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(accuracy within 0.01 sec.), with simultaneous
relay of the time to a TV
channel;
set of equipment for measuring
wind velocity and direction (accuracy
within 0.1 m/sec).
Installed on the island was a multipurpose
scoreboard (Electroimpex—
VBKM-Villes, Hungary) with one demonstration
panel (10 lines of 30 light
planes each, all lines matrix). Aside
from information on the course and
results of the competitions, it showed
the standing of the boats at portions
of the distance via a scheme of
symbols.
The rowing competitions were
staged by 42 FISA technical officials
and judges from 24 countries, including
4 from the USSR.
Soviet auxiliary personnel consisted
of 79 persons.
Competitions were held in eight
boat classes for men and six for
women. A total of 547 athletes from 25
countries took part.
No changes were made in the
competitions programme since the
Montreal Games.
In view of the fact that the number
of teams entered was somewhat smaller
than expected, FISA officials took a
decision partially to modify the playoff
formula (this mainly applied to the
number of boats in the heats and the
order in which they proceeded to the
subsequent rounds), which made it
possible to preserve the overall
number of competition days planned
without inconveniencing participants
and spectators.
All the services at the basin worked
smoothly. There were no complaints
against the starting mechanisms.
The precise work of the judges and
auxiliary personnel made it possible to
hold the competitions without protests
and on a good technical level.
FISA headquarters was housed in
the building situated next to the
stands.
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Basketball
The Olympic basketball tournament
was held from July 20 to 30 at the
Olympiiski Indoor Stadium (basketball
hall, capacity—16,000) and at the
CSCA Sports Palace (5,000).
The B-7, put out by Tachicara Co.
Ltd. (Japan), was endorsed as the
official game ball. Stands and backboards
of the firm Shelde International
(Netherlands—Belgium) were used.
Installed at the stadium was a
multi-purpose electronic scoreboard
(Electroimpex—VBKM-Villes, Hungary),
with two demonstration panels,
each of which had 12 lines of 36 light
planes (the last line being matrix), as
well as 30-second timers of Soviet
make (four for each playing court).
Soviet specialised score-keeping
boards and electric timers were used
in addition.
Developed for the Moscow Games
was the Olympiada-Basketball ACS,
designed for operative processing of
statistical information about the
course of a game. Its basic characteristics
were endorsed for the 1980
Games by the International Amateur
Basketball Federation (FIBA).
This system, which worked simultaneously
with the Information ACS,
analysed, for the first time in the
history of international basketball
competitions, the technical actions of
the team as a whole and individual
players in 23 indicators. The data
obtained was reported to the teams'
coaches, TV commentators and members
of the press (in French, English
and Russian) two minutes after the
conclusion of a game. Final statistics
were released thirty minutes after the
conclusion of the playing day. The
system stored and automatically classified
data about the players and
teams according to each of the 23
indicators for the tournament as a
whole and for each playing day. The
input of game indicators into the
system was handled by Soviet auxiliary
personnel during the course of
the competitions.
The volume and operative nature of
the information provided were praised
by FIBA officials, coaches and journalists.
The CSCA Sports Palace was
equipped with a multi-purpose
(blinker) electro-mechanical scoreboard
(12 lines of 36 light planes each)
and 30-second timers (Electroimpex—Fok—Djem,
Hungary), and
additional specialised score and time
boards (also of Hungarian make).
Installed in the halls of both sports
facilities were demonstration panels
which instantaneously reflected the
progress of the men's and women's
tournaments.