LVI BRAZILIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MARIA LENK TROPHY - TEST EVENT RIO 2016

April, 15 to 20 /2016
Rio de Janeiro/BRA

I The Test Event will take place simultaneously with the Brazilian Swimming Championship
Maria Lenk Trophy in the city of Rio de Janeiro, location to be determined.

II As this competition will be considered a test event preparing for the Olympic Games in Rio,
all countries affiliated with FINA will be able to participate.

III The Test Event will only have a maximum of 200 (two hundred) foreign athletes participating.
After the interested countries reach the limited number of athletes, the registrations will close.

IV Due to the special conditions of the event, each country will be able to nominate 2 (two)
swimmers in individual races. There will not be Relay events.

V The 800m free womens and the 1500m free mens races will not have qualifying events. The
swimmers with the slowest times will swim in the morning, and the 8 (eight) swimmers with the
fastest times will compete in the afternoon.

VI The registered athletes must abide by the qualifying times for participation, in a 50m pool, as
shown in the following table.

QUALIFYING TIMES

MEN

EVENT

WOMEN

002350

50m FREESTYLE

002748

005160

100m FREESTYLE

010019

015123

200m FREESTYLE

021066

040847

400m FREESTYLE

043237

800m FREESTYLE

092200

164248

1500m FREESTYLE

010470

100m BREASTSTROKE

011645

022114

200m BREASTSTROKE

024458

005651

100m BUTTERFLY

010484

020781

200m BUTTERFLY

022623

005736

100m BACKSTROKE

010788

020746

200m BACKSTROKE

022688

020761

200m IND. MEDLEY

022730

044040

400m IND. MEDLEY

051520

VII The competition will be structured with qualifiers in the morning and finals in the afternoon,
as shown in the program attached.

VIII In the international final (A), the 8 (eight) best times from the qualifiers will race,
independently of the nationality. In the national final (B) only Brazilian swimmers will race.

IX The Brazilian swimmers will compete for their clubs. This way, the Brazilian swimmers that are
qualified among the 8 (eight) best times will participate in the final A without the limitation of
number of athletes.

X Both finals will be awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals.

XI Foreign swimmers will not be scored per race. Only Brazilian swimmers will score to compete
for an efficiency trophy and help in the general score of their clubs.

XII Trophies will be offered to the athletes with the best technical qualifying times. These will be
calculated based on the FINA index. Trophies will be offered to the best foreign swimmers (male
and female) and to the best Brazilian swimmers (male and female).

XIII The invited countries will not pay for any registration fee. However, the expenses for
transportation, accommodation and boarding are the responsibility of each participating country.

XIV The countries interested in participating in the Test Event are to forward the preliminary
entry informing the total number of members of the delegation to the following emails:
international@cbda.org.br and bianca@cbda.org.br. An access password will be provided to the
cbdaweb, where each country will be able to nominate their swimmers for the races.
The registrations are open from 9 31 march 2016, on the cbdaweb link.

XV The countries interested in accommodation details can get in touch with Roxy Tourism Agency,
through the email: gilza@roxytravel.com.br and landline: +55 (21) 3284-0141.