INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION SPECIAL REGULATIONS & TECHNICAL RULES SPEED SKATING 2018 as accepted by the 57th Ordinary Congress June 2018 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: st th 1 Scheveningen 1892 30 Helsinki 1963 nd st 2 Copenhagen 1895 31 Vienna 1965 rd nd 3 Stockholm 1897 32 Amsterdam 1967 th rd 4 London 1899 33 Maidenhead 1969 th th 5 Berlin 1901 34 Venice 1971 th th 6 Budapest 1903 35 Copenhagen 1973 th th 7 Copenhagen 1905 36 Munich 1975 th th 8 Stockholm 1907 37 Paris 1977 th th 9 Amsterdam 1909 38 Davos 1980 th th 10 Vienna 1911 39 Stavanger 1982 th th 11 Budapest 1913 40 Colorado Springs 1984 th st 12 Amsterdam 1921 41 Velden 1986 th nd 13 Copenhagen 1923 42 Davos 1988 th rd 14 Davos 1925 43 Christchurch 1990 th th 15 Luchon 1927 44 Davos 1992 th th 16 Oslo 1929 45 Boston 1994 th th 17 Vienna 1931 46 Davos 1996 th th 18 Prague 1933 47 Stockholm 1998 th th 19 Stockholm 1935 48 Québec 2000 th th 20 St. Moritz 1937 49 Kyoto 2002 st th 21 Amsterdam 1939 50 Scheveningen 2004 nd st 22 Oslo 1947 51 Budapest 2006 rd nd 23 Paris 1949 52 Monaco 2008 th rd 24 Copenhagen 1951 53 Barcelona 2010 th th 25 Stresa 1953 54 Kuala Lumpur 2012 th th 26 Lausanne 1955 55 Dublin 2014 th th 27 Salzburg 1957 56 Dubrovnik 2016 th th 28 Tours 1959 57 Sevilla 2018 th 29 Bergen 1961 2 INDEX I. SPECIAL REGULATIONS SPEED SKATING ........................................................ 9 A. Distances, races and competitions ...................................................................... 9 Rule 200 Individual and team competitions ........................................................................... 9 Rule 201 Distances, races and competitions at ISU Championships ...................................10 1. World Championships........................................................................................................10 2. European Championships .................................................................................................10 3. Four Continents Championships ........................................................................................11 4. World Junior Championships .............................................................................................11 Rule 202 Distances and races at Olympic Winter Games ....................................................12 B. Tracks and Venues .............................................................................................. 13 Rule 203 Standard Tracks ...................................................................................................13 Rule 204 Other Speed Skating tracks ..................................................................................13 Rule 205 Track at ISU Championships and ISU World Cup Competitions ...........................13 Rule 206 Track and Venue at Olympic Winter Games .........................................................13 C. Organization of the Competitions ....................................................................... 14 Rule 207 Entrance fees .......................................................................................................14 Rule 208 Entries for ISU Championships and ISU Events ...................................................14 1. General conditions .............................................................................................................14 1.1. Entries ..........................................................................................................................15 4 1.2. Qualifying Times ...........................................................................................................15 4 2. Entry quotas and qualification system ................................................................................15 2.1. World Championships – Single distances / individual races and Team races ..................15 2.2. World Championships - Allround combination .................................................................17 2.3. World Championships - Sprint combination ....................................................................18 2.4. European Championships...............................................................................................19 2.5. Four Continents Championships ....................................................................................19 2.6. World Junior Championships .........................................................................................20 Rule 209 Entries for Olympic Winter Games ........................................................................20 1.Entry quotas .......................................................................................................................20 2.Qualification System ...........................................................................................................21 D. Officials and their duties ..................................................................................... 27 Rule 210 Officials necessary ...............................................................................................27 Rule 211 Appointment of Officials ........................................................................................27 Rule 212 Nomination of Referees and Starters for ISU Championships and Olympic Winter Games ..................................................................................................................................27 3 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 ..............................................29 Rule 216 Duties and powers of the Referee ........................................................................29 Rule 217 Duties and powers of the Starter ..........................................................................31 Rule 218 Duties of Track Judges .........................................................................................31 Rule 219 Duties of Lap Scorers ...........................................................................................31 Rule 220 Duties of Finishing Line Judge ..............................................................................31 E. World Records ...................................................................................................... 32 Rule 221 ................................................................................................................................32 1.World Record events ..........................................................................................................32 2.Conditions to be observed ..................................................................................................32 3.Documents to be submitted and issued ..............................................................................34 F. World Cup ............................................................................................................. 34 Rule 222 Speed Skating World Cup ....................................................................................34 G. Sport Equipment of Competitors ........................................................................ 35 Rule 223 ................................................................................................................................35 1.Racing suits, safety equipment and team uniforms .............................................................35 2.Skates ................................................................................................................................35 3.Infringement of equipment rules .........................................................................................36 Rules 224 – 225 Reserved ..................................................................................................36 4 II. TECHNICAL RULES SPEED SKATING ............................................................... 37 A. Track ..................................................................................................................... 38 Track measurements and partitioning of the standard speed skating track ............................38 Example of standard speed skating tracks .............................................................................39 Rule 226 Demarcation of the competition track ....................................................................40 Rule 227 Layout of the track ................................................................................................40 1.Measurement .....................................................................................................................40 2.Starting and finishing lines ..................................................................................................41 3.Coaches’ area ....................................................................................................................41