Little Athletics Rules of Competition

The Competition Rules are provided by Athletics West. They are based on modified rules of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) as found in the IAAF official handbook and the Standard Rules for Competition of Little Athletics Australia (LAA).

Please click here to access the current version of the Rules of Competition.

Specific rules relating to State Events and their processes which are not covered by IAAF or LAA Standard Rules are reviewed by Athletics West working groups.

As much as possible, the IAAF Rule, LAA Standard Rule and WA local rules have been combined into one document to for ease of convenience for athletes and officials.