Those IBM clangers

AMONG the more bizarre results given by IBM's Olympic Games computer system, it said.

AMONG the more bizarre results given by IBM's Olympic Games computer system, it said.

. an Australian and a Dane had set track cycling world records despite the fact that the event didn't start until the following day

. three round boxing bouts were recorded as ending in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds

. it awarded Asian records to all 36 weight lifters in the 64kg snatch section including 10 Europeans and five Latin Americans

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. a French fencer had a world record for the 400 metres

. it listed boxers as just over half a metre (two feet) tall and 6.3 metres (21 feet) high.