2006-06-17 09:13:09 · 8 answers · asked by traill196 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
If it's outside the U.S. or in the U.S. and it was built within the last 25 years or so, it is probably 400 meters.
They haven't been building 440 yd tracks in years.
One way to tell is to look at the starting marks for the 400 meters. If it is the same place as the finish line, then it's a 400 meter track. If it is 2+ yards away from the starting line, then it's 440 yds.
2006-06-17 11:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes a 1/4 of a mile.
2006-06-17 09:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by Lil D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Most schools and park departments construct tracks with the intention of using them for competitions, and it is almost impossible to host any type of track competition unless the track is a standard distance and oval. As a result, the "so called" quarter mile oval outdoor track around the football field is standard. I say "so called" because around 1980 the track rules changed. Competition distances went from being measured in yards and miles to meters. The traditional 440 yard, quarter mile track now became the 400 meter track, and the 1600 meters is referred to as the metric mile. But the distances are not the same; the 440 yard quarter mile track is slightly longer. In high school in the early/mid 80's, one of my conference schools had one of the first all-weather high school tracks built in the late 70's. It was built as a 440 yard quarter mile track. They had to restripe it for meters - and Lane 1 had a stagger. (Of course, another conference school had a square cinder track, and nothing longer than the 200 was run in lanes - but that's another story). If the track is all-weather, it is probably a 400 meter track. If it is still cinders, chances are that it is (or at least originally was) a 440 yard track.
2016-04-06 05:29:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a quater of a mile. That's why you have to run the track four times, because gym teachers are NAZI's.
2006-06-17 09:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a quarter of a mile long.
2006-06-17 09:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 yards like the foot ball field
2006-06-17 09:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by Maggie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
one lap is 440yds or about 400 meters
2006-06-17 09:24:04 · answer #7 · answered by JAMES E. F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-17 09:17:51 · answer #8 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋