Infractions
Swimming Infraction Codes
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Butterfly
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1a Alternating Kick
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1b Kick breaststroke type, feet turned out/whip kick
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1c Scissors kick/not same horizontal plane
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1d Arms underwater recovery
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1e Non-simultaneous arms
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1f One hand touch
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1g No touch
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1h Non-simultaneous touch
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1i Body not on breast during swim
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1j Head did not break the surface by 15 meters
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1k Shoulders not at or past vertical towards breast off the wall
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Backstroke
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2a Delay initiating turn after arm pull once towards breast
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2b Delay initiating arm pull once towards breast
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2c More than one arm pull while on breast
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2d Not on back off wall
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2e Shoulders past vertical toward breast at finish
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2f Not on back during swim
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2g No touch at turn
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2h Toes curled over gutter after the start
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2i Completely submerged prior to turn or finish
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2j Head did not break the surface by 15 meters
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Breaststroke
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3a Alternating Kick
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3b Foot/Feet not turned out
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3c Scissors kick
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3d Downward butterfly kick
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3e Non-simultaneous arms
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3f One hand touch
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3g No touch
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3h Non-simultaneous touch
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3i Arms not pushed forward from breast
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3j Hands brought beyond the hipline during stroke
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3k Arms not in same horizontal plane 1st arm pull/swim
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3l Elbows recovered over water
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3m Head under for 2 or more strokes
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3n Stroke cycle out of order, other than one pull followed by one kick
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3o Body not breast off turn
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Freestyle
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4g No touch on turn
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4j Head did not break the surface by 15 meters
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Individual Medley
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5a Stroke infraction(use DQ for stroke)
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5b Strokes out of sequence
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Relays
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61 Stroke Infraction swimmer #1
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62 Stroke Infraction swimmer #2
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63 Stroke Infraction swimmer #3
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64 Stroke Infraction swimmer #4
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66 Early take-off swimmer #2
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67 Early take-off swimmer #3
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68 Early take-off swimmer #4
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6c Changed order of swimmers
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6d Not enough swimmers
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6e Failed to exit immediately
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6f Re-entered before race was over
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6g Medley Relay - Strokes out of order
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6h Medley Relay - 4th stroke repeat of first three strokes
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Miscellaneous
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7a Early take off: False start
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7b Declared false start
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7c Delay of meet/Decline to swim
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7d Did not finish
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7e Entered water without permission
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7f Interfered with another swimmer
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7g Walking on or springing from bottom
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7h Pulling on lane line
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7i Finish in wrong lane
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7j No show for previous race (penalty event)
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7y Unsportsmanlike conduct
