Part VII.   Equipment of competition premises

Article 38. The ring

1. The competition should be held on a ground, which is no less than 8x8 metres, with a flat surface, which will not cause injuries during a match.
2. On this ground a standard boxing ring should be installed, each side of which is no less than 6 metres. The area of the ring is marked by 3 or 4 ropes which are 3-5 cm thick, held tightly between 4 corner posts and fastened by two cross pieces made of dense cloth 3-4 cm thick. The cross pieces should not slide along the ropes.  The distance between the corner posts and the ropes of the ring should be no less than 50 cm.  All the metal wires should be covered with a soft coating.  The ropes should be wrapped in a soft white cloth and fastened together in each corner with the help of bolsters, which are 20 cm wide and 5-7 cm thick.  The bolsters and the ropes (for the length of 0.5 - 1 metre) should be red and blue in two opposite corners of the ring.  The red corner should be near and to the right of the referees’ desk.  The first rope from the bottom is tightened 40 cm above the floor, the second one - 80 cm, and the top one - 130 cm. With 4 ropes the lower is tightened 40 cm above the floor, the second - 70 cm. The third - 100 cm, the fourth - 132 cm.
The ring floor should be flat and well fixed. It should be covered with an elastic cover no less than 5 cm thick (this could consist in wrestling cover mats, tatami, etc.) which is covered by a coat of stretched plastic (or any other suitable material). The floor surface of the ring should be in one piece with the surface of the attached surface, which should be no less than 0.5 m wide.  The limits of the working part of the ring surface should be marked with a white stripe 10 cm wide, which represents a horizontal projection of its side ropes.
3. If the ring is installed on a podium, then the size of the podium should be such that the distance from the ropes to the edge of the podium is no less than 1.0 metre. On the opposite sides of the podium there should be steps for the fighters and their seconds, and in a neutral corner there should be steps for the doctor and the referee.
4. In the red and blue corners of the ring there should be no less than 1 stool, vessels with water, glasses and bins. Plastic bags should be fixed to the posts of the neutral corner on the outer side of the ring, for wads used by the doctor and the referee.
5. Next to the ground but no closer than 2 metres to the ring there should be a referee’s desk. On the desk there must be a gong or some sound signal device and 2 stop-clocks.
6. During competitions indoors, the distances between the ropes of the ring and the walls or other objects should be no less than 2 metres.
7. The degree of lighting in the ring should be 1000 lux.  The ring must be lit from above.  Side lighting is not allowed.
8. Spectators must be no closer than 3 metres to the ropes of the ring.
9. The chief referee must check that the ring is suitable for competitions.

Article 39. The obstacle strip

1. Start.
2. Labyrinth: L=4-2m, width – 2m, passages of the labyrinth – 0,5m.
3. Fence: H=2m, L=3m.
4. Horizontal tube: L=3m, d=0.8m.
5. Hand ladder: H=2.5m, L=4m, width=0.5-0.6m.
6. Reserve space for another obstacle.
7. Shooting (pneumatic, paintball).
8. Throwing knife (throwing tennis ball). 
9. Beam: H=0.9-1.0m, L=5m, sloping board =1.3m, width of top=0.2-0.25m.
10. Sloping net: H=6m, L=10m, sloping at 60° angle, hole d=0.7m.
11. Rope: H=6m.
12. Ring 6x6m.

Article 40.  Requirements for the competition premises

1. The factor of the natural lighting of the hall should be 1:5, 1:6, artificial lighting - no less than 600 lux. The ring should be lighted from above with the help of the reflected or disperse light lamps with a protective netting.
2. During the competition the temperature in the hall should be between +15 and +25°C and humidity should be no less than 60%.  Ventilation should change the air three times each hour.
3. For competitions in the open air the temperature should be between +15 and +25°C. The ground should be protected from direct sunlight.
4. The distance from the ropes to the walls or any other objects should be no less than 2.0 metres.
5. Spectators should be no closer than 3.0 metres to the sports ground.
6. The chief referee, representatives of the sports building, and the main doctor of the competition check that the premises are suitable for the competition and record their decision in a special document (see appendix 9).

Article 41.  Sound signal, scales, stop-clocks

1. A sound signal (gong) can be of any type, but with a good sound.
2. The scales for weighing the participants should be in order and properly tuned. The number of scales for weighing the participants is established by referees the board.
3. Stop-clocks, electrical or not, should have a device for stopping and starting without taking off the minute and second showings before the end of the match.

Article 42. The score-board

1. A score-board (and electrical score-board) which indicates match results and the number of points received by each fighter during the competition is installed for the information of spectators about the development of the match as well as for the referees board.
2. The surface of the score-board should be white, where pink and light blue circles with dark red and dark blue figures on them can be clearly seen.
3. Figures and letters are shown on the circles in accordance with article 27 which correspond to the points given for the technical actions of wrestlers and warnings received by them during the match.

“3”, “2”, “1”    - points for technical actions
“AR”    - activeness, based on the judgement of the referees
“P1”, “P2”    - points for the 1st and 2nd warnings to the adversary

4. The circles, which have a diameter of 9 cm, are made of cardboard, veneer (or plywood) or plastic. They are fixed on the board in lines, 5 circles in each line, with an interval of 12cm so that  the upper line is occupied by the circles with marks “2” and “3”, and the next two lines are taken up by the circles with a mark “1” and “AR”. The distance between these rows is 12cm. The bottom row serves to indicate points for warnings and is 15cm away from the upper ones.
5. A blue stripe approx. 1,5cm wide is drawn along the contour of the score-board and vertically in the middle. Pink circles with red figures are placed on the left half of the score-board and light blue circles with dark blue figures are placed on the right half of the score-board.
6. The score-board is 150cm x 100cm.  It should be installed vertically so that its lower edge is 1.0 metre above the floor.