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11. Track and Field


1, TRACK EVENTS :

100 M, 200 M, 400 M, 800 M, 1500 M, 3600 M, steeple chase, Marathan Rece, Hurdles, races Relays.

GENERAL:

A competitor after voluntarily leaving the track or course, shall not be allowed to continue the race

If a competitor is entered in both a track event and field event or in more than one field event taking place simultaneously, the Judges may allow the competitor to take his/her trials in an order different from the decided upon prior to the start of the competition.

The following minimum times must be allowed when practicable between the last heat or any round and the first heat of a subsequent round or final.

EVENT TIME ALLOWED
upto 200 metres 45 minutes
over 200 metres to 1600 metres 90 minutes.
over 1000 metres 180 minutes.