TRAMPOLINE COMPETITION DESCRIPTION
Olympic Competition Format:
Qualification:
• Two routines: One voluntary routine with 10 skills including set requirements
and a second voluntary routine of 10 different skills without limitations.
Final:
• The top 8 competitors from the qualifications will perform only one voluntary
routine of 10 different skills without limitations.
Differences between FIG World Championships and the Olympic Games
There are no qualifications for the World Championships, but strict
qualifications for the Olympic Games made at the World Championships prior to
the Games. Only Individual trampoline is recognized as an Olympic discipline.
At the World Championships some other events are contested, such as synchronized
trampoline (2 competitors on separate trampolines performing simultaneously),
double mini-trampoline and tumbling. There are also team events for all
disciplines at the World Championships.
Rules for Olympic Competition:
Each routine consists of 10 skills on the trampoline bed. Competitors must
submit a competition card 48 hours before the competition, listing the skills
they intend to perform.
In the case of the first voluntary routine, the set skills (e.g. a double
somersault, a front somersault with or without twist, a back somersault with
full twist) must be marked and performed as stated. This routine is judged only
for execution.
In the case of the second voluntary routine in the qualifications and the
routine performed in the final, the order and the nature of the skills written
down may vary in the actual routine. These routines are judged for difficulty
and for execution.
Competitors begin on a signal given by the Chair of the Judges’ Panel. After
this signal is given, the competitor must initiate the first skill within one
minute; otherwise there is a deduction.
The starting order in the qualifications is decided by a draw.
In the finals the starting order is by rank, with the competitor receiving the
lowest score from the qualifications starting first.
Jury Composition:
There are nine judges appointed for individual competition:
Chair of Judges Panel, Assistant Chair of Judges Panel, 2 Difficulty Judges and
5 Execution Judges.
• Difficulty Jury- (2) -calculate and agree on the final difficulty score. They
check the difficulty values entered on the competition card, determine the
difficulty score and display it.
• Execution Jury- (5)- evaluate the quality of the actual execution (technical
faults like lack of form, consistency of height and control in each skill,
0.1-0.5pts; final landing (0.1-0.2 etc.). They write down their deductions from
the maximum mark indicated by the Chair of Judges Panel.
Distribution and Calculation of Scores
The evaluation is done in tenths of a point.
Difficulty - Open score- depending on the level of difficulty included.
Execution - Each of the five judges evaluates the performances with marks from
0.00 to 10.00pts. The highest and the lowest execution marks are deleted and the
remaining three marks are added together to give the competitors execution total
for the round.
The first routine score is calculated on the basis of the execution only. The
final score for the voluntary routine with 10 skills without limitation, and the
routine performed in the final is made by
adding the two partial scores.
Difficulty Open score (no limit) e.g. 11.5
Execution 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.3 9.5 = 28.0
Final Score 11.5 + 28.0 = 39.5
Tiebreak Rules and Procedures
In the case of a tie after the qualification or final, the competitor with the
highest second voluntary score receives the higher rank. If they are still tied,
the higher execution score for the second voluntary routine is the deciding
factor.
If the tie still isn't broken, then the sum of all the execution scores is used.
Thereafter, the lowest execution score is dropped and the remaining scores
added, and this continues until the tie is broken.
Penalties and Disqualification:
Penalties of a scoring nature are incurred for obvious errors such as stepping
on the side pads of the trampoline. Grounds for disqualification are on the
basis of not abiding by the regulations, or un-sportsman like behavior. In such
instances, the competitor would first be given a warning, and then would be
disqualified if the misconduct were repeated.
Protest:
This does not apply for the trampoline competition.