Recovery

Recovery:

The left foot remains grounded and the right leg is brought past it to halt the athlete. the amount of space needed to stop before the scratch line depends on the amount of horizontal momentum. This is typically 1.5 to 2 metres. adjustment of the check mark is required to achieve optimum distance on the runway.

Types of track: tack is classified into two types

1.standard track-400 meters track.

2.non-standard track-200 meters track.

standard track consists of maximum number of lanes are 

8 and minimum 6.

Staggers of 400m race in a standard track, each

lane is is 1.22 m wide

lane     stagger   lane   stagger

1st      0.00m      5th   30.05m

2nd      7.04m      6th    37072m

3rd      14.71m    7th     45.39m

4th       22.38m    8th    53.06m

staggers of 200m race in a stadard track

lane   stagger   lane   stagger

1st    0.00m     5th     15.02m

2nd    3.52m     6th     18.86m

3rd    7.35m     7th     22.69m  

4th    11.19m    8th     26.52m

100 metre hurdle race

1st 0.65m   5th    15.02m

2nd 1.05m   6th    1.65m

3rd 1.35m   7th    1.75m

4th 1.40m   8th    1.70m

9th 1.95m   total  13.00m

110 metre hurdle race

7.athletics terminology

1st  0.6m  5th step   1.65m

2nd  1.10m  6step     1.80m

3rd  1.35m  7th step  1.80m

4th  1.50m  8thstep   13.72

9th  2.20m  total     13.72mts

area

The geographical area comprising all of the countries and territories affiliated to one of the six area associations.

area association

an area association of the iaaf responsible for fostering athletics in one of the six areas into which the members are divided in the constitution.

Athletics:

track and field, road running, race walking, cross-country running and mountain running.

Cas:

court of arbitration for sport in Lausanne.

citizen:

A person who has legal citizenship of a country or, in the case of a territory, legal citizenship of the territory's parent country and appropriate legal status in the territory under applicable laws.

citizenship:

Legal citizenship of a country or, in the case of a territory, legal citizenship of the territory's parent country and appropriate legal status in the territory under applicable laws.

club

a club or society of athletes affiliated to a member in accordance with the rules of the member.

Commission:

A commission of the iaaf that has been appointed by the council under the terms of the constitution.

Constitution

the iaaf constitution

council

the iaaf council.

country

a self governing geographical area of the world recognised as an independent state by international law and international governmental bodies.

iaaf 

the international association of athletics federations.

international invitation meeting

athletics competition in which athletes affiliated to two or more members participate by invitation of the meeting organiser.

international competition

any of the international competitions listed under rule 1.1 of these rules.

ioc

international Olympic committee.

member

a national governing for athletics affiliated to the iaaf 

national federation

the member of the iaaf to which an athlete athlete support personnel or other person under these rules is affiliated

procedural guidelines 

the procedural guidelines for doping control as approved by the council.

regulations 

the regulations of the iaaf as may be passed by the council from time to time.

rules

the rules of competition of the iaaf as set out in this competition rules handbook.

territory

a geographical territory or region which is not a country, but which has certain aspects pf self-government, at least to the extent of being autonomous in the control of its sport and which is thus recognised as such by the iaaf.

world athletics series

the major international competitions in the iaaf's four-yearly official competition programme.

world athletics tour

an annual series of combined events competitions in which athletes participate and can score points in accordance with regulations approved by the council. this series is organised by the iaaf.

world race walking challenge

an annual series of race walking competitions in which athletes participate and CNA score points in accordance with regulations approved by the council. this series is organised by the iaaf.

note 1; the above definitions apply to all rules. there are further definitions in chapter 3 which apply to the anti-droping rules only.

note 2. all reference's in the rules to the masculine gender shall also include references to the feminine and all references to the singular shall also include references to the plural.

note 3: amendments (other than editorial amendments) to the corresponding rules in the iaaf competition rules 2006-2007, approved by the 2007 congress, are marked by double lines in the margin.