Thursday, 18th August 2022
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News+
    • News+ Home
    • News
      • News Sub Home
      • Search
      • Top Stories
      • Press Releases
    • Calendar
      • Calendar Sub Home
      • Search
      • Conferences
    • Directory
      • Directory Sub Home
      • Organisation
      • News
    • Insight
      • Insight Sub Home
      • Interview
      • Features
      • Opinion
      • Supplements
      • Magazine
      • Media
      • Sponsorship
      • Events
  • Media
    • Media Home
    • Standard
      • Standard Sub Home
      • Rights
      • Landscape
      • Directory
      • Property
      • Competition
      • News
      • Insight
    • Advanced
      • Advanced Sub Home
      • Revenue Dashboard
      • Market Dashboard
      • Rights
      • Landscape
      • Directory
      • Property
      • Competition
      • News
      • Insight
  • Sponsorship
    • Sponsorship Home
    • Deals
    • Brands
    • Property
    • Competition
    • Athlete
    • Venue
    • News
    • Insight
  • Events / GSI
    • Events / GSI Home
    • Events
      • Events Sub Home
      • Event Analysis
      • Events Insight
      • News
      • Bidding Opportunities
      • Bidding Announcements
      • Bids Awarded
    • GSI
      • GSI Sub Home
      • About Project
      • Annual GSI Report
      • GSI Event Studies
      • Indexes
        • Nations Index
        • Cities Index
        • Events Index
      • Experts / Partners
        • Experts
        • Partners
  • Reports
  • News
  • Press Releases
  • International Athletics Approves World Series Dates
Press Releases

International Athletics Approves World Series Dates

Athletics - 31 Jul 2001
   
Meeting in the Hotel MacDonald, the IAAF Council declared their satisfaction with a final report from representatives of the Local Organising Committee regarding the staging of the 8th edition of the World Championships and reviewed final preparations for the 43rd IAAF Congress that opens tomorrow night at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton.

Council decided to recommend to Congress, in agreement with the Technical Committee that, in races up to 400m, 1 false start will be allowed but that any athlete subsequently false starting will be disqualified immediately.

Congress will also be advised to introduce this rule only in 2003, to allow an experimentation period for athletes and officials.

It was also agreed that there should be no recommendation from Council regarding the number of attempts in vertical jumps. However, both Council and the Technical Committee will support the proposal to extend the possibility of reducing the number of attempts in horizontal jumps and throws which currently applies to international matches.

A number of date changes for future IAAF competitions were approved. It was agreed that the 2002 World Cup in Athletics will take place in Madrid on Friday and Saturday, 21-22 September, and because the track can accommodate it, Spain will participate as the 9th team.

Council confirmed that the 2003 World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada, would take place on 10-13 July and the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Paris on 22-31 August.

A new date of 23-24 March for the 2002 World Cross Country Championships in Dublin was also approved.

In other business, transfers of allegiance were approved for

Aleksey Kurdenko - from Belarus to Russia
Lamssini El Hassan - from Morocco to France
Ismail Sghyr - from Morocco to France

After requests from many developing athletic nations, Council has agreed that technical delegates would have the power to approve the participation of non-qualified athletes in field events as well as running events.

Following the resignation of Sheikh Khalid bin Thani Al Thani from the IAAF Council, the Asian Amateur Athletic Association will designate a new Area Representative at its extraordinary assembly tomorrow.

For further information please contact:

Giorgio Reineri
IAAF Director of Media and Public Relations
tel: +377 93 10 88 88
fax: +377 93 15 95 15
georgio@iaaf.org
Featured News

Every week we’ll share a summary of the previous week’s key stories, to give you a taste of the in-depth news, data, insight and analysis available when you subscribe to Sportcal.

  • Birmingham, Budapest final bidders for 2026 European Athletics Championships
    Athletics 20 Jun 2022
  • Key figures Buck and Granovskaia to leave Chelsea
    Soccer 20 Jun 2022
  • Record NBA viewership in the UK, ESPN audience up for finals
    Basketball 20 Jun 2022 TV ratings
  • IBA begins tender process for allocating World Boxing Tour event hosts
    Boxing 20 Jun 2022
  • Joshua-Usyk II confirmed for Jeddah in August
    Boxing 20 Jun 2022
Latest News
  • Birmingham, Budapest final bidders for 2026 European Athletics Championships
    Athletics 20 Jun 2022
  • Record NBA viewership in the UK, ESPN audience up for finals
    Basketball 20 Jun 2022 TV ratings
  • IBA begins tender process for allocating World Boxing Tour event hosts
    Boxing 20 Jun 2022
  • OneFootball and PSG team up in global content deal
    Soccer 17 Jun 2022 Internet
  • Just Women’s Sports in NWSL highlights deal, Athletes Unlimited renewal
    Soccer 17 Jun 2022

Contact Info

  • John Carpenter House, 7 Carmelite Street, London EC4Y 0BS, United Kingdom
  • +44 (0) 20 8944 8786
  • +44 (0) 20 8944 8740
  • sales@sportcal.com

© Sportcal 2022 and Database Right 1997-2022 / Sportcal Global Communications Ltd.
All Rights Reserved. Pictures supplied by ©Getty Images.
AdvertiseAbout usContact usTerms & ConditionsPrivacy Policy
Company Registration No. 02592321

Latest Tweets

Twitter Timeline...