The gender difference in distance running performance has plateaued: An analysis of world rankings from 1980 to 1996

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1725-1729

  Sparling, Phillip B ^a   O'Donnell, Elizabeth M ^a   Snow, Teresa K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance running; Gender difference; Physical performance; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032407115     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199812000-00011     Document Type: Article

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