Comino Pablo, Foster Carl, Renfree Andrew, Casado Arturo
Sports Science Research Center, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain.
Department Exercise and Sports Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA.
Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2025 Jan 28;20(3):438-448. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2024-0393. Print 2025 Mar 1.
To analyze tactical behaviors associated with performance in track middle-distance global championship finals.
Finalists' season-best finishing race time, 100-m section times, and intermediate positions were obtained from 800- and 1500-m men's and women's finals in 2 Olympic Games and 5 World Championships. Differences between medalists, fourth- to eighth-ranked (T8), and ninth- to 12th/13th-ranked finalists in relative performance (relative to season-best), race time, and section times were determined. Pearson correlations between intermediate position and section speed with final position and probability of winning a medal at each race point were calculated.
A very high correlation was found between intermediate and final position at the first 100 m in the women's 800-m (r = .84; P = .008), which was maintained throughout the race. Medalists were relatively faster than T8 in men's and women's 800-m finals (P = .006; d = 0.87, and P = .039; d = 0.59, respectively). Differences in relative performance between groups in 1500-m finals appeared at the end of the race, although they arose earlier in women's races. The probability of winning a medal decreased with lower intermediate positions, especially in the latest race stages.
A high intermediate position, as well as the ability to run fast in the latest race stages, seems critical to medaling in track middle-distance global championship finals. The abilities to adopt leading positions for the whole 800-m event and to generate an end spurt relatively faster than the rest of competitors in the 1500-m event are critical.
分析与田径中距离全球锦标赛决赛成绩相关的战术行为。
从2届奥运会和5届世界锦标赛的男子和女子800米及1500米决赛中获取决赛选手的赛季最佳完赛时间、100米分段时间和中间位置。确定奖牌获得者、排名第四至第八（T8）以及排名第九至第十二/十三的决赛选手在相对成绩（相对于赛季最佳成绩）、比赛时间和分段时间方面的差异。计算中间位置和分段速度与最终位置以及在每个比赛点获得奖牌概率之间的皮尔逊相关性。
在女子800米比赛的前100米中，中间位置和最终位置之间发现了非常高的相关性（r = 0.84；P = 0.008），并且在整个比赛中保持不变。在男子和女子800米决赛中，奖牌获得者比T8相对更快（分别为P = 0.006；d = 0.87和P = 0.03九月；d = 0.59）。1500米决赛中各小组之间的相对成绩差异出现在比赛结束时，尽管在女子比赛中出现得更早。中间位置越低，获得奖牌的概率越低，尤其是在比赛的最后阶段。
在田径中距离全球锦标赛决赛中获得奖牌，较高的中间位置以及在比赛最后阶段快速奔跑的能力似乎至关重要。在整个800米比赛中占据领先位置以及在1500米比赛中比其他竞争对手相对更快地冲刺的能力至关重要。
