400 meter track marking

400-meter track measurement
field event and ground measurement

1. AMITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS SCIENCES RAJAT KUMAR B.P.Ed 3 rd SEM 06 TRACK & FIELD (PPT) TO: DR. INDER SINGH PAL

2. 400 METER TRACK MARKING

3. PLANNING THE FIELD LAYOUT FIELD LAYOUTS MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE FIELD AND THE RANGE OF PLANNED EVENTS. A SUGGESTED LAYOUT IS SHOWN. OTHER POSSIBLE LAYOUTS ARE PROVIDED IN THE IAAF TRACK AND FIELD FACILITIES MANUAL. THIS LAYOUT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE USUAL RANGE OF TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS AND FOR SAFETY REASONS WILL LOCATE ALL THROWING EVENTS SO THAT THE RESPECTIVE IMPLEMENTS ARE THROWN TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE INFIELD AND AWAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE FIELD WHERE MOST ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE. YOUR FIELD MAY REQUIRE MODIFICATIONS FROM THE ABOVE LAYOUT BUT KEEP THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN MIND IN YOUR PLANNING: AII JUDGES AND TIMEKEEPERS MUST HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE STARTS AND PARTICULARLY OF THE STARTER; ALL JUDGES AND TIMEKEEPERS SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING INTO THE SUN ALONG THE FINISH LINE. RUNNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE SUN APPROACHING THE FINISH LINE. ALL RACES SHOULD BE RUN WITH THE CENTRE OF THE FIELD ON THE COMPETITORS' LEFT HAND, (I.E., ATHLETES WILL RUN ANTI- CLOCKWISE). THE JUMPS AND THROWING EVENTS SHOULD NOT BE PLACED SO THAT THE SUN SHINES IN THE EYES OF A COMPETITOR AT CRUCIAL TIMES. SIMILARLY SECTOR OFFICIALS, PARTICULARLY FOR LONG THROWS, SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING INTO THE SUN. IN THE THROWING EVENTS, THE SAFETY OF COMPETITORS, SPECTATORS AND OFFICIALS IS A PRIME CONSIDERATION. IT IS USUAL TO PLACE THE THROWING ZONES FOR THESE EVENTS SO THAT THE ATHLETES THROW TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE FIELD. THE CENTRE OF THE FIELD THUS BECOMES A RECOGNISED ZONE FROM WHICH ALL PERSONS EXCEPT RELEVANT OFFICIALS ARE EXCLUDED. THROWING ZONES MAY OVERLAP IF NO OTHER FIELD ARRANGEMENT IS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF ZONES ARE OVERLAPPED THEN EVENTS MUST NOT BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY. IF THE FIELD IS TO BE LAID OUT ON A LOCAL CRICKET OR FOOTBALL OVAL CONTROLLED BY THE LOCAL COUNCIL, YOU MAY SAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT BY HAVING A PRIOR TALK WITH THE COUNCIL'S ENGINEER OR THE PARKS AND GARDENS DEPARTMENT. THERE MAY BE A POLICY ABOUT TRACK AND FIELD MARKINGS OR THERE MAY BE AN EXISTING PLAN FOR A TRACK LAYOUT.

4. 400m standard track The 400m Standard Track (the Track) has straight and curved sections of almost equal length and uniform bends which are most suitable to the running rhythm of athletes. Furthermore, the area inside the track is large enough to accommodate all throwing events and also a standard football (soccer) pitch (68m x 105m). The Track comprises 2 semicircles, each with a radius of 36.50m, which are joined by two straights, each 84.39m in length.  The Track has 8, 6 or occasionally 4 lanes but the last is not used for international running competition. All lanes have a width of 1.22m ± 0.01m. Page 35 of the Manual Setting out the 400m standard Track section 2.2.1 shows in detail the setting out plan and dimensions of the 400m standard track. Marking of the 400m standard track All track markings must be in accordance with the IAAF 400m Standard Track Marking Plan (Figure 2.2.1.6a attached in the Manual). All lanes are marked by white lines. The line on the right hand side of each lane, in the direction of running, is included in the measurement of the width of each lane.  All start lines (except for curved start lines) and the finish line are marked at right angles to the lane lines.  Immediately before the finish line, the lanes are marked with numbers with a minimum height of 0.50m.  All markings are 0.05m wide. All distances are measured in a clockwise direction from the edge of the finish line nearer to the start to the edge of the start line farther from the finish.

5. Start lines The essential requirement for all start lines, straight, staggered or curved, is that the distance for every athlete, when taking the shortest permitted route, is the same, and not less than the stipulated distance with no negative tolerance.  For races of 800m or less, each athlete has a separate lane at the start.  Races of up to, and including 400m are run entirely in lanes.  Races of 800m start and continue in lanes until the end of the first bend. The exit from the first bend is marked distinctively with a 0.05m wide line ( breakline ) across the track to indicate when the athletes can break from their lanes. To assist athletes to identify the breakline , small cones or prisms (0.05m x 0.05m) and no more than 0.15m high,preferably a different colour from the breakline and the lane lines, are placed on the lane lines immediately before the intersection of each lane and the breakline .  Races over 800m are run without lanes using a curved start line.  For the 1000m, 2000m, 3000m, 5000m and 10,000m, when there are more than 12 athletes in a race, they are divided into two groups with one group of 65% of the athletes on the regular arced start line and the other group on a separate arced start line marked across the outer half of the track. The other group runs as far as the end of the first bend on the outer half of the track.  The separate arced start line is marked so that all the athletes run the same distance. A cone or other distinctive mark is placed on the inner line of the outer half of the track at the beginning of the following straight to indicate to the athletes of the outer group where they are permitted to join the athletes using the regular start line. For the 2000m and 10,000m this point is at the intersection of the 800m break line and the inner line.

6. THROWING EVENTS