OVERVIEW
Swimming will be one of the largest events in the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 sport programme. Competitions will welcome a maximum of 1500 swimmers — register early to reserve your place!

Participants may register in a maximum of six individual events, excluding relays.

DATES
. Sunday, 30 July 2006
. Monday ,31 July 2006
. Tuesday, 1 August 2006
. Wednesday, 2 August 2006
. Thursday, 3 August 2006
. Friday, 4 August 2006

SANCTIONED BY
The competition will be sanctioned by the Fédération de natation du Québec (FNQ), a member of FINA.

RULES
Swimming / Natation Canada (SNC) rules will be used.

AFFILIATION
All participants must be a members of a FINA-affiliated federation and must be at least 18 years of age on 30 July 2006. Proof of membership will be required during accreditation.

COMPETITION FORMAT

RELAY EVENTS
To be eligible for relays, swimmers must have registered for at least one individual event during the meet. Teams must be composed of members from the same club. A mixed team relay must be composed of two men and two women.

Please be sure to enter your club’s code when registering online.

PROGRAMME SEQUENCE
With the exception of the 800-metre and 1500-metre freestyle events, all individual events will be pre-seeded from slowest to fastest based on submitted times, regardless of age or gender.

800-METRE AND 1500-METRE FREESTYLE EVENTS
Confirmation of presence with the clerk of course will be required on-site before 8:30 on the day of the event. The events will be deck-seeded, from the slowest to the fastest, regardless of age. The Meet Direction Committee reserves the right to place two swimmers of the same gender per lane.

TIME SUBMITTED
Swimmers must provide their time for a 50-metre pool. Registration without time entries will be accepted and swimmers will be seeded at the beginning of each event. Relay teams must submit a seedtime if they wish to be seeded according to time.

More details on the system to be used will be available at a later date.

TIMING
Electronic timekeeping will be used and supported by a semi-automatic timing system. Manual timing will be used in certain events.

WARM-UP PROCEDURES
SNC warm-up procedures will apply throughout the competitions. FNQ pool security rules will also be used.

AGE CATEGORIES
Participants' ages will be determined by their age on 31 December 2006.

Individual events:

Relay events:
Age categories will be determined by the total age in round numbers of all team members:

COMPETITION SCHEDULE
We will publish the full program of events on these pages after the close of registration in April 2006. Competitions are currently planned to begin at 8:30 each day and continue until the close of the day's programme. A detailed schedule will be posted after the close of the registration period in April 2006.

Here is the order in which events will be held:

REFEREES AND OFFICIALS
Information available soon.

ACCREDITATION
During the accreditation, participants from Canada will be required to show government-issued identification with a photo. For athletes from all other countries, a passport will be the preferred form of identification. Furthermore, every participant will be required to provide his or her participant number.

Main Accreditation Centre (Salle 220C Hall Viger)
Volunteers
20 to 23 July	08:00 to 18:00	Palais des congrès de Montréal
Participants - Conference
24 to 28 July	08:00 to 20:00	Palais des congrès de Montréal
Participants - Sport and Culture
27 and 28 July	08:00 to 20:00	Palais des congrès de Montréal
29 July	08:00 to 18:00	Palais des congrès de Montréal
30 July	08:00 to 12:00	Palais des congrès de Montréal

Late Accreditation (Limited Services)
30 July to 5 août	08:00 to 18:00	Olympic Stadium (rotonde)
30 July to 3 août	08:00 to 18:00	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
4 August	08:00 to 14:00	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
30 July	12:00 to 18:00	Palais des congrès (5e étage)
31 July to 5 August	08:00 to 18:00	Palais des congrès (5e étage)

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Outsplash! is a spectacular aquatic show and competition under the rainbow colours under the theme "FLAMBOYANT / OUTRAGEOUS". All participants registered in an aquatic sport are invited to register in the team competition for free.

For more information, visit the Outsplash! page.

Mega Aquatic Party

Thursday, 3 August 2006, from 20:00 to 1:00

Take advantage of this incredible site while having an incredible time! Dance the night away beside the outdoor pool in the Parc Jean-Drapeau was built for the 2005 XI FINA World Championships.

For more information, go to www.acontrecourant.qc.ca or call (514) 990-2582.

For tickets, go to www.admission.com or call (514) 790-1245

COMPETITION SITE AND TRANSPORTATION
The competitions will be held in a 50-metre pool with ten lanes at the Olympic pools in the Centre sportif, located at the base of the Olympic Tower. This will be the location for several sport events, making it a key venue, filled with activity. Warm-up facilities will be available throughout the day in an adjoining 50-metre pool with five lanes.

Olympic Pool

Viau

SERVICES
Information available soon.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

• Sylvain Guibord: Sport Coordinator for Montréal 2006, Head of the Swimming Organising Committee;
• Carole Thomas (Fédération de natation du Québec) and Benoit Dubuc (À Contre-Courant): Competition Directors;
• Maurice Harvey (À Contre-Courant) and Suzanne White (Fédération de natation du Québec): Supervisors of Major and Minor Officials;
  
• André Montpetit (À Contre-Courant): Manager, Registrations;
  
• François Vitale (À Contre-Courant): Equipment Manager;
• Gerry Sparrow: Supervisor of Volunteers;
• Janis Warne (À Contre-Courant): Communications.

SPORT COORDINATOR
For more detailed information about Swimming, email us at: swimming@montreal2006.org.

REGISTRATION FOLLOW-UP
Visit the statistics page to see an overview of the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 participating cities.