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Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.
In $1908$ the Olympic Games were held in London, that's just over $100$ years ago. Then, just after World War $2$ they were again in London in $1948$
Here are the results from some track events;
$100$ metres $10.8$ secs
$200$ metres $22.6$ secs
$400$ metres $50.0$ secs
$800$ metres $112$ secs
$1500$ metres $240$ secs
$100$ metres $10.3$ secs
$200$ metres $21.1$ secs
$400$ metres $46.2$ secs
$800$ metres $109$ secs
$1500$ metres $229$ secs
The 2012 London Olympics were another 64 years later. How did the results differ? Could you have predicted the results? Perhaps more importantly, what's the reason for your answer?