Disqualifications Explained

Was your swimmer disqualified in a race and you are unsure what the disqualification is or means? Did you look at meet mobile or a meet result and saw a disqualification code (DQ)? Match the code or DQ description to the stroke below and click on a link to get more information. These videos will provide an example of the disqualification and the proper way the stroke should look. 

Butterfly

1A - Alternating Kick

1B - Breaststroke Kick

1C - Scissor Kick

1E - Non Simultaneous Arms

1F - Underwater Recovery

1J - One Hand Touch

1K - Hands Not Separated

1L - Nonsultaneous Arms Turn/Finish

1M - No Touch

1N - Not Towards Breast

1P - 15 Meters

1R - Resubmerge

Backstroke

2A - No Touch At Turn

2B - Delay Arm Pull

2C - Delayed Turn

2D - Multiple Strokes

2E - Toes Over Gutter 

2F - 15 Meters

2G - Resubmerge

2H - Not On The Back Off Of The Wall

2L - Shoulders Past Vertical

Breaststroke

3A - Alternating Kicks

3B - Butterfly Kicks

3C - Scissor Kicks

3D - Hands Past Hipline

3E - Non Simultaneous Arms

3H - Recovered Over Water

3J - One Hand Touch

3K - Hands Not Separated

3L - Non Simultaneous Touch

3M - No Touch

3N - Not Towards Breast Off Wall

3P - Kick Before The Pull

3R - Head Not Up 

3S - Double Pullout

Freestyle

4A - No Touch

4B - Head Did Not Break Before 15 Meters

4C - Resubmerged

Individual Medley (IM)

5B - Out Of Sequence

Relay

6A-D - Stroke Infraction                          6F-H - Early Take Off

Miscellaneous

7A - False Start Forward                        7A - False Start Backward                       7D - Delay Of The Meet