36 Records. 27 Nations. Five Days That Redrew The Record Books.

Held at the Rajamangala National Stadium's SAT Swimming Pool from 17-21 July, the meet drew age-group swimmers from across Asia and the Gulf, racing in three age categories -- 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18 -- plus a 5-day slate of individual and relay events. By the time the final session closed on Day 5, the record books had been rewritten more than three dozen times.

China's Swimming Association topped the standings by a wide margin, its junior squad combining for 35 golds and 65 total medals -- headlined by a trio of teenagers who each broke three individual meet records apiece. Hong Kong China and Thailand's host contingent tied for second place on total medals with 47 each, while Chinese Taipei, Japan and Vietnam rounded out the top six.

The Team Medal Table

China Swimming Association's 65 total medals were more than the next two nations combined. But the real story is deeper down the table -- 22 of the 27 competing nations left Bangkok with at least one medal, and five countries (Hong Kong, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, India and Singapore) collected more silver and bronze than gold, a sign of just how deep the competition ran this year.

• 1. China Swimming Association (CHN)
  G 35 · S 25 · B 5 · T 65
• 2. Japan Aquatics (JPN)
  G 23 · S 11 · B 5 · T 39
• 3. Hong Kong China (HKG)
  G 14 · S 13 · B 20 · T 47
• 4. Vasa Vietnam (VIE)
  G 14 · S 7 · B 7 · T 28
• 5. Chinese Taipei (TPE)
  G 10 · S 18 · B 12 · T 40
• 6. Thailand Aquatics Association (THA)
  G 7 · S 21 · B 19 · T 47
• 7. RPA Qazaq Aquatics (KAZ)
  G 6 · S 7 · B 3 · T 16
• 8. India (IND)
  G 2 · S 2 · B 17 · T 21
• 9. Iran Amateur Swimming Federation (IRI)
  G 2 · S 2 · B 5 · T 9
• 10. Uzbekistan Aquatics (UZB)
  G 2 · S – · B 2 · T 4
• 11. Indonesia (INA)
  G 1 · S – · B 3 · T 4
• 12. Macau China (MAC)
  G 1 · S 1 · B 1 · T 3
• 13. UAE Aquatics (UAE)
  G 1 · S 1 · B – · T 2
• 14. Singapore Aquatics (SGP)
  G – · S 4 · B 8 · T 12
• 15. Malaysia Aquatics (MAS)
  G – · S 1 · B 6 · T 7
• 16. Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
  G – · S 2 · B 2 · T 4
• 17. Philippine Aquatics, Inc (PHI)
  G – · S – · B 3 · T 3
• 18. Sri Lanka Aquatics (SRI)
  G – · S 1 · B – · T 1
• 18. Kuwait Swimming (KUW)
  G – · S 1 · B – · T 1
• 20. Qatar Swimming Federation (QAT)
  G – · S 1 · B – · T 1
• 21. Saudi Swimming Federation (KSA)
  G – · S – · B 1 · T 1

The Multi-Medalists, By Age Group

No swimmer dominated Bangkok quite like China's junior contingent. In the Girls 15-16 group, Xinyang Zhou swept all three butterfly events for five individual golds without dropping a single race, while training partner Ruoxi Yang completed her own sweep of every backstroke event. Among the boys, 14-year-old Kouki Fujiwara of Japan left with seven golds -- the single highest tally of any swimmer at the meet, across any age group.

• Kouki FujiwaraJPN · Boys C Group, 14
  7G
• Xinyang ZhouCHN · Girls B Group, 16
  5G
• Sibo LyuCHN · Boys B Group, 16
  5G
• Huashuo KeCHN · Boys B Group, 15
  5G · 1B
• Taishi YasuiJPN · Boys C Group, 14
  6G
• Ruoxi YangCHN · Girls B Group, 15
  4G · 2S
• Heng ChenCHN · Girls B Group, 15
  4G
• Jiarui LiCHN · Girls B Group, 15
  4G
• Sum Yiu LiHKG · Girls A Group, 17
  5G · 1S
• Tran Van Nguyen QuocVIE · Boys A Group, 18
  5G

36 Meet Records, Rewritten

By the close of the meet, 36 individual and relay meet records had fallen -- 11 in the men's/boys' program, 22 in the women's/girls', and 3 in mixed relay events. China's Ruoxi Yang, Xinyang Zhou, Qianhe Hu and Mohan Chang combined to break ten of those records between them, while Japan's Kouki Fujiwara and Koyori Sasaki, and Vietnam's and Hong Kong's mixed relay squads, all left their names in the book too.

Men & Boys

• 100m Freestyle 15-17
  Sibo Lyu · CHN, 16
  50.05
• 200m Freestyle 15-17
  Sibo Lyu · CHN, 16
  1:49.22
• 400m Freestyle 18+
  Tran Van Nguyen Quoc · VIE, 18
  3:52.25
• 400m Freestyle 15-17
  Zhuoxuan Li · CHN, 16
  3:54.36
• 1500m Freestyle 15-17
  Yuchun Luo · CHN, 16
  15:21.63
• 50m Backstroke 15-17
  Kai Yueh Chang · TPE, 17
  25.71
• 200m Backstroke 18+
  Alexandr Rumynskiy · KAZ, 18
  2:01.58
• 200m Backstroke 15-17
  Yu Teng Huang · TPE, 16
  2:02.22
• 50m Butterfly 12-14
  Kouki Fujiwara · JPN, 14
  25.22
• 4x100m Freestyle Relay 15-17
  China — Sun, Li, Luo, Lyu
  3:23.42
• 4x200m Freestyle Relay 15-17
  China — Sun, Li, Luo, Lyu
  7:26.12

Women & Girls

• 100m Freestyle 15-17
  Jiarui Li · CHN, 15
  55.44
• 400m Freestyle 15-17
  Heng Chen · CHN, 15
  4:09.96
• 800m Freestyle 15-17
  Heng Chen · CHN, 15
  8:41.76
• 1500m Freestyle 15-17
  Heng Chen · CHN, 15
  16:31.21
• 50m Backstroke 15-17
  Ruoxi Yang · CHN, 15
  28.61
• 50m Backstroke 12-14
  Koyori Sasaki · JPN, 14
  28.70
• 100m Backstroke 15-17
  Ruoxi Yang · CHN, 15
  1:00.61
• 100m Backstroke 12-14
  Rinka Ide · JPN, 14
  1:01.92
• 200m Backstroke 15-17
  Ruoxi Yang · CHN, 15
  2:10.23
• 50m Breaststroke 15-17
  Yijing Wang · CHN, 16
  31.44
• 100m Breaststroke 15-17
  Qianhe Hu · CHN, 15
  1:08.62
• 200m Breaststroke 15-17
  Qianhe Hu · CHN, 15
  2:25.15
• 200m Breaststroke 12-14
  Pimchanok Chinveeraphan · THA, 14
  2:30.48
• 50m Butterfly 15-17
  Xinyang Zhou · CHN, 16
  26.92
• 100m Butterfly 15-17
  Xinyang Zhou · CHN, 16
  59.54
• 200m Butterfly 15-17
  Xinyang Zhou · CHN, 16
  2:12.21
• 200m Individual Medley 15-17
  Mohan Chang · CHN, 15
  2:13.15
• 400m Individual Medley 15-17
  Mohan Chang · CHN, 15
  4:39.94
• 4x100m Freestyle Relay 15-17
  China — Li, Wang, Shi, Zhou
  3:44.99
• 4x200m Freestyle Relay 15-17
  China — Wu, Chen, Shi, Chang
  8:08.37
• 4x100m Medley Relay 15-17
  China — Yang, Hu, Zhou, Li
  4:04.98
• 4x100m Medley Relay 12-14
  Japan — Ide, Abe, Yamamuro, Ueda
  4:13.03

Mixed Relays

• 4x100m Freestyle Relay 18+
  Hong Kong China — Yu, Kwan, Li, Li
  3:34.42
• 4x100m Freestyle Relay 15-17
  China — Sun, Lyu, Zhou, Li
  3:33.35
• 4x100m Medley Relay 18+
  Hong Kong China — Li, Tsui, So, Li
  3:57.46

What's Next

Full heat sheets, live results and photos from every session of the 12th Asian Age Group Championships are available on the meet info page.