World Para Swimming Rules and Regulations

1 World Para Swimming Rules and Regulations January 2018. Official Approved Supplier of World Para Swimming Equipment @Para_Swimming @ParaSwimming /ParaSwimming Contents PART A GENERAL .. 6. 1 Definitions .. 6. 2 General Provisions .. 10. Scope and application .. 10. Interpretation .. 10. Governance .. 10. Printing of the Rules .. 11. Amendments to the 11. PART B World PARA Swimming Regulations .. 12. 3 World Para Swimming Recognised Competitions .. 12. Competition levels .. 12. Competition 12. Competition requirements .. 13. Competition management .. 13. Competition entries .. 13. Recognition of results .. 13. Advertising and displays during Competitions .. 14. Anti-gambling requirements .. 14. 4 Eligibility & Classification .. 14. Eligibility requirements IPC Games.

2 14. Eligibility requirements IPC Competitions and World Para Swimming Sanctioned Competitions .. 14. Eligibility requirements World Para Swimming Approved Competitions .. 15. Qualification requirements .. 15. Gender .. 15. Classification .. 16. 5 Anti-Doping .. 16. Anti-Doping requirements .. 16. 6 Medical .. 16. Medical 16. World Para Swimming Technical Rules & Regulations 2018. 2018 International Paralympic Committee ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3. Medical responsibilities .. 17. Medical withdrawal request .. 17. Medical insurance .. 18. Medical and safety services at IPC Games, IPC Competitions and World Para Swimming Sanctioned Competitions .. 18. Medical services .. 19. 19. Autonomic dysreflexia .. 19. Hypoxic or hyperoxic chambers or tents.

3 19. 19. Smoking 19. 7 Technology and Equipment .. 20. Fundamental principles .. 20. 8 Disciplinary Rules .. 20. The IPC Code of Ethics and the World Para Swimming Code of Conduct .. 20. 9 Protests & Appeals .. 20. Field of play .. 20. Anti-doping .. 20. Classification .. 20. 10 General Competition Rules .. 21. Competition Management .. 21. 21. Competition Format .. 25. Events and Programme of Events .. 26. Minimum Qualifying Standards (MQS) .. 27. Withdrawals .. 28. Support 28. Call Rooms .. 28. Seeding of Heats and Finals .. 28. Timing and Automatic Officiating Procedures .. 31. Disqualification .. 32. Technical Protests .. 33. World Para Swimming Technical Rules & Regulations 2018. 2018 International Paralympic Committee ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4.

4 Change of Sport Class in Competition .. 34. Protocol .. 36. Swimwear .. 36. Rankings .. 37. World and Regional 38. 11 Swimming Rules .. 41. The Start .. 41. Freestyle .. 43. 43. Breaststroke .. 44. 46. Medley Swimming .. 48. Relays .. 48. The Race .. 50. APPENDIX ONE: OPEN WATER .. 53. OPEN WATER .. 53. General .. 53. Officials .. 54. The Start .. 59. The Venue .. 60. The Race .. 60. Emergency Abandonment .. 62. The Finish of the Event .. 62. APPENDIX TWO: FACILITES .. 64. FACILITIES .. 64. General .. 64. Minimum Standard Swimming Pools .. 65. Paralympic Standard Swimming Pools (for both permanent and temporary Swimming pools) 69. Automatic Officiating Equipment (AOE) .. 70. World Para Swimming Technical Rules & Regulations 2018. 2018 International Paralympic Committee ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 5.

5 PART A GENERAL. 1 Definitions Classification: grouping athletes into Sport Classes (as defined in the IPC Athlete Classification Code) according to how much their impairment affects fundamental activities in each specific sport or discipline. This is also referred to as Athlete Classification . Classification Panel: A group of Classifiers, appointed by World Para Swimming , to determine Sport Class and Sport Class Status in accordance with these Classification Rules . Codes of Exception: The Codes of Exceptions are assigned to the athlete by the classifiers and are only to guide the technical Officials. The technical officials shall officiate by the sport technical Rules and Regulations and not by the Codes of Exceptions. Competition: a series of individual events conducted together under one ruling body.

6 Competition Medical Director: the person appointed by the LOC for an IPC Competition and/or a World Para Swimming Sanctioned Competition who is responsible to implement the World Para Swimming Scope of Event Medical Services'. Competition Rules : the World Para Swimming Competition Rules set out in Part C of these Rules . FINA: the Federation International de Natation. FINA Rules : the Federation International de Natation Competition Rules . First Appearance: The first time an Athlete competes in an Event the distance of which must be at least 100m during a Competition in a particular Sport Class, except for Sport Classes SB1- 3 where the distance may be 50m. International Federation: a sport federation recognised by the IPC as the sole World -wide representative of a sport for athletes with an impairment that has been granted the status as a Para sport by the IPC.

7 The IPC and IOSD act as an International Federation for certain Para sports. Impairment: A Physical, Vision or Intellectual Impairment. IOC: the International Olympic Committee. IPC: the International Paralympic Committee. IPC Competitions: World Para Swimming Championships and World Para Swimming Regional Championships. IPC Games: the Paralympic Games and the Parapan American Games. World Para Swimming Technical Rules & Regulations 2018. 2018 International Paralympic Committee ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6. IOSD: International Organisation of Sport for the Disabled, an independent organisation recognised by the IPC as the sole worldwide representative for a specific impairment group to the IPC. LOC: Local Organising Committee an organisation appointed by World Para Swimming to organise an IPC Competition or World Para Swimming Sanctioned Competition.

8 LOC Chief Medical Doctor: the medical doctor appointed by the LOC for an IPC Competition and/or World Para Swimming Sanctioned Competition. Long Course: a competition that is run in a fifty (50) meter Swimming pool Minimum Qualifying Standards (MQS): a list of race times, per event and Sport Class, an athlete must achieve to enter the competition. MQS times shall be defined in the Technical Documentation for a specific competition. National Federation: the national member of an International Federation. NPC: National Paralympic Committee, the national member of the IPC who is the sole representative of athletes with an impairment in that country or territory. These are the national members of the IPC. Observation in Competition Assessment: The observation of an Athlete with a Physical Impairment or Intellectual Impairment in a Competition by a Classification Panel so that the Classification Panel can complete its determination as to the extent to which an Eligible Impairment affects that Athlete's ability to execute the specific tasks and activities fundamental to the sport.

9 Official: World Para Swimming certified and accreditation officials. For a full list of Officials'. roles refer to Rule Para sport: a sport governed by the IPC Athlete Classification Code and recognised as a Para sport by the IPC. Programme of Events: the programme of events is a list of events/days in the order they are going to be swum. Publication of the Official Results: a designated area identified by the LOC and World Para Swimming appointed officials to post the official results. The place is to be communicated at the Technical Meeting or in the Competition Documentation. Referee: the person appointed to adjudicate World Para Swimming Recognised Competitions. Regulations : the World Para Swimming Regulations set out in Part B of these Rules .

10 World Para Swimming Technical Rules & Regulations 2018. 2018 International Paralympic Committee ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 7. Rules : the World Para Swimming Rules and Regulations comprised of the General Provisions, the World Para Swimming Regulations and the World Para Swimming Competition Rules . Short Course: a competition that is run in a twenty-five (25) meter Swimming pool Sport Class: a category for Competition defined by World Para Swimming by reference to the extent to which an athlete can perform the specific tasks and activities required by a Para sport. Sport Class Status: a designation applied to a Sport Class to indicate the extent to which an athlete may be required to undertake athlete evaluation and/or be subject to a classification protest.