Swimming & Waterpolo
Map of the pools and hotels available here
Register here
NOTICE FOR PARTICIPANTS:
- Swimmers are allowed to participate in 5 individual
and 3 relays maximum.
- Teams will be able to sign up for relays at the meet
- April 1st - Deadline for Waterpolo teams registration (Individual members of the team can register later)
- To register a waterpolo team send and email to polo@igla2012.org
Laugardalslaug (direct translation: "The Pool of Pool Valley")
Laugardalslaug is located only 10 minutes by bus from Reykjavik city center and is situated in Laugardalur recreation and sports area. The 5,000 square meters Laugardalslaug pool facilities include inlude 2 x 50m pools, one indoor and one outdoor. The indoor poor is of international competition standards with 10 lanes and is 2 meter deep. The outdoor pool is a little shallower and warm up and cool down. Also, the facilities include 7 outdoor hot tubs, each with different temperature, playground with a slide, steambath and an indoor hot tub.
Moreover, 600 seats for spectators and several changing facilities are available. The largest gym in Iceland shares the building with the swimming pool. The pool hosted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Championshiops in October 2009 with 450 competitors from all over the world.
The swimming competition as well as the waterpolo will be held in a 50 meter indoor pool in Laugardalur, and swum in ten lanes. All events will be conducted according to the IGLA Championship rules as well as Fina rules. Heats will be seated according to age groups. However, all heats will be filled. The coaches meeting will be held in the morning and warm up will start at 8.00. The outdoor pool will be avalible for warmups and cool downs during the whole competition. As well as the hot tubs and the water slide.
If you have any further questions, please don´t hesitate to contact us at swimming@igla2012.org
Notice: Swimmers are allowed to participate in 5 individual and 3 relays maximum. Swimmers have to register for the relays and couches will arange relays later.
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The waterpolo will take place at Laugardalur in the afternoons. The deeper end at the outdoor pool will be avalible for warmups in the morning, and a 1.5 hour warm up before the matches.
All captains are requested to send a list of team members as well as the team division (At most there will be two divisions that is if we have the enough number of teams otherwise there will only be one division) two weeks prior to the meet at polo@igla2012.is (any other questions regarding the waterpolo are welcome as well)
NOTICE FOR PARTICIPANTS:
- Swimmers are allowed to participate in 5 individual and 3
relays maximum.
- Swimmers have to register for the relays and couches will arange relays at the met itself.
- April 1st - Deadline for Waterpolo teams registration (Individual members of the team can register later)
Diving and Synchronized swimming
Map of the pools and hotels available here
Sundhöll Reykjavíkur ("The Swimming Palace of Reykjavík")
The 25m meter charismatic indoor swimming pool will be perfect for hosting the diving and synhronized swimming. The pool is situated down town Reykjavik and was built in 1937. It includes private changing facilities, two outdoor hot tubs and a steam bath. It is a bright and friendly facility loaded with history and character. This gorgeous pool is a testimony of Icelands most prostegious Icelandic architect, Guðjón Samúelsson who also created the National Theatre building and main building of University of Iceland. The pool was Iceland´s first indoor pool and a great ...for a comunity that wasn´t so keen on taking regular baths.
The pool is 4,0m at its deepest end and 1,10m in its shallowest. Since this is the deepest pool in the Reykjavik area the synchronized swimming will be held there in 125 square meters (1345.5 square feet). We realize that this is smaller than the ideal synchronized swimming area, but we will make up for it with great atmo and lots of fun. We will have special spectator seats built over a part of the pool so that more people can come and see. Iceland has never before seen a competition of synchronized swimming on a professional level, and we are excited to introduce this aquatic sport to the Icelandic public. Partisipants are requested to send their music to syncro@igla2012.org at least one week prior to the meet, and we´d be happy to answer any other questions you might have as well.
There are two diving boards in Sundhöllin. One is 1m and the other one is 3m. Just like synchronized swimming, Iceland has never before seen a diving competition before. We detect quite an excitement in our community about the events in Sundhöllin and we believe that the events there will be ones to remember. Divers are requested to send their diving numbers to diving@igla2012.org, as well as any other questions or if they just want to say hi.
