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Aquatic
Swimming

Overview

Hong Kong has 44 public indoor swimming pools and three times more in private facilities, for a city with 7.5 million people. That’s a lot of places to swim, and we are proud to feature Swimming as a sport for Gay Games 11. In partnership with the Hong Kong University (HKU), GGHK’s Aquatic events will be held at the HKU Henry Fok Swimming Pool, a gorgeous seaside open air swimming pool with stunning views across the Hong Kong archipelago.

Venue(s)

Locations:

  • Hong Kong University (Henry Fok Swimming Pool), Sandy Bay

Equipment

Personal swimming equipment: Swim cap, goggles, swimwear

Events / Schedule

Schedule
  • Saturday, November 4 – Thursday, November 9. Consists of 1 day of practice and 5 days of competition.
The following events will be organized:
  • Individual Events
  • Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 m
  • Backstroke: 50, 100, 200 m
  • Breaststroke: 50, 100, 200 m
  • Butterfly: 50, 100, 200 m
  • Individual medley: 100*, 200, 400 m (*only if run as short course meet).
Relay Events*
  • Freestyle relay: 200, 400, 800 m
  • Medley relay: 200, 400 m
    *All relays will be for men, women, mixed (2 men, 2 women) divisions.
Schedule: November 4, SATURDAY
  • Warm up
November 5, SUNDAY
  • 400m Free
  • 50m Fly
  • 100m Back
  • Break
  • 200m Breast
  • 100m IM`
November 6, MONDAY
  • 400m IM
  • 200m Free
  • 50m Back
November 7, TUESDAY
  • 200m Back
  • 50m Free
  • 50m Breast
  • 200m Fly
  • 4x100m Medley
November 8, WEDNESDAY
  • 800m Free
  • 100m Fly
  • 4x100m Free
November 9, THURSDAY
  • 200m IM
  • 100m Free
  • 100m Breast

Categories / Divisions

All Gender’s, Women’s and Mixed (2 men & 2 women) Divisions Age Groups:
  • 18-29
  • 30-34
  • 35-39
  • 40-44
  • 45-49
  • 50-54
  • 55-59
  • 60-64
  • 65-69
  • 70-74
  • 75-79
  • 80-84
  • 85-89
  • 90-94
  • 95-99
  • 100+
We encourage people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to register. We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations as may be needed, however, for this sport there may be limitations as to how we can accommodate. If you are interested, please contact us at [email protected] so we can provide you with more details.

No. of Participants / Teams

400

Registration Fee

$600.00 HKD

Guidelines / Special Considerations or Rules

All swimmers must hold a current license of their National Swimming Federation If you are not a member of a FINA affiliated organization, Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022 will provide you with ability to obtain a “special event” or “one time” license for liability and insurance purposes. See IGLA Rule IDI 1.2 (Registration of Swimmers) for further detail.

All Information Above is Subject to Change

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