[jarboot]

The entire photo is the finish line. Look at the color of the ground -- it's cream, the color of the lines on the track, while the track is blue. Each vertical line of the photo is taken in the same position on that finish line.

The first "line photo" is the right-most column of pixels on that photo. The next photo is the second-to-the-right column, etc. This way the winner can be determined as the line first photo that has the contestant's torso in it.

[vitaflo]

Also every runner in this photo is showing them at the finish line even tho they appear in the photo to be at different places. It’s why all the runners are leaning forward because they are all crossing the finish line.

[kzrdude]

And to add, every placement can be decided from this one "photo", right?