Academy One TeleOlympics Rules

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Group Classifications:

Class A = grades 10-12, ages 15-18
Class B = grades 7-9, ages 12-14
Class C = grades 4-6, ages 9-11
Class D = grades 1-3, ages 6-8

List of Events:

50 m run
tennis ball throw
long jump (choose either standing or running for your school)
400 m run (for all ages)
800 m run (for Class A and B)
1600 m run (for Class A participants only)

Rules:

  1. All times must be recorded to the nearest 1/100 of a second. (xx.xx)
  2. If possible, two adults should time each runner and the average of the two times should be used as the official time.
  3. Tennis ball throw is recorded to the nearest meter mark.
  4. Long jump must be recorded to the nearest centimeter.
  5. Each participant should have two opportunities to throw the tennis ball and the farthest distance will be recorded.
  6. All results should be e-mailed to xx142@nptn.org using the official report format. All student names should include both first and last name.
  7. All results must be received by 2400 EST on Thursday, May 16, 1996 in order to qualify for the International Awards.
  8. If your school can not conduct the actual athletic events during May 8 to 15 due to conflicting events, you may run the events earlier. However, you may not run them later and still be eligible for the awards. As much as possible within the short time frame available, try to leave time for bad weather conditions and plan ahead to get all of your students through the events and the results posted by the deadline.

Special Wheelchair Participation Rules:

  1. When performing the long jump, the student in the wheelchair is allowed one push on the wheel. The "jump" is calculated by measuring the distance traveled between the starting position of the rear axle and the position of the rear axle when the chair comes to a full stop.
  2. The wheelchair students are to follow the same rules as the other students for the runs and the tennis ball throw.
  3. Results of the wheelchair students are to be reported using the same format as the other scores, but to be placed in their own classification for each event.

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    Last Modified May 7, 1996 John M. Kurilec (jmk@nptn.org)