(ATR)A first provisional report confirms that 179 countries will be represented among the 680 allocated places for athletics in the Argentinean capital from 11-16 October.
As with the previous two editions of the Games, there will be two stages to each of the 36 medal disciplines. In Buenos Aires the format has changed so that the performances from both stages will be added together to determine the overall final standings.
In track events from 100m to 800m, including hurdles events, heats in stage one will be arranged using IAAF seeding rules. The results from the heats will determine the athletes' allocation to the stage two heats.
The top eight athletes from stage one will compete in the last heat in stage two. The remaining athletes will be spread equally over the other heats according to their times in stage one, according to an IAAF statement.
The 5000m race walk will have just one heat in each stage. The pit lane rule shall be used; after a third red card, athletes will serve a 30-second penalty. Any further red cards will result in a disqualification.
In the field events, all athletes will compete in one group in both stages. The performance of each athlete in both stages will be added together to determine the overall standings. In the throws and horizontal jumps, all athletes will have four trials. There will be no change of order after the first three trials.
The 48 boys and 48 girls entered for the steeplechase will contest an individual heat of their specialist distance as the first stage of their competition. The second stage will be held as a 4km cross-country race – one race for boys and one race for girls – on the morning of 15 October.
The results of the cross-country race will be adjusted to reflect separate rankings for the 1500m, 3000m and 2000m steeplechase respectively with medals being allocated accordingly in the three individual track disciplines.
The mixed relay, which was introduced in 2014, has been modified for this year's Games. Four years ago, the exhibition 8x100m event was staged just for track and field athletes. This year it has been opened up to all sports. For example, track and field athletes will feature on teams alongside participants from the 32 other sports taking place in Buenos Aires.
Reported byMiguel Hernandez.
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