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45 GENERAL

At the discretion of the referee, there shall be whenever possible an interval of atleast 30 minutes between the time one event ends and the next event begins, for any individual athlete.

HOW TO BREAK THE TIE

In the event of a tie :—

a) The winner shall be the competitor who in the greater number of events, has received more points than the other competitors tying.

b) If this does not resolve the tie, the winner shall be the competitor who has the highest number of points in any such events

This shall apply to ties for any place in the competition

Note: Any athlete falling to start or make a trial in one of the 5 events of the Pentathlon, or in one of the 10 events of the Decathlon, shall not be allowed to take part in the following event, but shall be considered to have abandoned the competition.

He/she shall not therefore figuers in the final classification