How to determine who gets the first finish on the Olympic track?

With a time limit of only a few percent seconds, the Olympic organizers must use the most advanced technology to determine who won the gold medal.

You may not know that the company that provides high-tech equipment to identify people on the Olympic run is the famous Swiss watchmaker, Omega. The company has been an official sponsor of watches and Olympic time measurement devices since 1932, and this year brought the Rio Olympics with very modern equipment.

Scan 'O' Vision camera.

According to PetaPixel, the camera recording named Scan 'O' Vision is placed on the finish line of the track, capable of recording 10,000 images per second. This is one of the devices that helps determine an athlete's run time.

Clip introduces Omega's technology.

Before running, the athlete must have a standard starting step and, most importantly, not make a departure error (starting before the signal), because if they make this mistake they will be eliminated from the track. Omega also offers solutions to ensure the fastest starting error detection.

Omega also offers solutions to ensure the fastest starting error detection.

In the past, a referee will fire a gun to signal the run. However, the audio transmission speed may cause the time to hear the signal difference. So the current departure signal consists of three simultaneous steps: the gun emits light like firing bullets, the timer starts running and the speaker, is placed behind each athlete, signaling At the same time, all athletes listen to the signal at the same time.

The athletics law issued by the International Athletics Federation indicates that if an athlete starts to run for less than 0.1 second, the time the brain needs to process the signal, they have made a mistake. The force measuring device placed on the rear leg of the athlete will detect whether they have stomped their feet (to create the starting force) before that time period.

The device determines the time at the finish line.

The device in fact.

On the finish line, there are 2 devices: a camera to capture a picture of the target athlete, and a sensor to stop the time when the race ends. The Scan 'O' Vision camera continuously shoots 10,000 shots per second, helping to determine exactly when the athlete touches the chest (according to IAAF regulations) to the finish line, then the judges can adjust to give the time Official completion time of the race, thereby determining whether a new record or not.

The photo from the camera shows Shaunae Miller heading to Allyson Felix only 0.07 seconds.

Time is measured by a percentage of seconds, and athletes can only touch the target a few hundred seconds apart. Recently in the women's 400m race in Rio 2016, Shaunae Miller has fallen in front of the finish line and the devices that determine her chest section have reached the second line, Allyson Felix only 0.07 seconds.