and heres the final answer

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IAAF official track marking. pretty cool actually. You need to zoom in, but when you do you can see (bottom right) a single, common finish line.

guess this is different to stuff you might have run in because the 100m starts at an elongated bit of the straight. maybe smaller stadiums don't have that.

Posted By: jampersands on February 15th 2011 at 09:20:23

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Just sorted out my preferred Olympic events attendance schedule... (Other Sports) - Fierce Panda, Feb 15, 08:36:36
- starting to get excited about it now (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:32:16
  - I'm not (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Feb 15, 09:36:20
    - yeah you don't do excitement (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:39:29
      - Oh I do, just not about the Olympics. (Other Sports) - CB41, Feb 15, 09:44:28
- mind those pesky terrorists! (Other Sports) - Tombs, Feb 15, 09:00:46
- Discussed hiring a launch and going to Weymouth (Other Sports) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 15, 08:55:25
  - While on the subject of the Olympics (and before BEN adds an Olympics filter) (Other Sports) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 15, 09:00:15
    - according to this, most tracks have a common finish line (Other Sports) - jampersands, Feb 15, 09:08:41
      - yeah, more here (Other Sports) - jampersands, Feb 15, 09:14:52
        
        and heres the final answer (Other Sports) - jampersands, Feb 15, 09:20:23
      - and where all the photos would take place (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:10:01
        
        this shows it anyway (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:11:54
    - why would the line not be part of the oval track? (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:07:08
      - 100m always run in a straight line (Other Sports) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 15, 09:12:29
        
        but just part of the 100m straight is in the oval isn't it? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:16:13
        
        actually most lanes are still in the oval (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 15, 09:21:43

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