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Recent Documents

Group name	Section Name	Title	Format	Download
Technical	Certification system	IAAF CERTIFICATES - Certified Competition Throwing Implements	PDF	En
Technical	Certification system	IAAF CERTIFICATES - Certified Competition Equipment	PDF	En
Technical	Certification system	IAAF CERTIFICATES - Certified Track Surfacing Products	PDF	En
Technical	Certification system	IAAF CERTIFICATES - Certified Athletics Facilities	PDF	En
Anti-Doping	Therapeutic Use Exemptions	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) IAAF TUE Application Guidelines	PDF	En
Health & Science	Extreme Environments	Beat the Heat - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics	PDF	En
Health & Science	Prevention of Harassment & Abuse in Athletics	IAAF Position Statement on safeguarding athletics by protecting athletes from harassment and abuse	PDF	En Fr
Anti-Doping	IAAF Rules	IAAF Eligibility Rules, in force from 1 November 2017	PDF	En Fr
Rules & Regulations	Rules	IAAF Eligibility Rules, in force from 1 November 2017	PDF	En Fr
Rules & Regulations	Rules	IAAF Athletics Integrity Unit - Reporting, Investigation and Prosecution Rules (Non-Doping), in force as from 6 March 2018	PDF	En Fr

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Health & Science

In this section you’ll find all scientific and medical information and publications relating to athletes’ health

Extreme Environments

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
Beat the Heat - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics		26 NOV 2018	PDF	En

Prevention of Harassment & Abuse in Athletics

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
IAAF Position Statement on safeguarding athletics by protecting athletes from harassment and abuse		23 OCT 2018	PDF	En Fr

Eligibility for the Female Classification

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
IAAF Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification (Athletes with Differences of Sex Development) in force as from 1st November 2018		23 APR 2018	PDF	En Fr
Explanatory Notes: IAAF Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification		23 APR 2018	PDF	En Fr

Sex Reassignment

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
IAAF Regulations Governing Eligibility of Athletes Who Have Undergone Sex Reassignment to Compete in Women's Competitions		01 NOV 2012	PDF	En

Medical Information for Competitions

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
IAAF Competition Medical Guidelines - January 2013 First Edition		18 FEB 2013	PDF	En

Nutrition in Athletics

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
Eating and exercise during Ramadan - English, Arabic and French		18 JAN 2017	PDF	En
Practical Guide to Nutrition		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En Fr Sp Ru Ch Ar
Nutrition for athletics: The 2007 IAAF Consensus Statement		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Can nutritional interventions prevent athletes from illnesses or excessive inflammation?		27 NOV 2017	PDF	En

IAAF Medical Manual

TITLE	ABSTRACT	last modified	FORMAT	DOWNLOAD
Introductions		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 1: Federation Medical Organisation		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 2: Sports and Medicine		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 3: Training		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 4: Growth and Development		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 5: Sports Psychology		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 6: Nutrition		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 7: Principles of Injury Prevention		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 8: Emergency Care		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 9: Soft tissue damage and healing		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 10: Specific injuries by anatomic site		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 11: Environmental factors influencing human performance		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 12: Infectious diseases		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 13: Special issues of female athletes		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 14; Special medical problems		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 15: Drugs in sport / Doping control		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Chapter 16: Appendices		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En
Medical Manual (complete)		23 OCT 2012	PDF	En