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PROTOCOL MATTERS 108.1. Opening Ceremony 108.1.1. The IAAF World Championships shall have an Opening Ceremony which may take place either at the main Stadium or at an alternative venue proposed by the LOC. 108.1.2. The LOC shall submit its general plan for the Opening Ceremony for IAAF approval. 108.1.3. The involvement of athletes and officials, which has to be discussed and agreed with the IAAF, is not essential, however all participating delegations shall be represented in the Opening Ceremony, at minimum by: A placard for each participating delegation bearing the name of the country/territory; The official flag of each participating country/territory. Both shall be paraded into the Opening Ceremony venue in a way and at a time to be proposed by the LOC. 108.1.4. The names of the delegations shall be in the language of the host country (but in Roman script) and/or in English, and in accordance with those listed under IAAF Constitution Article 4. 108.1.5. At the end of the parade, when everyone is assembled, the official sequence of the Opening Ceremony shall take place as follows: Anthem of the Host Country; Welcome by the President of the LOC or his representative; Speech by the IAAF President or his representative; Opening of the IAAF World Championships by the Head of State or his representative; Raising of the IAAF Flag in the Stadium while the IAAF Anthem is played. 108.1.6. The LOC can plan some form of entertainment before and after the parade and official sequence of the Ceremony but the start and finish times, as well as the content, shall be agreed in advance with the IAAF. 108.2 Medal Ceremonies 108.2.1. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals shall be presented to the first three placed athletes in each individual event and to the first three placed relay teams who shall mount the awards podium. For relay teams, the four athletes of each team who competed in the Final shall mount the awards podium. Other athletes (maximum two) who competed for any of these teams in the competition will subsequently receive their medals. It is the LOC’s duty to ensure that each team is given the correct number of medals. In all cases, the medals will be presented in ascending order: third, second, first. 108.2.2 The medals shall be presented by one person appointed by the IAAF.
Technical Regulations 2014 – IAAF World Championships
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