Naslov
Retrospective study of results at summer olympic games from 1908 till 2012 in men swimming categories

Autori
Vučetić, Vlatko ; Zekić, Josip ; Sukreški, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
18th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science : Book of abstract / Balagué, N., Torrents, C., Vilanova, A., Cadefau, J., Tarragó, R., Tsolakidis, E. - Barcelona : European College of Sport Science (ECSS), 2013, 847-847

ISBN
978-84-695-7786-8

Skup
18th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science

Mjesto i datum
Barcelona, Španjolska, 26.06.2013. - 29.06.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Olympic games, results, swimming, sport history

Sažetak
INTRODUCTION: Identify trends and factors of change sin results of swimmers, holders of gold, silver and bronze medals at the O lympic games since 1908 till 2012, and make an assessment of their future developments. METHODS: A retrospective study of the results at the Summer Olympic games in swimming for men since 1908 till year 2012 , and an analysis of available data on anthropometry of swim- mers, training methods, the technique of swimming, diet, swimming pool equipment and appearance. In this study we will also ana lyse the holders of gold, silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Ga mes since 1908 till today. RESULTS: Improving of results correla te with the length of the Olympic cycle, which we take into account during results analysis. We notice that the improvement of the results increases with the number of Olympic cycle on which some discipline mainta in and that the correlation between the improvement and the num ber of cycles between olympic disciplines is greater than 90%.. Results have shown a tendency of slowing down improvement of the re sults in few last olympic cycles, with the exception of the results achieved in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, when the use of hi gh-tech suits significantly improved results and 66 Olympic records were beaten. This trend suggests that we are approaching the biolog ical plateau in terms of improving performance in swimming, and we expect on the basis of this research all the minor improvements o f results in each subsequent cycle, with the exception of the use of high-tech suits. In the period of 110 years, since the first Olympic games in Athens to present, the results have improved by a whopping 40% of the initial results, which is a man nearing his maximum sp eed of movement through the water without technological aids. Many factor s have contributed to the improvement of the results, and non e of this factors cannot be ignored in the research of the developmen t of swimming and improving results. The importance of each of these factors remains a challenge for future researchers. CONCLUSION: Ad vance in swimming since the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 until today is made by great number of changes. We can divide th em into changing the way and technique of training, changes in eating habits and dietary supplementation, changes in swim suits and ch anging conditions and ambient of swimming.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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