A053402 Running distances (in meters) in Olympic athletics.

100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5000, 10000, 42195

Offset

1,1

Comments

Hurdle races not included.

The marathon distance was only standardized to 42195 meters in 1924; before then, distances varied from about 40000 to 40750. This sequence does not include hurdles, steeplechase, relays, medleys, team races, walks, or cross country. It also excludes the 60 meter of the 1900 and 1904 Olympics and the women's 3000 meter in 1984, 1988, and 1992; additionally, the women's running events did not include all of these distances until 1996. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 06 2016

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..8.

R. Vaughan & N. J. A. Sloane, Correspondence, 1975

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A044713 A322835 A031498 * A181568 A308306 A235272

Adjacent sequences: A053399 A053400 A053401 * A053403 A053404 A053405

Keyword

easy,fini,nonn

Author

Jean Fontaine (jfontain(AT)odyssee.net), Jan 07 2000

Extensions

a(8) and offset corrected by Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 06 2016

Status

approved