Albano system
An Albano system is a buoy chain system that is used in rowing and canoeing for regattas .
The regatta lane is marked along its entire length by an Albano system and enables the individual lanes to be separated. The buoys are about ten meters apart in the chain.
Named the Albano system is named after the Lake Albano (Italian Lago Albano), on which the Olympic competitions in rowing and canoeing at the 1960 Olympic Games were held. The system was used internationally for the first time in the Olympic regattas after the World Rowing Federation FISA approved this proposal at its 1959 congress in Mâcon . Since 1960 there have been six marked lanes in rowing and nine marked lanes in canoe racing in all major regattas.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 643 note 442 and p. 645 note 462.