Method for the time measurement of a sporting event using a time window.

摘要

1. Method of measuring the times achieved by runners during sporting competitions in which the competitors leave a departure point one after another to arrive at a check point following which the times elapsed to cover the distance between said point may be determined, characterized by the fact that the probable time Tm taken by the runners to reach the check point is determined, that the instant of departure and the identity of a given runner are recorded, that at said check point during a time lapse beginning before and finishing after said probable Tm there is opened a time slot of period Tf attributed to said given runner and that during said period Tf there is recorded the instant of passage of said runner at said point.