DNF betydelse and definition

Betydelse av DNF på svenska

• 0 abbreviation for did not finish: an occasion when a runner, rider, driver, etc. who is competing in a race does not manage to finish the race:

  • I felt like dropping out before the finish but I didn't want a DNF next to my name in the Olympic record books.

  • I had not been running well and had a string of poor results and DNFs.

• 1 abbreviation for did not finish: used when giving the results of a race to say that a competitor did not manage to finish it:

  • F Massa (Brazil) DNF 21 laps; K Raikkonen (Finland) DNF 13 laps

• 2 abbreviation for did not finish: to fail to finish a race that you compete in:

  • He won seven stock car races in 1964. In 1965 his best result was 2nd and he DNFed in 1966.