Swimming
fact file
| Swimming booklet |  Download |
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| Minimum age limit | 25 years. |
| Age determining date | The actual age of the competitor as of 31 December 2012. |
| Individual events age groups | 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 increments as high as necessary. |
| Relay events age groups |
Based on the total age of team members in whole years: 100 -119; 120 - 159; 160 - 199; 200 - 239; 240 - 279; 280 - 319; 320 - 359 and forty years increments as high as necessary. |
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Pools Characteristics |
indoor 50 meters pool
length 50 meters x 10 lanes
outdoor 50 meters pool
length 50 meters x 10 lanes
indoor 25 meters pool
length 25 meters
outdoor 25 meters pool
lenght 25 meters
The two 50 meters pools will be used for competition. The indoor 25 meters pool and partly the outdoor 25 meters pool will be used for warm up and swim down. |
| Competition dates |
From Sunday 10 June 2012 to Wednesday 13 June 2012 included, and from 7.30 a.m. daily until the end of the daily program. Then from Thursday 14 June 2012 to Saturday 16 June 2012 included, and from 8.30 a.m. daily until the end of the daily program. The 50m indoor and outdoor pools will be used, by alternate days, for the men's and women's competitions starting June 10th with the indoor pool used by women and the outdoor one by men. On the relay day, June 14th, outdoor and indoor pools will be used for competition. |
| Training Schedule | Download |
| Competition Schedule | Download |
| Warm-up procedures | Swimmers must enter the pool feet first in a cautious and controlled manner. No diving or backstroke start will be allowed except in designated sprint lanes. Two lanes shall be designated as "one way sprint" lanes during the pre-meet warm-up sessions in the 50m pools. |
| Entry restrictions | A swimmer may enter a maximum of five individual events and four relays, but not more than two individual events per day. Time entered for an individual event must not exceed the FINA standard qualifying time for that event. Entries without times will not be allowed. No entries and time change are allowed after latest day stated for entries. |
| Qualifying standards | See the approved standard qualifying times set by FINA. Please note that the actual time of the event swam which has exceeded the qualifying standards will not be shown on the results sheets but will be noted as NT (No Time). In individual events longer than 200 meters the Referee may order out any competitor not complying with the time standards. |
| Starts | The one-start rule will apply for all swimming events. For all swimming events the start will be “over the top”, i.e. swimmers from the previous race will stay in the water until the next race has started. |
| Pre-seeding | The 800m Freestyle will be pre-seeded using the times entered, slowest to fastest regardless of age or age group. All other events will be pre-seeded using the times entered with the oldest age groups first and with the slowest heats swum first in each age group. Heat sheets will be published in printable pdf format on www.finamasters2012.org before the 2nd June 2012 and will be available for inspection at the Information Point. |
| Relays | For each relays, at the deadline for the entries, it must be indicated: - age group - entry time - names of the swimmers composing the relay. After the closing day of entries, changes of age groups and/or entry time will not be allowed. Each relay has to be confirmed by team representatives from June 7th till 1:00pm of June 12th at the Technical Secretariat. Starting from June 7th until 1:00 p.m. of June 12th, it will be possible to replace the swimmers at the Technical Secretariat whit other swimmers entered individually within the same club. A swimmer may not swim for more than one team per relay event. The “mixed” relays are made up by two male and two female competitors. The order of swimming is optional. |
| Call room | It is up to the athlete to be present at the call room at least 15 minutes before the start of the race. |
| Medals | Individual event: Medals will be awarded from 1st to 10th place in each age group and gender. Relay event: Medals will be awarded for all competitors of a relay team from 1st to 3th place in each age group. |
| Swimming Standard Qualifying Times | Download |
events
- 50m Freestyle
- 100m Freestyle
- 200m Freestyle
- 400m Freestyle
- 800m Freestyle
- 50m Backstroke
- 100m Backstroke
- 200m Backstroke
- 50m Breaststroke
- 100m Breaststroke
- 200m Breaststroke
- 50m Butterfly
- 100m Butterfly
- 200m Butterfly
- 200m Individual medley
- 400m individual medley
- 4x50m Freestyle relay
- 4x50m Medley relay
- 4x50m Mixed Freestyle relay
- 4x50m Mixed Medley relay