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How many stadion in 1 furlong [international]? The answer is 1.275637285986. We assume you are converting between stadion and furlong [international]. You can view more details on each measurement unit: stadion or furlong [international] The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.0063411540900444 stadion, or 0.0049709695378987 furlong [international]. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between stadia and furlongs. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 stadion to furlong [international] = 0.78392 furlong [international]
5 stadion to furlong [international] = 3.91961 furlong [international]
10 stadion to furlong [international] = 7.83922 furlong [international]
20 stadion to furlong [international] = 15.67844 furlong [international]
30 stadion to furlong [international] = 23.51766 furlong [international]
40 stadion to furlong [international] = 31.35688 furlong [international]
50 stadion to furlong [international] = 39.19609 furlong [international]
75 stadion to furlong [international] = 58.79414 furlong [international]
100 stadion to furlong [international] = 78.39219 furlong [international]
You can do the reverse unit conversion from furlong [international] to stadion, or enter any two units below:
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).
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).
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