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Track and field athletics officials or track and field athletics technical officials are referees responsible for judging the various events within track and field.They can be sub-divided into four main groups: field judges, track judges, timekeepers, and starters.
Pages in category "Athletics (track and field) officials" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
USA Track & Field is involved in many aspects of the sport at the local, national, and international level, providing the rules, officials, coaching education, sports science and athlete development, youth programs, masters (age 25+) competition, the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, and an annual meeting.
The two basic features of a track and field stadium are the outer oval-shaped running track and an area of turf within this track—the field. In earlier competitions, track lengths varied: the Panathinaiko Stadium measured 333.33 metres at the 1896 Summer Olympics , while at the 1904 Olympics the distance was a third of a mile (536.45 m) at ...
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.
Hundreds of athletes and officials have had visa issues ahead of the world championships in Oregon, leaving them racing to make it to the start line.
In field hockey, a triangular-shaped green card indicates a 2-minute suspension for field players and a warning for a coach. A Penn State field hockey player receives a green card. A green card is used in some sports to indicate an official warning to a player who has committed a minor offence that does not warrant a more serious, extreme or ...
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.