| Swimming at the 2022 Bolivarian Games | |
|---|---|
|  Swimming pictogram | |
| Venue | Aquatics Complex Ciénaga de Zapatosa | 
| Dates | 2–5 July 2022 | 
| Competitors | 143 from 10 nations | 
| Champions | |
|  Colombia (15 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze) | |
Swimming competitions at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia were held from 2 to 5 July 2022 at the Aquatics Complex in the Popular University of Cesar cluster, with the marathons swimming being held at Ciénaga de Zapatosa in Chimichagua, a sub-venue outside Valledupar.
Forty medal events were scheduled to be contested including the open-water marathons; 34 swimming events equally divided among men and women, two mixed swimming events and 4 open-water marathons (2 per gender).[1] A total of 143 athletes competed in the events, including 21 from the open-water marathons. The events were open competitions without age restrictions.[2]
Venezuela were the swimming competitions defending champions having won them in the previous edition in Santa Marta 2017. Colombia obtained 15 of the 40 gold medals at stake to win the swimming competitions.
Participating nations
A total of 10 nations (all 7 ODEBO nations and 3 invited) registered athletes for the swimming competitions.[1] Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 28 swimmers (14 per gender) for the pool events and up to 4 swimmers (2 per gender) for the open-water events.[2]
 Bolivia (8 athletes) Bolivia (8 athletes)
 Chile (12) Chile (12)
 Colombia (28) Colombia (28)
 Ecuador (14) Ecuador (14)
 El Salvador (5) El Salvador (5)
 Dominican Republic (8) Dominican Republic (8)
 Panama (8) Panama (8)
 Paraguay (15) Paraguay (15)
 Peru (26) Peru (26)
 Venezuela (19) Venezuela (19)
Events
The following events were scheduled to be contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):[3]
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500;
- Backstroke: 100 and 200;
- Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
- Butterfly: 100 and 200;
- Individual medley: 200 and 400;
- Relays: 4×100 free (including mixed), 4×200 free, 4×100 medley (including mixed)
- Marathon: 10 kilometres
Venues
The swimming competitions were held in two venues. Pool events took place at the Popular University of Cesar's Aquatics Complex in Valledupar, while open-water events were held at Ciénaga de Zapatosa in Chimichagua, a municipality located 147 km south Valledupar.[1] Ciénaga de Zapatosa also served as venue for the rowing, canoeing and triathlon competitions.[4]
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Colombia | 15 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 
| 2 |  Venezuela | 14 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 
| 3 |  Peru | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 
| 4 |  Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 
| 5 |  Dominican Republic | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 
| 6 |  Paraguay | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 
| 7 |  Panama | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
| 8 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 
| Totals (8 entries) | 40 | 40 | 39 | 119 | |
Medalists
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Alberto Mestre  Venezuela | 21.94 | Jesús Daniel López  Venezuela | 22.82 SB | Mariano Lazzerini  Chile | 23.03 | 
| 100 m freestyle | Alberto Mestre  Venezuela | 49.32 GR | Benjamín Hockin  Paraguay | 50.24 PB, SB | Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela | 50.93 | 
| 200 m freestyle | Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela | 1:47.74 PB, GR | Rafael Davila  Venezuela | 1:49.62 PB | Joaquín Vargas  Peru | 1:50.59 PB, SB | 
| 400 m freestyle | Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela | 3:49.08 | Juan Manuel Morales  Colombia | 3:51.38 | Rafael Dávila  Venezuela | 3:53.26 | 
| 800 m freestyle | Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela | 7:57.74 | Rafael Davila  Venezuela | 8:04.24 SB | Juan Manuel Morales  Colombia | 8:08.61 | 
| 1500 m freestyle | Alfonso Mestre  Venezuela | 15:22.33 PB, GR | Rafael Davila  Venezuela | 15:31.74 PB | Juan Manuel Morales  Colombia | 15:38.73 | 
| 100 m backstroke | Omar Pinzón  Colombia | 55.87 | Charles Hockin  Paraguay | 56.45 PB, SB | David Céspedes  Colombia | 57.54 | 
| 200 m backstroke | Omar Pinzón  Colombia | 2:01.42 PB, GR | David Céspedes  Colombia | 2:03.07 PB | Matías López  Paraguay | 2:04.30 PB | 
| 100 m breaststroke | Jorge Murillo  Colombia | 1:01.02 PB | Mariano Lazzerini  Chile | 1:01.38 PB, SB | Josué Domínguez  Dominican Republic | 1:01.81 SB | 
| 200 m breaststroke | Jorge Murillo  Colombia | 2:13.45 PB | Tyler Christianson  Panama | 2:14.56 | Mariano Lazzerini  Chile | 2:15.02 PB | 
| 100 m butterfly | Jorge Otaiza  Venezuela | 53.13 GR | Esnaider Reales  Colombia | 53.82 | Benjamín Hockin  Paraguay | 54.18 PB, SB | 
| 200 m butterfly | Esnaider Reales  Colombia | 2:02.12 PB | Yugo Parodi  Ecuador | 2:02.33 PB | Santiago Corredor  Colombia | 2:03.78 | 
| 200 m individual medley | Omar Pinzón  Colombia | 2:02.77 PB | Matheo Mateos  Paraguay | 2:04.11 PB | Tyler Christianson  Panama | 2:04.31 | 
| 400 m individual medley | Matheo Mateos  Paraguay | 4:26.94 PB | Santiago Corredor  Colombia | 4:29.09 PB | Matías López  Paraguay | 4:30.93 PB | 
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  Venezuela (VEN) Bryan Chávez Alberto Mestre Alfonso Mestre Emil Pérez | 3:21.72 GR |  Colombia (COL) Santiago Aguilera Santiago Arteaga Santiago Corredor Juan Manuel Morales | 3:24.63 |  Chile (CHI) Eduardo Cisternas Mariano Lazzerini Manuel Osorio Benjamín Schnapp | 3:25.45 | 
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  Venezuela (VEN) Bryan Chávez Rafael Dávila Alfonso Mestre Emil Pérez | 7:23.76 GR |  Colombia (COL) Santiago Arteaga Sebastián Camacho Santiago Corredor Juan Manuel Morales | 7:29.97 |  Chile (CHI) Gabriel Araya Eduardo Cisternas Mariano Lazzerini Matías Pinto | 7:37.10 | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |  Colombia (COL) Juan Manuel Morales Jorge Murillo Omar Pinzón Esnaider Reales | 3:40.89 GR |  Venezuela (VEN) Jesús Daniel López Alberto Mestre Jorge Otaiza Luis Ángel Ramírez | 3:45.02 |  Paraguay (PAR) Benjamín Hockin Charles Hockin Matheo Mateos Renato Prono | 3:45.05 | 
| 5 km open water | Esteban Enderica  Ecuador | 55:55.42 | Diego Vera  Venezuela | 57:11.94 | David Farinango  Ecuador | 57:12.35 | 
| 10 km open water | Esteban Enderica  Ecuador | 1:56:27.56 | David Farinango  Ecuador | 1:56:39.81 | Diego Vera  Venezuela | 1:57:35.49 | 
| PB Personal best / SB Season best / GR Games record | ||||||
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Sirena Rowe  Colombia | 25.43 SB | Anicka Delgado  Ecuador | 25.62 | Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic | 25.89 SB | 
| 100 m freestyle | Anicka Delgado  Ecuador | 56.31 | Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic | 56.39 PB | Rafaela Fernandini  Peru | 57.85 | 
| 200 m freestyle | Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic | 2:01.21 GR | Maria Victoria Yegres  Venezuela | 2:02.41 | Karen Durango  Colombia | 2:04.13 | 
| 400 m freestyle | Maria Victoria Yegres  Venezuela | 4:19.18 | Karen Durango  Colombia | 4:20.49 PB | Michelle Jativa  Ecuador | 4:22.31 PB, SB | 
| 800 m freestyle | Maria Victoria Yegres  Venezuela | 08:50.60 | Karen Durango  Colombia | 08:58.31 PB | Sophia Ribeiro  Peru | 09:06.20 | 
| 1500 m freestyle | María Victoria Yegres  Venezuela | 16:58.69 PB | Karen Durango  Colombia | 17:24.78 | Sophia Ribeiro  Peru | 17:29.03 | 
| 100 m backstroke | McKenna DeBever  Peru | 1:03.73 | Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic | 1:03.83 | Jimena Leguizamón  Colombia | 1:04.29 | 
| 200 m backstroke | Jimena Leguizamón  Colombia | 2:16.76 GR | Alexia Sotomayor  Peru | 2:17.91 | Elizabeth Jiménez  Dominican Republic | 2:20.82 | 
| 100 m breaststroke | Stefania Gómez  Colombia | 1:09.57 PB, GR | Emily Marie Santos  Panama | 1:11.08 | Karina Vivas  Colombia | 1:11.10 | 
| 200 m breaststroke | Mercedes Toledo  Venezuela | 2:34.50 PB, SB | Emily Marie Santos  Panama | 2:34.82 PB | Karina Vivas  Colombia | 2:38.01 | 
| 100 m butterfly | Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic | 59.97 GR | Luana Alonso  Paraguay | 1:00.65 | Valentina Becerra  Colombia | 1:00.92 | 
| 200 m butterfly | Karen Durango  Colombia | 2:14.20 PB | María Fe Muñoz  Peru | 2:16.41 PB, SB | Samantha Baños  Colombia | 2:17.16 PB | 
| 200 m individual medley | McKenna DeBever  Peru | 2:18.47 | Laura Melo  Colombia | 2:21.03 | Jimena Leguizamón  Colombia | 2:21.78 | 
| 400 m individual medley | María Fe Muñoz  Peru | 4:57.35 PB, SB | Samantha Baños  Colombia | 5:04.87 | Mariana Cote  Venezuela | 5:05.30 PB | 
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  Colombia (COL) Karen Durango Stefania Gómez Daniela Gutiérrez Bárbara Muñoz | 3:51.05 |  Peru (PER) Micaela Bernales Jessica Cattaneo McKenna DeBever Rafaela Fernandini | 3:53.02 |  Venezuela (VEN) Lismar Lyon Maria Victoria Yegres Mercedes Toledo Nicole Gutiérrez | 3:57.57 | 
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  Colombia (COL) Karen Durango Stefania Gómez Manuela Libreros Bárbara Muñoz | 8:28.40 |  Peru (PER) Micaela Bernales Jessica Cattaneo McKenna DeBever Sophia Ribeiro | 8:29.75 | Not awarded (only two teams) | — | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |  Colombia (COL) Valentina Becerra Karen Durango Stefania Gómez Jimena Leguizamón | 4:13.70 |  Venezuela (VEN) Nicole Gutiérrez Lismar Lyon Mercedes Toledo Maria Victoria Yegres | 4:19.94 |  Peru (PER) Adriana Buendia Rafaela Fernandini María Fe Muñoz Alexia Sotomayor | 4:23.21 | 
| 5 km open water | María Bramont-Arias  Peru | 1:01:37.32 | Valentina Pérez  Venezuela | 1:02:19.04 | Danna Martínez  Ecuador | 1:02:57.80 | 
| 10 km open water | María Bramont-Arias  Peru | 2:05:05.95 | Valentina Pérez  Venezuela | 2:05:08.16 | Mahina Valdivia  Chile | 2:08:07.38 | 
| PB Personal best / SB Season best / GR Games record | ||||||
Mixed events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  Venezuela (VEN) Alberto Mestre Alfonso Mestre Mercedes Toledo Maria Victoria Yegres | 3:34.21 |  Colombia (COL) Santiago Aguilera Karen Durango Stefanía Gómez Juan Manuel Morales | 3:35.51 |  Peru (PER) McKenna DeBever Rafaela Fernandini Joaquín Vargas Miguel Zavaleta | 3:38.32 | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |  Colombia (COL) Valentina Becerra Karen Durango Jorge Murillo Omar Pinzón | 3:54.95 |  Paraguay (PAR) Luana Alonso Charles Hockin Sofia López Renato Prono | 3:58.89 |  Dominican Republic (DOM) Josué Domínguez Denzel González Elizabeth Jiménez Krystal Lara | 3:59.11 | 
References
- 1 2 3 "La natación tendrá 45 medallas de oro en disputa en los Bolivarianos". www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com (in Spanish). Bolivarianos Valledupar 2022 Organizing Committee. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- 1 2 "XIX JUEGOS BOLIVARIANOS VALLEDUPAR COLOMBIA – MANUAL TÉCNICO – Deportes Acuáticos: Natación Artística–Carreras–Aguas Abiertas–Polo Acuático" (PDF). www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com (in Spanish). Bolivarian Sport Games 2022 Technical Coordination, ODEBO and Confederación Sudamericana de Natación. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ↑ "Natación tiene 135 medallas para premiar en Juegos Bolivarianos Valledupar 2022". www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com (in Spanish). Bolivarianos Valledupar 2022 Organizing Committee. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ↑ Ovalle Jácome, Ludys (22 June 2022). "La Ciénaga de Zapatosa resplandece con la llama bolivariana" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Retrieved 4 July 2022.