When did they change to meters?

• givetallugot

  Was it 1982? Our school is compiling a top 10 list for the distance events and need to know when to use the conversions.
• givetallugot

  ok, let me know if you come across it
• said_aouita

  

  givetallugot wrote: ok, let me know if you come across it

  The plot thickens....
• Gymshoe

  

  1982 sounds about right to me. I graduated in '81 and we were running on SOME tracks that had already converted to meters. Some tracks were still in yards. I still get nostalgic calling races, the 880, the mile, the two-mile........................