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There’s probably a very obvious answer to this, but can anyone explain to someone who doesn’t watch much athletics how there can be 10 finalists in the women’s 800m final when there are only 9 lanes.
 
There’s probably a very obvious answer to this, but can anyone explain to someone who doesn’t watch much athletics how there can be 10 finalists in the women’s 800m final when there are only 9 lanes.
Get a hopper and you'll go through on the sympathy vote.
 
There’s probably a very obvious answer to this, but can anyone explain to someone who doesn’t watch much athletics how there can be 10 finalists in the women’s 800m final when there are only 9 lanes.
They share a lane for the first 50. I think they'll leave lane 1 empty and still have 2 athletes in lane 3 and lane 6 but I'm not sure of the rule.

You could easily have 12 athletes in an DL 800 it's grand for paced races but messy for champs
 
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They share a lane for the first 50. I think they'll leave lane 1 empty and still have 2 athletes in lane 3 and lane 6 but I'm not sure of the rule.

You could easily have 12 athletes in an DL 800 it's grand for paced races but messy for champs
Should be OK in the 800 though Guapo since there’ll be no “championship “ racing.
 
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