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How many furlong in 1 stadion? The answer is 0.78392189612662. We assume you are converting between furlong [international] and stadion. You can view more details on each measurement unit: furlong or stadion The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.0049709695378987 furlong, or 0.0063411540900444 stadion. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between furlongs and stadia. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 furlong to stadion = 1.27564 stadion
5 furlong to stadion = 6.37819 stadion
10 furlong to stadion = 12.75637 stadion
15 furlong to stadion = 19.13456 stadion
20 furlong to stadion = 25.51275 stadion
25 furlong to stadion = 31.89093 stadion
30 furlong to stadion = 38.26912 stadion
40 furlong to stadion = 51.02549 stadion
50 furlong to stadion = 63.78186 stadion
You can do the reverse unit conversion from stadion to furlong, or enter any two units below:
A furlong is a measure of distance within Imperial units and U.S. customary units, and is equal to 660 feet or 201.168 metres. There are eight furlongs in a mile.
Distances for thoroughbred horse races in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States are still given in miles and furlongs (example), but the unit is otherwise no longer in common use. It is heavily used within the rail industry (especially maintenance and repair services) in the UK, due to the legacy measurements and distance markers from when the tracks were first laid down.
Coincidentally, 5 furlongs is approximately 1 kilometer (1.00584 to be exact).
An empirical determination of the length of the stadion was made by Lev Vasilevich Firsov, who compared 81 distances given by Eratosthenes and Strabo with the straight-line distances measured by modern methods, and averaged the results. He obtained a result of about 157.7 metres (172.5 yd).
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