FIG Judging Duties
19. THE JUDGES’ PANEL
19.1Composition:
19.1.1 Chair of Judges Panel 1
19.1.2 Judges for Execution (nos. 1-5) 5
19.1.3 Judges for Difficulty (nos. 6 & 7) 2
19.1.4 Total 8
19.2 Judges nos. 1-7 must sit separately on a podium of 50 cm, at least 5 (five) meters from the side of the tumbling track, with the judges tables positioned starting from meter 16 of the tumbling track.
19.3 If a Judge fails to carry out his duties in a satisfactory manner he must be replaced. This decision will be made by the Superior Jury. Where there is no Superior Jury, the decision is taken by the Chair of Judges Panel. See Reg. 7.8.1 of TR, Section 1 and §11.2 of CoP.
19.3.1 If an Execution Judge is replaced, the Chair of Judges Panel may decide that his previous marks will be replaced by the average of the remaining marks (see§18.2.4).
20. DUTIES OF THE CHAIR OF JUDGES' PANEL
20.1 Control of the facilities.
20.2 Organise the Judges’ conference and the trial scoring (but see Reg. 7.9 of TR, Sec 1).
20.3 Place and supervise all Judges, spotters and recorders.
20.4 Direct the competition.
20.5 Convene the Competition Jury.
20.6 Decide if a second attempt should be allowed (see §5.10).
20.7 Decide about the gymnast's dress (see §6).
20.8 Decide whether any assistance given by a spotter was necessary (see Reg. 5.2 of TR, Section4).
20.9 Declare the maximum mark in the case of an interrupted pass (see §16).
20.10 Apply the following landing penalties:
20.10.1 landing outside the outer lines of the track or landing zone 1.5 pts
20.10.2 after landing, stepping out of the landing zone to the landing area or the track 0.3 pts
20.11 Decide if a Judge fails to show his score immediately (see§18.2.4).
20.12 Decide about penalties as per §6.4, §6.6, §12.2, §13.2, §13.5, §17.3, §17.4, §17.5 and§20.10.
20.13 Supervise and control all scores, calculations and the final results and interfere if he recognizes obvious calculation errors.
20.14* Decide before the end of a round, when approached by an official representative of a federation or a Judge, about obvious errors in the calculation of difficulty or numerical errors concerning execution
scores (see Part II, 1 A)
21. DUTIES OF THE JUDGES FOR EXECUTION (NOS. 1-5)
21.1 Evaluate the execution in the range 0.0 to 0.5 points as per §21.3 and write down their deductions
on the deduction sheets.
21.2 Subtract their deductions from the maximum mark indicated by the Chair of Judges Panel (as per
§16.4).
21.3 Deductions for execution
21.3.1* lack of form, control, height and rhythm in each element 0.1-0.5 pts
21.3.2* lack of stability after a complete pass (8 elements), a single
deduction for the greater fault only:
21.3.2.1 not standing still in an upright position and showing
stability for approximately 3 (three) seconds 0.1-0.3 pts
21.3.2.2 after landing, touching the track or landing zone/area
with one or both hands 0.5 pts
21.3.2.3 after landing, touching with or falling to the knees, hands
& knees, front, back or seat on the track or landing area 1.0 pt
21.3.2.4 assistance from a spotter after landing 1.0 pt
21.3.2.5* after landing in the landing area or on the track, leaving the
landing area or the track, or touching outside the landing area
or touching the floor with any part of the body, or performing an
additional somersault 1.0 pt
21.4 Display their execution mark.
22. DUTIES OF THE JUDGES FOR DIFFICULTY (NOS. 6 & 7)
22.1 Collect the competition cards from the Chief Recorder at least two (2) hours prior to the start of the
competition.
22.2 Check the elements and difficulty values entered on the competition cards.
22.3 Check the required elements/requirements as per §5.5.1, §5.5.2 and/or §5.5.3 and apply the
penalties related to missing requirements.
22.3.1 Indicate, in public, if a gymnast executed other element/-s than indicated on the
competition card and write down any changes in the pass and record any repetitions.
22.4 Determine and record all elements performed, and its difficulty value, on the competition card
(according to the FIG numeric system).
22.5 Display the difficulty score.