design of indoor athletics tracks

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SCHÜRMANN'S
ATHLETIC INDOOR TRACKS

Velodromes and indoor athletics tracks have a lot in common, but.... also a lot of differences.
Cycling is done on two wheels and the forces are transferred to a track in a different way than in running, where the two feet of the athlet are touching the track in different locations.
The speeds are different and when you ask for a hard surface in cycling, in running you need the surface to be somewhat softer.

But, the principles are very similar.

Very often cycling and indoor athletics are combined, in order to make bigger use of the stadium. It is therefore one of our daily design tasks to connect the two kind of sports in one installation.

Indoor athletic tracks are preferably 200 m long, but may also have smaller sizes. They are built as a fixed installation, demountable or even as a mechanical, movable construction. They should have at least four lanes, but six lanes become more and more common.

The International Federation has proposed a kind of standard track, but very often this "standard" does not fit to the exsisting location, or to the additionally desired infield use or, or, or ....
Therefore it still remains the task of an experienced designer to adapt the running track design to the location in question. The international regulations leave room for this.

Since 1971 our office has designed so far more than a dozen running tracks, mainly in Central Europe. The preferred construction is a wooden sub-structure with a wooden running surface.
Most of the tracks have been covered with a synthetic MONDOâ-running surface.

Should you have questions, please feel free to turn to us (adress below).

	Reference List

1	Warm-Up Hall	Munich	GER	1971	200 m
2	Olympic Hall	Munich	GER	1972	190 m	demountable
3	Sport-school "End' der Welt"	Magglingen	SUI	1978	200 m	demountable
4	Nixdorf	Paderborn	GER	1983	190 m
5	Athletics Hall	Mannheim	GER	1987	200 m
6	Athletics Hall LAC Quelle	Fuerth	GER	1989	200 m
7	Athletics Hall	Ludwigshafen	GER	1992	200 m
8	University	Muenster	GER	1992	200 m
9	Athletics Hall	Erfurt	GER	1994	200 m
10	Athletics Hall	Chemnitz	GER	1995	200 m
11	Velodrom	Berlin	GER	1997	200 m	demountable
12	Ferry-Dusika-Stadium	Vienna	AUT	1999	200 m	demountable
13	Athletics Hall TSV Bayer 04	Leverkusen	GER	2000	200 m

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