Swimming – Pentathletes swim 200, 100, or 50 metres depending on their age. Freestyle or front crawl is the stroke of choice because it is the fastest. The faster the time the more points the athlete earns.
Skills
Rules
- Race is by a gun start with a dive after a whistle to take your marks
- After finishing, swimmers must stay in the water until referee signals to exit the pool
- Judges will observe turns and times will be recorded