The age of the fastest freestyle swimmers
The changes in age of peak swim speed for elite male and female Swiss freestyle swimmers between 1994 and 2012 For the period 1994 to 2012, we were looking for 70,059 freestyle swimming the age of the best performance. For women, the age of the best performance increased from 18.9 to 20.4 years, but dropped from 25.0 to 18.1 years for the 1'500m.For 100m (19.1 years), 200m (19.3 years), 400m (18.7 years) and 800m (18.5 years) showed no change over the years. For men, the age of the best performance was about two years higher at 23 years for 50m, 22.5 years for 100m, 21.4 years for 200m, 20.3 years for 400m, 20.3 years for 800m and 20.3 years for 1'500m. The whole evaluation is compiled under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2416245/
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