length · Ancient Greece / Rome · Antiquity

stadion (Olympia)

approx.

Record: M134
Definition quality: Historically documented
Conversion mode: multiplicative
Calculator: Approximately calculable

Do not generalize to all Greek stadia.

Definition

Official Olympia and excavation records agree on track length.

Reference value

One stadion (Olympia) is understood to be about 192.27 metres.

History & use

Official Olympia and excavation records agree on track length.

Modern use

Retained primarily for historical, educational, or reference use rather than as a current standardized calculator unit.

Did you know?

At Olympia, the stadion was 600 Olympic feet. The excavated start and finish sills are about 192.27 m apart—and each Olympiad was named for the winner of this sprint.

Sources & evidence

Source tier Tier B/C — recorded secondary/reference source · confidence High

Related measurements

metre

length · International · Modern

SI base unit of length. Its definition fixes the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299,792,458 m/s, with the second defined from the caesium-133 hyperfine frequency.