Quote: zooo @ July 29 2012, 8:48 PM BSTSo if you're a female swimmer and 6 feet tall, does that mean you reach the end faster than you would if you were 5 feet tall? And therefore should finish a foot before everyone else?
(Maths and logic are not my strong point.)
The way I see it, they all start from the same place, and so their fingertips all have to go the same distance; and rather than the taller one getting her hands to the end quicker, her feet would be further behind than the rest of them.