FORMAT:

The international swimming competition “Acropolis Swim Open 2024” will be conducted in three (3) competitive days (morning prelims & evening finals), according to the detailed program, as it shows in table 1. In more detail, the following will apply:
• In the morning session, the qualifying heats of the 50 – 100 – 200 – 400 events and the slowest heats (the 3rd if any) of the 800 – 1500 events will be held.
• During the evening session, the finals C’, B’ and A ‘, with the participation of a total of twenty-four (24) swimmers – three heats in each event 50 – 100 – 200 meters and the sixteen (16) in each race 400 meters (B ‘& A’ final) will be held.
o The athletes who have achieved a time between 1st and 8th place, will compete in the final A’, claiming positions 1-8 in the final ranking.1
o The athletes who have achieved a time between 9th and 16th place, will compete in the final B’, claiming positions 9-16.2
o In final C’ only JUNIOR swimmers (boys 18 years old and younger and girls 17 years old and younger) who will have achieved the eight (8) best performances in the qualifiers, in addition to those who have been classified in the first sixteen (16) places of the qualifiers and will have secured their participation in finals A’ or B’ will participate. For the final ranking of each event in the JUNIOR category, the performance of athletes in the category will be taken into consideration, regardless of which final (A’-B’-C’) they have competed in.
• Specifically, for the 800 – 1500 events, they will be conducted in three (3) heats. The slowest heat (3rd) will be held at the end of the morning session and the other fastest
heats in the afternoon session (finals). After the completion of the afternoon “2 fastest heats, the classification will be formalized with the condensation of the morning heat.
• Morning heats will be based on the best performance that the swimmers have achieved from 1/1/2023 to 14/4/24.
• All the events will be in accordance with the relevant WORLD AQUATICS Swimming Rules (SW 3.)

Warm up: An outdoor eight lanes pool (50m.) and an indoor 5 lanes pool (25m.) can be used throughout for warm up, training and cool down.