Dual Meet Scoring
Scoring a track and field meet is a bit more complicated than Scoring a Cross Country Meet.
Most track meets are dual meets with two teams competing against each other and the team with the highest score wins out of 150 points. There are several events in track and field, including individual events and team relays. Most dual meets are scored as follows:
- Relay events (4×800, 4×100, and 4×400)
- 1st place gives the team 5 points
- Any other place gives the team 0 points
- Other events
- 1st place gives the team 5 points
- 2nd place gives the team 3 points
- 3rd place gives the team 1 point
- Tiebreakers
- Throwing events (shot put, discus, and javelin) are broken by the 2nd best throw,
- Long jump and triple jump are broken by the 2nd best jump,
- High jump and Pole Vault are broken by the number of misses
Championship Meet Scoring
- Relay events (4×800, 4×100, and 4×400)
- 1st place gives the team 5 points,
- Anything else gives the team no points
- Other events
- 1st place gives the team 10 points,
- 2nd place gives the team 8 points,
- 3rd place gives the team 6 points,
- 4th place gives the team 5 points,
- 5th place gives the team 4 points,
- 6th place gives the team 3 points,
- 7th place gives the team 2 points,
- 8th place gives the team 1 point,
- Tiebreakers
- Throwing events (shot put, discus, and javelin) are broken by the 2nd best throw,
- Long jump and triple jump are broken by the 2nd best jump,
- High jump and Pole Vault are broken by the number of misses
