Masters swimming

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The Masters swimming is the active senior sports in swimming . In swimming competitions, they are divided into age groups from 20 years (in 5 year steps) for evaluation. In Germany, the German Swimming Association has around 25,000 active master swimmers in 1,188 clubs (as of 2012). Among them are some former competitive swimmers, such as Christel Schulz .

Competitions

Masters competitions in Germany take the form of short and long track competitions both at regional level (e.g. district, state Masters Championships) and at national level (German Masters Championships). Internationally, the European and World Masters Championships take place. The master's regulations only apply to swimming events marked accordingly. Masters swimmers are still entitled to participate in competitions with an open rating (regardless of age).

particularities

The regulations in Germany are presented here. There are similar regulations in German-speaking countries in Austria ( Austrian Swimming Association ) and Switzerland ( Swiss Swimming Association ).

There are additional sections in the competition rules for Masters competitions. In Germany, the German Swimming Association (DSV) applies the "Competition Regulations Swimming Masters (MS)" (with §151 to §160).

The following special regulations differ from the swimming section, which applies to all DSV swimming competitions:

  • The start may be made from the starting block as well as from the pool edge or from the swimming position with one hand on the pool edge (§156 Section 1 No.
  • When swimming with butterflies, the chest leg kick may be performed as an alternative to the dolphin kick (§150 Section 1 No. h)
  • further regulations concern the run composition (§150)

Age groups

For the calculation of the age only the year of birth of the athlete is used and set with the age that is reached on December 31st (reference date) in the current year. Each age group has its own age group records.

The following age classes apply to the individual competitions:

  • Age group 20 (20-24 years) (this age group does not exist in international competitions)
  • AG 25 (25-29 years)
  • Age group 30 (30–34 years)
  • AK 35 (35-39 years)
  • AK 40 (40-44 years)
  • AK 45 (45-49 years)
  • AK 50 (50–54 years)
  • AK 55 (55–59 years)
  • Age group 60 (60-64 years)
  • AG 65 (65-69 years)
  • AK 70 (70-74 years)
  • AK 75 (75-79 years)
  • AK 80 (80-84 years)
  • AK 85 (85-89 years)
  • AK 90 (90-94 years)
  • AK 95 (95-99 years)
  • AK 100 (100 years + older)

The following age group classification applies to the relay competitions (sum of the age of each relay participant):

  • A (80-99 years) (this age group does not exist in international competitions)
  • B (100–119 years)
  • C (120–159 years)
  • D (160–199 years)
  • E (200–239 years)
  • F (240-279 years)
  • G (280-319 years)
  • H (320–359 years)
  • I (360–399 years)

statistics

  • German Masters Championship (short distances) in Gera (April 15-17, 2016): 762 participants (female: 325, male: 437), 2,184 individual starts, 300 relay starts.
  • European Masters Championships in London ( United Kingdom ) (25-29 May 2016): approx. 10,000 participants, approx. 24,000 starts.
  • Masters World Championships in Riccione (Italy) (June 3 - 7, 2012): approx. 9,700 participants, over 30,000 starts.

Health aspects

Due to the physical strain and the decreasing physical performance, there is seldom an emergency doctor in competitions in master swimming. In order to prevent these circumstances, every participant in swimming competitions of the German Swimming Association in Germany must have a medical certificate on sports health, which must be renewed annually. This rule also applies to Masters swimmers.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ schwimmverein [t] , brochure of the German Swimming Association, Masters Division (2012), PDF file on dsv.de.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Swimming - Department of Swimming - Regulations. In: Swimming Masters section. German Swimming Association, accessed on July 30, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Registration result German Championships of the Masters in Swimming Gera 15. -17. April 2016, PDF file on dsv.de.
  4. ↑ Berliner TSC eV In: berlinertsc.de. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
  5. ↑ swim & more , Association magazine of the German Swimming Association eV, issue 7/2012, PDF file on dsv.de ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dsv.de
  6. ↑ Mirko Seifert: (margin) Notes NDM Masters 2014, March 15, day 1/2. (No longer available online.) In: Mirko Seifert Magazin. March 16, 2014, archived from the original on October 13, 2016 ; accessed on July 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / derseifert.wordpress.com