INFORMATION

The rules for this championship as follows

The XXIX Grand Prix City of Barcelona, organized by the Swimming Federation of Catalonian, and the Club Natació Sant Andreu, will be held in Barcelona the 10th and 11th of June at Club Natació Sant Andreu.

- The competition will take place in June the10th and 11th

The swimming pool will be available for the warm-up sessions from two hours before the competitions and until fifteen minutes before the competitions start.

All the National Federations swimmers , who can prove to have the qualifying times from 1st September 2007 in 50-m. pool, can take part in the competitions.

All the Federations that want to take part at the event must be members of the International Swimming Federation (F.I.N.A.).

All the swimmers from Clubs affiliated to the Catalan and Spanish Federations and those from another Territorial Federation, expressly invited, with the qualifying times from 1st September 2007, heave the right to take part at the competitions.

National Federations must confirm their participation before the 08.00 PM of 20th May 2008 giving us the following details:

* Number of swimmers
* The arrival and departure dates
* The nominal entry forms must be sent to the organization before 20th of May.

The entry forms must be sent to:

Federació Catalana de Natació - Mr. Ruben Sanz - Coordinator
C/Diputació, 237 baixos – 08007 – Barcelona SPAIN

For further information:

Phone: +34 93 488.18.54 - Fax: +34 93 487.88.74 -
E-mail :r.sanz@natacio.cat

800/1500 m. Freestyle men: There will be just 24 swimmers accepted according to the best entry times.
50 m. Backstroke, 50 m. Butterfly, 50 m. Breaststroke women and 50 m. Backstroke, 50 m. Butterfly, 50 m. Breaststroke men: There will be just 32 swimmers accepted according to the best entry times.

In the 50 meters event, it only will be “ A “ finals

The three first qualified swimmers in each event will have medals, trophies and money, concerning to the follow tables.

The best women’s and the best men’s times, concerning to the Mare Nostrum Table, will have a trophy. Only the A finals tines will be considered, except for the 800/1500 freestyle events in which the times of all heats will be considered the times.

For those swimmers who take part in the four Mare Nostrum meetings ,it will be awards for the first fifth places, according to the sum of the Mare Nostrum Table points.

So we will give the same amount of money, as we give to the other events, for the 1st, 2ond and 16th classified in each event , and as well for world record.

We hope you have understood our explanation about this matter, and if you have any question, concerning to the above mentioned, don’t hesitate to contact us.

TRANSPORT

The Catalan Swimming Federation will take charge of the local transport in Barcelona for the International Federations teams, who are accommodated in the organization’s hotels. The transport included as the follows: Airport - hotel reserved by the organization – venue.

The Mare Nostrum Organizing Committee will also take charge of the transport from Barcelona to Canet and Monaco for those who are invited by the organization of the Mare Nostrum Meeting.

RULES

* Swimming pool: 50x21 meters
* The competition wills follow the FINA rules
* Timing: OMEGA

PROGRAM

10th June 2008 9:00 am heats eliminatory

Order	Prove (Eliminatory)	Sex	Time	Heats
1	800 m. freestyle	Women	9.09.75	2
2	50 m backstroke	Men	29.56	4
3	50 m breaststroke	women	35.16	4
4	50 m butterfly	Men	26.45	4
5	400 m ind. medley	Women	5.03.83	All
6	100 m freestyle	Men	52.85	All
7	100 m backstroke	Women	1.06.68	All
8	100  breaststroke	Men	1.06.23	All
9	50 m. freestyle	Women	28.51	All
10	200 m backstroke	Men	2.08.83	All
11	200 breaststroke	Women	2.39.24	All
12	200 m. Butterfly	Men	2.06.29	All
13	100 m. Butterfly	Women	1.04.08	All
14	200 m ind medley	Men	2.10.43	All
15	200 m freestyle	Women	2.07.20	All
16	400 m freestyle	Men	4.05.35	All

10th June 2008 Finals 3:30 pm

Order	Prove (Finals)	Sex	Series	Finals
1	800 m. freestyle	Women	1	Better
2	50 m backstroke	Men	1	A
3	50 m breaststroke	women	1	A
4	50 m butterfly	Men	1	A
5	400 m ind. medley	Women	2	A – B
6	100 m freestyle	Men	2	A - B
7	100 m backstroke	Women	2	A – B
8	100  breaststroke	Men	2	A – B
9	50 m. freestyle	Women	2	A – B
10	200 m backstroke	Men	2	A - B
11	200 breaststroke	Women	2	A – B
12	200 m. Butterfly	Men	2	A – B
13	100 m. Butterfly	Women	2	A – B
14	200 m ind medley	Men	2	A – B
15	200 m freestyle	Women	2	A – B
16	400 m freestyle	Men	2	A – B

11th June 2008 9:00 am heats eliminatory

Order	Prove (Eliminatory)	Sex	Time	Heats
17	1500 m. Freestyle	Men	16.18.92	2
18	50 m backstroke	Women	31.90	4
19	50 m breaststroke	Men	30.84	4
20	50 m butterfly	Women	29.72	4
21	400 m ind. medley	Men	4.38.54	All
22	100 m freestyle	Women	59.27	All
23	100 m backstroke	Men	59.49	All
24	100  breaststroke	Women	1.14.51	All
25	50 m. freestyle	Men	25.15	All
26	200 m backstroke	Women	2.22.37	All
27	200 breaststroke	Men	2.23.15	All
28	200 m. Butterfly	Women	2.20.32	All
29	100 m. Butterfly	Men	57.10	All
30	200 m ind medley	Women	2.23.99	All
31	200 m freestyle	Men	1.55.41	All
32	400 m freestyle	Women	4.26.86	All

11th June 2008 Finals 'B' 'A' 3:30 pm

Order	Prove (Finals)	Sex	Heats	Finals
17	1500 m. Freestyle	Men	1	better
18	50 m backstroke	Women	2	A – B
19	50 m breaststroke	Men	2	A – B
20	50 m butterfly	Women	2	A – B
21	400 m ind. medley	Men	2	A – B
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