Swimming
Welcome to swimming at the World Outgames 2013!
Make sure to register and receive updates and more information about your sport.
Hope to see you all in Antwerp!
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Type of tournament
International FINA reglemented tournament, with multiple events.
Categories and divisions
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4 x 50 m medley relay
4 x 100 m medley relay
4 x 50 m freestyle relay
4 x 100 m freestyle relay
The following age groups are considered:
20 - 24, 25 - 29, 30 - 34, 35 - 39, 40 - 44, 45 - 49, 50 - 54, 55 - 59, 60 - 64, 65 - 69, 70 - 74, ...
If you will be 20 on 31 December 2013, you can sign up for the competition. So if you become 20 in 2013, there's no problem to participate.
Anticipated number of participants
1000
Event conditions
Depends on number of participants.
Schedule
| Preliminary Schedule for swimming | |
| Monday 5 Aug 2013 | Tuesday 6 Aug 2013 |
BREAK | 400 individual medley BREAK 100 breaststroke |
| Wednesday 7 Aug 2013 | |
50 butterfly BREAK 100 freestyle | |
Governing and sanction rules*
Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
The event will be officially sanctioned and records will be acknowledged.
You can download the rules for this competition at this link: woga rules swimming.
Venue
Wezenberg Olympic Swimming Pool, Indoor, 50 m length:
Desguinlei 17-19,
2018 Antwerpen.
Public transport
This location is accessible by public transport. Once the travel times from the bus company for 2013 are known, this information will be communicated on our website.
Accommodation for wheelchairs
No.
Awards ceremony
Bronze, silver and gold medals for each category in each competition.
What is swimming?
The swimming competition will be the biggest single event in the sports programme at the World Outgames 2013. We welcome swimmers from all around the world, at all levels, to compete in a maximum of five individual events and three relays.
The event will be an official tournament in accordance to FINA and IGLA regulations. Top times will be recorded and new records will be acknowledged. We hope we can break new records as we did at EuroGames 2007.
Get ready for a hot swimming competition; the tournament guarantees suspense and fun!
Contact
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*All organizations mentioned are preferred partners
