What sports use technology (or technological aids) in officiating?

Asked by MrItty (17406

) June 3rd, 2010

We all know that several sports use technology to review and back-up the human officials. Instant replay in football and hockey, for example. But what sports can you think of that use technology to actually determine (or help determine) the call of a play live as it happens?

The two I can think of off the top of my head are:
* bowling – a machine determines when pins are down. (Ironically something a human could do with absolutely no problem and no controversy)
* racing – a machine determines down to the thousandth of a second how long it took the runner/driver/skier/etc to get from the start line to the finish line.

Can you think of others?

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Marathon running. The runners are low jacked to ensure they don’t cheat.

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Olympic swimming the touch pads at the ends of the pools are computer monitored.
Rodeo uses electronic sensors to determine fouls in roping events.

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Fencing, and I believe Olympic Boxing does too.

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Cameras are used for instant replay in almost all televised sports. Horse racing for one, football and baseball also need to review camera footage.

@Lightlyseared After Rosie Ruiz came out of nowhere to win the women’s marathon race.in 1980 by taking the T for part of the route and got off way ahead, it was obviously needed.

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