Updates on improvement of human athletic performance: focus on world records in athletics

摘要: Introduction: Progression of world records (WRs) in athletics is a reliable mean to assess the potentiality human body, which also reflects how society has evolved over time and will continue evolve. We conducted quantitative analysis WRs measurable Olympic events from nine representative disciplines (100, 400, 1500, 10 000 m, marathon, long jump, high shot put javelin throw) order identify progression trends. Sources data: Data were gathered for years 1900‐2007 database International Committee. Areas agreement: Overall, relative improvement athletic performance was higher women than men, being nearly doubled across different specialities. The biggest increases observed throw put, both men women, respectively. Conversely, race directly related distance. consistent significant linear model time, although substantially stopped or reached plateau several