I made a quick analysis of current swimming world records of female and male swimmers and here are my findings: (50 LCM pool, 50,100,200 all styles including 200 IM, 400 free and IM, 800, 1500 free)
Female swimmers are 10.96 % slower on average
In 50, 100 and 200 events the differences are 11.9%, 11.5%, 11.3% respectively (more distance, less variance)
Largest gap is in 50 back (13.6%)
Smallest gap in 1500 free (7.8%)
Considering the average of 50, 100 and 200 of 4 events, largest gap is in backstroke (12.2%), butterfly (11.7%), free (11.4%) and *** (10.3%).In athletics, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 3000 track events, the gap is 10.43%. When I took out the incredible 100 of Florence G. Joyner, the gap is nearly the same as in the swimming (10.98%).
Lowest gap is in 100, with 7.7%, largest gap is in 800 with 12.0%, but most of the differences are between 10% and 12%.
What do you think?
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No real surprizes here, it's long been known that men are faster in the short distances and that the gap closes most of all in ultra-endurance type events. Women have held the overall record for the English Channel and other very long swims from time to time and may again. A runner named Ann Trason was overall winner of the 1994 Leadville 100 mile trail race, and a British cyclist named Beryl Burton, who had a very long and illustrious career, was the overall winner and new record setter for the British 12-hour cycling championship, in 1966 I think it was.
As for *** stroke, yes women have very strong legs, probably because we have to carry so much weight on them with pregnancy and childcare. The long and tedious aspects of childcare may explain the ability to do endurance events. Or maybe men just have short attention spans, poor things. :D :thhbbb:
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No real surprizes here, it's long been known that men are faster in the short distances and that the gap closes most of all in ultra-endurance type events. Women have held the overall record for the English Channel and other very long swims from time to time and may again. A runner named Ann Trason was overall winner of the 1994 Leadville 100 mile trail race, and a British cyclist named Beryl Burton, who had a very long and illustrious career, was the overall winner and new record setter for the British 12-hour cycling championship, in 1966 I think it was.
As for *** stroke, yes women have very strong legs, probably because we have to carry so much weight on them with pregnancy and childcare. The long and tedious aspects of childcare may explain the ability to do endurance events. Or maybe men just have short attention spans, poor things. :D :thhbbb:
