Timed Finals
Each swimmer swims once and the times of all heats decide the places. Relays and small club meets usually run this way.
swimBoard7 heats, finals and relays, one licence
Swimming Scoreboard Software
Run a swimming meet from one Windows PC. swimBoard7 holds the program, puts every race on your LED display, collects the hand times from the timekeepers' phones, works out the official times and prints the results.
- Windows 10 / 11
- 6, 8 or 10 lanes
- Timing on phones
- Lifetime licence from $500
Hand times from phones
Up to three timekeepers per lane press on their phones. The time is taken on the phone at the touch, so a slow network changes nothing.
Official time by the rule
The official time of each lane follows from up to three watches: the middle watch counts, and two watches give the average.
A guide through the meet
The NEXT line always says what the rules ask for now, and its button does it: call, start, decide a report, approve, seed.
Seeding, swim-offs and reserves
Heats, semifinals and finals seeded by World Aquatics rule SW 3, with a swim-off on a tied line and reserves for a withdrawal.
Reports in the World Aquatics layout
Start lists, results, summary, medallists, team scores, disqualifications, new records and a results book, as PDF or on paper.
Lenex and Excel
Bring the program in from a Lenex file or an Excel or CSV list, and send the results back as a Lenex file.
Supported events
The whole swimming meet in one licence
Sessions, events, heats, lanes, swimmers, records and officials live in one meet file. Pool, number of lanes, watches per lane and split distance are set once for the meet.
Heats, Semifinals and Finals
Set the round, the places through and the next round. The program seeds the next round by SW 3: the fastest in the centre lane, circle seeding in preliminaries up to 400 m.
Relay Scoreboard Software
Teams in the lanes, relay swimmers declared lane by lane, many splits on the big button of the timekeeper, take-over faults as reports and double team points.
Short Course and Long Course
A 50 m (LCM) or 25 m (SCM) pool, with 6, 8 or 10 lanes numbered from 0 or from 1. The course selects the points table and the records.
World Aquatics Points and Records
Points for every approved swim, records compared with the best swim of the meet so far, and record tags such as MR on the board and in the results.
Team Scores and Medals
Points per place, tied places shared, relay points doubled, a medal table and the medallists as a report.
What swimBoard7 does not do. It connects to no touchpads, starting blocks or reaction-time equipment. All times are hand times from phones or stopwatches, marked HT in the reports, so a world record set this way cannot be ratified. The reports follow the World Aquatics layout but are not an approval by any federation.
Control panel and LED output
Built for the recorder's table
The race screen fills the whole window: program, lanes, watches, splits, the NEXT line, the Referee's checklist and the board buttons on one page. Every action is saved at once and follows on the board and the phones.
The NEXT line and the Referee's checklist
The yellow NEXT line says what comes next by the rules. After the race the checklist lists what is open, the most urgent first: a lane without a time, a report to decide, watches that differ, a time far from the entry. A heat with an open report or a lane without a time cannot be approved.
- Unofficial first, Official after the Referee's approval
- Corrections after approval: Unlock, change, approve again
- A false start stays through a recall of the start
- Who did what and when goes into an activity log
No phones? Type the times
A club meet with stopwatches and paper works too. Enter Results by Hand takes the heat straight to Unofficial. Click a lane, type 22205 for 2:22.05 and the board follows at once. With several stopwatches, type each watch and the program applies the three-watch rule for you.
- Or keep the running clock on the board and type the watches afterwards
- Change swimmers, swap lanes or clear a lane by hand
- A time far from the entry time gets a warning
The program of the meet
Import a Lenex file (.lxf, .lef) from your entry system, fill the Excel template or type the meet. The Program tab holds meet data, events and entries, swimmers, records, officials and reports.
- Blank Excel template, CSV import
- Export Lenex with the results for the federation
- Load new World Aquatics base times when a table expires
Results as A4 reports
Choose a report and an event, then preview, save as PDF or print. Reports carry the meet header, the records, the table and the legend, in the language of the program.
- Start List, Event Results with splits, Summary, Medallists, Team Scores
- Timing Sheet with every watch for the Chief Timekeeper's file
- Disqualifications, New Records, Judges' Access with QR cards
- Results Book: all results in one PDF
Screens and layouts
Swimming graphics for the pool and the broadcast
The live board shows the race as it happens. Eleven info screens fill the time between races: start list, heat and event results, podium, swimmer, next events, records, team scores, medal table, officials and a status card. In CK they appear as lower thirds.
Phones for every official
One phone for each seat at the pool
Timekeepers, Starter, Finish Judge, stroke and turn judges, Chief Timekeeper, Recorder and Referee all work on a phone or tablet. There is nothing to install: the page opens in the browser on the venue network. Each seat has its own PIN and QR code and sees only what it may do.
PhoneTabletiOSAndroidNo installPIN and QR per seatNo internet needed
Log on
PIN or QR code
Print the Judges' Access sheet and scan the QR code of your seat, or type the PIN.
Timekeeper
The big button
Green for a split, red for the finish. A press that cannot be sent waits on the phone and goes out when the network is back.
Starter
Start and false start
Start at the gun, False Start with the lane, Recall for a fault of the start, and the next heat.
Judges
Stroke and turn reports
Tap the lane and choose the reason. Only the reasons of the stroke being swum appear.
Referee
Decide and approve
The same guide as the PC, every lane with its watches, Disqualify, Reject and Approve.
Operator
The whole meet
Race, Program, Info, Setup and Media tabs, for the operator who walks around the pool.
Served by the scoreboard itself. The phone pages are served by swimBoard7 on port 1907: no app store, no account and no internet connection needed. All phones must be on the same network as the PC. For your own systems an HTTP API covers the meet, and global keyboard shortcuts work on the numeric keypad.
Try swimBoard7 free
Full-featured demo with a fictional meet ready to run. The word DEMO appears on the board for one second in every ten and on the info screens.
Questions
Swimming scoreboard software, answered
What is swimBoard7?
swimBoard7 is swimming scoreboard software for Windows 10 and 11. It holds the meet program, drives the LED wall, screen or video output, collects the hand times from the timekeepers' phones, works out the official times and prints the results. It is sold as a lifetime licence.
Does swimBoard7 connect to touchpads or a timing system?
No. swimBoard7 connects to no touchpads, starting blocks or reaction-time equipment, and reaction times are not measured. All times are hand times: a press on a phone, or a time read from a stopwatch and typed in. The reports mark them HT, and a world record set this way cannot be ratified.
How does it work out the official time?
Each lane can have up to three watches. With three watches the middle one counts, as the World Aquatics rule says. With two watches the program takes the average, cut to hundredths. Watches that differ by 0.30 seconds or more are flagged for the Chief Timekeeper and the Referee.
Can I run a meet without phones?
Yes. Enter Results by Hand takes a heat straight to Unofficial, and you type the official time of each lane, or the watches, and the board follows at once. You can also keep the running clock on the board and type the watches after the race.
Does it seed heats and finals?
Yes, by World Aquatics rule SW 3: lane order from the centre, the fastest in the last heat, circle seeding in preliminaries up to 400 m, semifinals and next rounds. On a tie on the qualifying line the program asks for a swim-off, and before a final it can call the reserve for a withdrawal and seed the final again.
Can it import entries from Lenex or Excel?
Yes. swimBoard7 reads Lenex files (.lxf, .lef) with sessions, events, heats, clubs, swimmers, entry times and records, and Excel or CSV start lists from a blank template. It writes the meet with its results back as a Lenex file for your meet management program or federation.
Are World Aquatics Points included?
Yes. Points are calculated when a heat is approved. The program ships with the base times for short course 2025 and long course 2026, which carry end dates. When World Aquatics publishes a new table you load it in Program > Meet.
Can I use swimBoard7 for TV broadcast or live streaming?
Yes. The Chroma Key mode draws a compact board and lower thirds on a key colour for a vision mixer, and the NDI button sends the board into the network as the stream SW7_NDI for vMix, OBS or any NDI receiver.
How much does swimBoard7 cost?
swimBoard7 costs $500 USD for a licence with output up to 1366 px wide, $1,000 up to 1920 px wide and $1,500 up to 3840 px wide (4K). Every licence is a lifetime licence with two years of free updates, a PC key and a USB dongle included. Buying several boards for one venue reduces the price.
Is there a free demo of swimBoard7?
Yes. The demo starts with a fictional meet and every feature works. The word DEMO appears on the board for one second in every ten and on the info screens. Download it from this page or from the Downloads page.
Licensing
Lifetime licence. No annual fees.
One-time payment from $500, two years of free updates, PC licence key and USB dongle both included. The phones, NDI output, HTTP API and every display mode are part of every licence.
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Ready to put your meet on the LED display?
Download the swimBoard7 demo, play the sample meet and see the board on your own screen. Questions about meets, phones, LED sizes or broadcast set-ups are welcome.