Swimming - Men’s Freestyle 100M | Women’s Freestyle 50M | Mixed Relay Freestyle 100M * 4

Rules

• Swiss League System to be followed

• The stroke most commonly used is sometimes called the crawl, which is characterized by the alternate stroking of the arms over the water surface and an alternating (up-and-down) flutter kick.

• On turns and finishes, some part of the swimmer must touch the wall. Most swimmers do a flip turn.

• Most swimmers do the forward dive off of the block, but swimmers can just jump or dive from the edge of the pool.

Disqualifications will result from actions such as:

• Missed touching the wall

• Touched bottom of the Swimming Pool

• Walking on the bottom

• Pulling on the lane lines

• Not completing the distance

• The competition will have Qualifying Heats followed by a Final Race.

Relay Rules:

• The Relay Event will have a combination of 3 Men & 1 Woman.

• The order of first to last is completely flexible and can be decided by the individual teams.

• An exchange is legal as long as the big toe nail is still on the block as the swimmer in the water touches.

• This means that the swimmer on the block can be over top of the swimmer in the pool as he/she touches as long as the toe is still on the block.

• Participating Companies can make mixed teams (consisting of different participating companies) for the Relay Event.