Certification

My understanding is that if your race anticipates international competitors, and the results may have some international impact, that is when you want to run it through AIMS/IAAF.

Bernie Conway can answer it better, if this is not the case.

Duane thank you for the quick reply.
I just didn't want to have to pay for 2 course certification if it wasn't really necessary to do that.

Also, I believe AIMS only concerns itself with marathons. I'll ask Hugh Jones, AIMS secretary, for his input.

IAAF Certification is required for athletes trying to qualify for the IAAF World Championshps or Olympic Games.
Jim is correct, it only concerns the marathon.

IAAF-AIMS certification (it is a joint system) is required, as David says, for Olympic or World Championship qualification. It is also required for a race to appear on any official international calendar. So Duane is right: it is most valuable to races trying to attract an international field. Jim is not right about AIMS being concerned only with Marathons - it is all road measurement, and courses from 5km to 100km appear in our Calendar.

As for the expense, there need not be any. If your USATF measurer is also accredited to the IAAF-AIMS list, as many are, the same measurement documentation can be submitted for both types of certification.

There are many countries where no measurement system exists, and in such cases IAAF-AIMS offer a kind of "umbrella" under which accurate measurement can be applied and recognised.

Hugh can you explain what you mean by

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If your USATF measurer is also accredited to the IAAF-AIMS list, as many are, the same measurement documentation can be submitted for both types of certification.

I am a grade "B" measurer and I submit my work to Mike Wickiser for certification is that who I also send it to for IAAF-AIMS certification also?
Thanks Hugh

Jim,

No, you submit documentation for IAAF-AIMS certification to Bernie Conway (if you are measuring a course in the Americas). There are four IAAF-AIMS certifiers ("Measurement Administrators") and you send documentation to them according to where the course is located.

Hugh