Swimming
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Venue
How to Get there?
The nearest MTR Station:
Kennedy Town (Island Line), Exit A (Smithfield)
From the MTR Station, you can take:
• Taxi (10 mins) to 何鴻燊體育中心 Hong Kong University Stanley Ho Sports Centre Complex
• Minibus Route No. 58 or 58A (18 mins) – this stops on Sha Wan Drive, right outside Stanley Ho Sports Centre Complex
You can also go there by Uber or taxi.
Amenities Info
Changing Rooms/ Showers/ Toilets are available.
Parking at the complex at the current rate of HK$30/half hour (approx. US$3.85).
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
More information is coming soon.
Overview
Hong Kong has 45 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.
Please have your badges present when entering the complex.
Saturday, November 4 – Tuesday, November 7
Consists of 1 day of practice and 3 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: 200, 400 m
Relay Events*
• Freestyle relay: 4x100 m (All Gender, Women and Mixed)
• Medley relay: 4x100 m (All Gender and Women)
*At least two swimmers must identify as women in each "Mixed" relay team.
Schedule:
November 4 (SATURDAY):
- Morning:
- Warm Up
November 5 (SUNDAY):
- Morning:
- 1500m Freestyle
- 100m Butterfly
- 200m Breaststroke
- 100m Freestyle
- Afternoon:
- 50m Backstroke
- 200m Individual Medley
- 4x100m Freestyle Relay
November 6 (MONDAY):
- Morning:
- 800m Freestyle
- 100m Breaststroke
- 200m Backstroke
- 50m Butterfly
- Afternoon:
- 400m Freestyle
- 4x100m Medley Relay
November 7 (TUESDAY):
- Morning:
- 200m Freestyle
- 50m Breaststroke
- 100m Backstroke
- 200m Butterfly
- Afternoon:
- 400m Individual Medley
- 50m Freestyle
- 4x100m Mixed Freestyle Relay
Equipment
Personal swimming equipment: Swim cap, goggles, swimwear
Divisions
Individual - Men's (All Gender*) and Women’s
Relay - All Gender, Women's and Mixed*
*GGHK is committed to creating more inclusive spaces where everyone can participate in sports, regardless of their gender. Therefore, the "Men's" individual events have been repurposed into a "Men's (All-Gender)" category to enable everyone to participate in those events, regardless of their gender identity. The "Mixed Relay" has been repurposed into an All-Gender category to enable everyone to participate. Please note that two swimmers must identify as women on each "All Gender" relay team. The other two spots may include swimmers of any gender identity.
Age Groups (for medal allocation only)
• 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.
MAX No. of Participants / Teams
400
Registration Fee
HK$ 600.00
