Human Development Index and the frequency of nations in Athletics World Rankings

Patrick Anderson Santos; Caio Victor Sousa; Samuel da Silva Aguiar; Beat Knechtle; Pantelis T. Nikolaidis; Marcelo Magalhães Sales; Thiago Santos Rosa; Lysleine Alves Deus; Carmen Silvia Grubert Campbell; Higor G. Sousa; Herbert Gustavo Simões

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-019-00529-1

doi.org/10.1007/s11332-019-00529-1

Human Development Index and the frequency of nations in Athletics World Rankings

Patrick Anderson Santos

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Caio Victor Sousa

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..., Herbert Gustavo Simões

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Sport Sciences for Health1.50

Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 393 - 398

Published: Feb 1, 2019

Abstract

The influence of socioeconomic factors in the achievement of sport success is still a matter of debate. Due to the popularity and low-cost practice, analyses of the Athletics World Ranking (AWR) may provide valuable information. Therefore, we investigated the frequency of different socioeconomic status in the AWR for two events (100 m and 10 k) in three categories: Junior, Elite Professionals and Masters. Data of 5,011 athletes from 99...

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Human Development Index and the frequency of nations in Athletics World Rankings

DOI

doi.org/10.1007/s11332-019-00529-1

Published Date

Feb 1, 2019

Journal

Sport Sciences for Health

Volume

15

Issue

2

Pages

393 - 398

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