Rome and the great adventure of Race Walking

04 Aprile 2016

It will be the fourth time that the competition has been held in Italy. Varese and Pescara hosted the second and third editions of the event in 1963 and 1965 respectively, while Turin staged the competition in 2002.

Since the last edition in 2014, the event’s name has changed from the IAAF World Race Walking Cup to the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships. But the competition rules, detailed below, have largely remained unchanged.

Scoring

Each race is scored separately. Team results are decided by the aggregate of places recorded by the scoring athletes of each team. The team with the lowest aggregate of points will be judged the winner.

The first three finishers in the senior races shall score points for their team, while the first two finishers in the junior races shall score points.

If a team fails to finish with a complete scoring team, the athletes finishing shall be counted as individuals in the race result and be eligible for the individual awards.

No adjustment to the scoring places of the finishing teams shall be made in respect of any non-scoring team athletes or of individual entries.

In the event of a tie, it shall be resolved in favour of the team whose last scoring member finishes nearer to first place.

Entries

For the senior races, countries may enter a maximum of seven athletes; no more than five shall be allowed to start in the race with three to score. Countries may enter a team in both the senior men’s races (20km or 50km) but no athlete may compete in both.

For the junior races, countries may enter a maximum of five athletes; no more than three shall be allowed to start in the race with two to score.

Junior athletes born in 1997 or 1998 may compete in the senior 20km race or the junior 10km race. Youth athletes born in 1999 or 2000 may compete in the junior race only. No athlete born in 2001 or later may be entered.

Course

The senior races will be held on a two-kilometre loop, while the junior races will be held on a one-kilometre loop.

The pit lane rule will be applied in the junior races. After receiving a third red card, athletes will serve a penalty time of 120 seconds in the pit lane. If the athletes then receive a fourth red card (from judges who had not previously issued them one), they shall be disqualified.

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