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| Posts: 7954 | Location: Hyde.Cheshire. UK | Registered: 10-18-02 | |
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Found this quote: The Hayward Field Tartan surface, installed by Athletic Polymer Systems in the fall of 2000, will play a crucial role in the Olympic timetable. Athletes counting on the Pre meet as a pre-Trials test must rely on the track's speed. They must also rely on the track's durability for the ultimate in comfort. No injuries, please; the surface must be athlete- friendly without question.
Speed plus durability, an elusive combination for any track. Hayward Field's got it, and the athletes respond. "They say we're the Carnegie Hall of track and field," said Pre Classic meet director Tom Jordan. "The track is part of that."
Tartan--the original polyurethane surface and leader in track surfacing for more than 50 years--is the track of choice for major facilities nationwide. This year, in April, a new Tartan surface was unveiled at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Many athletes in the Pre Classic have used the OTC facilities.
Must be a company not a nickname called Tartan has a look around Google ....20 seconds later Finds the site and some images www.tartan-aps.com/outdoor_products.php All the tech info is there (Above my head  ) |
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| Posts: 13353 | Location: 6 miles west of Wigan UK | Registered: 06-05-02 | |
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quote: Originally posted by DorianGreyed: The Mexico City Olympics were held in 1968. The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968. Mexico City beat out bids from Detroit, Buenos Aires and Lyon to host the Games in 1963. The Games were preceded by the Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundreds of students were killed by Mexican security forces ten days before the opening day. - Wikipedia.org
Maybe they didn't like the track surface? |
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| Posts: 3623 | Location: Ridgewood, N.J. USA | Registered: 05-30-03 | |
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quote: surface on a modern All Weather running track
The ball was dropped somewhere along the line and I haven't figured out if the question was answered or not  The first modern track surfacing systems, the so-called all-weather surfaces, became popular in the late 1960's. Their development meant that, for the first time, systems were available which were durable and which were relatively unaffected by ordinary weather. Many of these systems consisted of a combination of rubber with asphalt emulsion or sand and asphalt. These systems were called "asphalt-bound." Although many existing asphalt-bound tracks are still in use, like cinder tracks, these tracks are no longer being constructed in large numbers because their disadvantages are no longer balanced by a significant cost savings. sourceThis same source goes on to mention that today most tracks are constructed of rubber particles bound with latex or polyurethane. |
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| Posts: 9192 | Location: Atlanta, GA, USA | Registered: 06-03-02 | |
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Hi Georgia; been a while since we spoke; you are correct, but the question/questions were ambiguous; as DG said: DG: quote: Asking for the surface of "a modern All Weather running track" and then saying that you require "the oldest and possibly the commonest type" is like asking for a dry martini with a lot of vermouth. One request or condition negates the other.
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| Posts: 3623 | Location: Ridgewood, N.J. USA | Registered: 05-30-03 | |
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(cos its late here) The Mexico Olympics was the first of these tracks
Should have been the same year! 
