What do the Chief Recorder, Recorder and Control Room Supervisor do?
Rule- South Africa
- Swimming South Africa
- World Aquatics rules
- Technical officials
- All ages
- 2025/26
- Officials
Under World Aquatics rules (Part Two, Article 2), which SSA applies at national competitions:
Chief Recorder
- Checks results from computer printouts, or from the times and places received from the Referee.
- Witnesses the Referee's signature on the results.
Recorder
- Manages withdrawals after heats and semi-finals.
- Enters results on the official forms and lists any new records.
- Keeps the points scoring for awards, where relevant.
Control Room Supervisor
- Supervises the automatic and semi-automatic timing equipment.
- Checks the results printouts and the relay exchange printout, and reports any early relay take-offs to the Referee (and may review the video timing to confirm them).
- Must confirm to the Referee that the equipment didn't malfunction during a race.
Added 21 Oct 2026