Atle G. Guttormsen

Cross-championship reaction-time discrepancies undermine the 0.100 s false-start rule (2017–2025)

Reaction time is central to sprint events and the basis of the false-start rule (0.100 s) of World Athletics. We analysed 1558 official reaction times collected during the 100 m and short hurdle events at five World Championship meetings (London 2017, Doha 2019, Eugene 2022, Buda...