Table 4. Descriptive analysis and rounds effect in women Top16, semi-finalists and finalists.

Event	Swimmers	All rounds (s)				ANOVA
		Entry	Heats	Semifinals	Final	F-value	p-value	ES
Fr50	Top16†	24.58±0.30	24.92±0.29	24.76±0.36	-	21.305	<0.001	0.60
	Semi-finalist‡	24.80±0.24	25.15±0.18	25.06±0.15	-	6.370	0.013	0.52
	Finalist	24.39±0.20	24.73±0.22	24.49±0.26	24.48±0.31	21.356	<0.001	0.75
Bk50	Top16	27.73±0.53	27.93±0.34	27.71±0.35	-	4.554	0.019	0.23
	Semi-finalist	28.12±0.42	28.16±0.22	27.99±0.24	-	1.096	0.336	0.14
	Finalist	27.34±0.27	27.71±0.28	27.43±0.17	27.50±0.17	6.053	0.027	0.46
Br50	Top16†	30.41±0.50	30.53±0.41	30.43±0.38	-	0.660	0.525	0.05
	Semi-finalist‡	30.62±0.29	30.79±0.13	30.78±0.19	-	2.443	0.129	0.29
	Finalist	30.23±0.58	30.30±0.44	30.13±0.19	30.12±0.28	0.504	0.610	0.07
Fly50	Top16	25.83±0.44	26.04±0.34	25.82±0.41	-	9.149	<0.001	0.38
	Semi-finalist	26.15±0.31	26.28±0.20	26.15±0.26	-	1.914	0.184	0.22
	Finalist	25.50±0.26	25.79±0.27	25.49±0.19	25.44±0.28	8.345	<0.001	0.54
Fr100	Top16	53.50±0.72	54.15±0.33	53.80±0.59	-	13.392	<0.001	0.47
	Semi-finalist	53.91±0.70	54.36±0.19	54.29±0.29	-	2.608	0.144	0.27
	Finalist	53.08±0.48	53.95±0.31	53.31±0.35	53.24±0.44	30.516	<0.001	0.81
Bk100	Top16	59.40±0.89	60.12±0.84	59.93±0.99	-	24.235	<0.001	0.62
	Semi-finalist	59.93±0.52	60.80±0.26	60.69±0.44	-	19.327	0.002	0.73
	Finalist	58.87±0.88	59.44±0.61	59.17±0.77	59.38±0.80	7.656	0.001	0.52
Br100	Top16†	65.94±0.63	66.75±0.38	66.38±0.41	-	13.473	<0.001	0.49
	Semi-finalist‡	66.15±0.50	66.83±0.39	66.72±0.25	-	8.524	0.005	0.59
	Finalist	65.74±0.69	66.67±0.37	66.08±0.27	66.22±0.25	6.279	0.003	0.47
Fly100	Top16	57.32±1.09	58.12±0.79	57.72±0.83	-	13.663	<0.001	0.48
	Semi-finalist	58.09±0.71	58.63±0.61	58.38±0.51	-	2.317	0.135	0.25
	Finalist	56.54±0.81	57.62±0.61	57.07±0.51	56.81±0.89	15.836	<0.001	0.69
Fr200	Top16†	116.72±1.35	117.86±0.67	117.09±0.78	-	10.273	<0.001	0.42
	Semi-finalist‡	117.75±0.51	118.13±0.59	117.69±0.72	-	1.643	0.245	0.22
	Finalist	115.82±1.21	117.63±0.68	116.56±0.30	116.46±0.94	10.714	<0.001	0.61
Bk200	Top16	128.81±3.02	131.20±2.35	130.38±2.79	-	26.825	<0.001	0.64
	Semi-finalist	131.26±1.58	133.01±1.71	132.51±1.85	-	7.587	0.006	0.52
	Finalist	126.37±1.84	129.40±1.21	128.26±1.61	127.75±2.04	18.787	<0.001	0.73
Br200	Top16	143.45±2.25	146.19±1.21	145.10±1.73	-	29.810	<0.001	0.67
	Semi-finalist	144.86±2.18	147.14±0.85	146.50±1.05	-	8.886	0.014	0.56
	Finalist	142.05±1.26	145.24±0.61	143.71±0.93	143.95±1.20	19.724	<0.001	0.74
Fly200	Top16	127.62±1.96	129.63±1.32	128.74±1.96	-	12.417	<0.001	0.45
	Semi-finalist	128.41±1.79	130.45±1.09	130.27±1.45	-	9.320	0.003	0.57
	Finalist	126.83±1.90	128.81±1.01	127.21±0.87	126.94±1.06	7.068	0.023	0.50

Fr, freestyle; Bk, backstroke; Br, breaststroke; Fly, butterfly: ES, effect size. Top16 (n=16); Semi-finalist (n=8); Finalist (n=8).‡, n=7† , n=15