Baltic States Swimming Championships
The Baltic States Swimming Championships is an annual swimming competition between best swimmers from Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Rules
Highest ended 2 swimmers from each nation collect points for their team. Even though there is a lot of competing swimmers only 6 swimmers in each event end up collecting the points in individual events: 2 from Estonia, 2 from Latvia, 2 from Lithuania. Those 6 swimmers distribute points among themselves in this order: 1st place – 7 points, 2nd place – 5 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, 6th – 1 point. In relay competition only one team per nation can score the points, which are 14 points for 1st place, 10 points for 2nd place and 8 points for 3rd place in nations classification. If a relay team (or a swimmer) did not start, did not finish or get disqualified country automatically receives 0 points penalty for that event. Country with the most points wins overall championships.[1]
In 2018, points scoring for the open age group were the following: 1st place – 20 points, 2nd place – 15 points, 3rd – 12 points, 4th – 10 points, 5th – 8 points, 6th – 6 points, 7th – 4 points, 8th – 3 points. The 8 participants in the final are based on the morning heat results – 1 fastest swimmer from each country and 5 any other fastest swimmers. One relay team per country brings points to their team, scoring previously mentioned points multiplied by 2. [2]
Championships
The list is incomplete
| Year | City | Venue | Date | Overall winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  Alytus |
Alytus Sports and Recreation Centre | February 28 – March 1 | Lithuania[3]
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| 2010 |  Tartu |
Aura Keskus | March 6–7 | Lithuania[4]
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| 2011 |  Riga |
Ķīpsala Pool | March 12–13 | Lithuania[5]
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| 2012 | Alytus |
Alytus Sports and Recreation Centre | March 9–10 | Lithuania[6]
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| 2013 | Tartu |
Aura Keskus | March 8–9 | Lithuania[7]
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| 2014 | Riga |
Ķīpsala Pool | March 7–8 | Lithuania[8]
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| 2015 | Kaunas |
Girstutis Swimming Pool | April 10–11 | Lithuania
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| 2016 | Tallinn |
Kalev Spa | April 22–23 | Estonia[9][10]
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| 2017 | Riga |
Ķīpsala Pool | March 31 – April 1 | Estonia[11]
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| 2018 | Kaunas |
Girstutis Swimming Pool | March 23–24[12] | Lithuania[13][14]
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| 2019 | Tartu |
Aura Keskus | March 22–23[15] | Estonia[16]
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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
- Relay: 4×100 m free, 4×100 m medley
See also
References
- ^ "Šiaulių plaukimo mokyklos "Delfinas" internetinis puslapis. – Plaukimo mokykla, "Delfinas"".
- ^ https://www.swimrankings.net/services/CalendarFile/20732/Baltic_states_2018_FINAL_OK.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2009 Full results" (PDF).
- ^ "Baltijos šalių plaukimo čempionatas ir Baltijos šalių jaunučių plaukimo mačas". ltuswimming.com.
- ^ "2011 Full results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ "2012 Full results" (PDF).
- ^ "2013 results" (PDF).
- ^ "2014 Full results" (PDF).
- ^ "2016 results" (PDF).
- ^ "2016 points" (PDF).
- ^ "2017 results" (PDF).
- ^ "Baltic States Swimming Championships 2018 results".
- ^ "Baltijos šalių čempionatą laimėjo lietuviai, pagerinti du šalies mergaičių rekordai". ltuswimming.com.
- ^ "2018 results" (PDF).
- ^ "2019 results" (PDF).
- ^ "Baltimaade meistrivõistlustel kogusid eestlased kõige enam punkte, Valdmaa püstitas noorte rekordi - Eesti Ujumisliit".