Rules Of Competition

Athletics has a set of rules for Competition and a series of official notification periods for proposed changes to them.

UK Athletics governs the Rules for Competition for the following disciplines:

• Track and Field Competition

• Road Running Competition

• Cross Country Running
• Fell and Hill Running
• Race Walking
• Trail Running

The UK Athletics Rules for Competition are published every two years.

UKA Rules for Competition 2020 - 2022

The next edition of the UKA Rule Book will be published on 1^st April 2020 and the process for reviewing all rules is now underway.  Details can be found in the Timeline paper and all proposals for changes should be submitted on the appropriate template to rules@uka.org.uk by 31^st July 2019.

Rules Consultation Timeline can be found here. 

The rule book proposal template is here. 

2018-20 UKA Rules for Competition

Copies of the 2018-20 UKA Rules for Competition can be purchased at http://icu.irongategroup.co.uk/UKATHL