If Grant Hackett's records were done with counters under the water, then there is your first astericks. Does anyone know when this rule started? I guess that this has been around for a while but I didn't notice it until I got back into swimming and got into the distance events again.
This rule has been in existence for at least 20 years. Every international meet that I have swam in, you could not put lap counters in the water. The timers ring a bell on the last 50 of a short course race and the last 100 of a long course race. My first international meet was in 1989 at the Pan Pacific Championships and this is where I first experienced this.
FINA details this in there rule book in SW 2.6 titled Inspectors of Turns and lap counters are not permitted to be used for under water display. However, semi electronic equipment may be used for under display. I think the main point behind the rule is that they don't want someone inter fearing with the the Inspector of Turns.
If Grant Hackett's records were done with counters under the water, then there is your first astericks. Does anyone know when this rule started? I guess that this has been around for a while but I didn't notice it until I got back into swimming and got into the distance events again.
This rule has been in existence for at least 20 years. Every international meet that I have swam in, you could not put lap counters in the water. The timers ring a bell on the last 50 of a short course race and the last 100 of a long course race. My first international meet was in 1989 at the Pan Pacific Championships and this is where I first experienced this.
FINA details this in there rule book in SW 2.6 titled Inspectors of Turns and lap counters are not permitted to be used for under water display. However, semi electronic equipment may be used for under display. I think the main point behind the rule is that they don't want someone inter fearing with the the Inspector of Turns.
