Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to analyse the sprint performances of track events between London and Rio
Olympics. There may be significant differences in sprints performances in Rio (2016) Olympics than London (2012)
Olympics. There may not be significant differences in sprints performances in Rio, 2016 Olympics than London 2012
Olympics. The data collected for this study were through secondary sources and the census sampling was considered for collecting data. In order to find the differences in performances of these two Olympics, descriptive statistics and t-test were employed by Excel 2016 statistical tool packages. The results of the study showed that the Performances of Rio Olympics (2016) 100 mts is in line with the performances of London 2012 Olympics. The Performances of Rio Olympics (2016) 200 mts is in line with the performances of London 2012 Olympics. The performance of 400mts in Rio Olympics (2016) were better than the performance of 400mts in London 2012 Olympics.
Author Name : Dr.S. Jayaraman
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.437871
Keywords: London, Rio, Performances, Sprint events, Olympics.
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