Basic Rules and

Regulations
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LEARN THE
RULES
AND
REGULATIONS OF
TRACK EVENTS

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 The International
Association of Athletics
Federations is the
worldwide governing
body for track events, and
athletics as a whole. •

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• Any athlete making a
false start will be warned.

• Any athlete making their

2nd false start will be
disqualified from the race.
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TRACK EVENTS

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Running
Event
Is both a competition
and a type of training
for sports that have
running or endurance
components. 6
 Generally three different sprint distance
Short 100 m 200m 400m
Distance

Middle 800m 1500m 1 mile

Distance

Long 3000m 5000m 10,000m

Distance

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

• For all Olympic sprint event, runners

must remain within their assigned
lanes.
• Any athlete who runs outside the
assigned lane to gain an advantage is
qualified.
• The first athlete whose torso reaches
the vertical plane of the closest edge of
the finish is the winner. 12
Event in which follow RACE WALKING
certain rules of walking.
The front foot must
touch the ground before
the foot leaves the
ground
While the foot is
touching the ground the
leg must be unbent for
at least a moment
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Race Walking

Women 12.42miles or 20
Women

Men

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• Race walking
differs from
running in that it
requires the
competitor to
maintain contact
with the ground at
all times and
requires the
leading leg to be
straightened as the
foot makes contact
with the ground. 16
FLIGHT TIME – THAT’S ILLEGAL

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• All judging is done by the eye of the judge and no
outside technology is used in making judging
decisions.
• It must remain straightened until the leg passes
under the body.
• Judges evaluate the technique of race walkers and
report fouls which may lead to disqualification.

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HURDLES...
• Where the racers have
to jump and clear
hurdles
• The jump is done as
part of the sprint
motion

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Each Olympic hurdles event features

10 hurdles..

HURDLE 21
• Men run the 110
races with 9.14
meters between
hurdles and women
run the 100 races
with 8.5 meters
between hurdles,
according to IAAF
rules
 Rules and Regulation
• A hurdler who circumvents a hurdle or avoids jumping
a hurdle is automatically disqualified.
• Runners who trail a leg or foot below the horizontal
plane of the hurdle's top at the moment of clearance
also are similarly disqualified.
• The rules also require hurdlers to stay in their own lane
throughout the race.

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• The hurdle race ends when a runner’s torso crosses the
winning line. Interestingly, contestants are not
disqualified for accidentally knocking a hurdle over -
though it may be viewed seriously if the hurdle is
knocked down willfully.
• Again, racers can be disqualified for omitting to jump a
hurdle or trailing a foot or leg below the horizontal plane
of the top of any hurdle while clearing it.

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Steeplechase

Running race in which runners must clear

hurdles and water jumps.

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Not a pure hurdles event, the steeplechase combines distance running
and a different form of hurdling.
• The 3000-meter race features no barriers on the
first lap.

. The race begins on a curved starting line.

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• The circuit has four ordinary barriers and
one water jump.
• During the course of the race, each
runner must clear a total of 28 ordinary
barriers and seven water jumps.
• This entails seven complete laps after
starting with a fraction of a lap run
without barriers

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Runners do not remain in lanes.

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RELAY

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• Each runner completes their specified distance
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(referred to as a leg) before handing over a baton to
a team mate. • There is usually a designated area
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--Relays in which members run different distances
are called medley relays

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---Each relay team will consist of 4 runners.

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 Rules and Regulations
The runners must run in the
order 1, 2, 3, 4 then 1, 2, 3, 4.
You cannot deviate from your
order or your team will be
disqualified. Each team
assigns, within their team,
which number runner will be
1, 2, 3 or 4 and they will then
run each of their two legs in
that order.
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 Rules and Regulations

Runner number 4 must have the bib

with the tear off tag so when runner #
4 finishes the final leg of the relay, the
timer can take the tag at the finish line
in order to get an official time.

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 Rules and Regulations
You must carry your relay baton with you the
entire run until you hand it off to the next runner
on your team.
The baton can only be passed within the
exchange zone, which is 20 meters long.
Exchanges made outside the zone—based on
the position of the baton, not the runners’ feet—
result in disqualification. Passers must remain in
their lanes after the pass to avoid blocking other
runners.
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 Rules and Regulations
• Teams may be disqualified if
they fail to complete the change --Runners may not
within the area, or if the baton is wear gloves or place
dropped during the race substances on their
• A team may also be hands to obtain a
disqualified if its runners are better grip on the
deemed to have willfully baton.
impeded other competitors.
• In the shorter relay, each
runner covers 100 meters; in
the longer, 400 meters. •
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 TEAM MATES

ROSETTE REVILALA
JUDY ABERJOS
IAN BELGA
NASH HERRERO
MARK

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