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Subject: [Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?
From: tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:35:45 -0500
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On Mon 1, Feb'10 at 8:50 AM -0800, Steve Barbour wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Frank Dernie wrote:
>
>> IIRC yes, in the Olympic Games there is a time after the gun goes off
>> which is considered to be less than human reaction time, so if anybody
>> goes during this period it is considered a false start.
>>
>> !!!
>
> amazing, documentaion of this fact/rule available?
This might have already been mentioned, but there was a British sprinter who
was disqualified for this 10-15 years (?) ago in the Olympics.
The first false start is on the field - no disqualifications. The second is
a DQ on the runner who false started, no matter who it was the first time.
In reply to:
Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?)
Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?)
Message from tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray) ([Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?)
Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?)
Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] EYE BLINK TIME?)