Vývoj olympijských výkonů v běhu na 800 m a 1500 m

Title in English Development of Olympic performance at the course of 800 m and 1500 m
Authors

CACEK Jan BRTNÍK Antonín MICHÁLEK Josef HLAVOŇOVÁ Zuzana SEBERA Martin

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Atletika 2009
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

Citation
Field Sport and leisure time activities
Keywords Olympic games; running events; 800 m and 1500 m; performance development; Africa; Europe
Description The authors dela with the men's olympics development of performance 800m and 1500m run. Olympic performance s of selected groups of runners (800 and 1500 metetrs races) are compared with world records and vice versa. The authors came to the conclusion that there is evidential relationship (alpha = 0,05) between the development of world and Olympic records in period 1896 - 2004. Furthemore, the authors describe the differencies between the parties finals runs OG (in historical period of the Games division into 3 periods: 1896 to 1928, 1932- 1976, 1980 - 2004), tend to greater homogenity (differences in achievements between 1st - 3rd, 1st - 6th, 1st - 8th racer over time significantly dimished). Recent findings discribed in the text answers the question on which continent it is realistic to look for the most finalist in the 800m and 1500m race in each Olympic cycle. The results show that in recent decades is evident decline of Europe and the emergence of African runners.

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