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Rules Of Competition

Athletics has a set of rules for Competition and a series of official notification periods for proposed changes to them.

 

UK Athletics governs the Rules for Competition for the following disciplines:

 

  • Track and Field Competition

  • Road Running Competition

  • Cross Country Running
  • Fell and Hill Running
  • Race Walking
  • Trail Running

 

The UK Athletics Rules for Competition are published every two years.  The current rule book runs from April 1 2008 to March 31 2010.

 

Every club secretary is sent a copy of the new rule book on publication but additional copies can be purchased at a cost of £5.50 + pp, from: 

UK Athletics Book Centre    
5 Church Road                                                                                                  Bookham                                                                                                            Surrey                                                                                                            
KT23 3PN
Telephone  01372 452804
Fax   01372 458005                                                                               Website www.ukathleticsbookcentre.co.uk

 

Alternatively you can download the rulebook by clicking the link below – please be aware though that the document contains a large number of pages.


In addition to the rules contained in the above publication, there are also separate rules relating to anti-doping. These can be found in the Anti-doping section.

  


If you have an enquiry regarding a specific rule, then you can e-mail us with your query.