Deaflympics Technical Regulations
01. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
The technical committee will be composed of the Technical Director of DEAFLYMPICS and four members appointed by the Organising Committee:
Reed Gershwind DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director
Geoffrey Hare Swimming Victoria
Judith Smith Swimming Victoria
Joanne Davis Sports Liaison Officer - M2005 Deaflympic Games
02. PROTEST COMMITTEE
* Reed Gershwind - Deaflympics Technical Director
* Two Representatives from Swimming Victoria
* Joanne Davis - Deaf Representative
Please note: Names of the Protest Committee will be advised at the Water Polo Technical Meeting in Melbourne.
03. COMPETITION VENUE
The Swimming competitions will take place at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. The swimming complex is indoors with a 10-lane 50m-competition pool and a 25m warm down pool.
04. TRAINING VENUE
The training venues will be at Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre.
05. EQUIPMENT
Rooms, showers, dry land training facilities, and first aid services will be available. Equipment and implements complying with the FINA Rules and Regulations will be available.
06. EVENTS
The swimming competitions will consist of the following events for both men and women:
Individual events:
Freestyle - 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m (women only), & 1500m (men only)
Backstroke - 50m, 100m, 200m
Breaststroke - 50m, 100m, 200m
Butterfly - 50m, 100m, 200m
Individual Medley - 200m, 400m
Team relay events:
Freestyle - 4x100m, 4x200m
Medley - 4x100m
07. SCHEDULE
See Competition Schedule
08. REGULATIONS
8.1. Rules: The Swimming competitions of the 20th Deaflympic Games will be conducted in accordance with the FINA Rules. In case of disagreement in the interpretation of the Rules, the English text shall prevail. Unforeseen incidents not covered by the Rules shall be dealt with as follows:
8.1.1. Cases of a general nature will be resolved in accordance with DEAFLYMPICS Statutes.
8.1.2. Technical questions shall be resolved in accordance with the FINA Rules.
8.1.3. Only athletes who comply with the DEAFLYMPICS Statutes and Regulations are entitled to take part in the Deaflympic Games Swimming competitions.
8.2. Participants: Each National Association may enter three (3) competitors in each individual event and one (1) team in each relay event. Each of the National Associations may enter a maximum of 26 men and 26 women swimmers.
Swimmers entered for individual events and for the relays may act as reserves for the relays. The composition of teams for the relay events must be announced at least one hour before the corresponding sessions begin. Team compositions may be changed between the heats and the final. When preliminaries are swum, medals shall be awarded to those swimmers who swam in the preliminaries and the final race.
8.3. Entries:
8.3.1. Preliminary registrations with an indication of the probable number of athletes in each sport and event have been submitted to the DEAFLYMPICS Secretariat no later than 15 December 2003.
8.3.2. The final registrations with the names of each athlete indicating sport, event, and official time entered must be submitted to the DEAFLYMPICS Secretariat no later than 1 December 2004. Such submissions may be made by telefax if followed by the official registration form.
8.3.3. No changes or additional entries will be accepted after this time.
8.3.4. The DEAFLYMPICS will establish standard entry times for each individual event at the 20th Deaflympic Games. Standard entry times are listed in Part D - Entry Standards.(See additional documents for Entry Standards.)
All National Associations having no swimmers qualified may enter one man and one woman regardless of time standards in competitions of their choice with evidence of participation in national and international competition.
All National Associations having no swimmers qualified may enter one man and one woman regardless of time standards in competitions of their choice with evidence of participation in national and international competition.
Standard entry times are listed in Part D - Entry Standards.
8.3.5. A fine of US $50 is levied on each non-starting athlete with the exception of those presenting a doctor's declaration that he/she should not be allowed to start.
8.4. Medical Control: "See DEAFLYMPICS' General Rules for All Sports, Article 1.4 - Control and Sanctions"
09. COMPETITION RULES AND REGULATIONS
9.1. Technical Organisation: The DEAFLYMPICS is responsible for the technical organisation of the Swimming competitions.
9.2. Swimming competition: There shall be heats and A and B finals in all events, with the exception of the 1,500 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle and the relay events, for which there will be only heats and A finals. All lanes will be allotted to swimmers according to FINA Rules. A swimmer or team not wishing to take part in final shall withdraw within thirty (30) minutes following the heats of the event. The National Association of any swimmer who withdraws from the final more than thirty (30) minutes after the heats shall pay to the DEAFLYMPICS the sum of USD $50, in case of a relay, the sum shall be USD $100.
9.3. Competition organisation: the DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director shall under the control of the Technical Committee head management of the
competitions. Its function will be as follows:
a. to organise the heats
b. to manage the competition
c. to appoint the officials
d. to decide all protests or other matters, which may arise during the competitions.
9.4. Referees and judges: The Organising Committee will appoint the referee and all judges to officiate the competitions.
9.5. Protests:
9.5.1. Procedure for lodging a protest: All sport related protests will be resolved in accordance to the Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA) Regulations and will be managed by the Sporting Protest Committee. Any official protest must be submitted in writing on the Official DEAFLYMPICS Protest Form, and given to the DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director accompanied by $US50.
The DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director will decide whether the protest is sporting related or eligibility related. The Sporting Protest Committee will review all sport related protests, and the Deaflympics Executive Committee will review all eligibility protests. The deposit of $US50 will be returned to the appellant only if the protest is considered valid.
9.5.2 Procedures for reviewing a protest: The sporting protest committee will meet in the official room at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre at a time decided upon by the chairperson of the committee.
· The DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director will be the chairperson of the committee.
· The Sports Liaison Officer (SLO) will be responsible to book the meeting room and interpreters.
· The Sports Liaison Officer (SLO) will contact all committee members to inform them of the meeting time and location.
· The DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director will be responsible for liaising with the State Sports Association.
The Sports Liaison Officer (SLO) will be responsible for informing Games Headquarters (GHQ) and the DEAFLYMPICS Technical Director will be responsible for informing Deaflympics Executive about the protest and also the outcome of the protest.
9.6. Clothing: Competitors must wear swimming costumes complying with
the requirements of FINA Rules. Participants must observe the regulations contained in the DEAFLYMPICS rules regarding advertisements on clothing, etc. in the pool areas.
10. TECHNICAL MEETING
A technical meeting will be held on 7th January at Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre starting at 1.00pm. Each participating team may be represented by two officials, of whom at least one must be deaf and, if necessary, one interpreter.