HK-2 105.5 PHYSICAL DISABILITIES .1 Start A, B, C, D - no change For freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly, a forward start (facing the course) shall be used. The Referee, however, may allow modifications such as the following:
105.5 PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
Proposed by: Arvydas Barzdukas
Purpose: The starting rule change made in March 1998 now permits all swimmers to do this. Therefore, this exception for swimmers with disabilities is no longer needed.
A. The swimmer may start from the front of the block so that a forward step need not be taken; (Reletter subsequent sections)