TECHNICAL MANUAL AQUATIC SPORTS

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SPORTS AUTHORITIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Name Position Country 4 Mr. Steve Stoute President Barbados Sr. Carlos Padilla 1st Vicepresident Mexico Mr. Baltazar Medina 2nd Vicepresident Colombia Ms. Judy Simons 3rd Vicepresident Bermuda Mr. Eduardo Alvarez Secretary General Venezuela Mr. Camilo Amado Treausurer Panama Mr. Salvador Jimenez First Vocal Honduras Mr. Ruperto Herrera Second Vocal Cuba Mr. Christopher Samuda Third Vocal Jamaica Mr. Hans Larsen Fourth Vocal Haiti Ms. Sara Rosario Mr. Ciro Solano Fifth Vocal Ex Officio Member Puerto Rico Colombia CACSO Central American and Caribbean Sport Organization. Address Olympic House Puerto Rico Olympic Committee Second Floor, Suite CACSO San Juan, PR 00908 Telephones +1(787) 723-3890 721-6805 (Fax) Mail humbertocintron@msn.com

CACSO STAFF Name Position Country Ms. Myrna Febus Dr. Enrique Amy Mr. Carlos Uriarte Ms. Carla Alonso Lic. Julio E. Torres Lic. Mario Rodriguez Lic. Jorge O. Sosa CPA. Ricardo Alvarez Adjunt Secretary Medical Director Head of Media Events Operations Legal Advisor Legal Advisor Audit Finance TECHNICAL COMMISSION Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Name Position Country Prof. Humberto Cintrón President Puerto Rico Mr. Keith Joseph Vicepresident Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mr. Luis Cumba Member Dominican Republic Mr. Carlos Cisneros Mr. Erskine Simons Member Member Mexico Barbados 5 Mr. Melecio Rivera Member El Salvador Mr. Julio Roberto Gómez Member Colombia Dr. René Romero Member Cuba TECHNICAL ADVISORS Name Position Country Mr. Guillermo Rergis Mr. Hector Figueroa Ing. Salvador Ortiz Ms. Maria C. Muñoz Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Mexico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES MEMBERS OF THE CACSO 6 ASSOCIATED MEMBERS

COBAR 2018 XXIII Central American and the Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018, Organizing Committee COBAR 2018 Physical Address CRA 54 No. 74-127 Telephone +(57) 311 230 3984 Official Webpage www.barranquilla2018.com COBAR 2018 COBAR 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE NAME Dr. Baltazar Medina Dr. Alejandro Char Chaljud Dr. Eduardo Verano De La Rosa Dra. Clara Luz Roldán Dr. Ciro Solano Dr. Gonzalo Baute Dra. Ana María Aljure Dr. Carlos Acosta Dr. Rafael Lafont POSITION President (President Colombian Olympic Committee) Mayor of Barranquilla Governor of the Atlantico State National Director of COLDEPORTES Secretary General of Colombian District Secretary of Sports District Secretary General City Development Manager District Infrastructure Secretary 7

TECHNICAL DIRECTION 8 NAME Armando Segovia Ortiz Alexander Gonzalez Vidal Maria Llinas Bermejo Jorge Cotte Bruges Nelson Osorio Lentino Maria Barraza Cervantes Carmen Sanjuan Melendez Maycol Thomas Gutierrez Daniel Paez Bastidas POSITION Director General Secretary National Olympic Committees Entry Coordinator Judgment Intl. Federations Communications Sports Management Sports Venues Sports Operations

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FINA INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING FEDERATION PRESIDENT: JULIO C. MAGLIONE Avenue de l Avant-Poste 4 CH 1005 Lausanne Switzerland +(41 21) 3104 710 / +(41 21) 3126 610 Fax office@fina.org www.fina.org CCCAN CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AMATEUR SWIMMING CONFEDERATION FELIX CALDERÓN felixacalderon@gmail.com 10 COLOMBIAN SWIMMING FEDERATION PRESIDENT: JORGE SOTO ROLDAN TECHNICAL DELEGATES Jose de Jesus (PUR) Tomás Haces (CUB) Manuel de Jesus Benitez (PUR) Rolando Ruiz Pedreguera (CUB) Stella Leslie (ARU) Swimming Marathon Swimming Water polo Diving Artistic Swimming

CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGERS: Marathon Swimming Diving Swimming Artistic Swimming Swimming Water Polo Sergio Valiente Gomez Jorge de Jesus Zapata Llanos Guillermo Perez Lopez Rocio Cardona Tamayo Pedro Perez Velasquez 11

SWIMMING The swimming competition at the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will take place from July 20 to July 25, 2018 at the in the acquatic sports complex in Barranquilla. EVENTS AND MEDALS The events announced for the Swimmig Competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 are as follows: 41 competition events. MALE EVENT MEDALS-TITLES GOLD SILVER BRONZE 50m Freestyle 1 1 1 100m Freestyle 1 1 1 200m Freestyle 1 1 1 12 400m Freestyle 1 1 1 1500m Freestyle 1 1 1 50m Backstroke 1 1 1 100m Backstroke 1 1 1 200m Backstroke 1 1 1 50m Breaststroke 1 1 1 100m Breaststroke 1 1 1 200m Breaststroke 1 1 1 50m Butterfly 1 1 1 100m Butterfly 1 1 1 200m Butterfly 1 1 1 200m Individual Combined 1 1 1 4x100 Freestyle Relief 1 1 1 4x200 Freestyle Relief 1 1 1 4x100 Combined Relief 1 1 1 TOTAL MALE MEDALS 19 19 19

FEMALE EVENT MEDALS-TITLES GOLD SILVER BRONZE 50m Freestyle 1 1 1 100m Freestyle 1 1 1 200m Freestyle 1 1 1 400m Freestyle 1 1 1 800m Freestyle 1 1 1 50m Backstroke 1 1 1 100m Backstroke 1 1 1 200m Backstroke 1 1 1 50m Breaststroke 1 1 1 100m Breaststroke 1 1 1 200m Breaststroke 1 1 1 50m Butterfly 1 1 1 100m Butterfly 1 1 1 200m Butterfly 1 1 1 200m Individual Combined 1 1 1 4x100 Freestyle Relief 1 1 1 4x200 Freestyle Relief 1 1 1 4x100 Combined Relief 1 1 1 TOTAL FEMALE MEDALS 19 19 19 13

MIXED EVENTS: 4X100 COMBINED RELIEF - 4X100 FREESTYLE RELIEF EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL - MALE 19 19 19 TOTAL - FEMALE 19 19 19 TOTAL - MIXED 2 2 2 TOTAL 41 41 41 COMPETITION SYSTEM 14 The Swimming competition has forty one (41) events: 19 female events, 19 male events and 2 mixes events. There will be preliminaries in the mornings, B finals and A finals in the afternoons in all the events, except 800m Female Freestyle, 1500m Male Freestyle and all the reliefs, where there will only have A final. Eight (8) tracks will be used for both, preliminaries and finals. For the 800m female and the 1500m male, swimmers with the slower scores will swim in the morning and the swimmers with the 8 best scores will swim in the afternoon in the final. In each event, morning scores obtained from the preliminary serie will compete with the afternoon final serie. JUDGES AND TECHNICAL OFFICIALS President of CCCAN, in agreement with the international technical delegate, will name all the officials who are going to participate in the development and control of competitions according to the following instructions: CCCAN through an official message, will ask the participants to postulate their judges or officials to be considered to participate in the games, including Colombia. The proposals of the federations will be evaluated by the president of CCCAN and the international technical delegate and will designate by agreement with the Olympic Committee a maximum of 36 international technical officials, members of FINA.

The Colombian Swimming Federation would postulate all the pending judges and officials, including administrative personnel, results control, control rooms teams, maintenance personnel and other technical crew. National Federations must follow CCCAN policies no later than March 10th 2018, with a CC to their National Olympic Committee and to the hosting Olympic Committee. PROTESTS AND APPEALS All the protests and appeals must be done to the competition referee, according to the FINA GR 9.2 law. CCCAN Executive Committee will define the appealing judges for technical issues. Appeals judges will receive and will solve all the appeals delivered, according to the FINA GR 9.3 law. START POSITIONS Start positions for all swimming events will be established according to the FINA manual SW 3 law. The competition will be classifying for LIMA 2019 and for other FINA events. The Colombian Swimming Federation will be responsible for requesting to ODEPA and FINA this consideration. 15 AGE OF COMPETITORS For girls: swimmers must be at least 14 years of age by December 31st, 2018 For boys: swimmers must be at least 15 years of age by December 31st, 2018.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 20 10:00 400 m Combined Relief MIXED Preliminary 400 m free F Preliminary 200 m Butterfly M Preliminary 50 m reverse F Preliminary 100 m free M Preliminary 100 m Chest F Preliminary 4 x 200 mfree Relay M Preliminary 19:00 400Combined Relief MIXED Final 16 400 m free F Final 200 m Butterfly M Final 50 m reverse F Final 100 m free M Final 100 m Chest F Final 4 x 200 m Free relay M JULY 21 10:00 200 m free F Preliminary 100 m Chest M Preliminary 50 m Butterfly F Preliminary 1500 m free M Preliminary 100 m reverse F Preliminary 200 m Single Combination M Preliminary 4 X 100 Free relay M Preliminary 19:00 200 m free F Final 100 m Chest M Final

50 m Butterfly F Final 1500 m free M Final 100 m reverse F Final 200 m Single Combination M Final 4 X 100 Free relay M Final JULY 22 10:00 200 m Butterfly F Preliminary 100 m reverse M Preliminary 100 m free F Preliminary 400 m Single Combination M Preliminary 50 m Chest F Preliminary 50 m Butterfly M Preliminary 4 x 200 m Free relay F Preliminary 19:00 200 m Butterfly F Final 100 m reverse M Final 17 100 m free F Final 400 m Single Combination M Final 50 m Chest F Final 50 m Butterfly M Final 4 x 200 m Free relay F Final JULY 23 10:00 4 x 100 m Free relay MIXED Preliminary 200 m Chest F Preliminary 400 m free M Preliminary 400 m Single Combination F Preliminary 200 m reverse M Preliminary 100 m Butterfly F Preliminary 50 m Chest M Preliminary

4 X 100 mcombined Relief F Preliminary 19:00 4 x 100 m Free relay MIXED Final 200 m Chest F Final 400 m free M Final 400 m Single Combination F Final 200 m reverse M Final 100 m Butterfly F Final 50 m Chest M Final 4 X 100 m Combined Relief F Final JULY 24 10:00 200 m Libre M Preliminary 200 m Single Combination F Preliminary 18 50 m reverse M Preliminary 800 m free F Preliminary 100 m Butterfly M Preliminary 4 x 100 m Free relay F Preliminary 4 x 100 m Combined Relief M Preliminary 19:00 200 m free M Final 200 m Single Combination F Final 50 m reverse M Final 800 m free F Final 100 m Butterfly M Final 4 x 100 m Free relay F Final 4 x 100 m Combined Relief M Final JULY 25 10:00 200 m reverse F Preliminary 200 m Chest M Preliminary

50 m free F Preliminary 50 m free M Preliminary 4 x 100 mcombined Relief F Preliminary 19:00 200 m reverse F Final 200 m Chest M Final 50 m free F Final 50 m free M Final 4 x 100 mcombined Relief F Final 19

MARATHON SWIMMING DATE AND PLACE OF COMPETITION The Marathon Swimming competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will take place on Saturday, July 28th and Sunday, July 29th, at Puerto Velero, Barranquilla. EVENTS AND MEDALS 20 The events for the Marathon Swimming competition at the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 are as follows: EVENT MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE Individual Women s 10 km 1 1 1 Individual Men s 10 km 1 1 1 Total Medals 2 2 2 COMPETITION FORMAT The Marathon Swimming competition will take place on a 10 km circuit. The starting position will be located in (name of the competition place) and the circuit will be published by the Organizing Committee, on Thursday, July 19th, 2018.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 28 10:00 10 K F Finals JULY 29 10:00 10 K M Finals JUDGES AND TECHNICAL OFFICIALS All officials who will participate in the competition s development and control will be appointed by the CCCAN and FINA representative. All other judges will be jointly appointed by COBAR 2018, the DTI delegate, the CCCAN and the Colombian Swimming Federation. PROTESTS AND APPEALS Protests and appeals must be made to and resolved by the main Judge of the competition event according to FINA GR 9.2 Rule. The FINA representatives and the CCCAN Executive Committee shall constitute the Jury of Appeals for technical issues. The Jury will receive all appeals submitted in accordance with FINA Rule GR 9.3 QUALIFICATION TO LIMA 2019 21 The top (amount to be defined by UANA and the Organizing Committee) athletes of both genders will qualify for Lima 2019 representing Zone 2 of CCCAN. TECHNICAL MEETING The Technical Meeting will take place on July 27th, 2018 at 11:00 am at Puerto Velero competition venue. The invitation card for the Technical meeting will be available for the Heads of Team at the Sports Information Center of the Central American and Caribbean Village, upon their arrival. The Technical Delegate and the Organizing Committee s Competition Manager for Marathon Swimming will preside the meeting, which shall take place in Spanish with simultaneous translation to English.

WATER POLO PLACE AND DATE OF COMPETITION The Water Polo competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will take place from Thursday, July 26th to Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 at the Aquatic Center. EVENTS AND MEDALS The events and medals for the Water Polo competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018, are as follows: 22 EVENTS MEDALS GENDER TEAMS GOLD SILVER BRONZE Women s Team 1 1 1 Men s Team 1 1 1 TOTAL MEDALS FOR WATER POLO 2 2 2 COMPETITION FORMAT The Water Polo competition format will consist of preliminaries, quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals. MEN S COMPETITION 1. When the number of teams for men s is 8, the competition format will be two groups of four, with rounds of quarter-final, semi-final and final. 2. When the number of teams is 7, the competition format will be one round of all against all and one round of finals. 3. When the number of teams is 6 or less, the competition format will be rounds of all against all, quarter-final semi-final and final. In case of having 8 teams, the seeding of the groups will be based on the results of the CAC Games of 2014.

WOMEN S COMPETITION: When the number of teams is 6 or less, the competition format will be rounds of all against all, quarter-final, semi-final and final COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY TIME EVENT 13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game 15:40-17:00 game JULY 26 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 19:40-21:00 game 23 21:00-22:10 game 13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game 15:40-17:00 game JULY 27 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 19:40-21:00 game 21:00-22:10 game

13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game JULY 28 15:40-17:00 game 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 19:40-21:00 game 21:00-22:10 game 13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game 15:40-17:00 game 24 JULY 29 JULY 30 JULY 31 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 19:40-21:00 game 21:00-22:10 game 13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game 15:40-17:00 game 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game 15:40-17:00 game 17:00-18:20 game

14:20-15:40 game 15:40-17:00 game AUGUST 1 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 19:40-21:00 game 13:00-14:20 game 14:20-15:40 game AUGUST 2 15:40-17:00 game 17:00-18:20 game 18:20-19:40 game 25

Based on the quota established by CACSO, the Water Polo competition will have a maximum of one hundred eighty-two (182) athletes. According to FINA Regulation 5.1, each team will consist of thirteen (13) members. TEAMS: Women s: Six (6) teams of thirteen (13) athletes each = seventy-eight (78) female athletes. Men s: Eight (8) teams of thirteen (13) athletes each = one hundred and four (104) male athletes. POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENT: This quota could change according to the new regulation under evaluation. The maximum amount of athletes could change from 13 to 11. This decision will be taken at FINA World Championship 2017. If the change is approved, the maximum number of participants would be one hundred and fifty-four (154) athletes. 26 If FINA approves it in 2017, teams would be as follows: Women s: Six (6) teams of eleven (11) athletes = sixty-six female athletes. Men s: Eight (8) teams of eleven (11) athletes = eighty-eight male athletes. Each NOC may enter one (1) team per gender as long as they meet with the qualifying system established by CCCAN for the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018. PROTESTS AND APPEALS Protests may be made in accordance with FINA Rule GR 9.2. FINA Representative and the CCCAN Executive Committee will constitute the Jury of Appeals for technical issues. The Jury of Appeals will receive and resolve all protests and appeals submitted, in accordance with FINA Rule GR 9.3. TECHNICAL MEETING The technical meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 at Puerta de Oro Center in Barranquilla at at 8:00 am. The invitation card for the Technical Meeting will be available for the Heads of Team at the Sports Information Center of the Central American and Caribbean Village, upon their arrival.

The Technical Delegate and the Organizing Committee s Competition Manager for Water Polo will preside the meeting, which shall take place in Spanish with simultaneous translation to English. DRAW Draw will take place during CACSO Executive Committee meeting, at a date to be confirmed. SPORTS EQUIPMENT The official ball will be Mikasa 6000 for both Women s and Men s. TECHNICAL OFFICIALS All officials who will participate in the competition s development and control will be appointed by the CCCAN and FINA representative. All other judges will be jointly appointed by COBAR 2018, the DTI delegated by the CCCAN and the Colombian Swimming Federation. QUALIFICATION TO LIMA 2019 The top three (3) teams of the CCCAN in the Water Polo competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018 will qualify for the XVIII Pan-American Games 2019. MEDAL CEREMONY 27 The medal ceremony will take place according to CACSO General Regulations, Chapter XIII. TEAM EVENTS: a. First Place: A diploma for the team and a gold medal and diploma for each athlete. b. Second Place: A diploma for the team and a silver medal and diploma for each athlete. c. Third Place: A diploma for the team and a bronze medal and diploma for each athlete.

DIVING DATE AND PLACE OF COMPETITION The Diving Competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will take place from July 19th to July 24th, 2018 at the Aquatic Complex of the city of Barranquilla. EVENTS AND MEDALS 28 The events for the diving competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 are as follows: WOMEN S MEDALS EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE Trampoline 1 m 1 1 1 Trampoline 3 m 1 1 1 Platform 10 m 1 1 1 Trampoline 3 m Synchronized 1 1 1 Platform 10 m Synchronized 1 1 1 TOTAL MEDALS WOMEN S 5 5 5 MEN S MEDALS

EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE Trampoline 1 m 1 1 1 Trampoline 3 m 1 1 1 Platform 10 m 1 1 1 Trampoline 3 m Synchronized Platform 10 m Synchronized 1 1 1 1 1 1 TOTAL MEDALS MEN S 5 5 5 COMPETITION SCHEDULE All Diving events will take place following the FINA Regulations that apply, within the assigned days. For the individual events there must be a preliminary competition and a final. The final competition will take place with the participation of the best eight (8) athletes selected from the preliminary competition. All synchronized diving events will have one final competition. 29 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 19 10:00 Trampoline 1m F Preliminary Trampoline 1m M Preliminary JULY 20 16:00 Trampoline 1m F Finals Trampoline 1m M Finals JULY 21 14:00 Trampoline 3m M Preliminary 16:00 Synchronized Platform F Finals Trampoline 3m M Finals JULY 22 14:00 Plataforma F Preliminary 16:00 3m Synchronized Trampoline M Finals Plataforma F Finals

JULY 23 14:00 Plataforma M Preliminary 16:00 3m Synchronized Trampoline F Finals Plataforma M Finals JULY 24 14:00 Trampoline 3m F Preliminary TECHNICAL MEETING Synchronized Platform M Finals Trampoline 3m F Finals Platform M Finals The Technical Meeting will take place on July 18th, 2018 at Puerta de Oro Center in Barranquilla. 30 Up to two representatives of each NOC may attend this Technical Meeting. The invitation card for the Technical Meeting will be available for the Heads of Team at the Sports Information Center of the Central American and Caribbean Village, upon their arrival. The Technical Delegate and the Organizing Committee s Competition Manager for Diving will preside the meeting, which shall take place in Spanish with simultaneous translation to English. COMPETITION OFFICIALS 1. Control and development of the Diving competition will be the responsibility of the CCCAN representatives and under the supervision and with the authorization of FINA representative. 2. All officials participating in the development and control of the competitions will be appointed by the CCCAN according to the following: a. The Colombian Swimming Federation will propose to CCCAN a list of officials, including administrative personnel and other technical personnel. b. CCCAN will request by means of a letter to all participating countries, to make the respective proposals for all those judges or officials who would

pretend to be considered to participate in these games. c. Proposals from the National Federations must be submitted to CCCAN at the latest two (2) months before the Games with copy to their respective NOCs and to the Game s Organizing Committee. d. CCCAN will appoint the officials and judges who will be responsible for the events, including two neutral judges, out of the requests submitted by the different participating countries, including Colombia. e. CCCAN will appoint in agreement with the Organizing Committee a maximum of 15 international technical officials, including two neutral judges, who will be timely informed of their appointments. The chosen international judges will receive free accommodation, meals and local transportation from the Organizing Committee. JURY OF APPEALS The Jury of Appeals for Diving Technical issues will be composed by the FINA representative, the CCCAN Executive Board, a Technical Delegate, the National Olympic Committee and the Colombian Swimming Federation (forming an odd number of members for the vote). This Jury will know and resolve all protests received, strictly complying with FINA GR 9.3 Rule. All protests must be submitted according to FINA GR 9.2 Rule and must be accompanied by a $100.00 USD deposit per protest. In case the protest is rejected, CCCAN will keep the deposit. If the protest is approved, the deposit will be returned. 31 REGULATIONS The Diving competition s development and control will be the responsibility of FINA and the CCCAN. STARTING ORDER The starting order for the competition preliminaries will be determined by draw in accordance with FINA Manual, sections D1.3 and D1.4 TRAINING The program and training schedule will be established once the entries by name are received. The use of the facilities will be coordinated with the

Organizing Committee. UNIFORMS All participants must comply with the provisions established on GR 5, GR 6, BL 7, BL 8. On FINA Rule 8.1, the words Olympic Games and FINA Events must be replaced by CAC Games. MEDICAL CONTROLS Any athlete who refuses to undergo a control or medical examination or is found guilty of doping, will have his/her accreditation removed and will be expelled from the Games and from future international competitions, in accordance with the sanctions established by CACSO and the current FINA Regulations. MEDAL CEREMONY Medal ceremonies will take place in accordance with CACSO Regulations, Chapter XIII 32 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: First Place: Gold medal and diploma Second Place: Silver medal and diploma Third Place: Bronze medal and diploma TEAMS: First Place: A diploma for the team and a Gold medal and diploma for each athlete. Second place: A diploma for the team and a Silver medal and diploma for each athlete. Third place: A diploma for the team and a Bronze medal and diploma for each athlete.

ARTISTIC SWIMMING DATE AND PLACE OF COMPETITION The Artistic Swimming competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018 will take place from Saturday, July 28th to Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 at the Aquatic Complex. EVENTS AND MEDALS The events and medals for the women s Artistic Swimming competition at the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018 are as follows: 33 EVENT MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE Duet technical Routine 1 1 1 Duet Free Routine 1 1 1 Solo Technical Routine 1 1 1 Solo Free Routine 1 1 1 Team Technical Routine 1 1 1 Team Free Routine 1 1 1 Free Routine Combination 1 1 1 TOTAL MEDALS WOMEN S 7 7 7

Each NOC may enter one solo technical (a competitor and a reserve), one duet technical (two competitors and a reserve) one technical team (eight competitors and a reserve), one free routine combination (8 to 10 competitors and no reserve), one solo free (a competitor and a reserve), one duet free (two competitors and a reserve), one team free (eight competitors and a reserve) up to a maximum of 10 athletes per country. The free and technical routine may be swam by different competitors as long as they are entered within the maximum quota per country. (10 for the participating countries with routine combination, 9 for those participating with team and 3 for the countries participating with Solos and Duets). As the host country, Colombia will qualify in all participating events. 34 On March 18th, 2018 at the latest, each NOC will submit to the CCCAN a list with the events in which they intend to participate. Likewise, countries qualified on CCCAN 2013 must confirm their attendance or otherwise pass their slot to the next qualified country. All vacant slots will be filled by the country(ies) following in the qualification results. The Organizing Committee with the consent of the CCCAN Technical Committee will proceed to communicate with the respective countries to inform them about their selection and possible participation. The selected reserve country must accept or deny this invitation and in case of rejection, the Organizing Committee will proceed to inform the next country on the qualification list until the maximum quota of 66 slots is completely covered. All Artistic Swimming events will take place in accordance with FINA rules and this regulation. All events will be finals and will have separate medal ceremonies (this modifies FINA Rule SS19). Routines will have the duration established on FINA Regulation SS14. The music must be submitted in 3 CD copies in MP3 format, duly identified, individually, with the competitor s name, country, event, total music length, and speed at which it must be reproduced. Each country is responsible for submitting the music in the required format and quantity, in accordance with FINA Rule SS 15. Judges panels will be conformed following FINA rules SS16 and SS17.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY TIME EVENT GENDER REMARKS JULY 28TH 9:00 JULY 29TH 9:00 JULY 30TH 9:00 Solo Technical Routine W Finals Duet Technical Routine W Finals Team Technical Routine W Finals JULY 31ST 9:00 Solo Free Routine W Finals 19:30 Free Routine Combination W Finals AUGUST 1ST 9:00 Duet Free Routine W Finals AUGUST 2ND 11:00 Team Free Routine W Finals COMPOSITION: EVENT COMPOSITION Solo Technical Routine One competitor per country and one reserve 35 Solo Free Routine Duet Technical Routine Duet Free Routine Team Technical Routine Team Free Routine Free combined Routine One competitor per country and one reserve 3 athletes per country (2 competitors and one reserve) 3 athletes per country (2 competitors and one reserve) 9 athletes per country (8 competitors and one reserve) 9 athletes per country (8 competitors and one reserve) 8-10 Athletes per country (no reserves)

COMPETITOR S AGE Athletes must be at least 14 years old on December 31st, 2018 (born in 2004). QUALIFICATION FOR THE XVIII PANAMERICAN GAMES, LIMA 2019 The first 3 teams and the first 5 duets will qualify for the XVIII Pan-American Games Lima, Peru 2019. Final results will be obtained from adding the Technical and Free Routines corresponding scores. TECHNICAL MEETING The Technical Meeting will take place on Friday, July 27th, 2018 at Puerta de Oro Center in Barranquilla. Up to two representatives of each NOC may attend this Technical Meeting. 36 The invitation card for the Technical Meeting will be available for the Heads of Team at the Sports Information Center of the Central American and Caribbean Village, upon their arrival. The Technical Delegate and the Organizing Committee s Competition Manager for Artistic Swimming will preside the meeting, which shall take place in Spanish with simultaneous translation to English. The corresponding credentials will be submitted during the Technical Meeting and also the draws for the events routines will be made during this meeting in accordance with FINA Rule SS13. Technical Meetings will be held before or after the events if necessary. These meetings will be convened by the International Delegate or by any member of the CCCAN Artistic Swimming Technical Commission (CTAS) and the attendance of each NOC s Delegate is required. MEDAL CEREMONY Medal ceremonies will take place in accordance with CACSO Regulation, Chapter XIII.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: First Place: Gold medal and diploma Second Place: Silver medal and diploma Third Place: Bronze medal and diploma TEAM EVENTS: First Place: A diploma for the team and a gold medal and diploma for each athlete (including the reserve) Second Place: A diploma for the team and a silver medal and diploma for each athlete (including the reserve) Third Place: A diploma for the team and a bronze medal and diploma for each athlete (including the reserve) TECHNICAL OFFICIALS Control and development of the Synchronized Swimming competition will be the responsibility of the CCCAN (CTNS) Representatives, under the supervision and with the authorization of FINA official representative. All officials participating in the competition s development and control will be appointed by the CCCAN according to the following: 37 1. The Colombian Swimming Federation will propose to CCCAN a list of officials, including administrative personnel and other technical personnel. 2. CCCAN will request all participating countries, by means of a circular, to send a list with the proposed judges and officials who intend to be considered to participate in these Games. All judges proposed by the Federation must have at least a level G on FINA S list of judges for Artistic swimming and must have passed FINA school of judges. 3. All NOCs proposals made through their National Federations must be submitted to CCCAN at the latest 3 months before the Games, with copy to the Games Organizing Committee. 4. The CCCAN will appoint the judges and officials who will be in charge of the events from the received lists. If necessary, the CCCAN may invite neutral international judges to complete the minimum of 18 FINA international judges.

5. CCCAN will invite a FINA Observer and a Neutral Referee (who may serve as Judges Evaluator), in accordance with the Organizing Committee. 6. The appointed international judges will receive accommodation, meals and local transportation from the Organizing Committee. JURY OF APPEALS AND PROTESTS A FINA Representative and the CCCAN Executive Committee will constitute the Jury of Appeals. All Protests must be submitted to the Referee. The Jury of Appeals will receive and resolve all protests submitted in accordance with FINA Rule GR9.3 DRAW FOR STARTING ORDER The draw for the starting order will be made during the congress celebration in accordance with FINA Rules SS8.4 and SS 13.4 38 TRAINING The training program and Schedule will be established once the entries by name are received and the arrivals of delegations to Barranquilla are confirmed. Trainings will take place at the Competition venue and other assigned places. Venues may be used only at the time assigned by the Organizing Committee. The country rotation system will be used inside the training facilities to guarantee equal conditions for all countries. ENTRIES Only NOCs recognized by CACSO, whose National Federations are affiliated to the International Federation, the Pan-American Confederation or the corresponding Regional Sport Organization may entry athletes to the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018. Those Associated Members recognized by the Pan-American Confederation of this sport and by CACSO may also be allowed to participate. ENTRY BY NUMBER The Entry by Number forms (indicating the number of participants on each individual event and per team) shall be sent to the Organizing Committee of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 at the latest before midnight (Barranquilla, Colombia s time) of April 20th, 2018 according to CACSO s Regulation, Chapter VIII.

ENTRY BY NAME For each eligible athlete to participate in the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018, it is necessary to fill out an entry by name form that should be contemplated by NOCs and will be received by the Organizing Committee before midnight (Barranquilla, Colombia s time) on Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 according to CACSO s Regulation, Chapter VIII. Each NOC shall send the Entry by Number and Entry by Name forms in the official forms provided by the Organizing Committee, and they shall be sent six months before the Games. If you have any doubt or for clarification purposes, the Organizing Committee has this e-mail address at your disposal: inscripciones@barranquilla2018.com MINIMUM PARTICIPATION In order for an event to be considered official, five (5) representations of equal number of National Olympic Committees shall participate. In case, after the celebration of the Technical Meeting, one or several representations are unable to participate due to force majeure (confirmed by CACSO), the event will be held with the minimum of four (4) representations of equal number of National Olympic Committees. 39 GENERAL RULES The competitions of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 shall be held in accordance with CACSO Statute and the Rules of the corresponding International Federation in force during the Games. Cases not provided in the regulations mentioned above shall be resolved as follows: a. Cases of general nature shall be resolved in accordance with CACSO Statute and with the Rules of the Central American and Caribbean Games. b. Cases of technical nature shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Pan-American Confederation or the Continental Organism. UNIFORMS AND SPORT EQUIPMENT The Rules of the Central American and Caribbean Games and of the corresponding International Federation shall be followed, and also the Rule 51 of COI, according to the regulations established for the NOCs with respect to Use of Registered Trade Marks of the Manufacturers.

TRAINING FACILITIES Access shall be allowed only to accredited team members. Public shall not be allowed to enter. The equipment shall follow the requirements of the corresponding International Federation. PARTICIPATION Only the NOCs recognized by CACSO, with National Swimming Federations that are members of the International Swimming Federation (FINA, International Swimming Federation) and of the CCCAN can enter athletes to the Swimming competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018. If recognized by the CCCAN, Associated members recognized by CACSO may also be allowed to participate. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COMPETITORS 40 According to the quota established by CACSO, the competition shall have a maximum of five hundred and fifty-two (552) athletes, from both genders and distributed as follows: EVENT Open water 48 Diving 30 Swimming 226 Artistic Swimming AMOUNT 66 Water Polo 182 DOPING CONTROL The doping control will be made according to the regulations of CACSO Medical Commission, the Rules of the corresponding International Federation and will follow the standards and the 2018 version of the World Anti-Doping Program.

COMPETITION VENUE The competition will take place at the Complex of the city of Barranquilla. 41

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES OF BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA Latitude: 10 58 06 N Length: 74 46 52 O Height above sea level: 24 m Average annual humidity: 79-81% T Annual average temperature 28.2 42 TM TM Maximum annual average temperature 32.8 Minimum annual average temperature 25.0 V Average wind speed(m/sec) 3.2 SUNRISE SUNSET SOLAR NOON DURATION OF THE DAY 5:46 18:24 12:05 12h 37min 18s Barranquilla Time Zone UTC-05:00 o -05 UTC-05:00 o -05 DISTANCE TO MAIN CITIES OF COLOMBIA KM Bogota Cali Cartagena Santa Marta Medellin 1302 1212 124 93 750 The official currency of Colombia is the Colombian peso.

This document has been issued by the Technical Direction of The XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 44 Responsible Alexander González Vidal Supported By: Carmen San Juan Meléndez Vivian Campo Humberto Cintron Aybar International Technical Delegates Technical Director Armando Segovia Ortiz Graphic design: Advertising Agency María Alejandra Abello Anthony Morales Núñez

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