 CR | Damiano Lestingi Italy | 2:00.84 | Scott Flowers United States | 2:01.66 |
| Boy's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Mattia Pesce Italy | 28.43 CR | Csaba Szilágyi Serbia | 29.05 | Édgar Crespo Panama | 29.13 |
| 100 m | Edoardo Giorgetti Italy | 1:02.31 CR | Mattia Pesce Italy | 1:02.65 | Mikhael Ermolaev Russia | 1:03.46 |
| 200 m | Edoardo Giorgetti Italy | 2:15.44 | Luca Pizzini Italy | 2:15.56 | Giedrius Titenis Lithuania | 2:16.57 |
| Boy's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Yauheni Lazuka Belarus | 24.56 CR | Cândido Silva Junior Brazil | 24.91 | Kirill Chibisov Russia | 24.94 |
| 100 m | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 54.31 CR | Daniel Bego Malaysia | 54.40 | Kirill Chibisov Russia | 54.63 |
| 200 m | Dinko Jukić Austria | 2:01.64 CR | Daniel Bego Malaysia | 2:02.13 | Marco Camargo Ecuador | 2:04.41 |
| Boy's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Scott Flowers United States | 2:03.62 CR | Xavier Mohammed Great Britain | 2:04.69 | Denys Dubrov Ukraine | 2:04.70 |
| 400 m | Scott Flowers United States | 4:21.33 CR | Mateusz Matczak Poland | 4:23.42 | Dinko Jukić Austria | 4:24.39 |
| Boy's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | Italy Marco Pellizzon Damiano Lestingi Michele Santucci Cesare Sciocchetti | 3:26.84 CR | Russia Mikhail Polischuk Dmitri Chechulin Anton Anchin Sergey Fesikov | 3:27.36 | South Africa Graeme Moore Jay-Cee Thomson Garth Tune Wesley Gilchrist | 3:29.52 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | Italy Filippo Barbacini Manuel Vicenzi Damiano Lastingi Cesare Sciocchetti | 7:32.23 CR | Brazil Alan Silva João de Lucca José Rezende Neto Marcelo Monteiro | 7:37.36 | South Africa Riaan Schoeman Jay-Cee Thomson Morne Boshoff Wesley Gilchrist | 7:40.97 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | Italy Damiano Lestingi Edoardo Giorgetii Marco Pellizzon Michele Santucci | 3:44.22 CR | Russia Anton Anchin Mikhael Ermolaev Kirill Chibisov Sergey Fesikov | 3:44.28 | Brazil Leonardo Guedes Mauricio Pereira Filho Frederico Castro Alan Silva | 3:50.23 |

### Girl's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Girl's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Daniela Schreiber Germany | 25.55 CR | Ionela Cozma Romania | 25.61 | Camille Muffat France | 25.71 |
| 100 m | Daniela Schreiber Germany | 55.59 CR | Ionela Cozma Romania | 55.96 | Camille Muffat France | 56.47 |
| 200 m | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne France | 2:00.44 CR | Tang Yi China | 2:01.26 | Leah Gingrich United States | 2:02.04 |
| 400 m | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 4:14.29 CR | Jessica Rodriguez United States | 4:14.45 | Leah Gingrich United States | 4:14.49 |
| 800 m | Ionela Cozma Romania | 8:38.91 CR | Wendy Trott South Africa | 8:40.69 | Anastasia Ivanenko Russia | 8:40.81 |
| 1500 m | Aurélie Muller France | 16:35.32 CR | Anastasia Ivanenko Russia | 16:40.99 | Wendy Trott South Africa | 16:41.36 |
| Girl's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Zhou Yanxin China | 29.49 CR | Emily Thomas New Zealand | 29.58 | Christin Zenner Germany | 29.61 |
| 100 m | Natalie Wiegersma New Zealand | 1:02.41 CR | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 1:02.83 | Zhou Yanxin China | 1:03.10 |
| 200 m | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia | 2:15.27 CR | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne France | 2:16.49 | Chen Wen China | 2:17.01 |
| Girl's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Wang Qun China | 32.21 | Vitalina Simonova Russia | 32.63 | Zhao Jin China | 32.65 |
| 100 m | Wang Qun China | 1:09.21 CR | Vitalina Simonova Russia | 1:09.35 | Caitlin Leverenz United States | 1:09.94 |
| 200 m | Vitalina Simonova Russia | 2:26.58 CR | Wang Qun China | 2:28.41 | Caitlin Leverenz United States | 2:28.57 |
| Girl's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Lyubov Korol Ukraine | 27.38 | Ilaria Bianchi Italy | 27.45 | Lena Celina Hiller Germany | 27.48 |
| 100 m | Ilaria Bianchi Italy | 59.57 CR | Keri-Leigh Shaw South Africa | 1:00.25 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 1:00.31 |
| 200 m | Cartnell Kalisz United States | 2:12.34 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 2:13.52 | Nina Dittrich Austria | 2:13.92 |
| Girl's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Caitlin Leverenz United States | 2:14.45 CR | Camille Muffat France | 2:15.29 | Wang Qun China | 2:18.13 |
| 400 m | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 4:47.38 CR | Anastasia Ivanenko Russia | 4:50.27 | Bianca Meyer South Africa | 4:51.86 |
| Girl's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | France Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Justine Lignot Roxane Devillers Favreau Camille Muffat | 3:46.73 CR | Germany Sophie-Luise Dietrich Lena Celina Hiller Jenny Lahl Daniela Schreiber | 3:46.99 | Ukraine Olga Danylyuk Lyubov Korol Mariya Yatsenko Darya Stepanyuk | 3:49.42 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | France Faureau Devillers Nathalie Hedin Justine Lignot Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | 8:12.38 CR | Russia Anastasia Aksenova Olga Shulgina Victoria Malyutina Anastasia Ivanenko | 8:16.62 | Germany Daniela Schreiber Lena Celina Hiller Antje Mahn Sophie-Luise Dietrich | 8:17.74 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | Russia Anastasia Zuyeva Vitalina Simonova Anastasia Aksenova Olga Shulgina | 4:10.88 CR | South Africa Karin Prinsloo Yolana du Plesis Keri-Leigh Shaw Christy Lategan | 4:11.39 | Great Britain Georgia Davies Alexandra Warren Jemma Lowe Rachael George | 4:13.15 |