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TRACK ATHLETICS
his right to be in the competition, and shall not be awarded any
position or prize that he would otherwise have been entitled to.
Every competitor shall be supplied with and wear on back and
front during competition a distinctive number corresponding to
his number in the programme.
STATIONS.
In level races the competitors shall ballot for their respective
stations at the start, and each competitor shall take the station
assigned to him by the ballot.
No attendant shall accompany any competitor on the mark or
in the race, nor shall any competitor be allowed, without the
permission of the Referee or Judges, to receive assistance or
refreshment from any one during the progress of a race, but this
rule does not apply to the Marathon Race (4o kilometres).
STARTING.
All races shall be started by the report of a pistol, and a start
shall only be made to the actual report.
All questions as to the starting of a race shall be in the absolute
discretion of the Starter, whose decision shall be final.
The Starter shall place the competitors on their respective
marks in their respective stations, and shall for this purpose have
the assistance of such marksmen as may be necessary.
No competitor shall touch the ground in front of his mark with
any part of his body.
PROTESTS.
Objections and Protests shall be made in accordance with
sections
13
and
14 of the General Regulations, which are as
follows :—
" 13. Objections to the qualifications of a competitor must be
made in writing to the Secretary of the British Olympic Council
at the earliest moment practicable. No such objection shall be
entertained after the lapse of one calendar month from the distri-
bution of the prizes. Every objection shall be accompanied by
a deposit of one pound (�i ), and if upon investigation the objec-
tion shall appear to have been made upon no reasonable ground
the deposit shall be forfeited. The British Olympic Council shall
decide on every objection after having heard the representative
or representatives on the Honorary Committee (see Article
1
4)
of the person making the objection.
"
1
4. An Honorary Committee will be formed, consisting of
three representatives from each competing country, to be nomi-
nated by the Olympic Committee in that country. Special seats
will be reserved for them, as for the members of the International
Olympic Committee, at all contests and all festivities connected
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his right to be in the competition, and shall not be awarded any
position or prize that he would otherwise have been entitled to.
Every competitor shall be supplied with and wear on back and
front during competition a distinctive number corresponding to
his number in the programme.
STATIONS.
In level races the competitors shall ballot for their respective
stations at the start, and each competitor shall take the station
assigned to him by the ballot.
No attendant shall accompany any competitor on the mark or
in the race, nor shall any competitor be allowed, without the
permission of the Referee or Judges, to receive assistance or
refreshment from any one during the progress of a race, but this
rule does not apply to the Marathon Race (4o kilometres).
STARTING.
All races shall be started by the report of a pistol, and a start
shall only be made to the actual report.
All questions as to the starting of a race shall be in the absolute
discretion of the Starter, whose decision shall be final.
The Starter shall place the competitors on their respective
marks in their respective stations, and shall for this purpose have
the assistance of such marksmen as may be necessary.
No competitor shall touch the ground in front of his mark with
any part of his body.
PROTESTS.
Objections and Protests shall be made in accordance with
sections
13
and
14 of the General Regulations, which are as
follows :—
" 13. Objections to the qualifications of a competitor must be
made in writing to the Secretary of the British Olympic Council
at the earliest moment practicable. No such objection shall be
entertained after the lapse of one calendar month from the distri-
bution of the prizes. Every objection shall be accompanied by
a deposit of one pound (�i ), and if upon investigation the objec-
tion shall appear to have been made upon no reasonable ground
the deposit shall be forfeited. The British Olympic Council shall
decide on every objection after having heard the representative
or representatives on the Honorary Committee (see Article
1
4)
of the person making the objection.
"
1
4. An Honorary Committee will be formed, consisting of
three representatives from each competing country, to be nomi-
nated by the Olympic Committee in that country. Special seats
will be reserved for them, as for the members of the International
Olympic Committee, at all contests and all festivities connected
27
I
I
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