Medical delegate

Medical delegate

The medical delegates shall have ultimate authority on all medical matters. He shall ensure that adequate facilities for medical examination, treatment and emergency care will be available at the site of the competition and that medical attention can be provided where athletes are accommodated. The medical delegate shall also have the authority to arrange for the determination of the gender of an athlete should he judge that to be desirable.

International road course measurer

at competitions organised under rule 1.1 an  international road course measurer shall be appointed to verify the courses measurer shall be member of the IAAF AIMS panel of international road course measures (grade a or b) the course should be measured in good time before the competition.

International starter and international photo finish judge

at all competitions under rules 1.1 (a), (b), (c) and (f) held in the stadium, an international starter and an international photo finish judge shall be appointed respectively by IAAF or the relevant area association. the international starter shall start the races (and undertake any other duties) assigned to him by the technical delegate(s). the international photo finish judge shall supervise all photo finish functions.

Jury of appeal

at all competitions organised under rules 1.1 (a), (b), (c) and 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.

Furthermore, a jury should likewise be appointed at other 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 competitions which are referred to it for decision. the jury may reconsider a decision if new conclusive evidence is presented, provided the new decision is still applicable.

decisions involving points which are not converted by the rules shall be reported subsequently by the chairman of the jury to the general secretary of the IAAF.