INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION SPECIAL REGULATIONS & TECHNICAL RULES SPEED SKATING and SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING 2016 as accepted by the 56th Ordinary Congress June 2016 In the ISU Constitution and Regulations, the masculine gender used in relation to any physical person (for example, Skater/Competitor, Official, member of an ISU Member etc. or pronouns such as he, they, them) shall, unless there is a specific provision to the contrary, be understood as including the feminine gender. See also the ISU Constitution and General Regulations 1 INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION Regulations laid down by the following Congresses: 1st Scheveningen 1892 29th Bergen 1961 2nd Copenhagen 1895 30th Helsinki 1963 3rd Stockholm 1897 31st Vienna 1965 4th London 1899 32nd Amsterdam 1967 5th Berlin 1901 33rd Maidenhead 1969 6th Budapest 1903 34th Venice 1971 7th Copenhagen 1905 35th Copenhagen 1973 8th Stockholm 1907 36th Munich 1975 9th Amsterdam 1909 37th Paris 1977 10th Vienna 1911 38th Davos 1980 11th Budapest 1913 39th Stavanger 1982 12th Amsterdam 1921 40th Colorado Springs 1984 13th Copenhagen 1923 41st Velden 1986 14th Davos 1925 42nd Davos 1988 15th Luchon 1927 43rd Christchurch 1990 16th Oslo 1929 44th Davos 1992 17th Vienna 1931 45th Boston 1994 18th Prague 1933 46th Davos 1996 19th Stockholm 1935 47th Stockholm 1998 20th St. Moritz 1937 48th Québec 2000 21st Amsterdam 1939 49th Kyoto 2002 22nd Oslo 1947 50th Scheveningen 2004 23rd Paris 1949 51st Budapest 2006 24th Copenhagen 1951 52nd Monaco 2008 25th Stresa 1953 53rd Barcelona 2010 26th Lausanne 1955 54th Kuala Lumpur 2012 27th Salzburg 1957 55th Dublin 2014 28th Tours 1959 56th Dubrovnik 2016 2 INDEX I. SPECIAL REGULATIONS SPEED SKATING..................................................... 11 A. Distances .............................................................................................................................. 11 Rule 200 Distances and team competitions ......................................................................................... 11 Rule 201 Distances and team competitions at ISU Championships .................................................... 11 1. World Allround Championships ................................................................................................. 11 2. European Championships ........................................................................................................... 11 3. World Sprint Championships ...................................................................................................... 12 4. World Junior Championships ...................................................................................................... 13 5. World Single Distances Championships ..................................................................................... 13 Rule 202 Distances at Olympic Winter Games ................................................................................... 14 B. Tracks .................................................................................................................................. 15 Rule 203 Standard Tracks ................................................................................................................... 15 Rule 204 Other Speed Skating tracks .................................................................................................. 15 Rule 205 Track at ISU Championships and ISU World Cup Competitions ........................................ 15 Rule 206 Track at Olympic Winter Games ......................................................................................... 15 C. Organization of the Competitions ..................................................................................... 16 Rule 207 Entrance fees ....................................................................................................................... 16 Rule 208 Entries for ISU Championships and ISU Events .................................................................. 16 1. Entries only through ISU Members ............................................................................................ 16 2. Qualifying times ......................................................................................................................... 16 3. World Single Distances Championships ..................................................................................... 16 4. World Allround Championships ................................................................................................. 18 5. European Championships ........................................................................................................... 19 6. World Sprint Championships ...................................................................................................... 19 7. World Junior Championships ...................................................................................................... 20 8. Deadlines for entries ................................................................................................................... 20 Rule 209 Entries for Olympic Winter Games ..................................................................................... 21 1. Entry quotas ................................................................................................................................ 21 2. Qualification System................................................................................................................... 21 D. Officials and their duties .................................................................................................... 26 Rule 210 Officials necessary ............................................................................................................... 26 Rule 211 Appointment of Officials ..................................................................................................... 27 Rule 212 Nomination of Referees and Starters for ISU Championships and Olympic Winter Games 27 Rule 213 Nomination of Referees and Starters for International Competitions and National Championships ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Rule 214 Appointment of Referees, Starters and other Officials for ISU Championships .................. 28 Rule 215 Appointment of Officials for Olympic Winter Games ......................................................... 28 Rule 216 Duties and powers of the Referee ........................................................................................ 29 Rule 217 Duties and powers of the Starter .......................................................................................... 30 Rule 218 Duties of Track Judges ........................................................................................................ 30 Rule 219 Duties of Lap Scorers .......................................................................................................... 31 3 Rule 220 Duties of Finishing Line Judge ............................................................................................ 31 E. World Records .................................................................................................................... 31 Rule 221 ............................................................................................................................................... 31 1. World Record events .................................................................................................................. 31 2. Conditions to be observed ........................................................................................................... 32 3. Documents to be submitted and issued ....................................................................................... 33 F. World Cup .......................................................................................................................... 33 Rule 222 Speed Skating World Cup ................................................................................................... 33 G. Equipment of Competitors ................................................................................................ 33 Rule 223 ............................................................................................................................................... 33 1. Racing suits, safety equipment and team uniforms ..................................................................... 33 2. Skates.......................................................................................................................................... 34 3. Infringement of equipment rules ................................................................................................. 35 Rule 224-225 reserved .......................................................................................................................... 35 4 II. TECHNICAL RULES SPEED SKATING ............................................................... 36 A. Track ................................................................................................................................... 37 Track measurements and partitioning of the standard speed skating track ............................................ 37 Example of standard speed skating tracks ............................................................................................. 38 Rule 226 Demarcation of the competition track .................................................................................