It's all over, everything* has been added up to give us our totals. It's been a pleasure.
Day 16 gave us the astonishing amount of 5,907,300m thanks to the 140 men finishing the Marathon. They were our only numbers today but it means it's quite simple to finally add this all up.
Quick reminder of the rules.
Human power only.
No bikes, horses or boats, no projectiles or ball games. If you run or swim or jump or throw something then we count it and add it all up.If you don't finish you don't count.
If you pull up 20 miles into the marathon then you'll have to live with me knowing you're a far finer specimen of human endurance than I will ever be. I won't be counting you though. This is more to do with my wish for discrete measurements than any disrespect for your achievement.You may wish to be reminded of this too:
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Most Productive Day
Was actually Day 16, today's 5,907,300 is the single largest contribution we've had in one day. Amazing to think it was all thanks to one event.
First to Last
The very first distance we measured was Christoph Martin Meier's 400m from the Men's Individual Medley Heat 1 where he finished first.
The last we counted was Methkal Abu Drais' 42,195m from his last place finish in the Men's Marathon.
Smallest to Biggest
The smallest distance of all the games was the 1.56m recorded in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump. This is shared between Evelis Aguilar and Sofia Yfantidou.
The largest distance comes from any of the 49 who completed the Men's 50k race walk but we're going to go with Matej Toth as he was the first across the line.
Jumping Up
Athletes jumped upwards a total of 2,453.71m during these games. That's enough to cover 560 Routemaster buses placed on top of each other with a little to spare.
Jumping Along
Altogether our competitors managed to horizontally jump 6,228.45m which would clear 556 Routemasters. (Which like last time out is weirdly close to the number of buses the vertical jumpers managed).
Throwing
Having a Paddle
In total 1,081,550m was swam at these games, that's equivalent to 21,631 laps of the pool.
Anthony Irvin won the 50m Freestyle Gold in a time of 21.4s for one of those laps. If he could keep that time up all the way necessary it would take him 5 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes and 3 seconds to cover that distance.
Run it off
Runners covered 20,564,845m in Rio, that's like 51,412.1125 laps of the track. The Jamaican Mens 4 x 100m Relay team covered that in 37.27 secs. If they could maintain that pace all the way it would still take them 3 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 15 minutes and 29 seconds to finish.
Head to Head
Swimming - Rio beats London by 21,650m
Running - Rio beats London by 4,212,855m
Jumping - Rio beats London by 960.54m
Throwing - London gets a consolation goal by beating Rio by 3,626.09m
Final Score: Rio wins by 4,231,839.45m. I think we can call that a thrashing.
How Far Exactly?
So then, the big question. Having trivialised the dedication of hundreds of athletes over years of their lives to reduce them to a mere number we finally come to the final totals:
Swimming: 1,081,550m
Running: 20,564,845m
Jumping: 8,682.16m
Throwing: 59,630.59m
Total: 21,714,707.75m
If that's hard to imagine as metres then it works out to 13,492.89 miles which is comfortably over a quarter of the circumference of the planet we live on!
Right, that's it. We're done. I'll see you all in 4 years for Tokyo 2020 where hopefully my laptop won't break, my girlfriend won't cheat on me and the time-zone should work to my advantage. Until then, be good.
R
@Le_Paien_Roux
*For a given value of everything.
