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Table 2 Studies investigating the age of peak swimming performance in men (yrs)

From: Change of the age and performance of swimmers across World Championships and Olympic Games finals from 1992 to 2013 – a cross-sectional data analysis

 

Reference

Freestyle

Breaststroke

Backstroke

Butterfly

Medley

 

50 m

100 m

200 m

400 m

800 m

1500 m

100 m

200 m

100 m

200 m

100 m

200 m

200 m

400 m

National

Buhl et al. 2013b

  

21.4

20.3

        

21.1

20.8

Kollarz et al. 2013b*

22–23

22–23

21–22

     

21–22

21

    

Rüst et al. 2014*

23

22.5

21.4

20.3

20.3

20.3

        

Wolfrum et al. 2013

26–27

22–23

22–23

   

18–19

16–17

      

Zingg et al. 2014c*

22

23

22

       

23

21

  

International

Allen et al. 2014

25.9

25.3

23.6

22.9

 

22.9

25.2

24.1

24.5

25.2

24.0

24.3

24.8

22.7

Buhl et al. 2013b

  

21.4

18.6

        

21.1

18.6

Kollarz et al. 2013b*

23–25

23–24

22–24

     

24

23

    

Schulz and Curnow 1988*

 

21–22

 

19–20

 

19–21

        
 

Wolfrum et al. 2013

28–29

28–29

22–23

   

26–27

20–21

      
  1. *Studies investigating the change in the age of peak swimming performance.