R-12

Location: Page 32

ARTICLE 102.17 TIMING

Proposed by: John Kinney and Helen Brown

Purpose: To ensure that the Timing Equipment Operator can judge when a touchpad has malfunctioned or failed to record a finish touch.

102.17.3

D Timing Equipment Operator - The Timing Equipment Operator shall be responsible for the automatic or semi-automatic timing equipment, including the electronic starting system and scoreboard (if used), and shall advise the Referee of any system problems that might affect the accuracy of times or whenever the touchpad is observed to have failed to record the finish when the swimmer completed the race. The timing equipment should be placed so that the operator is able to observe the finish of each race.