/** * The swimming pool (Part Two, Article 15). Lengths are metres; widths run across the course and depths down. `lane` is the width of a lane and the distance between the centres of two (Part Two 15.13.2, * 15.6.1); a 10-lane pool for the World Championships has lanes 0 and 9 2.4 m wide with spaces of 0.1 m outside them in a permanent pool (Part Two 15.6.2.1), or all lanes 2.5 m * with spaces of 0.5 m (a 26 m wide temporary pool, Part Two 15.6.2.2). */ export declare const SWIMMING: { /** The lengths between the touch panels: 50.000 m and 25.000 m (Part Two 15.1.1.1 and 15.1.2.1, was FR 2.1.1 and FR 2.1.2; June 2025: CR 16.1.1.1 and 16.1.1.2). */ readonly longCourse: 50; readonly shortCourse: 25; /** A lane is at least 2.5 m wide (Part Two 15.6.3, was FR 2.5; June 2025: CR 16.1.6); the first and the last may be 2.4 m wide, in the World Championships' permanent pool (Part Two 15.6.2.1) and at all other competitions (15.6.3). */ readonly lane: 2.5; readonly edgeLane: 2.4; /** The spaces outside the first and the last lane: Olympic Games, 2.5 m each side (Part Two 15.6.1); World Championships' permanent pool 0.1 m (15.6.2.1), temporary pool 0.5 m (15.6.2.2). */ readonly spaceOlympic: 2.5; readonly spacePermanentWorld: 0.1; readonly spaceTemporaryWorld: 0.5; /** The space of a pool of the minimum standard: the 25 by 21 m, 8-lane pool of Appendix 6 of Part Two (Article 17.6) is 8 lanes of 2.5 m and two spaces, which makes the spaces 0.5 m (arithmetic, not a stated figure). */ readonly spaceMinimum: 0.5; /** Lane ropes: floats end to end, "between 0.1 metres (at maximum) and 0.15 metres (at minimum)" across (Part Two 15.7.4: unverified, the sentence contradicts itself; June 2025 edition value: 0.10 to 0.15 m, 0.15 m at the Olympic Games and the World Championships, CR 16.1.7.1 and 16.2.7.1; 0.15 m is drawn). */ readonly floatDiameter: 0.15; /** The floats within 5.0 m of each end wall are red (Part Two 15.7.7); those at 15 m from each end wall, and at 25 m in a 50 m pool, are distinct in colour (Part Two 15.7.9 and 15.7.10). */ readonly redEnds: 5; readonly markAt15: 15; readonly markAt25: 25; /** How long a run of floats of a distinct colour is drawn: the rules do not say, a run of four floats is ours (drawn). */ readonly markRun: 0.6; /** Lane markings on the floor: 0.2 to 0.3 m wide, 46.0 m long in a 50 m pool and 21.0 m in a 25 m one, ending 2.0 m from the end wall in a cross line 1.0 m long (Part Two 15.13.1 and 15.13.2, was FR 2.14; June 2025: CR 16.2.15). */ readonly laneLine: { readonly width: 0.25; readonly longLength: 46; readonly shortLength: 21; readonly endGap: 2; readonly cross: 1; }; /** Target lines on the end walls: the width of the lane line, down the wall to 3 m at most, with a cross line 0.5 m long 0.3 m below the water (Part Two 15.13.3); cross lines 0.5 m long at 15 m from each end (Part Two 15.13.4, pools built from 1 January 2006). */ readonly target: { readonly width: 0.25; readonly maxDepth: 3; readonly cross: 0.5; readonly crossBelowSurface: 0.3; readonly crossAt15: 0.5; }; /** The starting platform: at least 0.5 m by 0.5 m, 0.5 to 0.75 m above the water (Part Two 15.8.1). The June 2025 edition asked 0.5 by 0.6 m at the Olympic Games and the World Championships (CR 16.2.8); February 2026 asks at least 0.5 by 0.5 m everywhere, which is what is drawn. */ readonly block: { readonly width: 0.5; readonly length: 0.5; readonly heightLeast: 0.5; readonly heightMost: 0.75; readonly height: 0.7; }; /** Touch panels: 2.4 m wide and 0.9 m high, 0.3 m above the water and 0.6 m below it, with a 0.025 m black border (Part Two 15.16.4.1, 15.16.4.2 and 15.16.4.5; June 2025: CR 16.3.4). */ readonly pad: { readonly width: 2.4; readonly height: 0.9; readonly above: 0.3; readonly below: 0.6; readonly border: 0.025; }; /** Backstroke turn flags: flagged ropes 1.8 m above the water on standards 5.0 m from each end wall; a flag is a triangle of 0.40 m sides, 0.25 m apart (Part Two 15.9.1 and 15.9.2, was FR 2.9; June 2025: CR 16.1.10). */ readonly flags: { readonly at: 5; readonly height: 1.8; readonly side: 0.4; readonly apart: 0.25; }; /** The false start rope: not less than 1.2 m above the water, on standards 15.0 m in front of the starting end (was FR 2.11; June 2025 edition value, CR 16.1.12). Unverified: the February 2026 text has no clause for it (Part Two Article 15 has false start detection equipment, 15.16.3.4, and no rope). */ readonly falseStart: { readonly at: 15; readonly height: 1.2; }; /** Depth: 1.35 m from 1.0 to at least 6.0 m from an end wall that has starting platforms, 1.0 m elsewhere (Part Two 15.4.3 and 15.8.4; June 2025: CR 16.1.4); the Olympic Games and the World Championships 2.5 m (15.4.1), the 25 m World Championships 2.0 m (2.5 m preferred, 15.4.2); a pool shared with artistic swimming 3 m is the June 2025 edition value (CR 16.2.4) and unverified: Part Two Article 15.4 no longer says it (Part Seven 12.1.1 and 12.2.2 ask 3.0 m for the artistic swimming area). */ readonly depth: { readonly least: 1; readonly atBlocks: 1.35; readonly blocksFrom: 1; readonly blocksTo: 6; readonly olympic: 2.5; readonly shortWorld: 2; readonly shared: 3; }; /** The wall: a slip-resistant surface 0.8 m below the water (Part Two 15.5.1); a rest ledge not less than 1.2 m below the surface, 0.1 to 0.15 m wide (Part Two 15.5.2). */ readonly wall: { readonly slipResistant: 0.8; readonly ledgeDepth: 1.2; }; /** The distance between a swimming pool and a diving well in the same area: 8 m, 10 m preferred, in pools built from 1 January 2014 (Part Two 15.15.1; June 2025: CR 16.2.17). */ readonly poolsApart: 8; readonly poolsApartPreferred: 10; /** The deck beyond the pool, our figure: the rules do not set one (drawn). */ readonly deck: 2.5; }; /** The widths of the pools the rules draw, as Appendices 1 to 9 of Part Two (Article 17) name them (the pool's width by its length and lanes): 50 by 25 (8 or 10 lanes), 50 by 26 (10 lanes, temporary), 25 by 21 (8), 25 by 25 and 25 by 26 (10). */ export declare const SWIMMING_WIDTHS: { readonly permanent: 25; readonly temporary: 26; readonly shortEight: 21; }; /** * The water polo field of play, in metres (Part Six, Articles 20 and 21). The field is 25.00 by 20.00 m, the distance between the two goal lines and between the two side lines (Part Six 20.2.2.1 and 20.2.2.2); * the water at least 2.00 m deep everywhere (Part Six 20.2.4 and 20.8.2.1). The June 2025 edition asked 1.80 m, and 2.00 m at the Olympic Games and the World Championships (CR 18.1.3 and 18.2.2). */ export declare const WATER_POLO: { readonly length: 25; readonly width: 20; readonly depth: 2; /** The marks on both sides of the field: white for the goal line and the half distance line, red 2 m from each goal line, yellow 6 m from it, and a red mark 5 m from it for the penalty throw (Part Six 21.7.1.1 to 21.7.1.5; June 2025: Appendix 4, 20.4.1.5). */ readonly twoMetre: 2; readonly fiveMetre: 5; readonly sixMetre: 6; /** The sides of the field are marked red from the goal line to 2 m, yellow from 2 to 6 m and green from 6 m to the half distance line, which is white (Part Six 21.7.2.2 and 21.7.1.5; June 2025: Appendix 4, 20.4.1.5 and CR 18.3.1). */ readonly half: 12.5; /** Boundary lines 2 m long from the goal posts, marked red, make the goal areas (Part Six 20.4 and 21.7.2.1.2; June 2025: Appendix 4, 20.4.1.2). */ readonly goalAreaLine: 2; /** The goal: posts and crossbar of 75 to 80 mm square, white (Part Six 21.6.2.2 and 21.6.2.4; 80 mm is drawn); 3.0 m between the inner sides of the posts (21.6.3.2); the crossbar's underside 0.9 m above the water (21.6.4.2); a goal at least 0.30 m deep from the goal line to the rear of the net (21.6.5). */ readonly goal: { readonly width: 3; readonly post: 0.08; readonly crossbarHeight: 0.9; readonly netClear: 0.3; }; /** The excluded players' re-entry area, 2.0 m wide along the goal line and 1.0 to 1.1 m long along the side line (Part Six 20.7.2; 1.08 m is drawn, inside the range), behind the goal line on the side of the team benches, opposite the official table (20.7.1 and 21.11); June 2025: CR 18.3.4 and Appendix 4, 20.4.1.6. */ readonly reEntry: { readonly length: 2; readonly depth: 1.08; readonly fromCorner: 2; }; /** The area for flying substitutions, not less than 0.50 m wide, on the side of the team benches, from the goal line in front of the bench to the halfway line (Part Six 20.6.1 to 20.6.3; June 2025: CR 18.1.8). */ readonly substitution: 0.5; /** The referees' platforms: 1 m wide and 0.70 m above the water, on both sides of the field, colour coded like the lane ropes (Part Six 21.9.3.1 to 21.9.3.3; June 2025: CR 18.3.2). */ readonly platform: { readonly width: 1; readonly height: 0.7; }; /** The lane ropes of a water polo field are 0.06 to 0.12 m across, at least 0.10 m at the Olympic Games and the World Championships (Part Six 21.7.4.2; June 2025: CR 18.1.7 and 18.2.6); 0.10 m is drawn. */ readonly rope: 0.1; /** The deck beyond the pool, ours (drawn). */ readonly deck: 3; /** The official table: the secretariat sits at a table behind the referees' platform (Part Six 21.10.1; June 2025: CR 18.3.6); its size is ours (drawn). */ readonly table: { readonly length: 6; readonly depth: 1.2; }; }; /** How many lines cross a diving well for the Olympic Games and the World Championships (Part Four 15.6.3.1; June 2025: CR 13.2.7). A count, so it is kept out of the table of lengths. */ export declare const DIVING_LINES = 3; /** * Diving, in metres (Part Four of the Competition Regulations, Article 15 and Appendix 2, "Diving facility specifications", which is Article 17.2 of Part Four). A springboard is 4.88 m long and 0.50 m wide * (Part Four 15.3.2), 1 m or 3 m above the water (Appendix 2); a platform of the length, width and height of the table (Part Four 15.4.3 and Appendix 2). Every distance is measured from the plummet, the vertical line * through the middle of the front edge of the springboard or platform (Part Four 15.1.1). `A` is from the plummet back to the pool wall (for a platform on concrete: how far its front edge projects beyond the wall, Part Four 15.4.9), * `B` to the pool wall at the side, `C` to the next plummet (the platforms' widths: Part Four 15.2.2), `D` to the wall ahead, `H` the depth of water at the plummet; each as [minimum, preferred]. A depth of 5 m under the boards is * what a pool built after 1 January 2025 should have if possible (Part Four 15.1.2.1). The minima of `H` are the February 2026 table's (3.40, 3.70, 3.20, 3.50, 3.70, 4.10 and 4.50 m, with 5.00 m preferred everywhere); the June 2025 edition * had 3.50, 3.80, 3.30, 3.60, 3.80, 4.30 and 5.00 m ("Table Diving Facilities"). The other figures of the table, A to D, are the same in both editions. */ export declare const DIVING: { readonly springboard: { readonly length: 4.88; readonly width: 0.5; }; /** Each platform: length, width (minimum, preferred) and height above the water. The 5, 7.5 and 10 m platforms have one width. */ readonly platforms: { readonly "1": { readonly length: 5; readonly width: readonly [1, 2.9]; readonly height: 1; }; readonly "3": { readonly length: 5; readonly width: readonly [1, 2]; readonly height: 3; }; readonly "5": { readonly length: 6; readonly width: readonly [2.9, 2.9]; readonly height: 5; }; readonly "7.5": { readonly length: 6; readonly width: readonly [2, 2]; readonly height: 7.5; }; readonly "10": { readonly length: 6; readonly width: readonly [3, 3]; readonly height: 10; }; }; /** A, from the plummet back to the pool wall: springboards at 2.22 m for a concrete platform (the board then reaches 2.22 m beyond the wall), platforms 0.75 m (1 m), 1.25 m (3, 5 and 7.5 m) and 1.50 m (10 m). */ readonly A: { readonly springboard1: readonly [2.22, 2.22]; readonly springboard3: readonly [2.22, 2.22]; readonly platform1: readonly [0.75, 0.75]; readonly platform3: readonly [1.25, 1.25]; readonly platform5: readonly [1.25, 1.25]; readonly platform75: readonly [1.25, 1.25]; readonly platform10: readonly [1.5, 1.5]; }; /** B, from the plummet to the pool wall at the side. */ readonly B: { readonly springboard1: readonly [2.5, 2.5]; readonly springboard3: readonly [3.5, 3.5]; readonly platform1: readonly [2.5, 2.5]; readonly platform3: readonly [3, 3.6]; readonly platform5: readonly [4, 4.5]; readonly platform75: readonly [4.5, 4.75]; readonly platform10: readonly [5.75, 5.75]; }; /** C, from the plummet to the adjacent one: 1 m boards 2.00 apart, 3 m boards 2.20 (2.60 preferred) from a 3 m or a 1 m board; platforms 1.85 (2.15), 2.20 (2.35), 2.85, 2.75 and 3.00. */ readonly C: { readonly springboard1: readonly [2, 2]; readonly springboard3: readonly [2.2, 2.6]; readonly platform1: readonly [1.85, 2.15]; readonly platform3: readonly [2.2, 2.35]; readonly platform5: readonly [2.85, 2.85]; readonly platform75: readonly [2.75, 2.75]; readonly platform10: readonly [3, 3]; }; /** D, from the plummet to the pool wall ahead: 9.00 (1 m), 10.25 (3 m), 8.00, 9.50, 10.25, 11.00 and 13.50 m for the platforms. */ readonly D: { readonly springboard1: readonly [9, 9]; readonly springboard3: readonly [10.25, 10.25]; readonly platform1: readonly [8, 8]; readonly platform3: readonly [9.5, 9.5]; readonly platform5: readonly [10.25, 10.25]; readonly platform75: readonly [11, 11]; readonly platform10: readonly [13.5, 13.5]; }; /** H, the depth of water at the plummet, minimum and preferred: February 2026 gives 3.40 m (1 m board), 3.70 (3 m), 3.20 (1 m platform), 3.50 (3 m), 3.70 (5 m), 4.10 (7.5 m) and 4.50 m (10 m), with 5.00 m preferred (Part Four, Appendix 2); the June 2025 edition's minima were 3.50, 3.80, 3.30, 3.60, 3.80, 4.30 and 5.00 m. */ readonly H: { readonly springboard1: readonly [3.4, 5]; readonly springboard3: readonly [3.7, 5]; readonly platform1: readonly [3.2, 5]; readonly platform3: readonly [3.5, 5]; readonly platform5: readonly [3.7, 5]; readonly platform75: readonly [4.1, 5]; readonly platform10: readonly [4.5, 5]; }; /** The depth of water is never less than 1.8 m anywhere in the diving pool (Part Four 15.1.3; June 2025: 13.1.3.9); 5 m under the boards for facilities built after 1 January 2025, if possible (Part Four 15.1.2.1). The June 2025 edition also made 5 m the rule at the Olympic Games and the World Championships (13.1.3.1); unverified in February 2026, whose Article 15.6 only applies Articles 15.2 to 15.5 there, with the minima of Appendix 2. */ readonly depthLeast: 1.8; readonly depthBoards: 5; /** The least distance between adjacent platforms: 0.25 m (Part Four, Appendix 2, notes). */ readonly platformsApart: 0.25; /** Lane markings of a diving well for the Olympic Games and the World Championships: three lines across the well, 21.0 m long in a 25 m wide well, 2.5 m apart, the first directly under the plummet of the 3 m springboard (Part Four 15.6.3.1, 15.6.3.1.1 and 15.6.3.1.2, with the dimensions of Part Two 15.13.1; June 2025: 13.2.7). */ readonly lines: { readonly length: 21; readonly apart: 2.5; readonly width: 0.25; }; /** The pool: 25 m across, as the swimming pool's width (Part Four 15.6.3.1 asks for lines running the width of the well, with the dimensions of the swimming pool's lane markings), and the length ahead of the boards, ours; the rules set the clearances above, not the size of the well (drawn). */ readonly well: { readonly width: 25; readonly length: 21; }; /** Judges sit side by side in a straight line along both sides of the pool (Part Four 15.5.1.1); the June 2025 edition (13.1.7.1.3) put them in line with or behind the front of the boards, never ahead of the plummet line. Unverified: Part Four 15.5.1.4 of February 2026 reads "No Judge may be seated alongside or behind the direct line of the front edge", which is the opposite on its face and is taken as a slip for "ahead of". */ readonly judges: { readonly seat: 0.9; }; }; /** * Artistic swimming, in metres (Part Seven, Article 12). The routine area for the Olympic Games and the World Championships is at least 30.0 by 20.0 m, 3.0 m deep (Part Seven 12.2.2); elsewhere at least * 15 by 25 m, of which 12 by 12 m is at least 3.0 m deep and the rest at least 2.0 m (Part Seven 12.1.1). The starting platform at least 0.7 m high at the Olympic Games and the World Championships, 1.0 m recommended (Part Seven 12.2.4), * 0.5 m least elsewhere, 1.0 m recommended (12.1.6); the Technical Officials' platform (the judges') at least 0.6 m high and not more than 2 m from the pool's edge (12.2.5). A practice warm-up pool at least 25 by 25 m or 30 by 20 m, * 3 m deep (12.2.6). June 2025: Article 27, 27.2.2 and 27.2.3, 27.1.2, 27.2.7 and 27.1.7, 27.2.8, 27.2.9. */ export declare const ARTISTIC: { readonly olympic: { readonly length: 30; readonly width: 20; readonly depth: 3; }; readonly minimum: { readonly length: 25; readonly width: 15; readonly deepLength: 12; readonly deepWidth: 12; readonly deepDepth: 3; readonly depth: 2; }; readonly warmUp: { readonly length: 30; readonly width: 20; readonly depth: 3; }; /** The lane markings of the pool, or contrasting lines in one direction along its length if there are none (Part Seven 12.1.3; June 2025: 27.2.4). */ readonly line: 0.25; readonly start: { readonly heightOlympic: 0.7; readonly heightRecommended: 1; readonly heightLeast: 0.5; }; readonly judges: { readonly height: 0.6; readonly fromEdge: 2; }; /** The sizes of the starting platform, the judges' platform and its seats are not set by the rules (drawn). */ readonly drawn: { readonly start: { readonly length: 2; readonly depth: 1.2; }; readonly judges: { readonly length: 12; readonly depth: 1.4; }; readonly deck: 3; }; };