Big Fields and Athletics

This project standard is applicable in all large fields and athletic facilities that are carried out totally or partially with funds of the Higher Sports Council and for those that are carried out for the celebration of federative competitions at national level, as well as can serve as a reference for the design and construction of sports facilities that do not comply with the above requirements.

This project standard lists the conditions relating to planning, design, technical conditions of materials, systems and facilities concerning outdoor sports facilities, called Large Fields and Athletics useful for the practice of the following sports:

- TRACK ATHLETICS in all its specialties of races, jumps and launches.

- FOOTBALL

- FOOTBALL-7

- RUGBY

- HOCKEY ON GRASS

As well as school physical education and all sports or sports modalities that may be incorporated opportunely if they are considered suitable to be carried out in a large field, at the level of federative sport of competition, recreational sport for all and/or school sport.

The large fields and athletic facilities must serve the maximum possible number of sports modalities, in order to achieve a profitability of greater use.

The regulations for each of these sports or sports specialties constitute a separate document from this project standard.

Any large field and athletic facilities to which this rule may apply must be composed of spaces useful to sport and auxiliary spaces. See the Terms and Definitions section. The covered sports facilities for the practice of the aforementioned sports as well as sports venues and stadiums of large fields and/or athletics with a number of more than 4,000 spectator places are outside the scope of this project norm.