There is no mile race in the Olympics. There is 1500 m, but no mile. Euric
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2004-07-20 17:06 Subject: [USMA:30501] Olympic trials on USA Network > There are no events that are "not in metric" anymore, except for special > exhibition events such as classical mile runs. Field events are "metric" as > long as the height or distance is accurately measured with a metric tape. It > doesn't matter how the results were broadcast on TV or announced to the > spectators. There may be a protocol that requires that the distance/height > be in even centimeters, in which case I suppose excess millimeters would be > discarded. > > Running events are all done over actual metric distances, with the > exceptions mentioned above. I don't believe (although I am not absolutely > sure) that a interval time recorded in a mile run of about 1600 m would > count toward a record in the standard 1500 m run--not that such a thing is > likely to ever happen. > > HARRY WYETH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Ressel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 06:10 > Subject: [USMA:30482] Re: Olympic trials on USA Network > > > > You would think the IOC would not recognize the US Team if they were > > qualified using English units and not the standard metric ones. Even > > high school sports teams use metric now so they qualify for > > international competition. Would a new "world" record in an Olympic > > trial count if it was not in metric? > > > > Howard Ressel > > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > > (585) 272-3372 > > > >
