Hi All,
I did some analysis of the Ironman Arizona swim, the 2011 1-Hour Postal Swim results, and the 1-Hour Postal Swim world records.
This link includes a chart comparing performance between men and women in those events. www.watergirl.co/.../how-big-gender-gap-swimming.
I'd be interested to hear what you guys have to say on the subject.
There are so many confounders that your study, while noble, may be impossible to interpret.
I won the 40-44 postal this year but got my *** handed to me by the studliest female who also happened to be in my age group (Zamanian). It is difficult to compare age groups in masters as the 18-29 group is generally, despite having the most potential, getting their careers going (swimming less). My 200 back at age 44 is consistently within 1% of the time I did when I was 25.
I think women, while having more fat, deposit it around hips and legs which may drop them more in the water. Also triathletes (male and female) are equally awful at swimming. Given the lack of attention most of the give to the sport, I suspect the gender margin would be marginal with wetsuit wearers.
Interestingly, Kostich won the LaJolla Gatorman by a 3% margin but he is 41 and the winning female is 18....I think we could all agree that it is easy to conclude that the only legitimate conclusions that we can extrapolate from the data is that title IX is responsible for the economy, animal cruelty, world hunger, joblessness, and riots in the streets of Greece.:)
The (seconds per 100) vertical component of the
100 meter swim pace by gender and age group chart
is has lines every 20 second chunks.
Consider have lines every 1, 2, or 5 second lines along with a link to the raw data
USMS 1 Hour Postal Championships (January 1 - 31, 2011)
Women's Results
Men's Results
you wrote "USMS 1-Hour Postal Swim World Record Holders"
it should be USMS Long Distance National Records
The (seconds per 100) vertical component of the
100 meter swim pace by gender and age group chart
is has lines every 20 second chunks.
Consider have lines every 1, 2, or 5 second lines along with a link to the raw data
USMS 1 Hour Postal Championships (January 1 - 31, 2011)
Women's Results
Men's Results
you wrote "USMS 1-Hour Postal Swim World Record Holders"
it should be USMS Long Distance National Records
Ande, great suggestion for the lines on the graph. I also agree that the records should be labeled as national records, not world records. I don't agree with calling them Long Distance Records, though. That's the name of the file I referenced, but I'm only including the 1-Hour Postal Swim records.
Kurt, thanks for the comment. I responded on my blog.
