Table 2. Descriptive analysis and rounds effect in men Top16, semi-finalists and finalists.
Event Swimmers All rounds (s) ANOVA
Entry Heats Semifinals Final F-value p-value ES
Fr50 Top16 21.70±0.18 21.92±0.13 21.83±0.19 - 18.229 <0.001 0.55
Semi-finalist 21.72±0.18 21.97±0.14 21.95±0.15 - 23.752 <0.001 0.77
Finalist 21.67±0.19 21.87±0.11 21.70±0.14 21.63±0.20 6.119 0.004 0.47
Bk50 Top16 24.68±0.40 24.87±0.28 24.69±0.32 - 6.460 0.005 0.30
Semi-finalist 24.94±0.14 25.11±0.05 24.95±0.16 - 4.567 0.030 0.40
Finalist 24.42±0.42 24.63±0.19 24.42±0.18 24.48±0.23 2.401 0.147 0.26
Br50 Top16†  27.16±0.47 27.26±0.34 27.18±0.33 - 1.247 0.287 0.08
Semi-finalist 27.43±0.40 27.56±0.08 27.47±0.13 - 0.578 0.490 0.08
Finalist 26.92±0.40 26.99±0.21 26.92±0.22 26.91±0.34 0.551 0.653 0.07
Fly50 Top16 23.18±0.34 23.09±0.34 23.08±0.22 - 0.622 0.537 0.04
Semi-finalist 23.26±0.22 23.31±0.18 23.27±0.13 - 0.145 0.866 0.02
Finalist 23.10±0.42 23.09±0.26 22.90±0.11 22.90±0.22 1.407 0.278 0.17
Fr100 Top16 48.15±0.50 48.30±0.23 47.97±0.46 - 5.462 0.009 0.27
Semi-finalist 48.47±0.38 48.37±0.15 48.32±0.36 - 0.775 0.478 0.10
Finalist 47.84±0.42 48.23±0.29 47.62±0.24 47.92±0.28 8.658 0.013 0.55
Bk100 Top16 52.90±0.50 53.57±0.37 53.15±0.68 - 16.125 <0.001 0.52
Semi-finalist 53.12±0.50 53.81±0.23 53.74±0.30 - 29.900 <0.001 0.81
Finalist 53.68±0.42 53.34±0.33 52.57±0.34 52.48±0.63 9.932 <0.001 0.59
Br100 Top16 59.24±0.86 59.86±0.64 59.60±0.63 - 15.016 <0.001 0.50
Semi-finalist 59.74±0.80 60.14±0.57 60.08±0.38 - 3.213 0.071 0.32
Finalist 58.75±0.61 59.56±0.60 59.12±0.40 59.08±0.55 16.021 <0.001 0.70
Fly100 Top16 51.14±0.60 51.58±0.40 51.31±0.41 - 11.764 0.001 0.44
Semi-finalist 51.51±0.32 51.86±0.16 51.60±0.16 - 9.069 0.003 0.56
Finalist 50.77±0.59 51.30±0.37 51.03±0.39 51.06±0.42 4.653 0.012 0.40
Fr200 Top16 105.51±0.80 106.56±0.67 106.13±0.89 - 23.694 <0.001 0.61
Semi-finalist 105.83±0.90 107.08±0.34 106.81±0.60 - 21.654 <0.001 0.76
Finalist 105.18±0.56 106.04±0.47 105.45±0.51 104.93±0.82 9.713 0.004 0.58
Bk200 Top16 116.51±1.42 118.02±0.99 117.61±1.54 - 16.347 <0.001 0.52
Semi-finalist 116.96±1.47 118.59±0.98 118.67±1.48 - 14.000 <0.001 0.67
Finalist 116.06±1.30 117.45±0.62 116.56±0.56 116.30±1.31 6.362 0.003 0.48
Br200 Top16†  128.56±1.53 130.43±1.04 129.62±1.21 - 23.958 <0.001 0.63
Semi-finalist 129.43±1.50 131.23±0.94 130.58±0.70 - 8.754 0.005 0.59
Finalist 127.81±1.17 129.74±0.45 128.77±0.89 128.80±0.86 12.224 <0.001 0.64
Fly200 Top16 114.84±1.29 115.89±0.80 115.04±1.04 - 10.570 <0.001 0.41
Semi-finalist 115.33±0.91 116.21±0.59 115.82±0.50 - 2.886 0.089 0.29
Finalist 114.34±1.48 115.57±0.88 114.25±0.82 114.10±1.73 8.049 <0.001 0.54
Fr, freestyle; Bk, backstroke; Br, breaststroke; Fly, butterfly: ES, effect size; Top16 (n=16); Semi-finalist (n=8); Finalist (n=8).
† , n=15
‡, n=7