A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

D.21.2 All terrain off the trails in the competition area is out-of-bounds unless otherwise
indicated in the information, marked on the map and, where necessary, marked on
the ground.
D.21.3 Certain normally permitted routes and areas may be declared out of bounds in the
event information (e.g. when using ISSOM maps it is common to declare all trails
not shown with brown infill as out-of-bounds)
D.21.4 Specific normally permitted routes and areas that are to be declared out-of-bounds
should be mentioned in the event information and clearly marked on the map and
on the ground to prevent competitors from inadvertently entering them.
D.21.5 Competitors who deliberately enter a forbidden area will be disqualified.
D.21.6 Compulsory routes, crossing points and passages shall be marked clearly on the
map and on the ground. Competitors shall follow the entire length of any marked
section of their course.
D.21.7 All competitors are restricted to those trails which can be negotiated by a
wheelchair.
D.22 Start
D.22.1 The start order shall be determined by the Meet Director or his/her designate with
the principle of fairness kept in mind.
D.22.2 The starting list of registered competitors shall be officially declared at least 15
hours before the first start time.
D.22.3 For individual starts the competitors start one by one at equal start intervals,
preferably two minutes.
D.22.4 When timed controls occur at the beginning of the course, competitors will
proceed from the start line to the timed controls. After completion of the timed
controls they will receive the competition map and then report to a secondary start
line where their official course start time will be recorded.
D.23 Finish/Timing
D.23.1 The organizer shall set a maximum time for each course, calculated as 3 minutes
for each control plus 3 minutes for each 100 meters of the course. At the
discretion of the organizer an extended time may be set to allow for exceptional
climb, difficult surfaces or other factors.
D.23.2 The time taken by the competitor over the timed section(s) of the course, unless
over the declared time limit for the course, is not relevant to the competition
result.