2018 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- August 3-9, 2018 (swimming portion)
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Tollcross International Swimming Centre
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As reported this morning, the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) issued a statement concerning the discovery of an error in the configuration of the timing system at the 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow for yesterday’s session.
LEN’s Technical Swimming Committee conducted an investigation and found that “the starting mechanism had been incorrectly configured prior to the start of the session which resulted in all reported times being 0.10s faster due to a configuration delay of 0.10s.”
As such, British ace Adam Peaty‘s 57.00 100m breaststroke World Record was adjusted to 57.10, while additional results of the races below were also adjusted.
- Women’s 800m freestyle
- Men’s 100m breaststroke
- Women’s 100m butterfly
- Men’s 100m freestyle semi-finals
- Women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals
- Men’s 200m butterfly semi-finals
In light of the timing error, British Swimming has released a statement. Chris Spice, British Swimming National Performance Director said, “We support LEN’s vigilance in this matter and appreciate the time they have taken to make sure all times are correct.
“We want this event to be remembered for the amazing achievements of the athletes so it is important that the results are correct.
“We don’t want this to take away from Adam’s amazing performance which we all experienced in a fantastic arena”
Sounds like the ISCA Junior Championship Cup meet in Lynchburg earlier this year all over again. But, the adjustment in Lynchburg was 0.39 instead of 0.10. It’s hard to see how those times can be certified as world records when the timing system is obviously in question.
Here’s the line if they tell you it’s a world record: “There must be something wrong with the clock.”
2008 Sectionals at A&M, a master’s world record was set for like the 40-44 age group in the men’s 50 backstroke. To ratify the record, the pool had to be measured and it was short. Swimmers who had gone their Olympic Trials cuts weren’t allowed to keep their time, but were given the OT qualifying time.
What about the men’s 50 back? 24.00 is a WR but 24.10 wouldn’t have been. Wasn’t that the same session?
Hi Barry, if you refer back to the original article on LEN’s explanation here, you’ll see that they don’t believe the 50 back was impacted: https://swimswam.com/peatys-wr-readjusted-to-57-10-after-len-admits-timing-system-error/
Missed that one. Thanks!
It’s sad that such a thing can happen at a big meet like this. It is not okay, especially if a World Record is broken. Can we be sure that any of the times are correct now?
I could understand how a timing system could register a time slower than what the swimmer posted. It doesn’t not really make sense how it could register a time faster, though. But that’s just me.
The .10 Delay was at the start most likely, because it said that he had a .4 reaction time off the start which would be insanely fast for even someone of his caliber.
timer probably started with a 0.10 delay after the start
The crazy part is he still came back in 30.3…
Sounds like they chose exactly 0.10 sec because it still doesn’t cancel Peaty’s WR. Really crazy to know that this can happen in a highest level meet :/
I’m not sure they could get away with that. Given RTs seemed to match up pretty perfectly as 0.10 faster than each athlete typically achieves. Give or take 0.01 or 0.02.