Sydney 2000 - Entry Standards

27th Olympic Games – Sydney 2000
Entry Standards

See Sydney Athletics Time Table

Approved by IAAF Council, May and November 1999

MEN				WOMEN
A	B			A	B
10.27	10.40		100m	11.40	11.60
20.70	20.90		200m	23.20	23.50
45.80	46.20		400m	52.20	53.20
1:46.30	1:47.20		800m	2:00.50	2:02.50
3:36.80	3:39.50		1500m	4:08.00	4:12.00
13:29.00	13:34.00		5000m	15:35.00	15:55.00
28:10.00	28:28.00		10,000m	32:30.00	33:20.00
2h14.00	2h20.00		Marathon	2h33.00	2h45.00
8:27.00	8:30.70		3000m SC
13.70	13.85		110m H / 100m H	13.10	13.40
49.90	50.20		400m H	56.14	57.14
1h23.00	1h25.00		20km walk	1h36.00	1h40.00
4h00.00	4h10.00		50km walk
40.00			4x100m	45.00
3:07.00			4x400m	3:36.00
8,050	7,800		Decathlon/Heptathlon	6,000	5,750
2.28	2.25		High Jump	1.93	1.88
5.60	5.45		Pole Vault	4.30	4.20
8.05		7.95	Long Jump	6.65	6.50
16.85	16.65		Triple Jump	14.15	13.95
19.70	19.30		Shot Put	18.30	17.35
63.50	62.00		Discus Throw	61.00	58.00
75.50	72.20		Hammer Throw	65.00	63.50
82.00	77.50		Javelin Throw	60.00	57.00

All performances must be achieved during the period 1 January 1999 to 11 September 2000 (midnight-local time) All performances must be achieved during competitions organised or authorised by the IAAF, its Area Associations and its National Member Federations. Thus, results achieved at university or school competitions must be certified by the National Federation of the country in which the competition was organised. Performances achieved in mixed events between male and female participants, held completely in the Stadium, will not be accepted. (see IAAF Rule 140.1) Wind-assisted performances will not be accepted. Hand timing performances in 100m, 200m, 400m, 110m/100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles and the Relays will not be accepted. Indoor performances will be accepted. Also, the first 20 runners in the marathons (men and women) in the World Championships in Athletics of Seville 1999 are considered as having met the ‘A’ entry standard, The Technical Delegates will have the discretion to decide the entries of one male and one female unqualified in field events from Members Federations that have no qualified athletes whom they wish to enter.