Participation and performance trends: Polish Nordic marathoners

IF 0.1 Q4 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Sports Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-09 DOI:10.30819/iss.43-1.03

Rafal Gotowski, M. Zurawik

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Abstract

For the last two decades, the physical activity of the Poles has increased dynamically. Nevertheless, there has been a decline in the number of Polish athletes running marathons compared with an increase in participation in a variety of competitions not directly associated with running. The purpose of this study was to investigate participation and performance trends in Nordic walking marathons in Poland between 2014 and 2019. A total of 490 Polish Nordic walking marathoners, who completed races between 2014 and 2019 were included. Participation and performance were analysed with an emphasis on the demographics of the age and gender of the athletes. The results suggest that overall male participation in Nordic walking marathons was high, yet the number of female finishers increased over the period of the study. Though men also had significantly better finishing times over the same period. In terms of age, middle-aged competitors were the biggest and the fastest age-group between 2014 and 2019.The strength of this study lies in its novelty. It is the first research project to directly examine the participation and performance of Nordic walking marathoners between 2014 and 2019 in terms of gender and age.

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参与度和表现趋势：波兰北欧马拉松选手

在过去的二十年里，波兰人的体力活动不断增加。然而，波兰参加马拉松比赛的运动员数量有所下降，而参加各种与跑步没有直接关系的比赛的人数却有所增加。本研究的目的是调查2014年至2019年波兰北欧步行马拉松的参与情况和表现趋势。在2014年至2019年期间完成比赛的490名波兰北欧步行马拉松运动员被纳入其中。对运动员的年龄和性别的人口统计数据进行了参与和表现分析。结果表明，参加北欧步行马拉松的男性总体上很高，但在研究期间，完成比赛的女性数量有所增加。尽管在同一时期，男性的完成时间也明显更好。在年龄方面，2014年至2019年，中年竞争对手是最大和最快的年龄组。这项研究的优势在于它新颖。这是第一个直接从性别和年龄方面考察2014年至2019年北欧马拉松竞走运动员的参与和表现的研究项目。

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期刊介绍： International Sports Studies (ISS) is a scholarly journal in the field of physical education and sport with a unique focus. Its aim is to advance understanding and communication between members of the global community who share a professional, personal or scholarly interest in the state and development of physical education and sport around the world. International Sports Studies (ISS) is today without paradigmatic prejudice and reflects an eclectic approach to the task of understanding physical education and sport in the contemporary world. It asks only that its contributors can add to knowledge about international physical education and sport studies through studies involving comparisons between regional, national and international settings or by providing unique insights into specific national and local phenomena which contribute to an understanding that can be shared across as well as within national borders.