Women achieve peak swim performance in individual medley at earlier ages than men

Medicina sportiva (Krakow, Poland : English ed.) Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI:10.5167/UZH-79782

Christof Buhl, B. Knechtle, C. Rüst, T. Rosemann, R. Lepers

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Introduction: Previous studies suggested that the age of peak swim performance in freestyle swimming was ~17 years for women and ~19 years for men. However, no study investigated the age of peak swim performance in other disciplines such as individual medley. Objective: To examine the change in the age of peak individual medley performance for both elite female and male Swiss swimmers from 1994 to 2011. Methods: The change in age of peak individual medley performance was investigated for elite female and male swimmers from 1994 to 2011. For comparison, an analysis of freestyle swimming was also performed. Swim speed in 200m and 400m medley, sex and age of the top ten swimmers at national level (Switzerland) were analysed using linear regression and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The age of peak swim speed was (P 0.05). Swim performances improved for both swim styles and distances across years (P ≤ 0.03). Conclusion: The age of peak swim performance in medley and freestyle remained stable and was lower for women than for men in elite Swiss swimmers during the 1994 to 2011 period. Future studies need to investigate the age of peak swim speed in swimmers at international level in other competitive swim strokes. Key words: swim performance, gender difference, individual medley, freestyle

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女子在个人混合泳中达到巅峰的年龄要比男子早

导语:以往的研究表明，自由泳的最佳游泳表现年龄，女性为~17岁，男性为~19岁。然而，没有研究调查在其他项目，如个人混合泳的游泳巅峰表现的年龄。目的:探讨1994 - 2011年瑞士优秀男女游泳运动员个人混合泳成绩巅峰年龄的变化。方法:对1994 ~ 2011年我国优秀男女混合泳运动员个人混合泳成绩巅峰年龄的变化进行调查。为了进行比较，我们还对自由泳进行了分析。采用线性回归和双向方差分析(ANOVA)对瑞士200米和400米混合泳国家前10名运动员的游泳速度、性别和年龄进行分析。结果:游泳速度峰值年龄为(p0.05)。游泳成绩在不同年份的游泳方式和距离上均有提高(P≤0.03)。结论:1994 - 2011年，瑞士优秀游泳运动员混合泳和自由泳的巅峰年龄保持稳定，且女性的巅峰年龄低于男性。未来的研究需要对其他竞技泳姿的国际水平游泳运动员的峰值速度年龄进行调查。关键词:游泳成绩，性别差异，个人混合泳，自由泳

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