Jump to content

Open class (track and field)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Open class (athletics))

Open class is a track and field event classification defined by World Athletics and USA Track & Field.[1]

Rules

[edit]

The classification is defined as:

  • Having no maximum age limit
  • Men's long distance running is limited to male athletes sixteen (16) years and older on the day of the competition.
  • Men's race walking and all women's competition, athletes shall be fourteen (14) years or older on the day of the competition

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Competition Rules 2018-2019" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
[edit]