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Track distance lane help?
In your countries are most track distance around lane 1 exactly 400m? Because in my country using google earth, I found out that our track lane 1 are usually 405m.The off is 419m
There is like only 1 or 2 stadiums track that is 400m exactly and those are used for serious competitions.
1 Answer
- lestermountLv 79 years agoFavourite answer
A track is supposed to be 400 meters, however, the people that build tracks are know to make mistakes, that is why a track must be measured with a steel tape when a record is set to determine if it is an accurate track.
I have seen tracks that are much shorter than 400 meters at schools used for meets.
Some older tracks were built at 440 yards which is longer than 400 meters, some have been converted and some are still used in yards.