Swimming

Main Federations

Organization: The tournament is organized under the regulations of the following federations:

• Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN)
• Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf (FEDS)
• Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF)
• Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC)
• Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Intellectual Disabilities (FEDDI)
• Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Cerebral Palsy and Acquired Brain Injury (FEDPC)

Participating Athletes

Number of Teams: 4 teams (red, yellow, green, and blue).

Team Composition:

• Each team will consist of 8 swimmers:
  • 4 male swimmers.
  • 4 female swimmers.
  • 4 swimmers with disabilities.
  • 4 swimmers without disabilities.
• Event Registration:
  • Each team must register 2 swimmers per event: one with a disability and one without a disability.
  • Each swimmer can participate in a maximum of 2 individual events plus the relay event.
  • As much as possible, each team should include 2 swimmers from classes S1-S5 (greater disability).

Competitions - Events

Competition Format:

• All events will be held using a "time trial" system.
• The composition of heats and lane assignments will be done by draw.
• There will be a morning and an afternoon session.
  • Warm-up from 12:00 to 12:45, and morning competition from 13:00 to 14:00.
  • Warm-up from 16:00 to 16:45, and afternoon competition from 17:00 to 18:00.

Events:

• 100m Breaststroke Male
• 100m Breaststroke Female
• 100m Freestyle Male
• 100m Freestyle Female
• 100m Backstroke Male
• 100m Backstroke Female
• 100m Butterfly Male
• 100m Butterfly Female
• 8x50m Mixed Medley Relay (2B-2B-2F-2C)
  • Relay Composition: Each team must include all its members in the relay event, with the stroke distribution: Backstroke - Breaststroke - Butterfly - Freestyle - Backstroke - Breaststroke - Butterfly - Freestyle.
  • Relay Lanes: Will be swum in lanes 3, 4, 5, and 6, with the heat composition determined by draw.
  • Order of Swimming: To be determined by each team according to their strategy.

Scoring

Individual Events:

• Scoring will be based on:
  • World Aquatics Points Table for swimmers without disabilities.
  • MULTI-DISABILITY Points Table for swimmers with disabilities.
• Based on the ranking in both tables (based on times achieved), points will be awarded as follows:
  • 1st Place: 11 points
  • 2nd Place: 8 points
  • 3rd Place: 6 points
  • 4th Place: 5 points
  • 5th Place: 4 points
  • 6th Place: 3 points
  • 7th Place: 2 points
  • 8th Place: 1 point

Relay Events:

• Ties: In case of a tie in any event, points will be shared among the tied teams.
• Points awarded based on the final position of the team:
  • 1st Place: 22 points
  • 2nd Place: 16 points
  • 3rd Place: 12 points
  • 4th Place: 10 points

Rankings

Overall Male Ranking:

• Sum of all points obtained in male events.

Overall Female Ranking:

• Sum of all points obtained in female events.

Overall Combined Ranking:

• Sum of all points obtained in male events, female events, and mixed relay events.
• Tiebreaker:
  If there is a tie in the overall ranking, the winner will be decided based on the number of first-place finishes. If the tie persists, second-place finishes will be considered, then third places, and so on.

Awards

Awards for the Basketball in Wheelchair Competition:

• Gold Medal: Awarded to the team winning the final.
• Silver Medal: Awarded to the finalist team.
• Bronze Medal: Awarded to the third-place team.

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