What pacing is used by the best swimmers in the 200m freestyle?

Lorraine Laurindo de Oliveira; Everton Rocha Soares; Géssyca Tolomeu de Oliveira; Renato Melo Ferreira

doi:10.6063/motricidade.27905

What pacing is used by the best swimmers in the 200m freestyle?

Authors

Lorraine Laurindo de Oliveira Laboratório de Atividades Aquáticas – LAQUA, Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto – Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil
Everton Rocha Soares Laboratório de Atividades Aquáticas – LAQUA, Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto – Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7765-5828
Géssyca Tolomeu de Oliveira Grupo de Pesquisa em Fisiologia e Desempenho Humano, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5953-1936
Renato Melo Ferreira Laboratório de Atividades Aquáticas – LAQUA, Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto – Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0944-6730

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27905

Keywords:

Pacing, Swimming, Performance

Abstract

We examine the pacing strategies of elite swimmers of the 200m freestyle from six long courses World Championships and three editions of the Olympic Games. The entries, partials, and total race times of the finalist swimmers were analyzed. The results showed that the 1^st lap is the one with the most significant difference, both for males (0.0008) and females (<0.0001), justified by the push-off against a solid (block). In addition, athletes perform their strategies assuming a negative correlation in the 1^st half of the race and a positive correlation in the 2^nd half. Also, the winner´s time difference percentage was below compared with the median of total race time, where the Transition a (difference between 1^st to 2^nd and 3^rd places, and the difference of 3^rd place to other athletes) is faster in the 2^nd half of the race by +3.23% for men and +2.50% for women. It is concluded that the 1^st lap presents better reciprocity to the final time. The winners are faster than the median in the 2^nd half of the race. Still, the % Time becomes an option, related to the possibility of using the pacing of different athletes, as an option for coaches and athletes.

Author Biographies

Lorraine Laurindo de Oliveira, Laboratório de Atividades Aquáticas – LAQUA, Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto – Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil

Discente do curso de Educação Física e membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Atividades Aquáticas, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.

Everton Rocha Soares, Laboratório de Atividades Aquáticas – LAQUA, Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto – Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil

Professor do curso de Educação Física e membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Atividades Aquáticas, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.

Géssyca Tolomeu de Oliveira, Grupo de Pesquisa em Fisiologia e Desempenho Humano, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil

Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Atividades Aquáticas, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil e do Grupo de Pesquisa em Fisiologia e Desempenho Humano, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

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Published

2023-03-30

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Oliveira, L. L. de, Soares, E. R., Oliveira, G. T. de, & Ferreira, R. M. (2023). What pacing is used by the best swimmers in the 200m freestyle?. Motricidade, 19(1), 93–98. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27905

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2023): Motricidade

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