FINA Masters Worlds Swimming Championships

General Info

FINA officially created the Masters movement about 25 years ago, the first edition being held in 1986 in Tokyo, Japan, and would later confirm its inclusion at a Congress meeting in Madrid the same year. The second and third editions of the Championships included swimming events only. But since then (1990), it incorporates FINA’s five disciplines.

The FINA World Masters Championships is the Federation’s biggest competition in terms of participation, for the reason that it welcomes, every two years, adult athletes from all corners of the world. The vibrant Masters movement actively promotes fitness, friendship, understanding and competition through its five disciplines : swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.

The 15th edition of the FINA World Masters Championships will take place in Montreal (CAN) in the summer of 2014.

Where:

1. Swimming, Diving and Synchronized Swimming will be at Parc Jean Drapeau, St. Helen’s Island, Montréal.
2. Open Water will be at the Rowing Basin, in the opposite island of Parc Jean Drapeau, Notre-Dame’s Island.

Registration

Important information:

1. You can participate in more than one sport or you can be an athlete and a coach/support staff at the same time, but you need to complete one registration per time - in any order;
2. If you are a coach, you need to register yourself to get access to the relays/teams events;
3. After the registration is complete, you will receive a password to access your registration file;
4. You may change your registration file at any time (even add events) until 1^st June 2014 for individual events. After 1^st June 2014, no changes will be allowed;

Dates:

• Registrations are open now. You can register online here: https://finamasters2014.org/registration/

Minimum Age:

• For swimming, diving and open water you must be at least 25 years old. You must consider the age at 31th December 2014. Hence, everybody born in the year of 1989 or less can participate in these sports.

Qualifying Times:

• You will find all the standards by age group our website at: http://finamasters2014.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Time-standards-Montreal-2014.pdf . The Organizing Committee will not verify each time entered, but when you register, you cannot submit times below the standard for your age group.
• You will not be able to proceed with registration without an entry time for swimming events.

Registration and Entry Fees

Registration Fee for Athletes (one time fee) *	CAD 65
Registration Fee for Coaches/Support Staff only (one time fee) **	CAD 45
Registration Fee for Family Members/Participant Friend only (one time fee) **	CAD 45
The Registration Fee includes: free public ground transportation (bus and metro) provided by STM during the period of competition; bus transportation from the airport (Pierre-Elliot Trudeau International Airport YUL) to the Accreditation Center (Queen Elizabeth Hotel); bus transportation from Downtown Montreal to the airport (Pierre-Elliot Trudeau International Airport YUL); personal and untransferable accreditation card; access to the opening and closing ceremonies; access to the facilities and venues authorized and confirmed to the competition; access to the bleachers. Attention: For Accompanying Persons, it will give access to bleachers, but not to the pool deck, restricted for Athletes and Coaches/Support Staff.
Swimming Entry Fee - per event	CAD 15
Swimming Entry Fee - per relay	CAD 40
Open Water Swimming Entry Fee	CAD 44
Diving Entry Fee - per event	CAD 15
Synchronized Diving Entry Fee - per event	CAD 15
Water Polo Entry Fee - per team	CAD 400
Synchronized Swimming Solo Fee	CAD 15
Synchronized Swimming Duet, Team and Free Combination Fee - per event	CAD 15
* If the Athlete wants to register in more than 1 sport, only one Registration Fee will be charged. ** If the Coach/Support Staff or Accompanying Person participates in any sport event, the Registration Fee for Athletes will be charged.

Schedule

DATES	DIVING	SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING	WATER POLO	SWIMMING	OPEN WATER
Fri 25 Jul			Training
Sat 26 Jul		Training	Training
			Welcome Night
Sun 27 Jul		Training	Prelims
		Welcome Night
Mon 28 Jul		Solo Technical	Prelims
Tue 29 Jul		Team Technical	Prelims
Wed 30 Jul		Duet Technical	Prelims
Thu 31 Jul		Solo Free Routine	Prelims	Training
Fri 1 Aug		Duet Free Routine and Free Combination	Finals & Position	Training
Sat 2 Aug		Team Free Routine	Finals & Position	Training
	Opening Ceremony
Sun 3 Aug	Training			800 free
Mon 4 Aug	Training			200 back 100 free 100 breast
	Welcome Night
Tue 5 Aug	1m and 3m Springboard			400 IM 200 free 50 fly
Wed 6 Aug	1m and 3m Springboard			50 free 200 IM 100 fly 50 breast
Thu 7 Aug	1m and 3m Springboard			200 mixed medley relay 200 mixed free relay 200 free relay 200 medley relay
Fri 8 Aug	Platform			200 breast 100 back 200 fly
Sat 9 Aug	Synchronized			50 back 400 free	Training
	Closing Ceremony
Sun 10 Aug					3 km