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Road Running & Ultra
>> IAAF Competition Rules: World Records
International Association of Athletics Federations
Competition Rules 2004-5: Road Races
SECTION VIII - World Records
RULE 260
World Records
28. For World Records on the road:
(a) The course must be measured by an "A" or "B"
IAAF/AIMS approved measurer as defined in IAAF Rule 117.
(b) The start and finish points of a course, measured along a
straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the
race distance.
(c) The decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not
exceed an average of one in a thousand, i.e. 1m per km.
(d) Either the course measurer who certified the course or another
"A" or "B" measurer in possession of the complete
measurement data and maps must validate that the course measured was the
course run by riding in the lead vehicle.
(e) The course must be verified on site (i.e. within two weeks
before, on the day of the race or as soon as practical after the race),
preferably by a different "A" or "B" measurer from
the one that did the original measurement.
(f) Road World Records set at intermediate distances within a race
must comply with the conditions set under Rule 260 and be timed
according to IAAF Rules. The intermediate distances must have been
measured and marked during the course measurement.
(g) For the Road Relay, the race should be run in stages of 5km,
10km, 5km, 10km, 5km, 7.195km.
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