In message , at 11:03:12 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, The Real Doctor remarked:
As a matter of idle curiosity, how does Olympic ticketing work for
really short events. If, for example, one has a ticket for the men's
100m final, is one ushered in to one's seat just before the gun and
then shown out again ten seconds later? Or do tickets cover particular
periods of occupancy including certain events?

They cover a "morning", "afternoon" or "evening" of a sport, where
"Athletics" is a sport, not "100yds sprint".

Some of the sessions aren't very long though - several of the
cycling/velodrome ones are only 90 minutes for example.

No doubt somewhere is a website that says what the "shortest event" is.

For someone camped out near the start of the Marathon or road cycling,
it's not going to be visible for very long, but on the other hand maybe
they don't need a ticket. I wonder how they are doing crowd control for
street events?
--
Roland Perry

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:59:24 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
Some of the sessions aren't very long though - several of the
cycling/velodrome ones are only 90 minutes for example.

No doubt somewhere is a website that says what the "shortest event" is.

60m if the olympics has is, otherwise 100m.

B2003

In message , Roland Perry
writes

For someone camped out near the start of the Marathon or road cycling,
it's not going to be visible for very long, but on the other hand maybe
they don't need a ticket. I wonder how they are doing crowd control for
street events?

Lots of volunteers for the road cycling, backed-up by police, if the
trial run was an accurate guide (I live only a few hundred yards from
the route).

It's true that you don't see individual competitors for long, but by the
return leg the field was spread out enough to take some 10 minutes or so
to pass. The event is free, except for a few select places (such as Box
Hill) where tickets are required.

Although not particularly keen on bike racing, I have to say that just
the blast of air from 20 or so top cyclists flying past in close
formation and at top speed is quite something.
--
Paul Terry

On 24/04/12 11:59, Roland Perry wrote:
They cover a "morning", "afternoon" or "evening" of a sport, where
"Athletics" is a sport, not "100yds sprint".

Thanks.

Ian