Athletics.app - Frequently Asked Questions - Recent activity in Qualifications / Finals

Answer selected: How do I create A and B finals?

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:39:27 +0000

To create an A and a B final you must indicate that the best 16 athletes qualify for the final.

How do I remove a round from heats/(semi)finals?

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:32:20 +0000

Beforehand, everyone will have to run a qualifying heat for the 100m at our competition, followed by a semi-final, and then a final. However, just before or during the competition, so many athletes are withdrawing that the semi-final will now be canceled. How do I set this up correctly in Athletics.app?

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Answered: How do I place athletes in the next round/final?

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:20:13 +0000

As competition manager, you must place the athletes in the next round yourself. Athletics.app calculates everything for you and does most of the work, but you must give your "approval" that everything is correct.

After all the results have been entered for the 1st round (heats), you can determine the qualification for the next round (semi) final.

We advise you to work primarily from the right-hand drop-down menu "Enter results". You can see this as a kind of dashboard where everything comes together. You will see in chronological order that "Startlists need to be printed", "Results need to be entered" and "Qualifications need to be determined".

Click on the button "Determine qualification" or "Qualification determined" (if you want to correct something after you have already determined the qualification).

You will then enter the menu to determine who has qualified for the next round for each athlete:

Explanation for each numbered area:
A) Here you can still change the settings, for example how many q's, Q's and from which startgroups the qualification should be done. B) Here you can check the new qualification status for each athlete and correct it manually if necessary. C) Check here if the number of q's and Q's is correct. D) Here, Athletics.app will automatically fill in the new qualification status for each athlete. You can overwrite this manually. For example, if a referee or official has decided otherwise, you can also enter qR or qJ here. Note: If you manually change this and later need to redetermine/revise the qualification, keep in mind that Athletics.app always fills this in automatically, so any manual changes must be done manually again the second time around. E) When all the q's and Q's are correct, click on "Qualify the athletes for the next round" at the very bottom. A button will then be displayed that says "Go to startlist for the (semi) final". Click on it and you can view the heats for the next round. Once everything is correct, you can print and publish the startlist.

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Edited: Qualification requirements and rules for field events

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:06:04 +0000

For the technical events, you can enter the qualification requirements for the final. How can you indicate that Athletics.app should supplement the automatically qualified (Q) with q's up to 12?

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Answer selected: Qualifying rules for running events

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:05:49 +0000

You can set this in the startgroup settings of the relevant final event. For example, for the startgroup "JJA - 100m final".

By default, everything is set to "Automatic" (see screenshot).

It is possible that the Athletics.app may not have the correct qualification rules and/or startgroups from which athletes must qualify for the (semi) final. In this case you can correct this manually.

"From startgroup(s)" are the startgroups of the preliminary round. In case you have heats - semi-final - final, you will see the heat startgroup(s) under "From startgroups" in the startgroup settings of the semi-final. And in the Startgroup settings of the final, you will see the semi-final startgroup(s) under "From startgroups". Sometimes it happens that Athletics.app mixes up startgroups, for example Girls are shown for a Boys final. In that case, you must manually set the correct "From startgroup(s)".

It is also possible that the number of Q's and q's is not automatically determined correctly, because since 2018 this is no longer laid down in the competition regulations, Athletics.app assumes what was determined by the regulations before 2018. However, for your competition it is entirely possible that you want to deviate from this, and you can do so without any problems!

For "Number of best per heat (Q)", set the number of winners per heat that qualify. For "Number of fastest times (q)", set the number of athletes that qualify based on time.

For example:
Suppose you have 2 heats. The 2 winners from each heat will advance, as will the 2 fastest times. In total, 2x2=4 athletes will receive a Q and 2 athletes will receive a q. In Athletics.app you then set:
Q: 2.
q: 2.

Suppose you have 3 heats, the winner of each heat will advance, as will the 5 fastest times. In total, you will have 3x1=3 athletes with a Q and 5 athletes with a q. In Athletics.app, you then set:
Q: 1.
q: 5.

PLEASE NOTE: the Qs and qs work differently for technical events than for running events as described above. Read all about the technical events and qualifications here: https://www.athletics.app/faq/?qa=1010/kwalificatie-eisen-technische-onderdelenThis has been automatically translated into English

Answered: Can an athlete be placed directly in the (semi) final and skip the heats?

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:53:50 +0000

Athletes who "skip a round", i.e. do not have to run in the heats, but are allowed to run directly in the (semi) final. Let's assume this has to be done for the 100 meters (works for every event). You can set this up in Athletics.app as follows:

Edit the athlete
Remove the athlete from the event "100m"
Register the athlete for the event "100m (semi) final"
Select the correct startgroup for the 100m (semi) final.
Save the athlete's edits.

Note: Only competition administrators can do this. Also keep in mind that if you do this while registration is still open and the athlete himself/herself changes his/her registration later, you will have to perform the above actions again. It is therefore advisable to only do this after online registration has closed to possibly save yourself some extra work.

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