Olympic swimming race distance calculation · PhysicsBowl 2019 #34

Physics · mechanics

Problem

The table at right lists the finish times for the 2008 Men's Olympic 100 m butterfly swim final in Beijing. From the data, what is the best estimate of the distance the 2nd place finisher, Cavic, was behind the 1st place finisher, Phelps? Men's 100 m Butterfly Swim 1 Michael Phelps 50.58 s 2 Milorad Cavic 50.59 s 3 Andrew Lauterstein 51.12 s 4 Ian Crocker 51.13 s 5 Jason Dunford 51.47 s 6 Takuro Fujii 51.50 s 7 Andrii Serdinov 51.59 s 8 Ryan Pini 51.86 s (A) 0.2 cm (B) 2.0 cm (C) 5.0 cm (D) 10 cm (E) 20 cm

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