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At
hlet
ics
Tr
ackandfiel
df acil
i
tiesar
eusual
l
ydesi
gnedasmul
ti
-pur
posef
aci
l
iti
es(
trackswi
th
pl
ayi
ngfi
eldsinside).

Spor t
sfacil
it
iesfortrackandfieldathl
eti
csaregener
allyusedfordai
lytr
aini
ngaswel l
asf orstagi
ngr egi
onal orl
ocalcompetiti
ons.Thest
agingofcompet i
ti
onsathigher
l
ev elsnormallyentai
l
smor eextensi
verequir
ementsforthesport
sfacil
i
ty,par
ti
cular
lyi
n
respectofthei nfr
ast
r uct
ure.

Generall
yathl
eti
cstr
acksaremult
i‑
­purposewit
htheinter
iorofthe400m t
rackused
asapi t
chforsoccer
,gri
dir
onandrugby
.Theset
racksarealsousedfornon‑
sport
ing
event
ssuchasconcer t
sandpubli
cassembli
es.

TheIAAFTr ackandFiel
dFacili
ti
esManual 2008(t
heManual )st
ipulatesdimensi ons
andequipmentf ori
nter
nati
onalandotherhighcl
asscompet i
ti
onbyel i
teathlet
es.For
clubandschool competi
ti
ons,t
hedimensionsofhorizont
alj
umpsl andingareas,
dist
ancetot ake‑
­offboards,t
helengthsofrunways,di
mensionsofl andingareaset c
mayber educed.Thesafetyofathl
etesmustbeparamounti nmaki ngsuchdeci sions.I
f
youareindoubtast owhatisappropri
ateconsul
tyourstat
esportingassoci ati
on.

St
andar
dcompet
it
ionl
ayout
Thisdiagram bel
owt helayoutrecommendedbyt heIAAFasSt andardCompet it
ionArea.
Thefieldeventsareevenlydistri
butedoverthearenatoav oidcongestionandtosatisfy
theneedsoft hespectat
or s.Thislayoutav
oidsunduedi srupti
onofev entsby
ceremoniesandcount er
bal ancestheconcentrat
ionofinterestinthefini
sharea.

St
andar
dcompet
it
ionat
hlet
icst
rackdi
mensi
ons
Tr
ackev
ent
s
Tr
ackev ent
sincl
udespri
nt,middl
edist
ance,hur
dleandst
eepl
echaseev
ents.The400m
ovalt
rackformsthebasi
sofamul ti
‑­sport
sarenaandit
sdimensi
onsaredependent
ontherequir
ementsofotherspor
ts.

Thecompet
it
ionar
eaf
ort
rackev
ent
sincl
udest
hef
oll
owi
ng:

Ovaltr
ackwit
hatleastf
ourl
anesandsaf
etyzonesmeasur
ingnol
esst
han1m ont
he
i
nsideandoutsi
de.

St
rai
ghtwi
thmi
nimum ofsi
xlanesf
orspr
int
sandhur
dles.

St
eepl
echaset
rackasf
orov
alt
rackwi
thaper
manentwat
erj
ump.
Therearet
hreebasi
cty
pesoft
racksur
face—sy
nthet
ic,
unboundmi
ner
al(
cinder
)and
grass.

400m st
andar
dtr
ack
The400m StandardTrack(t
heTrack)hasst r
aightandcurvedsect
ionsofalmostequal
l
engthandunifor
m bendswhi charemostsuitabletotherunni
ngrhythm ofat
hlet
es.
Furt
hermor
e, t
heareainsi
dethetrackislar
geenought oaccommodat eall
thr
owing
event
sandalsoast andardf
ootball(
soccer)pit
ch(68m x105m) .

TheTr
ackcomprises2semicir
cles,eachwi
thar
adi
usof36.
50m,
whi
char
ejoi
nedby
twost
rai
ght
s,each84.39m i
nlength.

TheTrackhas8,6oroccasional
l
y4lanesbutthelasti
snotusedf
ori
nter
nat
ional
runni
ngcompeti
ti
on.Al
llaneshaveawidthof1.22m ±0.01m.

Page35oftheManualSet
ti
ngoutt
he400m standar
dTracksecti
on2.2.1showsi
n
det
ail
thesett
ingoutpl
ananddi
mensi
onsofthe400m standar
dtrack.

Mar
kingoft
he400m st
andar
dtr
ack
Al
ltr
ackmar
kingsmustbei
naccor
dancewi
tht
heI
AAF400m St
andar
dTr
ackMar
king
Pl
an

Al
llanesar
emar kedbywhitel
i
nes.Thel
i
neonther
ighthandsi
deofeachl
ane,i
nthe
di
recti
onofrunni
ng,i
sincl
udedint
hemeasur
ementofthewidt
hofeachl
ane.

All
star
tli
nes(exceptf
orcur
vedst
artl
i
nes)andt
hef
ini
shl
i
near
emar
kedatr
ightangl
es
tothel
aneli
nes.

I
mmedi at
elybef
oret
hef
ini
shl
i
ne,
thel
anesar
emar
kedwi
thnumber
swi
thami
nimum
hei
ghtof0.50m.

Al
lmar
kingsar
e0.
05m wi
de.

Al
ldi
stancesar
emeasur
edi
nacl
ockwi
sedi
rect
ionf
rom t
heedgeoft
hef
ini
shl
i
ne
near
ert
othest
artt
otheedgeoft
hest
artl
i
nef
art
herf
rom t
hef
ini
sh.

Thedat
aforstagger
edst
art
sfort
heTr
ack(
const
antl
anewi
dthof1.
22m)i
sshowni
n
thet
abl
ebelow.

St
artl
ines
Theessenti
alr
equi
rementf orall
st artl
i
nes,str
aight,
staggeredorcur
ved,i
sthatt
he
di
stanceforev
eryathl
ete,whent akingtheshort
estpermitt
edr out
e,i
sthesame,and
notlesst
hanthesti
pulateddist
ancewi thnonegat i
vetol
erance.

Forr
acesof800m orl
ess,
eachat
hlet
ehasasepar
atel
aneatt
hest
art
.

Racesofupt
o,andi
ncl
udi
ng400m ar
erunent
ir
elyi
nlanes.
Racesof800m st
artandcont
inuei
nlanesunt
ilt
heendoft
hef
ir
stbend.

Theexi
tfr
om thefi
rstbendismar
keddisti
ncti
vel
ywit
ha0.05m wideli
ne(br
eakl
i
ne)
acr
ossthetr
acktoindicat
ewhentheat
hletescanbr
eakf
rom t
heirlanes.

Toassistathlet
estoidenti
fyt
hebreakl
i
ne, small
conesorprisms( 0.05m x0.
05m)and
nomor ethan0.15m high,
pref
erabl
yadiff
erentcolourf
rom t
hebr eakli
neandthel
ane
l
ines,
arepl acedonthelaneli
nesimmediatel
ybeforethei
ntersecti
onofeachlaneand
thebr
eakline.

Racesov
er800m ar
erunwi
thoutl
anesusi
ngacur
vedst
artl
i
ne.

Fort he1000m, 2000m, 3000m, 5000m and10, 000m,whenther

ear emorethan12
athl
et esinarace,theyaredividedint
otwogr oupswithonegroupof65%oft heathl
etes
ont heregulararcedstartl
ineandt heot
hergr ouponaseparatearcedst
artlinemarked
acrosst heouterhalfofthetrack.Theothergrouprunsasfarastheendoft hefi
rst
bendont heouterhalfofthetrack.

Thesepar atearcedst artli

neismar kedsot hatallt
heathlet
esrunthesamedi stance.A
coneorot herdistinct
ivemar kisplacedont heinnerli
neoftheouterhalfofthetrackat
thebeginningoft hefol l
owingstr
aighttoindicatetotheathl
etesoftheoutergroup
wheretheyar eper mittedtojoi
ntheat hlet
esusingt heregul
arstar
tli
ne.Forthe2000m
and10,000m t hi
spoi ntisattheintersecti
onoft he800m breakli
neandt hei
nnerl i
ne.

4x400m r
elayr
aces
Forthe4x400m r
elayr
aces,
thestar
ti
ngposi
ti
onsfort
hef
ir
stat
hlet
esi
neachl
anear
e
showninI
AAF400m Standar
dTrackMarki
ngPlan.

Thescr
atchl
i
nesoft
hef
ir
stt
ake‑
­ov
erzonesar
ethesameast
hest
artl
i
nesf
ort
he
800m.
Eacht ake‑
­ov erzonei
s20m longofwhi
chthescratchli
neisthecentr
e.Thezones
startandfi
nishattheedgesofthezonel
i
nesnearestthestar
tli
neintherunni
ng
di
r ect
ion.

Thetake‑­ov erzonesf
ort
hesecondandl
astt
ake‑
­ov
ersar
emar
ked10m ei
thersi
de
oft
hest ar
t/f
inishli
ne.

Thearcacrossthetrackatt
heentrytothebackstr
aightshowingtheposi
ti
onsatwhi ch
thesecondstageathlet
esar
epermi t
tedtol
eavetheirr
especti
velanes,
areident
ical
to
thebreakl
i
near cf
orthe800m event.

Hur
dles
Thest andar
d400m trackandt hespri
nttr
ackwith100m and110m ar
eusedforhurdl
e
races.Thehurdl
epositionsaremarkedont het
rackbyli
nes100mm x50mm sot hatt
he
dist
ancesmeasur edfrom thestar
ttotheedgeoftheli
nenearestt
heappr
oachi
ng
athl
etear ei
naccordancewi t
hthetabl
ebelow.

Thehur
dlesareplacedsot
hatt
heedgeofthebarnearestt
heapproachi
ngat
hlet
e
coi
nci
deswiththeedgeofthet
rackmar
kingnear
esttheathl
ete.

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