Increased participation and improved performance in age group backstroke master swimmers from 25–29 to 100–104 years at the FINA World Masters Championships from 1986 to 2014 Several studies have already shown that for popular sports such as running or triathlon the so-called. Age group athletes could significantly improve their achievements over the years.For swimming, however, very little numbers are available, especially for other layers as a freestyle.We have now examined the performance of the age class swimmer at the FINA World Cup since 1986 for the discipline back swimming.
Specifically at this discipline is that the oldest official back floats are ranked in the category 100-104 years. For most age groups, the number of participants increased to the categories 25-29 years to 95-99 years the performance has been improved over the years. The women were able to approach the performance of men in most age groups and routes. Specifically, the men were only in the age groups 25-29 years to 80-84 years faster than the women, but not in age groups 85-89 years to 95-99 years. The complete analysis can be found under https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40064-016-2209-2