Timetable

Please refer to Appendix link for the competition timetable.

Competition Bibs

General

For individual events, each competitor will receive 4 personal bibs with names. These must be pinned to the front and back of the competition clothing, to the back of the tracksuit, and to the bag.

Bibs must not be cut, folded or covered in any way.

Competition Clothing

Competitors must wear the Federation’s official team clothing. World Athletics Rule 5 of the Technical Rules or TR5 will be strictly applied. Please make sure to follow the World Athletics Advertising Regulations in force. Clothing and items not conforming to this rule and the current World Athletics Advertising Regulations will be removed/taped at the Call Room.

The European Athletics has a record of the Team vests of all Member Federations available on European Athletics event management system, Arena, accessible at the following link: https://arena.european-athletics.org/.

Member Federations shall confirm their team vests. If the uniform displayed on the website differs from your current official uniform, the revised Team Vests form must be uploaded by Wednesday, 26 May 2021 using the form sent by European Athletics for that specific purpose. Otherwise, the existing records will be used as reference.

Team clothing must be uniform. A competitor wearing any other clothing will have no access to the competition area and will not be allowed to compete. This rule applies both to competition clothing (vest, shorts and tights) as well as to tracksuits.

The rule stipulating the compulsory wearing of the official competition clothing will be applied during the competition but also during any victory lap, interviews at the Stadium and Victory Ceremonies.

Dimensions of Spikes

The maximum length of spikes for track events is 6mm.

Call Room

Due to the specific logistics of the warm-up, the Call Room will be located infield.

Access to the call room is for competing athletes only and to the following reporting times :

  Report Call Room Call Room closes At competition site
10,000m Men   35 Minutes 25 Minutes   10 Minutes Before
10,000m Women   35 Minutes 25 Minutes   10 Minutes Before

All times are prior to the actual starting time of the event.

Athletes who fail to report on time to the Call Room without a valid reason may be excluded from participating in this and all further events in the competition.

A dedicated, heat by heat, Call-up Schedule will be issued once Final Entries are confirmed.

It will be displayed at the Warm-up Area and handed out at the TIC daily.

Refreshments (still water) and toilets will be available next to the Call Room.

Call Room Procedures

In the Call Room the judges will check the following in accordance with World Athletics Rules:

  • Competition Bibs
  • Shoes and Spikes
  • Uniforms
  • Bags (identification on and content of)
  • Any other kind of advertising

Personal belongings (video cameras, tape recorders, radios, CD players, radio transmitters, MP3/MP4, cell phones or similar devices) will not be permitted in the infield as per World Athletics Rule 6 of the Technical Rules or TR6. Competition officials in Call Room will confiscate all not authorised items. Athletes will receive a receipt for any such items. Upon presentation of this receipt, the athletes will be able to collect such items from the TIC once their event has finished.

Specific Event Procedures

Competition Regulations are available at https://www.european-athletics.org/european-athletics/competition-regulations/

Track Events

Athletes in track events will be asked to enter infield already dressed in competition clothing. Tracksuits shall be placed in baskets at Call Room, and these will be taken to the kit collection at the end of the mixed zone for collection after the race.

Assistance

During the competition, athletes are not allowed to receive any kind of assistance in any manner. When a competitor is unable to continue running due to physical difficulties, he must inform the nearest judge. To indicate his intention of quitting the race, the runner shall remove the bibs with his/her name and identification number. (A competitor is not permitted to receive assistance from any person other than a member of the designated medical team, who may carry out an on-the-spot medical examination. There are first aid stations located along the route.)

Scoring and tie

A team finishing with fewer than 3 (three) runners will not be classified in the team result.

All runners finishing shall be classified individually and shall be eligible for individual awards.

In the event of a tie, it shall be resolved in favour of the team whose last scoring runner finishes with
the better time.

Timing

The official timing will be provided by Seiko Timing Ltd. For all races, the elapsed time will be displayed on the electronic timer located at the 200m start line and on the finish line.

Post Competition Procedures

After the competition, athletes leave immediately through the mixed zone.

In the mixed zone, all athletes meet the media: first TV, then radio and finally the written press. It is for the athlete to decide whether he/she will give an interview.

The clothing baskets will be brought to the kits collection area located after the mixed zone. The first three athletes in each event may be asked to attend an official press conference. These press conferences will take priority over all other interview requirements. They will usually be held before doping controls.

Protests and Appeals

Protests and appeals are permitted and will be processed in accordance with World Athletics Rule 8 of the Technical Rules or TR8.

In the first instance, protests must be made orally to the Referee by the athlete himself/herself or by someone acting on his/her behalf or by an official representative of a team (World Athletics Rule 8 of the Technical Rules or TR8). Such person or team may protest only if they are competing in the same round of the event to which the protest (or subsequent appeal) relates.

Where the appropriate Referee is not accessible or available, the protest should be made to him through the TIC. Protests concerning the result or conduct of an event shall be made within 30 minutes of the official announcement of the result of that event (posted on the TIC information board).

If the final decision of Referee is not satisfactory a written appeal can be submitted to the Jury of Appeal also through the TIC.

Any written appeal to the Jury of Appeal must be made in accordance with World Athletics Rule 8 of the Technical Rules or TR8 and signed by a responsible official on behalf of the athlete and submitted to TIC within 30 minutes after the official announcement of the decision made by the Referee.

When submitting an appeal form, a deposit of EUR 75, as set in the rules, must be paid. If the protest is unsuccessful, the deposit will not be returned. The Jury’s decision will be provided in writing.