My rule book (Dutch, but in accordance with IAAF rules ) states that
"touching the ground or the pit under or beyond the bar without making a
jump is a miss".
[In my rule book this is in chapter 4 ("Jumps"), section 4.1 ("High jump"),
subsection "Judging"].
My interpretation of this is that if the jumper does make a succesful jump,
then it is NOT a miss. Certainly in all the meets I have been to, it has
been interpreted this way.
cheers, Elliott
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From: "Mike Trujillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:53 AM
Subject: t-and-f: high jump rules question
> Netters,
> I'm a relative newcomer to HJ coaching, and I have a question. If
> a jumper scrapes her shoe against the pit on the way up to the bar, but
> clears the bar and it doesn't fall, is it considered a miss? This is a
> matter of some urgency, since we have our indoor conference meet tomorrow
> and the official at an earlier meet said it was okay. We're talking high
> school, not college (if there's a difference). The National Federation
> rulebook I consulted had no direct answer that I could find. Thanks in
> advance for any help.
>
> Mike
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