IOF Rules

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1. Definitions

1.1. Orienteering is a sport in which the competitors navigate independently through the terrain. Competitors must visit a number of control points marked on the ground in the shortest possible time aided only by map and compass. The course, defined by the location of the controls, is not revealed to competitors until they start.

1.2. In individual interval start races the competitors navigate and run through the terrain independently.

2. General provisions