Over the week end, (for the first time in 30 years of competitive swimming) I was disqualified. It bothered me a little bit for about thirty minutes but after a few plates of food at the all-you-can-eat brunch across the street, I was fine. I did have a question though. Do the officials usually tell you that they are disqualifing you? The official came over to my lane and said something to me (about my *** pull-out on the 200 IM) after the heat but never actually said that I was disqualified. I was a little confused so after I got out of the pool I walked over and asked, "Did you disqualify my?" The answer was yes. Never having experienced this before, I was wondering do the officials usually actually say "I am disqualifying you" or "You are disqualified" or is the suggestive comment supposed to serve this purpose.
In Pacific we usually give the swimmer a slip of paper that says at the top "Disqualification". It is very rare that I will explicitly tell a swimmer s/he has been disqualified. I usually tell them what they did and that was the infraction the swimmer committed - and I give them the dreaded slip.
(also if you dont think you deserved it, first you should talk to your coach if the coach is there - he may have a different view of what you did. Then see the referee -the person standing next to the starter with the whistle around his neck. Make the appeal to him).
Also for those going to Worlds, the deck officials do not seek you out to let you know you have been DQed. You usually find out when you look at the results and there is a DQ next to your name.
michael
In Pacific we usually give the swimmer a slip of paper that says at the top "Disqualification". It is very rare that I will explicitly tell a swimmer s/he has been disqualified. I usually tell them what they did and that was the infraction the swimmer committed - and I give them the dreaded slip.
(also if you dont think you deserved it, first you should talk to your coach if the coach is there - he may have a different view of what you did. Then see the referee -the person standing next to the starter with the whistle around his neck. Make the appeal to him).
Also for those going to Worlds, the deck officials do not seek you out to let you know you have been DQed. You usually find out when you look at the results and there is a DQ next to your name.
michael
