Penalities

a) The normal penalty for a violation of the rules and expectations presented in Article 2 and Article 3 are considered medium errors of 0.30 points for behavioral violations and large errors of 0.50 points for apparatus related violations.

b) A few other possibilities for penalties also exist and these are outlined below.

c) Unless otherwise indicated these penalties are always applied by the D1 judge to the Final Score for that exercise.

d) In extreme cases, the gymnast or coach may be expelled from the competition hall in addition to suffering the specified penalty.

e) Violations and the associated penalties are:

Table of Violations and Penalties

Violation	Penalty
Behaviour Related Violations
Any attire violations (Art. 2.3).	0.30 from the Final Score (once for a competition session) Applied by the Superior Jury President.
Non respect of the official warm up time.	0.30 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Not acknowledging the D1 judge before or after the exercise.	0.30 for each time from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Exceeding 30 sec. before commencing exercise.	0.30 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Exceeding 60 sec. before commencing exercise. Exercise is terminated. Exceeding 30 sec. before continuing after a fall.	0.30 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Exceeding 60 sec. before continuing after a fall.	Exercise is terminated at the fall
Remounting podium after the exercise.	0.30 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Other undisciplined or abusive behavior.	0.30 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Apparatus Related Violations
Non-permitted presence of spotter.	0.50 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Incorrect use of magnesium and/ or damaging apparatus, including spraying (excluded PB).	0.50 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Illegal use of supplementary mats or non-use where required.	0.50 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Coach moving supplementary mats during the exercise.	0.50 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Changing the height of the apparatus without permission.	0.50 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Re-arrangement or removal of springs from the springboard.	0.50 from the Final Score by the D1 judge.
Other Individual Violations
Absent from the competition area without permission, failure to return and complete the competition.	Disqualification from remainder of competition (By Superior Jury).
Absent from Victory Ceremony.	Result and Final Score is annulled for team and individual purposes (By Superior Jury).
Performing without signal or green light.	Final Score = 0 points. Team Violations
Team gymnast(s) compete in wrong order on an apparatus.	1.00 from the Team’s Total Score on the applicable apparatus(By the Superior Jury President).
Non respect of the official warm up time.	1.00 from the Team’s Total Score each time (By the Superior Jury President)
Violations of attire regulations that apply to Team Competition.	1.00 from the Team’s Total Score, once per competition (By the Superior Jury President