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The rare cases people argue about

Rare situations, and the ones people argue about.

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Classes and events

  1. Which events are in para swimming?World Para Swimming picks each competition's events from a list by class, such as 50 m freestyle S1 to 13 or 200 m medley SM5 to 14.
  2. How are heats seeded in para swimming?Swimmers are seeded in heats by entry time, the fastest in lane 4 of an eight-lane pool.

Starts and strokes

  1. What are exception codes in para swimming?The classification panel gives some swimmers codes of exception, recorded on the master list.

The race and results

  1. How are para swimmers disqualified?A swimmer who breaks the rules is disqualified and gets no time or place.
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