Omega at the Olympics
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If you make a false start, you'll soon be found out zVg -
The starting gun and equipment of days gone by... -
...and the highly sophisticated version used today -
A revolving scoreboard shows everyone in the stadium how the athletes are performing swissinfo.ch -
These chronometers were highly thought of at the time -
Out in the cold at a winter Olympics event -
The timing of the past was also a serious business -
This Scan-O-Vision camera can record 2,000 images per second... -
...so you can tell exactly who came in when -
This scoreboard not only measures time but also displays performance -
A GPS system tracks the position of the rowers five times a second
It's all a matter of timing.
This content was published on August 8, 2008
There is no doubt that timing is a key part of the excitement. Without the ability to measure times and to separate the winner from the runners-up, competition as we know it would be impossible. (All photos courtesy of Omega)
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