The document describes an Olympic swimming event where several swimmers raced against each other in lanes. Their finishing times are listed down to hundredths of a second. The top two finishers, Peirsol and Hoff, finished just ahead of the world record time. The document then asks why decimals are important for measuring and comparing swimming times in competitive events.

1. Olympic Swimming Why do we need to know about decimals?

2. They swim as fast as they can…

3. Very tight with competitors…

4. They finish… wondering if they won.

5. They check the board…

6. Did I win?

7. Who won? *** not actual results of any event Swimmers by Lane Times 1. Jones 1:55.23 2. Phelps 1:54.63 3. Hoff 1:49.21 4. Peirsol 1:49.20 5. Torres 1:49.84 6. Coughlin 1:50.24 7. Hansen 1:54.68

9. 4 x 100 freestyle relay world records

10. How does Phelps compare to Spitz?

11. So… why do we need decimals?