The Physics Behind the Fosbury Flop

The Physics Behind the Fosbury Flop

 

The Physics Behind the Fosbury Flop

The first Olympics Games were held in Greece in 1896 and have been held every 4 years since.

While athletes have gotten stronger and faster, in those 120 years, the core of most events haven’t really changed. The high jump was one of the 43 events from the original Olympics in 1896.

For nearly the first hundred years of the event, runners took one of a few styles to clear the bar; the straddle, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off, or scissor jump. But in 1968 at the Mexico City Olympic Games, 21-year-old Oregonian Dick Fosbury would make history when he jumped 7 feet 4 and a quarter inches above the ground, the first American to win gold in the event in over a decade.

Fosbury would become famous for his unique style, that would come to be known as the Fosbury flop, where a runner turned away from the pole, jumped, and arched their back over the pole headfirst. Fosbury’s style would become legendary and would revolutionize the event.

At the next Olympic games four years later, in 1972, the new Fosbury flop had already become the most commonly used technique amongst the 40 competing Olympians. And of the 44 Olympic gold medalists to compete in the high jump from 1972 through 2016, 42 used the flop including all the new world record setters.

 

Today it remains the most popular technique in modern high jumping. But how does the Fosbury Flop actually work, and what’s the physics behind this game-changing move.

Some visuals were used from the IOC and Ted-Ed for the purposes of educational explanation.

 

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Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Highlights 2021

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10 FACTS ABOUT TOKYO 2021 SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES

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There is massive build up for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

The Japanese want to create a show to rival Beijing and therefore it is going to be a huge display. Here are 10 interesting facts about the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo:

1. The 2021 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will take place in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2021.

2. Tokyo previously hosted the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, and in 2021 will become the fifth city to host the Summer Olympic Games more than once.

3. Tokyo will be the first city in Asia to host the Summer Olympic Games more than once.

4. The Japanese government will increasing slot capacity at both Haneda Airport and Narita Airport by easing airspace restrictions.

5. A new railway line is planned to link both airports through an expansion of Tokyo Station, cutting travel time from Tokyo Station to Haneda from 30 minutes to 18 minutes, and from Tokyo Station to Narita from 55 minutes to 36 minutes;

6. Seven venues will be located within the central business area of Tokyo, northwest of the Olympic Village. Several of these venues were also used for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

7. The National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo would go under upgrade and full–scale reconstruction for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as well as the 2021 Olympics.

8. In its proposal for hosting the Olympic Games, Tokyo pitched a Super Hi-Vision broadcast, otherwise known as 8K Ultra HD developed by Sony which means watching the Games at home will be almost as good as in person in 2021.

9. The original logo was covered in controversy as it was accused of plagiarism by Belgian graphics designer Olivier Debie who had designed it for the Théâtre de Liège. On 1 September 2015, following an emergency meeting of TOCOG, Governor of Tokyo Yoichi Masuzoe announced that they had decided to scrap Sano's two logos. The committee met on 2 September 2015 to decide how to approach another new logo design.

10. With a particular focus on adding sports that are popular in the host country a new shortlist of eight sports were unveiled and they are baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing, and wushu.

6th April 1896 The First Modern Olympic Games

6th April 1896 The First Modern Olympic Games

 

Known as the father of the modern Olympics, Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin had organised a congress two years earlier in which the host city was chosen and the International Olympic Committee founded.

American James Connolly won the first final for his 13.71m triple jump, leading the USA’s 14 competitors to win a total of 11 events between them. The most successful individual competitor was the German Carl Schuhmann who won the team events in the horizontal bar and parallel bars events, the horse vault event and – despite being considerably smaller than his opponents – the wrestling competition. He didn’t receive any gold medals, however. Winners at the 1896 Olympics were instead presented with a silver medal, an olive branch, and a diploma.

It wasn’t until 1904 that the tradition of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals to first, second and third place began. The 1896 Summer Olympics did, however, lay down many traditions – not least of which was the first competitive marathon race.

A Greek water carrier called Spyridon Louis won the race in a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 50 seconds. The same route, finishing at the stadium used in the 1896 games, was used when the Olympics returned to Greece in 2004. The winner finished almost 45 minutes faster than in the 1896 competition. By the time of the 2004 games, however, the rope climbing competition that saw competitors climbing a 14m rope in 1896 had been removed.