In a message dated Fri, 19 Jan 2001 4:45:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Helsinki 0
Los Angeles 104
Rome 20
Seoul 85
Tokyo 0
Barcelona 0
Stuttgart 245
Goeteborg 31
Atlanta 302
Athens 138
Seville 21
Sydney 42
Edmonton 667
Also if anyone knows for a
fact that any of the thirteen altitudes I have listed are off by more that 25
meters or so please let me know.>>
Many/most of those numbers match the ones in the various editions of our "Colored
Book" series, which carry the notation that actual competition sites can vary
significantly from the altitudes given.
I can state unequivocally that Barcelona is certainly not a 0, what with the track
being up on a mountain in town. Several times higher than your 25m allowance, I'm
sure. And it has been almost a decade since I was at the Helsinki stadium, but I'd be
surprised if it isn't close to 100m above sea level, given the climb up from the
harbor.
Other numbers that just don't feel right:
104m for Los Angeles? Maybe there was a quake I missed that pushed the Coliseum part
of town up in the air?
138m for Athens? Sounds a bit high to me.
Given how hilly Atlanta is, and having no idea where the "official" measurement is
from, a 24m deviation from the 302 is very possible.
