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
Rules Consultation document [September – October 2023]
Rule Book Consultation Reply Template 2024
UKA Rules for Competition (updated September 2023)
UKA Rules for Competition Supplementary Guidance Notes – July 2022
UKA Rules for Competition -2022-2024 – Summary-of-changes
U18 Barrier Height Adaptation (updated February 2021)
Duties of Officials – Previously part of Appendix 3 – 2020
Selections-and-Appointments-of-Officials-2020
Rule Book Sales
UK Athletics Rules for Competition are published every two years and copies are available to buy at Neuff Athletics Equipment: www.neuff.co.uk, Email sales@neuff.co.uk and Telephone 01752 893742.
Combined Events Scoring Guidance – March 2022
A number of options are available for scoring Combined Events competitions as determined by the nature of the event, age group and the Competition Provider. Please click here to view guidance that explains those options and provides links to help determine the most appropriate method for each competition.
Shoe Compliance
The World Athletics Shoe Rule introduced in July 2020, reference TR5.2 – 5.6, does apply to competitions in the UK and athletes who wear shoes listed by World Athletics as not compliant with the Rules will be liable to disqualification and any records set will not be ratified.
Where a Call Room is operated it is the responsibility of the Call Room Manager to apply appropriate checks on equipment. At other events the Referee will resolve any issues.
In case of doubt the list of shoes that are approved and not approved are detailed in World Athletics documents – Manuals and Guidelines – at Technical Information | Official Documents (worldathletics.org)
IPC Athletics Rules and Regulations
Please visit the IPC website for the most up to date information relating to disability athletics competitions or follow this link to view the IPC document.