{"id":10631,"date":"2025-06-18T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/?page_id=10631"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:51:32","slug":"wind-force","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-11\/dynamics-forces\/wind-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man Vs Giant Fan (0:14)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gifs\/comments\/6u88kn\/man_vs_giant_fan\/\">Man Vs Giant Fan<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/spammishinquisition\/\">u\/spammishinquisition<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gifs\/\">gifs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since Sliced Bread &#8211; Windmill Sail Lesson (2:09)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Windmill Sail Lesson\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_udc9x8bfuo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In track and field, sprinting events like the 100m dash and the long jump can be helped or hindered by the wind. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wind_assistance\">wind assistance<\/a> (tailwind) is above 2.0 m\/s, any results are not eligible for records.<\/p>\n<p>The track and field sport of discus throwing does not take into account wind assistance. In Ramona, Oklahoma, there is a discus field that is very windy, and many very far throws have been recorded there. As of March, 2026, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Discus_throw#Men\">5 farthest men&#8217;s discus throws<\/a> have all been recorded in Ramona.<\/p>\n<p>World Athletics, the governing body for international track and field competitions, says that <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/3131913\/athletics-news-world-record-weather-doping-olympics-discus\/\">the records will stand and that wind is a factor in events such as the discus throw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It would be impossible to choose a point at which to measure the wind given the width of the throwing area and the vast area [width and height] that throwing implements cover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Understanding the wind conditions has always been part of throwing and vertical jump athletes&#8217; calculations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It should also be noted that wind assistance is far more beneficial for an object that has a large surface, such as a human body, rather than a small and light implement that can be easily diverted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It is more difficult to quantify the benefit of wind in the same way as in running.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It will be difficult to change the rules now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-11\/kinematics\/speed-and-velocity\/1d-relative-motion\/\">1D Relative Motion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-12\/2d-relative-motion\/\">2D Relative Motion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Man Vs Giant Fan (0:14) Man Vs Giant Fan byu\/spammishinquisition ingifs Since Sliced Bread &#8211; Windmill Sail Lesson (2:09) &nbsp; In track and field, sprinting events like the 100m dash and the long jump can be helped or hindered by the wind. If the wind assistance (tailwind) is above 2.0 m\/s, any results are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-11\/dynamics-forces\/wind-force\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wind Force&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7039,"parent":6990,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10631","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10631"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13739,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10631\/revisions\/13739"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}