Omega's Olympic record of timing inventions

2012: London

OMEGA is also introducing an updated athletics starting block at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The runners' reaction times are measured entirely by the measurement of force against the back block and not by movement. The new blocks can detect the reaction times of every runner – from children through to world-class sprinters – without changing any settings on the device. The central bar is thinner than that of the previous device allowing better starting positions for women and children. The foot rest is now wider, having been expanded from 120 to 160 mm, allowing different starting positions

technology 10 May 2012