Obstacle Swim (200 M and 100 M)
Κολύμβηση με Εμπόδια (200μ και 100μ)
Event description – 200 m
With a dive start on an acoustic signal, the competitor swims the 200 m course passing eight times under the immersed obstacles to touch the finish wall/edge of the pool. (a) Competitors must surface after the dive entry before the first obstacle; after passing under each obstacle; and after a turn prior to passing under an obstacle. (b) Competitors may push off the pool bottom when surfacing from under each of the obstacles. “Surfacing” means the competitor’s head breaks the plane of the surface of the water. (c) Swimming into or otherwise bumping an obstacle is not a behaviour that results in disqualification.
Event description – 100 m
With a dive start on an acoustic signal, the competitor swims the 100 m course passing four times under the immersed obstacles to touch the finish wall/edge of the pool. (a) Competitors must surface after the dive entry before the first obstacle; after passing under each obstacle; and after a turn prior to passing under an obstacle. (b) Competitors may push off the pool bottom when surfacing from under each of the obstacles. “Surfacing” means the competitor’s head breaks the plane of the surface of the water. (c) Swimming into or otherwise bumping an obstacle is not a behaviour that results in disqualification.
Disqualification
Τhe following behaviour shall result in disqualification: (a) Passing over an obstacle without immediately returning over or under that obstacle and then passing under it (DQ11). (b) Failure to surface after the dive entry or after a turn before passing under an obstacle (DQ12). (c) Failure to surface after each obstacle (DQ13). (d) Taking assistance from any pool fitting (e.g., lane rope, steps, drains or underwater hockey fittings) when surfacing – not including the bottom of the pool (DQ17). (e) Failure to touch the wall/edge during the turn (DQ14). (f) Failure to touch the finish wall/edge (DQ15).
