🏃Atletica

Athletics (track and field) covers running races, jumps, throws and combined events. This sheet focuses on timed track events: sprints, middle and long distance, hurdles and relays. The objective is simple: cover a fixed distance as fast as possible. The winner is the athlete (or relay team) who crosses the finish line first, with the timer separating performances down to the hundredth, or even the thousandth, of a second.

Cover the set distance as fast as possible and cross the finish line ahead of your rivals. In lane races (sprints), you must also stay within your lane from start to finish. In relays, the team must pass the baton hand to hand inside the regulation takeover zone.

• •Each runner stays in their assigned lane in sprints (100 m to 400 m) and must not impede rivals.
• •The start is given by the starting pistol; any starting motion before the signal is a false start.
• •In straight races, it is the torso (not the head, arms or legs) that determines crossing of the finish line.
• •In hurdle races the athlete must go over each hurdle; knocking one down is not penalised in itself, but going around or under it is.
• •In relays the baton must be passed inside the takeover zone; dropping it or passing outside the zone causes disqualification.
• •The final ranking depends on time: the lowest time wins.