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INTERPRETATION OF USA SWIMMING RULES AND REGULATIONS

USA Swimming Rules & Regulations Committee

 

This page has been designed;as a quick reference guide to any new rule changes and interpretation of rules already in use.  They have been divided into the individual strokes, individual IM and relays for easier access to the interpretation that you might have a question on.  Also included are miscellaneous rule interpretations that come down from USA Swimming.

 

 

BACKSTROKE

 

Breast Stroke
Butterfly

 

Free Style
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FALSE STARTS
Individual Medley

 

Relays

 

  • Interpretation of Article 101.5.2 - Freestyle - Medley Relay and Individual Medley (09/08/15)
  • Article 101.7 Medley Relay rule change effective 09/21/17 (09/21/17)
  • Article 102.24.1 Requirements for Official Time for a Relay (09/14/19)
    • From HOD at convention
      • 102.24.1 Requirements for Official Time -  For a relay lead-off time to count, there must be four eligible swimmers on the relay.  A lead-off swimmer’s time shall not be nullified by a subsequent disqualification of his/her team members.  (In other words, a team can’t field a relay team with less than 4 eligible swimmers and get the lead-off time to count.)  Special relays for fun and not for an official team time would not be impacted by this rule.
Swim Offs

 

Swim Suits

 

Taping
Membership

 

Changes to Technical Rules

 

Interpretions