entry Rules

* Each Member is entitled to enter up to three competitors in each event of the Championships, provided all have achieved the corresponding entry standard, but only two will be permitted to compete (except the Combined Events and the Relays - see below).

* For the Combined Events, eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows:

* The top 4 athletes from the 2007 Outdoor Lists (as at December 31st 2007), limited to a maximum of one per country.

* The top 4 athletes from the 2008 Indoor Lists (as at February 18th 2008).

* In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member Federation will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions.

* For the Relays, each Member Federation will be able to enter up to 6 athletes in each team.

* Members who have no male and/or no female qualified athletes whom they wish to enter in any event may enter one unqualified male athlete and/or one unqualified female athlete in one event except the Combined Events.

* The acceptance of unqualified entries in the Field Events is at the discretion of the Technical Delegates.

* Youth athletes (any athlete aged 16 or 17 years on 31 December in the year of the competion) CANNOT be entered in the Men's Shot Put.

* Athletes younger than 16 ye