because they didnt like the number 3
Short track speed skater Apollo Ono with 8 medals
August 8-25, 2008
If I remember correctly, 1965
Swimmer Matt Biondi won 11 Olympic medals (8 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).
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On a typical track, which is a training, high school, and a college track there are 8 lanes. However, on an olympic or professional track there are 9 lanes.
Usually, there should be 8 lanes on a running track.
The lanes can be numbered 1 through normally 8 or 9 rarely 10, starting with the inside lane.
8 lanes.
An Olympic swimming pool usually has 8 lanes, but sometimes has up to 16.
8
The definition of an Olympic size swimming pool is 10 lanes each 2.5 meters wide, however to prevent the outside lanes being disadvantaged by having to compete with the waves bouncing off the sides of the pool only the middle 8 lanes are ever used.
8 or 6
50 metres long with 8 lanes
390cm but most running tracks have 8 lanes
There are 8 swimmers and 8 lanes, and each swimmer can be assigned to any of the lanes. The number of ways to assign the swimmers to the lanes can be calculated using the factorial of the number of swimmers, which is 8!. Thus, the total number of ways is 8! = 40,320.
A standard 400-meter track consists of multiple lanes, typically eight, each measuring 400 meters in length. To find the total distance of all lanes combined, you would multiply the length of the track by the number of lanes. For example, with eight lanes, the total distance would be 400 meters x 8 lanes = 3,200 meters. Therefore, the total of all lanes combined on a 400-meter track is 3,200 meters.