Pentathlon Canada

What is Pentathlon Canada?

Pentathlon Canada is the national sport organization that governs the sport of pentathlon in Canada. Pentathlon Canada is working to develop Canada's best pentathletes... more

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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

  • Technique
  • Strength

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

Additional Information
Complete rules for Pentathlon are available on the Union International de Pentathlon Moderne Website

Clothing

  • Swimwear must be in good condition and non-transparent. Swimming Caps, goggles and nose plugs are allowed. 
  • At international competitions swimwear must meet approved FINA rules.

Scoring

  • Swimmers meeting set times will be awarded 1000 points times above or below each .33 seconds will be awarded =/- 4 points according to the points table for the swim event of the modern pentathlon.
  • This points table can be found in the Complete rules for Pentathlon (Swim) pdf