ATHLETICS SALES CONSULTING Overview Swiss Timing provides an unsurpassed range of products This consulting document explains the high standards and services for ATHLETICS, including timing & scoring required for the configuration of the installations of timing devices, in full compliance with the International equipment ensuring precision a hundredth of a second! Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Intellectual property of Swiss Timing. All rights reserved, especially those of reproduction and distribution to third parties. ATHLETICS REFERENCES TV VIRTUAL WEB EVENTS SERVICED BY SWISS TIMING T&S* OVR** GRAPHICS GRAPHICS CIS*** APP SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES • • • • IOC TRUST SWISS TIMING! 2000 OMEGA’s on-screen graphics made it possible SUMMER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES • • • • • in some sports for TV viewers at home to see a IPC SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES • • • • Athletics has been on the Olympic programme ever since “virtual record line” that indicated how close the competitors were to world records. the first edition of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. FISU SUMMER UNIVERSIADE • • • • • Public and media interest is stimulated by timing and 2004 The new Chronos timer brought an unparalleled ASIAN GAMES • • • • • measurement. Whenever there is a chance that a record level of accuracy to sports timekeeping. OCA will be broken, excitement reaches its peak. These events PARA ASIAN GAMES • • • • • thus attract the most spectators and TV viewers. Athletics 2008 In distance running events, athletes had is among the most popular sports by far. integrated bib transponders, a development CGF COMMONWEALTH GAMES • • • • • ATHLETICS that made it easy to keep track of their positions GOLDEN LEAGUE throughout the race. The Scan’O’Vision continued • • • • • • Athletics consists of track and field events. The first to evolve. The new edition, Star, recorded 2,000 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE • • • • • • is composed of sprints (with or without hurdles), and frames per second. medium- and long-distance races including steeple chase, GRAND PRIX • • • • • whereas field events include high, long and triple jumps, 2011 New starting blocks for athletic events included pole vault, shot put, discus and javelin throw. force sensors that continually measure an EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS • • • • • • athlete’s thrust force, improving false start EAA EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS • • • • • • MAIN INNOVATIONS IN ATHLETICS SPORTS detection. PASO PANAMERICAN GAMES • • • • 1948 At the London Olympic Games, OMEGA 2016 Rio 2016 Olympic Games’ outstanding innovations introduced its photoelectric cells which stopped included athletic photocells composed of four EOC EUROPEAN GAMES • • • • • the clock at the exact moment a runner crossed cells instead of two. The Athletic False Start the finish line, and a year later the Racend Detection System was enhanced with built-in IOC SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES • • • OMEGA Timer - integrating photoelectric sensors that measure force against the footrest. SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES technology and a slit photofinish camera - The upgraded edition of the Scan’O’Vision, the IPC • • • MYRIA, can now take up to 10,000 images per changed timekeeping for good. FISU SUMMER UNIVERSIADE second. • • • 1968 “Integrated timing”, which provided statistical OCA ASIAN GAMES • • • • analysis with results being fed to judges, coaches MARATHON and the media, was introduced. The same year CGF COMMONWEALTH GAMES • • • saw the birth of the photo printer which also VALUABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH IAAF EAA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS • • • • contributed to the rapid and wide distribution of Swiss Timing is very proud of its relationships with the main results. Modern sports timekeeping had come of IOC SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES age. International Sports Federations and especially with the • • • IAAF. Swiss Timing’s and OMEGA’s commitment to athletics IPC SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES • • • 1984 At the Los Angeles Olympic Games, OMEGA timing reflects their dedication to innovation. Both have introduced colour photofinish images whose indeed been key partners to the IAAF for many years already, FISU SUMMER UNIVERSIADE • • • paper prints signed by the athletes became thus enhancing the development of new timing systems. instant collectors’ items. False start detectors OCA ASIAN GAMES • • • were also introduced in the same year. WALK It is essential to mention that, in addition to athletics CGF COMMONWEALTH GAMES • • • systems, Swiss Timing also provides services such as timing 1995 The Scan’O’Vision images were, for the first EAA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS • • • • time, in colour. ARES – the Automatic Recording and scoring, on-venue results and broadcast solutions for Evaluation System or Advanced Results Entry major sporting events throughout the world. Today, Swiss PASO PANAMERICAN GAMES • • • Station – fused chronometry wand information Timing is composed of more than 400 employees spread technology. over three companies located in Europe. * T&S: Timing & Scoring ** OVR: On-Venue Results *** CIS: Commentator Information System More information atwww.swisstiming.com Intellectual property of Swiss Timing. All rights reserved, especially those of reproduction and distribution to third parties. Intellectual property of Swiss Timing. All rights reserved, especially those of reproduction and distribution to third parties. 2 3 ATHLETICS ATHLETICS CHOOSE THE BEST EQUIPMENT SCAN‘O‘VISION MYRIA CAMERA It is synchronised with the Photofinish clock and shoots front Full HD pictures of the athletes at 25 images/s. TOP FEATURES ■ CONTROL ROOM SPECIFICATIONS High resolution with all acquisition speeds Its powerful integrated 12x zoom ■ ■ Lockable room Exclusive patented Spatial Alignment System lens allows it to be placed 10m ■ ■ (indoor) temperature: 20-23° 2D image for easier camera alignment behind the finish line for the best ■ ■ Power supply: 110/240V 50-60Hz One Ethernet cable for camera control, image angle and the sharpest pictures transmission and power when reading the bibs. The power ■ Photofinish template generator is transmitted through the Ethernet ■ Automatic control of the HD Front Camera cable from the control room. ■ Integrated zoom lens, fully remote controlled Front Camera Running Time The Scan‘O‘Vision Myria camera measures the times at Display Public the finish line in thousandths of seconds. It takes up to ASC3 - FALSE START 10,000 shots per second at a high resolution of 2,048 pixel Scoreboard Infield DETECTION SYSTEM Photofinish Camera vertical lines, and the corresponding time is displayed on Lap Counter each picture. Infra-Red TOP FEATURES Photocells The exclusive patented Spatial ■ Suitable for all competition levels Sport Specific Alignment System allows the camera ■ Monitor up to 10 lanes simultaneously Scoreboards ■ Acoustic signal in case of false start START/FINISH to be easily aligned on any finish line. The Myria camera is self-contained. ■ Force curve display for each lane Infra-Red Photocells The computer connection is made ■ Electronic starting system - E-gun – included through a standard Ethernet (1Gb/s) cable; the camera has connections to the track (start, ready and finish). Start monitoring systems are used for athletics events, Timing Room especially during major competitions. The ASC3 is suitable for all levels of athletics. It enables up to 10 lanes to be SCAIDER FRONT CAMERA monitored simultaneously. The starting block sensors take into account the TOP FEATURES physiological response time, i.e. the time elapsed between Control Room ■ Easier photofinish judging Media Tribune the starting signal and the thrust of the athlete’s foot ■ Quick identification of the athletes’ bibs against the starting block. The system memorizes and prints False Start ■ Background recording. Images available before Detec�on System the reaction times occurring in the interval of 0.3 second the end of the race before and 0.7 second after the starting gunshot. Each with e-Gun and Distance ■ e-Gun Recaller Measurement Perfect integration with the OSV STAR photofinish athlete’s force curve is Photofinish camera displayed on the computer Camera ■ Full HD pictures screen and can be zoomed ■ Power Over Ethernet (POE): only 1 cable needed for deeper analysis. Star�ng Blocks Wind Measurement Infra-Red The Scaider Camera HD brings valuable help for judging Photocells photofinish images. It makes it possible to write the finish protocol and to get live confirmation of the athlete’s identity by showing the athlete’s front bib by clicking on his/her chest in the Scan’O’Vision software. Intellectual property of Swiss Timing. All rights reserved, especially those of reproduction and distribution to third parties. Intellectual property of Swiss Timing. All rights reserved, especially those of reproduction and distribution to third parties. 4 5 ATHLETICS ATHLETICS In the event of a false start, an acoustic signal is transmitted The StartTime V is the Anything or anyone that crosses the field of the beam BOREAS CONCENTRATION CLOCK by the central station to the starter’s headphones and to ideal solution to manage creates an interruption which is instantly reported AND WIND GAUGE the starting block loudspeakers. Online data transfer is the starting process of to a timing device that meets the International Sport made possible via a RS422 serial line to a data handling athletics events. This Federations standards. The Arges Reflex Photocell allows unit and a Scan’O’Vision camera. starting device combines a simple and constant monitoring of the cell alignment. TOP FEATURES Swiss Timing’s most The Arges also features