Aquatics: Swimming
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Speed in the water
The pool is your battlefield: stroke after stroke, you challenge the stopwatch and your rivals, in an exciting challenge of speed, technique and endurance. The most important thing in Valencia 2026: to overcome your own limits, to make your personal best… and to enjoy, of course, the pools in the Parc de l’Oest, something like an oasis in the city.
Register and swim your way to victory!
Remember that you will need to show your accreditation to access the competition venue.
Did you complete the form to declare the relays you wish to participate in?
Don’t forget your water bottle, there will be drinking water stations to refill it.
Competitors must provide their own swimwear, caps, and goggles.
Sport fee
General registration
$245.00
Residents in Spain
$165.00
(special price, 32% off)
+
Sport fee
$55.00
15% discount for residents in Valencia 10% discount for residents in Spain
HOW
The swimming competition of Gay Games Valencia 2026 shall follow World Aquatics (FINA) rules and regulations and will take place in a 50-meter pool approved for competition, in accordance with the current World Aquatics (WA) regulations.
The venue will include:
- Competition pool
- Warm-up pool (during specific time slots)
- Semi-automatic timing system
- Call room area
- Medal presentation area
- Medical and emergency services.
Events will be conducted as individual and relay competitions.
The program shall include freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and individual medley events, across a range of standard distances.
We offer for each age group and gender (women, men and all gender) the following events
- Individual Events
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 m
- Backstroke: 50, 100, 200 m
- Breaststroke: 50, 100, 200 m
- Butterfly: 50, 100, 200 m
- Relay Events
- 4 × 50 m Freestyle
- 4 × 100 m Freestyle
- 4 × 50 m Medley
- 4 × 100 m Medley
- 4 x 200 m Freestyle
Competition system
- All events will be conducted as timed finals.
- Heats will be seeded by entry times regardless of age or gender. Final results and awards will be determined within each gender and age group.
- Lane assignments will be made in accordance with the procedures established by the organization and the applicable regulations.
- The organization may adapt session schedules and heat organization depending on the number of participants or operational needs of the championship.
- To optimize competition timing, the 800m and 1500m freestyle events will be swum with two swimmers per lane. In these events, swimmers will start in the water, with one swimmer positioned on each side of the lane.
- Relay teams must comply with the gender and age group rules established by World Aquatics Masters Swimming regulations.
- Relay events must be registered online. Swimmer names are not required at this stage and will instead be submitted on-site at the pool, 90 minutes before the corresponding session.
Medal Presentation
- Awarded athletes must report to the medal presentation chamber at least 20 minutes before the corresponding ceremony. The organization does not guarantee the repetition of ceremonies in the event of the athlete’s absence.
- The specific medal presentation procedures for each discipline will be detailed in their respective technical annexes.
WHEN
Training
Competition
| SPORT | 27 JUNIO | 28 JUNE | 29 JUNE | 30 JUNE | 1 JULY | 2 JULY | 3 JULY | 4 JULY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming |
Sunday June 28
- 07am: Warm Up
- 07:30am: Competition
- Order: Male – Female – All Gender
- 50 Butterfly
- 100 Backstroke
- 200 Breaststroke
- 4×100 Freestyle
Monday June 29
- 07am: Warm Up
- 07:30am: Competition
- Order: Female – Male – All Gender
- 200 Freestyle
- 10:30am: Warm Up
- 11:00am: Competition
- 400 Individual Medley
- 50 Backstroke
Tuesday, June 30
- 07am: Warm Up
- 07:30am: Competition
- Order: Male – Female – All Gender
- 50 Freestyle
- 4×50 Medley
- 10:30am: Warm Up
- 11am: Competition
- 200 Backstroke
- 50 Breastroke
- 06pm: Warm Up
- 06:30pm: Competition
- 200 Butterfly
- 400 Freestyle Male
Wednesday, July 1
- 07am: Warm Up
- 07:30am: Competition
- Order: Female – Male – All Gender
- 800 Freestyle
- 10:30am: Warm Up
- 11am: Competition
- 100 Butterfly
- 100 Breastroke
- 06pm: Warm Up
- 06:30pm: Competition
- 400 Freestyle Female / All Gender
- 4×100 Medley
Thursday, July 2
- 07am: Warm Up
- 07:30am: Competition
- Order: Male – Female – All Gender
- 200 Individual Medley
- 10:30am: Warm Up
- 11am: Competition
- 100 Freestyle
- 06pm: Warm Up
- 06:30pm: Competition
- 4×50 Freestyle
- 4×200 Freestyle
Friday, July 3
- 07am: Warm Up
- 07:30am: Competition
- Order: Female – Male – All Gender
- 1500 Freestyle
The organization may modify schedules due to technical, organizational or safety requirements.
WHO
Individual Events:
- Men
- Women
- All Gender
Relay events:
- Men
- Women
- Mixed (must include 2 cisgender women and 2 any combination of cisgender men and or All Gender people. All Gender can also swim on any Mens relay).
Age Groups:
- 18-24
- 25-29
- 30-34
- 35-39
- 40-44
- 45-49
- 50-54
- 55-59
- 60-64
- 65-69
- 70-74
- 75-79
- 80-84
- 85-89
- 90-94
- 95-99
- 100+
WHERE
This registration is also for you if you live with a disability.
Our facilities are adapted and accessible to everyone; however, for this sport there may be limitations in terms of such modifications. If you need more information, please contact us.