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The Olympic 500‐m speed skating; the inner–outer lane difference
Author(s) -
Kamst Richard,
Kuper Gerard H.,
Sierksma Gerard
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.2010.00457.x
Subject(s) - speed skating , significant difference , norwegian , skate , football , geography , mathematics , engineering , statistics , simulation , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics , structural engineering
In 1998, the International Skating Union and the International Olympic Committee decided to skate the 500‐m twice during World Single Distances Championships, Olympic Games, and World Cups. The decision was based on a study by the Norwegian statistician N. L. Hjort, who showed that in the period 1984–1994, there was a significant difference between 500‐m times skated with a start in the inner and outer lanes. Since the introduction of the clap skate in the season 1997–1998, however, there has been a general feeling that this difference is no longer significant. In this article we show that this is, in fact, the case.