COMPARISON OF BREASTSTROKE AND BUTTERFLY FINALISTS`PERFORMANCES OVER THREE YEARS IN THE WORLD LONG COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Authors : Benil Kıstak Altan, Fatih Kesepara

Pages : 379-390

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Publication Date : 2024-12-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study aimed to compare performance parameters (age, reaction time, finishing time, FINA points, speed, lap times, and lap speeds) of breaststroke and butterfly finalists at the World Swimming Championships organized in the last three years. In the study, the finalists (n=69 women, n=77 men) in the 50 meters (m), 100 m and 200 m butterfly and breaststroke events at the World Long Course Swimming Championships held in 2022, 2023 and 2024 were analysed. The results of the races analysed in the study were obtained from the publicly available World Aquatics website. All data derived from the MS Excel 16.0 file were transferred to the IBM SPSS Statistics 24.00 analysis programme. The age, reaction time, finishing time, points, speed, lap time and lap speed of the finalists in 50 m, 100 m, 200 m butterfly and breaststroke events, according to the World Championships held in three different years, were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. The Bonferroni post hoc test was used to determine the differences between the variables, with the significance level set at p < 0.05. Significant differences were found in women\\\'s and men\\\'s 200 m breaststroke and butterfly points, women\\\'s 200 m butterfly, and men\\\'s 50 m and 100 m butterfly finishing times. A statistically significant difference was observed between 2022 and 2024 in the second lap time and speed of men\\\'s 100 m breaststroke. A significant difference was observed in the 200 m butterfly first lap time and speed of men between 2022 and 2024. A difference was observed in the second lap time of women\\\'s 200 m butterfly and speed between the years. Consequently, it was established that the speed, finishing time, lap time, lap speed, points in butterfly and breaststroke events exhibited fluctuations in the World Championships over the past three years, whereas there was no discernible change in reaction time. The findings show that the changes in butterfly and breaststroke styles do not show a regular development over the years and the differences in training methods may have contributed to these results.
Keywords : Dünya Su Sporları, kurbağalama, kelebek, yarış analizleri

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