Competition Information For Athletes Only

The U.S. Transplant Games is open to all recipients of life-sustaining solid organ transplants and marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplants, which have been functioning for at least six months. International athletes are welcome to compete, but will only earn duplicate medals in an international division. All competitors must be medically approved by their physicians in order to compete. No competitor will be permitted to compete without the receipt of a properly completed medical waiver signed by the professional responsible for his or her medical care.

Athletes will compete by gender in the following age groups: 17 and under, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and over. If there are fewer than eight individuals or in special cases, age groups may be combined in the interests of competition and meet management; however, combining age groups does not affect the awarding of medals. Age categories are determined by the competitor's age on the day of Opening Ceremonies. In badminton, bowling, 1K cycling, swimming, table tennis, and track and field, there will be special competitions for athletes under 15 years of age (subcategories 2-5, 6-10, 11-14). There will be a separate heat or bracket for each age group if eight or more individuals compete. If one of the players is a junior and the team would normally be assigned to the junior category, it will play in the adult category. All events have a maximum number of competitors. Entries will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. When the maximum number is reached, no additional entries will be allowed in that event.

Athletes will be allowed to enter four competition events, excluding the following: the 5K Road Race, all team events that depend on overall team size (3 on 3 basketball, discus exhibition, volleyball, team bowling and team golf), and the swimming and track relay events.

Athletes may not enter events that take place at the same time (except field events contested cafeteria style). Failure of an athlete to appear at any event when called may result in the athlete being scratched or eliminated from that competition. There will be no appeal of any disqualification for failure to appear.

Seeding, if necessary, will be based on (in order) 2002 U.S. Games medalists; 2003 World Games medalists; other pertinent information.

Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in each age group. In sports which involved classification before competition (racquet sports, volleyball), duplicate bronze medals will be awarded to both quarter-finalists, unless there is a means to clearly classify the competitors prior to the start of the elimination round(s) (for instance, the number of players in an age group is sufficiently small to conduct the competition by pools or round robin, or a seeding round is possible).

The following information was current as of September 2003 - for changes and updates, contact your Team Manager.

Athletic Events in Alphabetical Order

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