INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION 

SECTION I - OFFICIALS

RULE 110

International Officials

At competitions organised under Rules 1.1(a), (b), (c) and (f), the following officials should be appointed internationally:

(a) Organisational Delegate(s)

(b) Technical Delegate(s)

(c) Medical Delegate

(d) Doping Control Delegate

(e) International Technical Officials / International Cross Country, Road Running and Mountain Running Officials / Area

Technical Officials

(f) International Race Walking Judges/Area Race Walking Judges

(g) International Road Course Measurer

(h) International Starter(s)

(i) International Photo Finish Judge

(j) Jury of Appeal

The number of officials appointed in each category shall be indicated in the current IAAF (or Area Association) Technical Regulations.

At competitions organised under Rule 1.1(a):

The selection of persons under (a), (b), (c), (d), and (j) is made by the IAAF Council.

The selection of persons under (e) is made by the Council from members of the IAAF Panels of International Technical Officials or the

International Cross Country, Road Running and Mountain Running Officials respectively. The selection of persons under (f) is made by the IAAF Council from members of the IAAF Panel of International Race

Walking Judges.

The selection of the person under (g) is made by the Technical Delegates from members of the IAAF/AIMS Panel of International Road Course Measurers. The selection of persons under (h) is made by the Technical Delegates from members of the IAAF Panel of International Starters.

The selection of the person under (i) is made by the Technical Delegates from members of the IAAF Panel of International Photo Finish Judges.

The IAAF Council shall approve criteria of selection, qualification and duties of the above-mentioned officials. IAAF Members may suggest suitably qualified persons for selection.

At competitions organised under Rules 1.1(c) and (f) these persons will be selected by the relevant Area Associations. In the case of the Area Technical Officials and Area Race Walking Judges, the selection is made by the relevant Area Association from their own list of Area Technical Officials and Area Race Walking Judges.

For competitions organised under Rules 1.1(a), and (e) (i), IAAF may appoint an Advertising Commissioner. For competitions under Rules 1.1(c), (f) and (j), any such appointments will be made by the relevant Area Association, for competitions under Rule 1.1(b) by the relevant body, and for competition under Rules 1.1(d), (h) and (i), by the relevant IAAF Member.

Note: The International Officials should wear distinctive attire or insignia.

The travelling expenses of each individual appointed by the IAAF or an Area Association under this Rule or under Rule 3.2 shall be paid to the= individual by the organisers of the competition not later than fourteen days prior to his departure to the venue. Where the appointment is madeby the IAAF, in cases involving flights over 1500 miles, business class return air travel shall be provided. Accommodation expenses shall also be paid by the organisers not later than the final day of the Championships or athletics section of the Games or on the day of the Meeting itself if the competition is a one-day meeting.

RULE 116

International Race Walking Judges

A Panel of International Race Walking Judges shall be established by the IAAF Race Walking Committee using criteria approved by the IAAF Council.

Race Walking Judges appointed for all Rule 1.1(a) International Competitions must be members of the Panel of International Race

Walking Judges.

Note: Race Walking Judges appointed for Competitions under Rule 1.1(b), (c), (e)(ii), (f), (g) and (j) shall be members either of the Panel of International Race Walking Judges or one of the Panels of Area Race Walking Judges.

RULE 117

International Road Course Measurer

At competitions organised under Rule 1.1, an International Road Course Measurer shall be appointed to verify the courses where road events are held entirely or partially outside the stadium.

The appointed course measurer shall be member of the IAAF/AIMS Panel of International Road Course Measurers (Grade “A“ or “B“).

The course should be measured in good time before the competition.

The measurer will check and certify the course if he finds it conforms to the Rules for Road Races (See Rule 240.3 and respective Notes).

He shall cooperate with the Organising Committee in the course arrangements and witness the conduct of the race to ensure that the

course run by athletes follows the same course that was measured and approved. He shall furnish an appropriate certificate to the Technical Delegate(s).

RULE 119

Jury of Appeal

At all competitions organised under Rules 1.1(a), (b), (c) and (f) a Jury of Appeal, which should normally consist of three, five or seven persons shall be appointed. One of its members shall be the Chairman and another the Secretary. If and when considered as appropriate, the Secretary may be a person not included in the Jury.

In instances where there is an appeal relating to Rule 230, at least one member of the Jury shall be a current member of the Panel of International (or Area) Race Walking Judges.

Members of the Jury of Appeal shall not be present during any deliberations of the Jury concerning any Appeal that affects, directly or

indirectly, an athlete affiliated to his own Member Federation.

The chair of the Jury shall ask any member implicated by this Rule to withdraw, in the event the Jury member has not already done so.

The IAAF or other organisation responsible for the competition shall appoint one or more alternate Jury members to substitute for any Jury member(s) who are not able to participate in an Appeal.

Furthermore, a Jury should likewise be appointed at other competitions where the organisers deem it desirable or necessary in the interest of the proper conduct of the competitions.

The primary functions of the Jury shall be to deal with all appeals under Rule 146, and with any matters arising during the course of the

competition which are referred to it for decision.

RULE 120

Officials of the Competition

The Organising Committee of a competition shall appoint all officials, subject to the Rules of the Member in whose Country the competition is held and, in the case of competitions under Rules 1.1(a), (b), (c) and (f), subject to the Rules and procedures of the appropriate international organisation.

The following list comprises the officials considered necessary for major International Competitions. The Organising Committee may,

however, vary this according to local circumstances.

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

- One Competition Director

- One Meeting Manager

- One Technical Manager

- One Event Presentation Manager

COMPETITION OFFICIALS

- One Referee for the Call Room

- One (or more) Referee for Track Events

- One (or more) Referee for Field Events

- One (or more) Referee for Combined Events

- One (or more) Referee for events outside the Stadium

- One Chief Judge and an adequate number of Judges for Track Events

- One Chief Judge and an adequate number of Judges for each Field Event

- One Chief Judge and five Judges for each Track Race Walking Event

- One Chief Judge and eight Judges for each Road Race Walking Event

- Other Race Walking Competition officials, as necessary, including Recorders, Posting Board operators, etc.

- One Chief Umpire and an adequate number of Umpires

- One Chief Timekeeper and an adequate number of Timekeepers

- One Start Coordinator and an adequate number of Starters and Recallers

- One (or more) Starter’s Assistant

- One Chief and an adequate number of Lap Scorers

- One Competition Secretary and an adequate number of assistants

- One Chief and an adequate number of Marshals

- One (or more) Wind Gauge Operator

- One Chief Photo Finish Judge and an adequate number of Assistant Photo Finish Judges

- One (or more) Measurement Judge (Electronics)

- One Chief and an adequate number of Call Room Judges

ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS

- One (or more) Announcer

- One (or more) Statistician

- One Advertising Commissioner

- One Official Surveyor

- One (or more) Doctor

- Stewards for Athletes, Officials and Press

Referees and Chief Judges should wear a distinctive attire or insignia.

If deemed necessary, assistants may be appointed. Care should however be taken to keep the arena as free from officials as possible.

Where women’s events are held, a woman doctor shall be appointed when possible.

RULE 127

Umpires (Running and Race Walking Events)

1. Umpires are assistants to the Referee, without authority to make final decisions.

2. The Umpires shall be placed by the Referee in such a position that they may observe the competition closely and, in the case of a

failure or violation of the Rules (other than Rule 230.1) by an athlete or other person, make an immediate written report of the

incident to the Referee.

3. Any such breach of the Rules should be communicated to the relevant Referee by the raising of a yellow flag or any other reliable

means approved by the Technical Delegate(s).

4. A sufficient number of Umpires shall also be appointed to supervise the take-over zones in relay races.

Note (i): When an Umpire observes that an athlete has run in a different lane from his own, or that a relay take-over has taken place

outside the take-over zone, he should immediately mark on the track with suitable material the place where the infringement took place.

Note (ii): The Umpire(s) shall report to the Referee any breach of the Rules, even if the athlete (or team, for relay races) does not finish the race.

RULE 131

Lap Scorers

1. Lap Scorers shall keep a record of the laps completed by all athletes in races longer than 1500m. For races of 5000m and longer, and for Race Walking events, a number of Lap Scorers under the direction of the Referee shall be appointed and provided with lap scoring

cards on which they shall record the times over each lap (as given to them by an official Timekeeper) of the athletes for whom they are

responsible. When such a system is used, no Lap Scorer should record more than four athletes (six for Race Walking events).

Instead of manual lap scoring, a computerised system, which may involve a transponder carried or worn by each athlete, may be used.

2. One Lap Scorer shall be responsible for maintaining, at the finish line, a display of the laps remaining. The display shall be changed

each lap when the leader enters the straight that ends at the finish line. In addition, manual indication shall be given, when appropriate, to athletes who have been, or are about to be, lapped.