IOF Rules
COMPETITION RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL ORIENTEERING FEDERATION (IOF) FOOT ORIENTEERING EVENTS
- (Rules for the Orienteering event in the World Games)
- (Rules for the World Orienteering Championships)
- (Rules for the World Cup in Orienteering)
- (Rules for the Junior World Orienteering Championships)
- (Rules for the World Masters Orienteering Championships)
- (Rules for the Regional Orienteering Championships)
- (Rules for IOF World Ranking Events)
1. Definitions
1.1.
Orienteering is a sport in which the competitors navigate independently through the terrain. Comp...
1.2.
In individual interval start races the competitors navigate and run through the terrain independe...
1.3.
In mass start and chasing start races, competitors may often be running in close proximity to eac...
1.4.
The term competitor means an individual of either sex or a team, as appropriate.
1.5.
Types of orienteering competition may be distinguished by: the time of the competition: day...
1.6.
The term Federation means a member Federation of the IOF.
1.7.
The term event embraces all aspects of an orienteering meeting including organisational matters s...
1.8.
The World Games (TWG) Orienteering Event is the official event to award the titles of World Games...
1.9.
The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Cha...
1.10.
The World Cup in Orienteering (WCup) is the official series of events to find the world’s best or...
1.11.
The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) is the official event to award the titles of J...
1.12.
The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) is the official event to find the world’s bes...
1.13.
The Regional Orienteering Championships (ROC) are the official events to award the titles of Regi...
1.14.
IOF World Ranking Events (WRE) are international events which are accepted by the IOF Council int...
1.15.
The IOF World Ranking Scheme is a system to rank the World’s Elite Orienteers based on their perf...
1.16.
The IOF Event Adviser is the person appointed to control an IOF event. In the case of World Games...
2. General provisions
2.1.
These rules, together with the Appendices, are binding at the World Games, the World Orienteering...
2.2.
Where an event is of two types (e.g. the World Championships may also form a part of the World Cu...
2.3.
These rules are recommended as a basis for national rules.
2.4.
These rules are valid for orienteering competitions on foot.
2.5.
Additional regulations which do not conflict with these rules may be determined by the organiser....
2.6.
These rules and any additional regulations are binding for all competitors, team officials and ot...
2.7.
Sporting fairness must be the guiding principle in the interpretation of these rules by competito...
2.8.
The English text of these rules must be taken as decisive in any dispute arising from a translati...
2.9.
In relays the rules for individual competitions are valid, unless otherwise stated.
2.10.
The IOF Council may decide special rules or norms which must be followed, e.g. IOF Anti-Doping Ru...
2.11.
The IOF Council may allow deviations from these rules and norms. Requests for permission to devia...
2.12.
The IOF Manuals for each event type must be followed. Significant deviations require the consent ...
2.13.
The World Games races must follow the rules for the World Orienteering Championships as far as th...
2.14.
The championships must be organised in accordance with the following principles: The best juni...
2.15.
The specific rules for Regional Championships are in Appendices 7-13.