Observations on Olympic athletes
- 2 September 1929
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
- Vol. 105 (737) , 323-332
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1929.0046
Abstract
Electrical timing experiments on Olympic champion male and female sprinters have been carried out. The male sprinter, whose performance was studied in these experiments, is superior to others who have been investigated, because of his low "viscosity." The "viscosity" of the women runners compares favorably with that of the best male athletes, but the proportion of body weight they are able to exert as propelling force is considerably less. Blood sugar determinations made on 10 "Marathon" runners immediately after the finish of the 1928 race demonstrated the presence of definite hypoglycemia in 3 subjects.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: