Scaling in athletic world records

Sandra Savaglio () and Vincenzo Carbone
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Sandra Savaglio: Unità di Cosenza, Università della Calabria
Vincenzo Carbone: Unità di Cosenza, Università della Calabria

Nature, 2000, vol. 404, issue 6775, 244-244

Abstract: Abstract World records in athletics provide a measure of physical1 as well as physiological human performance2,3. Here we analyse running records and show that the mean speed as a function of race time can be described by two scaling laws that have a breakpoint at about 150–170 seconds (corresponding to the ∼1,000 m race). We interpret this as being the transition time between anaerobic and aerobic energy expenditure by athletes.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35005165

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