The news about Samuli Samuelsson’s new Finnish record spread far and wide, as the inspection measurement of the games run in Espoo was delayed. Samuelsson’s official time was 10.151, which was rounded to 10.16.
Ical Athletes Samuli Samuelsson ran a time of 100 meters on Sunday, which was set to be celebrated as a new Finnish record. However, after the inspection, Samuelsson’s time of 10.15 changed to 10.16 and the new Finnish record was not achieved. 10.16 pages of Samuelsson’s SE time run last summer.
Working in track and field timing services and a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations goal camera judging panel Ville Ahon according to that it was a measurement error. The measuring point from which Samuelsson’s time was read was off by one thousandth of a second.
The times are published with an accuracy of hundredths, but in the measurement of paint cameras, thousandths are used.
– If the thousandth is other than zero, the time is rounded up.
Samuelsson’s time was first measured at 10.150, which was reported as a new Finnish record. However, according to Aho, the measurement error was revealed during the inspection, as a result of which Samuelsson’s time was found to be 10.151. The time was rounded to 10.16.
The rounding of competition results differs from the rounding rules familiar from mathematics. In the end, Samuelsson’s new Finnish record fell short by one thousandth. According to Aho, by rounding up the thousandths, the aim is to ensure that the times clocked as records are definitely new records.
The confusion was compounded by the fact that the inspection measurement of the men’s hundred in Espoo was delayed. The prolonged inspection measurement explains the news that reported the record result, which was based on the first and incorrect measurement result.
According to Aho, setting official records is possible as long as the electronic timing and finish camera, which are required for long distances, are in use, as well as making sure that the timing starts without delay from the starting shot.