Swimming
Swim Events at European Masters Championships
• Freestyle 50, 100, 200, 400, 800m
• Breaststroke 50, 100, 200m
• Backstroke 50, 100, 200m
• Butterfly 50, 100, 200m
• Individual Medley 200m
• Freestyle relay 4 x 50m
• Medley relay 4 x 50m
Swimming Rules (as of 2011)
| MA-SW | SWIMMING | |
| MA-SW 1 | Events and age groups | |
| MA-SW 1.1 | Events are (men and women): | |
| -Freestyle | 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m; | |
| -Breaststroke | 50 m, 100 m, 200 m; | |
| -Backstroke | 50 m, 100 m, 200 m | |
| -Butterfly | 50 m, 100 m, 200 m | |
| -Individual Medley | 200 m; | |
| -Freestyle Relay | 4 x 50 m; | |
| -Medley Relay | 4 x 50 m; | |
| -Mixed Freestyle Relay | 4x50m (2 women and 2 men); | |
| -Mixed Medley Relay | 4x50m (2 women and 2 men); | |
| MA-SW 1.2 | Age groups for individual events are: | |
| 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90 – 94 (and five year age groups as high as is necessary). | ||
| MA-SW 1.3 | Age groups for relays are: | |
| 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, 200-239, 240-279, 280-319, 320-359 (and forty year increments as high as is necessary). All members of a relay team must be from the same club and have completed the individual entry form. The total age of the team members (determined by the year of birth) determines the age group of the team. A competitor may only compete in one age group in the same relay event. | ||
| MA-SW 1.4 | Competitors may be entered for a maximum of five | |
| individual events, but not for more than two individual events each day. | ||
| MA-SW 1.5 | The order of the events and the Entry Times shall be | |
| decided by the LEN Executive on proposal of the LEN MaC and the LEN Bureau Liaison. | ||
| MA-SW 2 | Confirmation of participationand composition of Relay Teams | |
| MA-SW 2.1 | Competitors participating in 400 m and 800 m races | |
| shall confirm their participation to the Organising Committee no later than six o'clock p.m. (18.00 hrs) on the day prior to the event. | ||
| MA-SW 2.2 | Clubs participating in Relay Events shall confirm their | |
| participation and submit the names of the competitors and the order of swimming no later than six o'clock p.m. (18.00 hrs) on the day prior to the event.
Reserve swimmers are not allowed. |
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| MA-SW 3 | Lane seeding, start and ordering out of the competition | |
| MA-SW 3.1 | Competitors will be seeded according to the submitted | |
| entry times, beginning with the oldest age group first and within an age group the slower heats first. | ||
| MA-SW 3.2 | In 400 m and 800 m races two competitors will be deck | |
| seeded and swimming in one lane. The seeding shall be by time only and not by age-group. | ||
| MA-SW 3.3 | Overhead start will be used in all events. | |
| MA-SW 3.4 | Each competitor is responsible to report to the clerk of | |
| course at least 15 minutes prior to the designated race at the marshalling area at the pool. | ||
| MA-SW 3.5 | In individual events of more than 200 m the Referee | |
| may order out any competitor who passed the entry time for the relevant age group. | ||
| MA-SW 4 | Classification | |
| MA-SW 4.1 | Individual swimmers will be listed in the result list with | |
| name, name of the club, official country code and split times according to ranking and age group. | ||
| MA-SW 4.2 | Relay teams will be listed in the result list with the name | |
| of the club and official country code according to ranking and age group, including names of swimmers and individual split times. | ||
| MA-SW 4.3 | Any competitor not starting, disqualified, or not finishing | |
| the race within the required entry time will be placed at the end of the result list without ranking and time.
The reason shall be mentioned. |
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| MA-SW 4.4 | A competitor who has a permanent disability shall not | |
| be disqualified in a case where his disability prevents him/her from complying with the rules of a particular stroke, provided that the disability has been notified to the referee by the competitor or his/her representative before the race takes place. Notification shall be a medical certificate issued by the Medical Officer of the Federation | ||
