False starts are common in racing sports (such as swimming, track, sprinting, and motor sports), where differences are made by fractions of a second that often cannot be comprehended by the human mind, and where anxiety to get the best start plays a role in the athletes' behavior. False starts are signalled by firing the starting gun twice.
A race that is started cleanly, on the contrary, is referred to as a fair start or clean start.
At the end of the 2005 NFL season, owners complained regarding false start penalties on players whose flinches have little effect upon the start of the play, such as wide receivers. In response, the NFL competition committee has said that they plan to inflict fewer false start penalties on players who line up behind the line of scrimmage.
From 2003, IAAF rules stated that after any false start committed, all athletes were to be warned. Any subsequent false start by any athlete, or athletes, lead to immediate disqualification of that latter athlete. Previously, disqualification occurred only after the same athlete false-started twice.
In August 2009 the IAAF announced that from January 2010, a zero-tolerance stance to false-starts would be adopted. Athletes false starting are now immediately disqualified. For example, in the IAAF 2011 World Championships in Athletics 100 meters final, the world record holder, Usain Bolt, was disqualified because of his false-start, while Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu suffered a similar fate in the 400m heats.
A P Flag means any boat on the course side (OCS) of the start line at the starting signal must return, clear the start line and then re-start. The I Flag means a boat which is OCS must round either end of the start line by coming back to the pre-start side and then re-starting (the 'round the ends' rule). The Z Flag means a boat which is OCS in the minute leading up to the start or at the start itself is given a 20% scoring penalty. The Black Flag means a boat which is OCS in the minute leading up to the start or at the start itself is disqualified.
Failing to return to start correctly under the P or I Flag rules means the boat is scored OCS and receives points equivalent to disqualification.
A notable example during the 2008 Olympics occurred when Jiaying Pang was disqualified due to a false start. This allowed Libby Trickett to advance to the final round, in which she won a silver medal.
The version of The Beatles' song "I'm Looking Through You" which appeared on the North American editions of Rubber Soul has a false start at the beginning. There is also a false start on "Dig a Pony" from Let It Be when Ringo Starr, yells "Hold it!" to stop the song because he had to put out his cigarette.
The Electric Light Orchestra's hit song "Rockaria!" features the operatic voice of Mary Thomas during the introduction. She flubbed the first take by starting the vocals too early. However, Jeff Lynne elected to use the take (complete with her interjection, "Oops!") anyway.
Chicago's song "Happy Man" begins with a false start and some studio chatter. This appears only on the "Chicago VII" album and is deleted on Chicago's compilation albums.
In a Green Day song, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", two false starts are heard on guitar.
The song Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger has a false start on the piano. First, the piano does a riff, then after 2 seconds, it repeats the riff. Bob Seger commented that he liked the false start and kept it for the master recording.
The song "Tangerine" by Led Zeppelin has a false start when guitarist Jimmy Page stops in the beginning to set the tempo of the song.
The Monkees song "Magnolia Simms" has two false starts, after which Mike Nesmith sighs, "Just one of those days."
The song "Jungle Riot" by Ove-Naxx contains a false start.
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