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WTF Fun Fact – Swimming Timing

December 7, 2021December 6, 2021 by WTF

Olympic swimming is only timed to hundredths of a second (which has led to several ties) because the pools aren’t built to the millimeter tolerances necessary to measure thousandths of a second. – WTF Fun Facts

Source:#EngineeringTheOlympics: Tolerance in Olympic Swimming results in more ties — Born to Engineer

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