Swimming
1. COMPETITION RULES
1.1. The rules of the PRISAA National Games and the Swimming Rules of the Federation International de Natation(FINA) will be applied. Ground rules which have been agreed upon shall be implemented.
1.2. In matters not provided for, decisions shall rest with the Technical and/or the Organizing Committee.
1.3 There shall be two (2) divisions for the PRISAA National Games Swimming Championship:
1.3.1. YOUTH Division for high school students for Male and Female;
1.3.2. SENIORS Division for college students for Male and Female
1.4. One start rule.
1.5. Competition will be in Timed Finals format.
1.6. Each delegation is allowed to enter two (2) swimmers per individual event and one (1) relay team in the relay events.
1.7. Each swimmer is allowed to swim five (5) individual events and two (2) relay events.
1.8. A swimmer who fails to swim an event will not be allowed to swim his succeeding events for that session unless otherwise for medical reason and that swimmer must submit a medical report from the PRISAA Official Medical Physician.
1.9. Only athletes, coaches and Delegation Officials with official identification tags will be allowed at areas designated for delegates.
2. RELAY ENTRY
2.1. Four (4) names of swimmers in order of swim for relay team entries including two (2) alternates for Freestyle Relay and four (4) alternates for the Medley Relay must be submitted in the master list of entries.
2.2 Indicate order of swim by numbering swimmers (e.g. 1-6) in the official entry form and seed times.
2.3. Relay order of swimmers one (1) to four (4) only may be changed 30 minutes before the start of the relay
competition day
3. SWIMWEAR
3.1. The swimwear (swimsuit, cap and goggles) of all competitors shall be in good moral taste and suitable for the individual sports disciplines and not to carry any symbol which may be considered offensive.
3.2. All swimsuits shall be non- transparent.
3.3. The competitor must wear swimsuit in one or two pieces. For men, the swimsuit shall not extend above the navel nor below the knee and for women, shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder, nor extend below the knee. All swimsuits shall be made from textile materials. No additional items, like arm bands or leg bands shall be regarded as parts of a swimsuit.
3.4. The referee of a competition has the authority to exclude any competitor whose swimwear or body symbols do not comply with this Rule.
3.5. Composition/other items: Men’s swimsuits are in one piece. Subject to decency rule and observance of limitation in surface covered, Women’s swimsuits may be in one or two pieces. Other items covering the body and not part of the swimsuit are prohibited.
4. PROTEST
4.1. Protests are possible
4.1.1. If the rules and regulations for the conduct of the competition are not observed,
4.1.2. If other conditions endanger the competitions and/or competitors, or
4.1.3. Against decisions of the referee; however, no protest shall be allowed against decisions of fact.
4.2. Protest must be submitted
4.2.1. To the referee
4.2.2. In writing
4.2.3. By the Official Team Coach only
4.2.4. Together with protest Fee as stipulated in the PRISAA Handbook.
4.2.5. Within 30 minutes following the conclusion of the respective event
5. TIMING
5.1. In the case of an error in the electronic timing systems and/or manual timing systems, official manual time of a swimmer shall be determined as follows:
5.1.1. If in the case that the time of the first swimmer is higher than the time of the second swimmer, average time of swimmers involved shall be the official time of both swimmers.
5.1.2. Official placing will be decided by the referee based on facts and a referee’s decision (RD) will be indicated at the official results.
6. TEAM COMPOSITION
6.1. Number of swimmers per delegation will be as follows:
12 Male and 12 Female for the Juniors Division
12 Male and 12 Female for the Seniors Division
7. SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES
7.1. All entries must be on official entry forms.
7.2. Submission of entries must indicate the latest best time of each swimmer in each event for seeding purposes and lane assignments.
7.3. Entries must be submitted on or before the date as indicated by Tournament Manager on a meeting called for
7.4. No late entries will be accepted.
8. Selection for the Most Outstanding Swimmer for Men and Women will be based on the most number of individual gold
medals won. If tie exist, breaking of tie will be based on the following:
A. most number of individual silver medals won
B. if tie still exist, individual bronze medal won.
C. if tie still exist, next highest individual placing.
9. Coaches and Team Managers’ meeting will be held after the solidarity meeting or will be announced by the PRISAA on a
later date.