Watch the Video on the Homepage.... PAUSE AS HE IS PASSING THE FINISH LINE. Look at the Clock!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=147&v=jqbtbniD_fo
Looks like between 43.1 and 43.2!
Watch the Video on the Homepage.... PAUSE AS HE IS PASSING THE FINISH LINE. Look at the Clock!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=147&v=jqbtbniD_fo
Looks like between 43.1 and 43.2!
i agree - i paused it on slow mo a few times and even when he had passed the line the clock was on 43.1 before it stopped!
345elmore wrote:
i agree - i paused it on slow mo a few times and even when he had passed the line the clock was on 43.1 before it stopped!
I don't know why but the clock always shown on a tv broadcast is the same as a coach taking a hand-time. It's .24 off. So if it was 41.2 then that's like 42.4 which is what he ran.
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Its pretty obvious from watching it that the 43.47 IS FOR THE 3RD PLACE RUNNER!!!
Maybe because the clock on the screen is being started by a person and is not the FAT?
rojo wrote:
345elmore wrote:i agree - i paused it on slow mo a few times and even when he had passed the line the clock was on 43.1 before it stopped!
I don't know why but the clock always shown on a tv broadcast is the same as a coach taking a hand-time. It's .24 off. So if it was 41.2 then that's like 42.4 which is what he ran.
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'cause obviously some clock shown on the TV screen should take precedence.
Check It Out wrote:
Watch the Video on the Homepage.... PAUSE AS HE IS PASSING THE FINISH LINE. Look at the Clock!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=147&v=jqbtbniD_foLooks like between 43.1 and 43.2!
Without watching the video, the FAT timing systems are accurate to many thousands of a second, they are started electronically by the starter's pistol and stop when the athlete's chest breaks the plane of the finish line. Plain and simple, nothing else counts. Depending on the system being used, the count down timers shown on the field could be started and/or stopped manually. Btw, there is always a backup system being used at global championships, which 99.9...% of the time concurs with the primary system, therefore the chances of mistiming a race is in a global championship is low to an incredible degree. - End of this thread.
rojo wrote:
345elmore wrote:i agree - i paused it on slow mo a few times and even when he had passed the line the clock was on 43.1 before it stopped!
I don't know why but the clock always shown on a tv broadcast is the same as a coach taking a hand-time. It's .24 off. So if it was 41.2 then that's like 42.4 which is what he ran.
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although i'm 95% sure OP is trolling and already knows this, the screen clocks are never in sync with the FAT system. they are always off by about a quarter of a second, just like hand times. I've never operated one but i'm pretty sure they're manually operated
rojo wrote:
It's .24 off. So if it was 41.2 then that's like 42.4 which is what he ran.
Huh?????
What is amazing, and defies all logic, is that starting mats show variation in reaction times, but hand starting clock is always a magical 0.24-second delay.
No, it wasn't a new WR.
The running clock on screen at these Champs have been 0.3 slow all week.
In the vast majority of meets these days the on screen clock is very reliable and can be used to measure/time to nearest tenth. Occasionally they are out by a few tenths, like in Beijing!
The on screen timing was spot on in London 2012. But I remember it was out by about 0.4 in the Brisbane Commonwealth Games in 1982.
When Rudisha hit the 600m mark in the 800 final this week, his torso was on the line with the clock at 1:21.2 ( can find by pausing the screen), but the clock continues to move on before stopping at 1:21.50 for 'official' split. At the end he finishes at 1:45.5, but as its 0.3 slow, the finish time then comes up as 1:45.84.
Basically you have to add 0.3 for every split time you get by using the on screen clock, at these Games at least. Have no idea why this happens at some meets but not the majority.
Hope that helps.
They probably used these clocks back in 93'.......
rojo wrote:
345elmore wrote:i agree - i paused it on slow mo a few times and even when he had passed the line the clock was on 43.1 before it stopped!
I don't know why but the clock always shown on a tv broadcast is the same as a coach taking a hand-time. It's .24 off. So if it was 41.2 then that's like 42.4 which is what he ran.
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It seems like a man with your position would want to know the reason for that.
43.48...!!! Damn! That's a fantastic drug! What is it?!