From the staggered start, it is 400 meters around. The stagger is calculated by subtracting the extra distance one goes around a wider diameter. For each lane it is double the lane width (which in the Olympics is 1.22m) times pi. for each additional lane.
A standard running track has 400 m in one lap. The 800 m race is therefore 2 laps of the track.
A standard outdoor track is 400 meters long or about 437 yards. The straightaways and curves are 100 meters each.
The 4 x 800 meters relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 800 meters or 2 laps on a standard 400 meter track.
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Olympic flame lighting
The area inside a 400-meter running track is approximately 87,120 square feet. This calculation assumes a standard 400-meter track with lane widths of 1.22 meters each.
The Olympic Torch
An olympic sized pool is 50 metres. If it is a 4x100 Relay one swimmer will swim 2 laps. If each swimmer does two laps and there is 4 of them, 8 laps will have been swum.
A race where the runners each run a total of 400 meters.
You have got to say it at the beginning of each Olympic games.
The commities for each type of sport that participates in the olympic games supervises it
They don't each individually have there own meaning, but they stand for the five continents that participate in the olympic games.