I was wondering what happens if in semi-finals two people show the same result which would place them in the 8th position?obviously only one can go on to the finals, but how is it decided who gets to go and who is out?
I was running the Easterns meet this week-end where we did the swim-off for 1st alternate in the 500 free. Very strange. In that situation, I've actually seen the swimmers resort to a coin toss.
Generally, the referee lets the two coaches mutually agree on when to do a swim-off. I've run meets where there was a tie in the last event, and the coaches agreed to do a swim-off at the beginning of warmups for the evening or something similar. I believe that the 45-minute rule applies if the coaches can't agree, then the referee can just make a ruling.
Larry Weisenthan had a story over in rec.sport.swimming about a set of twins awhile back, who both swam the 1650 free, and tied. What was bizarre was that they swam in different heats.
But in those distance races, the only time you ever see prelims and finals is at Olympic Trials or the Olympics. Otherwise, you might see a tie in the seeding for 8th, which would mean it would be a random selection as to who was seeded 8th and 9th.
-Rick
I was running the Easterns meet this week-end where we did the swim-off for 1st alternate in the 500 free. Very strange. In that situation, I've actually seen the swimmers resort to a coin toss.
Generally, the referee lets the two coaches mutually agree on when to do a swim-off. I've run meets where there was a tie in the last event, and the coaches agreed to do a swim-off at the beginning of warmups for the evening or something similar. I believe that the 45-minute rule applies if the coaches can't agree, then the referee can just make a ruling.
Larry Weisenthan had a story over in rec.sport.swimming about a set of twins awhile back, who both swam the 1650 free, and tied. What was bizarre was that they swam in different heats.
But in those distance races, the only time you ever see prelims and finals is at Olympic Trials or the Olympics. Otherwise, you might see a tie in the seeding for 8th, which would mean it would be a random selection as to who was seeded 8th and 9th.
-Rick
