What seeding is
Seeding ranks entrants by their submitted marks and uses that order to build the heats and assign lanes. The goal is fairness: the fastest athletes should not all land in the same heat or the worst lanes.
Seeding is how a meet uses athletes' entry marks to assign them to heats and lanes, so the fastest competitors are spread out and placed fairly rather than stacked in one race. It is the behind-the-scenes step that shapes the draw. Here is what seeding is and how it works.
Seeding ranks entrants by their submitted marks and uses that order to build the heats and assign lanes. The goal is fairness: the fastest athletes should not all land in the same heat or the worst lanes.
The top seeds are distributed across separate heats so each heat has a contender, and within the final or a fast heat, the best seeds get the middle lanes. The middle lanes are favored because the curve is gentler and you can see your rivals.
Seeding affects who you race and where you run. A good seed earns a better lane and a faster heat, which can matter for time qualifying, so accurate entry marks are worth getting right.
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Seeding ranks entrants by mark, then spreads the fastest across heats and into the best lanes rather than stacking them.
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