Anthropometric Comparison of World-Class Sprinters and Normal Populations

Table 1. Characteristics of male world-class sprinters, young American and Danish normal population.

		Sprinters	USA	DK	Statistical Difference (p < 0.05)
Height (m)	mean	1.80	1.77	1.82	USA < Sprinters = DK
Height (m)	SD	.06	.08	.07	Sprinters < DK < USA
Body mass (kg)	mean	77.0	83.4	79.8	Sprinters = DK < USA
Body mass (kg)	SD	6.6	19	13	Sprinters < DK < USA
BMI (kg·m^-2)	Mean	23.7	26.6	24.1	Sprinters = DK < USA
BMI (kg·m^-2)	SD	1.5	5.2	3.4	Sprinters < DK < USA

USA = American normal population, DK = Danish normal population.