UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO

SWIMMING AND

AQUATICS
GENNIE REY RICO
Swimming Officials
Duties And
Responsibilities

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 OFFICIALS

A swimming competition requires a large number

of volunteers to support the running of the day.
These include:

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 STARTER
• He or she is responsible for sending swimmers
off the block and making sure each swimmer
leaves on time. If a swimmer jumps early, the
starter may penalize him or her for a false start.
The starter controls the swimmers from the time
the referee turns them over to when the race
begins.
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 REFEREE
• The single most important officiating
role in competitive swimming, the referee has
full control. He or she is responsible for
enforcing the rules, settling disputes between
coaches and other officials and calling
swimmers to their respective blocks.

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 TIMEKEEPER

• As the name suggests, timekeepers are

responsible for recording the time of the
swimmer(s) in his or her respective name.
There are typically two timekeepers for each
lane, each of which uses a stopwatch to record
swimmers' times.

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 INSPECTOR OF TURNS

• one inspector of turns is assigned to one or

more lanes at each end of the pool. Each
inspector of turns ensures that swimmers
comply with the relevant rules for turning as
well as the relevant rules for start and finish of
the race.

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 CLERK OF COURSE

• These people line up competitors in correct

order, ready for starting.

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 JUDGES OF STROKE

• These are located on each side of the pool.

They ensure that the rules related to the style
of swimming designated for the event are
being observed, and observe the turns and the
finishes to assist the inspectors of turns.

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 FINISH JUDGES

• These determine the order of finish and make

sure the swimmers finish in accordance with
the rules.

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 Swimming competitors and competition
areas.

• Swimming pool - competitive swimming events can take place in both 25

meter and 50 meter pools.

• Lanes - each swimming pool is split into eight separate lanes of 2.75 m and
the outer lanes must have an additional empty space of 40 cm of water.

• Ropes – the outer lanes must have a green rope, four blue ropes for lanes
2, 3, 6 and 7, and three yellow ropes for lanes 4 and 5. The last five meters
of the ropes are red to indicate the end of the pool.

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 COMPETITORS
Swimming is an individual or team collection of races

and distances that consist of five major strokes, namely

freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and the

individual medley, which is a combination of the four

other styles.

Unlike athletics, both men and women compete at all the

above events.

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Thank you! 

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