The UnipolSai Spring Italian Championships 2024
Everything is ready at the Riccione Swimming Stadium for the UnipolSai Spring Championships (5-9 March) which mark an important turning point in the season, this year more than ever. In addition to the Italian titles, Olympic passes are at stake as places on the national team could be filled at the upcoming 60th Sette Colli Trophy (21-23 June).
732 athletes at the starting blocks (378 men and 354 women), representing 180 clubs, will compete in 1623 race slots and 78 relays. The championships start on Tuesday, 5th with the men's 50m backstroke heats and end on Saturday, 9th. The results of the event will count in the selection of the national team to compete at the junior championships in Vilnius, Lithuania, scheduled for the first week of July. All the Italian stars from the winter season at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Otopeni and the recent World Championships in Doha will be present.
Heats are scheduled for the mornings, followed by finals in the afternoons, with the exception of 800m and 1500m freestyle events, which will be held in series.
Rai Sport +HD will broadcast the finals live from 5:25 pm.
The event program is shown below:
TUESDAY, 5 MARCH
MORNING SESSION
10:15 am – Men's 50m backstroke heats
10:23 am – Women's 800m freestyle slow series
10:43 am – Men's 400m freestyle heats
10:48 am – Women's 100m breaststroke heats
11:08 am – Men's 200m butterfly heats
11:24 am – Women's 400m medley heats
11:42 am – Men's 50m freestyle
AFTERNOON SESSION
5:30 pm – Men's 50m backstroke final
5:38 pm – Women's 800m freestyle fast series
5:50 pm – Men's 400m freestyle final
6:08 pm – Women's 100m breaststroke final
6:20 pm – Men's 200m butterfly final
6:42 pm – Women's 400m medley final
7:05 pm – Men's 50m freestyle final
7:24 pm – Women's 4x100m freestyle
WEDNESDAY, 6 MARCH
MORNING SESSION
10:00 am – Women's 50m backstroke heats
10:10 am – Men's 50m butterfly heats
10:20 am – Women's 100m butterfly heats
10:32 am – Men's 100m backstroke heats
10:47 am – Women's 200m breaststroke heats
11:14 am – Men's 100m breaststroke heats
11:36 am – Women's 200m freestyle heats
AFTERNOON SESSION
5:30 pm – Women's 50m backstroke final
5:38 pm – Men's 50m butterfly final
5:46 pm – Women's 100m butterfly final
6:07 pm – Men's 100m backstroke final
6:20 pm – Women's 200m breaststroke final
6:43 pm – Men's 100m breaststroke final
6:55 pm – Women's 200m freestyle final
7:20 pm – Men's 4x200m freestyle
THURSDAY, 7 MARCH
MORNING SESSION
10:00 am – Men's 800m freestyle slow series
10:10 am – Women's 200m medley heats
10:23 am – Men's 200m medley heats
10:35 am – Women's 100m freestyle heats
10:50 am – Men's 100m freestyle heats
11:05 am – Women's 1500m freestyle slow
AFTERNOON SESSION
5:30 pm – Men's 800m freestyle fast series
5:40 pm – Women's 200m medley final
5:52 pm – Men's 200m medley final
6:15 pm – Women's 100m freestyle final
6:27 pm – Men's 100m freestyle final
6:48 pm – Women's 1500m freestyle fast series
7:16 pm – Men's 4x100m medley relay
7:38 pm – Women's 4x100m medley
FRIDAY, 8 MARCH
MORNING SESSION
10:00 am – Men's 100m butterfly heats
10:15 am – Women's 100m backstroke heats
10:30 am – Men's 200m backstroke heats
10:45 am – Women's 200m butterfly heats
10:58 am – Men's 200m breaststroke heats
11:18 am – Women's 50m freestyle heats
11:30 am – Men's 200m freestyle heats
AFTERNOON SESSION
5:30 pm – Men's 100m butterfly final
5:40 pm – Women's 100m backstroke final
5:50 pm – Men's 200m backstroke final
6:14 pm – Women's 200m butterfly final
6:27 pm – Men's 200m breaststroke final
6:50 pm – Women's 50m freestyle final
6:58 pm – Men's 200m freestyle final
7:25 pm – Women's 4x200m freestyle
SATURDAY, 9 MARCH
MORNING SESSION
10:00 am – Women's 50m breaststroke heats
10:10 am – Men's 50m breaststroke heats
10:20 am – Women's 400m freestyle heats
10:47 am – Men's 400m medley heats
11:04 am – Women's 200m backstroke heats
11:20 am – Men's 1500m freestyle slow series
11:40 am – Women's 50m butterfly
AFTERNOON SESSION
5:30 pm – Women's 50m breaststroke final
5:38 pm – Men's 50m breaststroke final
5:46 pm – Women's 400m freestyle final
6:04 pm – Men's 400m medley final
6:16 pm – Women's 200m backstroke final
6:45 pm – Men's 1500m freestyle fast series
7:05 pm – Women's 50m butterfly final
7:15 pm – Men's 4x100m freestyle