Tactical behaviour of winning athletes in major championship 1500-m and 5000-m track finals

  1. Aragón, S. 1
  2. Lapresa, D. 1
  3. Arana, J. 2
  4. Anguera, M.T. 3
  5. Garzón, B. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

  3. 3 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

Revista:
European Journal of Sport Science

ISSN: 1746-1391

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 16

Número: 3

Páginas: 1-8

Tipo: Artículo

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DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2015.1009494 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84961125658 WoS: WOS:000372040100001 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: European Journal of Sport Science

Resumen

This article analyses the tactics employed by middle-distance (1500-m) and long-distance (5000-m) runners from an observational methodology perspective. The subject of investigation has received little attention from specialists in the field of athletics, with most research focusing on physiological studies of athlete performance. Using an ad hoc observation tool and a database containing systematically recorded data we detected time patterns (T-patterns) within the data recorded using the Theme software program (version 5.0), and analysed the tactics employed by winners of the men's 1500-m and 5000-m finals of the World Championships in Athletics [Edmonton 2001, Paris 2003, Helsinki 2005 (1500-m final only), Osaka 2007 (1500-m final only), Berlin 2009 and Daegu 2011], the European Athletics Championships (Munich 2002, Göteborg 2006, and Barcelona 2010) and the Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012). T-pattern detection and investigation of the relationship between category systems corresponding to the criteria comprising the observation tool revealed both similarities (starting lane and lane used during race, runner's position during race and sprint zone and lane) and differences (variations in pace, zones in which changes of pace occur, sprint initiation zone and winner's position at the start of the sprint) between the two disciplines