Who made the order of events for Fort Lauderdale Nationals?
Former Member
Who's bright idea was it to have the 1,000 free and the 500 free back to back with less than 24 hours rest?
John Smith
(1,000 and 500 free participant)
Did anyone happen to notice that at the World Championship Trials just completed, the 1500 (men)/800 (women) prelims were on Monday (midday), Finals of each were Tuesday night and then generally those same people swam the non-Olympic distances (1500 for the women and 800 for the men) the following morning (Wednesday). The men had to do both the 400 free and 400 IM on the same day (just as the women did at the Olympics and Trials). So even with 6 days of competition tough doubles or distance back-to-backs aren't avoided. As several people have stated previously; there will always be someone unhappy with the order of events and cycling the order at least offers some chance at equity.
Did anyone happen to notice that at the World Championship Trials just completed, the 1500 (men)/800 (women) prelims were on Monday (midday), Finals of each were Tuesday night and then generally those same people swam the non-Olympic distances (1500 for the women and 800 for the men) the following morning (Wednesday). The men had to do both the 400 free and 400 IM on the same day (just as the women did at the Olympics and Trials). So even with 6 days of competition tough doubles or distance back-to-backs aren't avoided. As several people have stated previously; there will always be someone unhappy with the order of events and cycling the order at least offers some chance at equity.
