Venue: National Aquatic Centre i
n Couva, Trinidad
Athletes per CGA: max. 2 athletes per event (individual events) & 1 team per event (relay events)
Competition Dates: 6-9 August
Ages: 14-18
Medal Events: 35 (16 men’s,
16 women’s & 3 mixed events)
About Aquatics - Swimming
Swimming sees events comprising four swimming styles – freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke, together with medley events which include all four strokes.
With distances ranging from a breathless 50m to a lung busting 1500m, the variety of events will showcase the talent, skills and strengths of every athlete in the pool, each vying to claim a place on the podium.
As well as individual races, in Swimming spectators will be able to marvel at the relay events, including three mixed gender medleys, which see teams of four swimmers work together.
Swimming at the Commonwealth Youth Games takes place in a long-course 50m pool – often referred to as ‘Olympic size’. For most events, heats will take place first, with the fastest swimmers or relay teams proceeding to semi-finals and finals.
The rules are simple: Swim faster than everyone else – the first to touch the wall wins!
Trinbago 2023 Swimming E
vents
The Trinbago 2023 swimming events will take place at the prestigious National Aquatic Centre, in Couva, Trinidad. 72 Nations will compete in the pool in the following events:
Women's Events
- Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m
- Backstroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Breaststroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Butterfly: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Individual Medley: 200m, 400m
Men’s Events
- Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m
- Backstroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Breaststroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Butterfly: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Individual Medley: 200m, 400m
Mixed Events
- Relays: Freestyle Relay 4x100m, Freestyle Relay 4x200m, Medley Relay 4x100m
Age Group - Men and Women: 14 - 18 years of age (born in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009)
Entries
- Maximum entry of two athletes per nation per event
