Lithuanian Swimming Championships Explained

The Lithuanian Swimming Championships is the national swimming championships for Lithuania. They are organised by LTU Aquatics and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools.^[1] The two meets are the country's top domestic meet for their respective course.

The first edition of the championships was held in Raudondvaris on 5 July 1931, with events at the Nevėžis River.^[2]

Editions

Year	Dates	Edition	City
1931	5 July	1
1935	11–14 August	2
1936	23 August	3
1937	7–8 August	4
1938	6–7 August	5
1939	30–31 July	6
1940	10–11 August	7
1942	30–31 August	8
1943	14–15 August	9
1946	2–4 August	10
1947	2–3 August	11
1948	27–29 August	12
1949	28–31 September	13
1950	28–31 July	14
1951	13–17 August	15
1952	22–24 August	16
1953	16–18 June	17
1954	1–3 August	18
1955	30–31 July	19
1956	8–11 July	20
1957	28–31 July	21
1958	8–11 July	22
1959	8–11 July	23
1960	18–20 November	24
1961	5–6 August	25
1962	25–2? August	26
1963	6–8 July	27
1964	12–16 August	28
1965	29 June – 1 July	29
1966	27–29 July	30
1967	26–30 June	31
1968	11–13 July	32
1969	21–23 June	33
1970	4–6 July	34
1971	2–4 July	35
1972	1–4 July	36
1973	6–8 July	37
1974	22–24 June	38
1975	4–6 July	39
1976	16–18 July	40
1977	28–29 May	41
1978	23–26 July	42
1979	22–24 June	43
1980	30 June – 2 July	44
1981	26–28 June	45
1982	25–27 June	46
1983	17–19 June	47
1984	17–20 May	48
1985	12–14 July	49
1986	19–21 May	50
1987	4–7 July	51
1988	4–7 August	52
1989	5–7 August	53
1991	31 July – 3 August	54
1992	2–4 July	55
1993	18–20 June	56
1994	24–26 June	57
1995	1–2 August	58
1996	5–7 July	59
1997	28–29 June	60
1998	19–21 June	61
1999	3–6 July	62
2000	22–23 June	63
2001	28–30 June	64
2002	27–29 June	65
2003	26–28 June	66
2004	23–25 July	67
2005	29 June – 1 July	68
2006	13–15 July	69
2007	11–13 July	70
2008	12–14 June	71
2009	26–28 June	72
	1–3 July	73
2011	28–30 June	74
2012	28–30 June	75
2013	27–29 June	76
2014	26–28 June	77
2015	9–11 July	78
2016	26–28 May	79
2017	3–5 July	80
2018	12–14 April	81
2019	25–27 April	82
2020	19–21 April Cancelled	83
	17–19 December
2021	27–29 May	84
	19–22 April	85
	12–15 April	86
	3-6 April	87

As the swimming program of the Lithuanian Spartakiad

As the swimming program of the World Lithuanian Sports Games

As the swimming program of the National Olympic Games of Lithuania

Short course

Year	Dates	City
2006	2–4 February
2009	18–19 December
2010	16–18 December
2011	15–17 December
2012	20–22 December
2013	19–21 December
2014	18–20 December
2015	17–19 December
2016	15–17 December
2017	20–22 December
2018	9–11 July
2019	19–21 December
2020	17–19 December Cancelled
2021	16–18 December
2022	15–17 December
2023	14–16 December
2024	13–15 December

Disciplines

Except as noted below, there are male and female categories for each event.

Long course

Distance	Free	Back	Breast	Fly	I.M.	Free relay	Medley relay	Mixed medley relay
50 m	●	●	●	●
100 m	●	●	●	●
200 m	●	●	●	●	●
400 m	●				●	●	●	●
800 m	●					●
1500 m	●

Short course

Distance	Free	Back	Breast	Fly	I.M.	Free relay	Medley relay	Mixed medley relay
50 m	●	●	●	●
100 m	●	●	●	●	●
200 m	●	●	●	●	●
400 m	●				●	●	●	●
800 m	●					●
1500 m	●

Lithuanian records

See List of Lithuanian records in swimming

External links

• LTU Swimming

Notes and References

1. https://ltuswimming.com/images/stories/dokumentai/2022-LPF-kalendorius-patvirtintas.pdf 2022 Lithuanian Swimming Calendar
2. https://www.lse.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1-tomas_1919-1940.pdf Lietuvos sporto žinynas (1919–1940)